Dave & others,

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was yesterday at 8:11am.

Please move on to other active subjects or wait until Friday.

Thanks,

BenT Sent from my mobile device

On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> I live in a university town, and haven't seen that. Maybe our > students are poorer than the ones in your town. If I did see that,

> I'd consider it a windfall, and scarf that stuff up. Dave Mc > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > >> "I have to disagree with it because you don’t destroy good usable >> things that still have a purpose for no reason whatsoever other >> than trying >> to artificially boost the economy." >> >> Straying only slightly more off Vanagon topic, the waste is what >> some of us see and it is visible in lots of places, and it hurts.

>> Try a college town when summer rolls around, and check the >> dumpsters for computers, bikes, furniture, clothing and more bought

>> with daddy's money and deemed too troublesome to pack up and move >> or even to be donated. >> >> Stephen