Not a bad idea. I actually have a guard rail that came with a loft bed that a roommmate long ago brought to my place, then left without taking it. The bed is in the basement and I think I put the rail under that mattress.
Then I can see if the pain moves to the other side. Thanks.
I'll look intothe mattress too, Tim
YOu too could have given it to Goodwill Industries or the Salvation Army. If you wanted, you could have attached a note about the problem it cause,
Or you could have given the stuff to friends and told them what th problem was so if they had the same problem, they'd know what caused it.
Mine goes to the recyclers. I get about 7 cents a pound and it doesn't fill and poison the landfil
I had an old CRT TV I needed to get rid of. The recyclers all wanted a $40 disposal fee...so I took it for a ride on a moonless cloudy night. It found a good home in a ditch right in front of an old sofa.
That's a shotgun offence
I regret to say that I used to do similar tricks, but I got one final warning- a firm, but still gentle warning- to stop or else! The warning was a shock but it worked and I haven't littered in any capacity ever since. In fact, some good has come out of it making me realize that there are metal recyclers nearby that will take just about anything you want to give them and pay you cash. For a TV, they pay about $5 even for a non-working one, because they look at it from a metal content. I had some scrap lead laying around that I had no idea how to dispose of, but I ended up getting over $100 in scrap fee. All I can say is that I wish it hadn't of take such a warning to get me to just look around a little and see there are alternatives available as opposed to the easy littering route.
My local landfill also has "hazardous material days" twice a year where they'll take just about anything for free. Normally, on all other days, they might actually charge $5 for a tv, or a certain amount per lb for lead, for example, but if one simply wait for these days, there is no fee.
anything with copper, brass, aluminum, or lead is money in the bank - and even stainless is worth something
Anybody casting bullets or fishing sinkers would be happy to take the lead off your hands.
True, but since I was moving at the time and had a couple of hundred lbs, I had to dispose of it quickly. I called the landfill, but the "free" day they had would have been too far in the future. I have to give them credit though as they were the ones suggesting the local metal recycler that I hadn't known about prior.
It's been kindnesses like that, plus the "final warning" I had that now make sure I don't even chug a candy wrapper out the car window anymore!
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