What would I do with a "metric ton" of aluminum alloy? 8-0

Jack


--- On Sat, 5/3/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: PESO: Why, why, why?
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008, 8:15 AM
> Dave you didn't know it but you must have been
> channeling Ronald 
> McDonald.  A charity group I'm associated with collects
> those for the 
> metal value.  If you have a hundred thousand people
> collecting and 
> dropping them off you get a metric ton of high quality
> aluminum alloy in 
> a commercially recoverable quantity for very little
> individual effort.  
> You can probably find a group running a "Tabs for
> Tots" program who'd be 
> happy for the "contribution".  Then you don't
> have OCD, you're a 
> philanthropist.
> 
> David Savage wrote:
> > G'day All,
> >
> > Have you ever gone through a time in your life when
> you collected
> > something really, really stupid for no sensible
> reason?
> >
> > I have.
> >
> > Small (500x427 pixels, ~210 kb):
> >
> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2461437462_f296bdaa87.jpg>
> >
> > Large (950x896 pixels, ~350kb):
> >
> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2461437462_40be4913af_o.jpg>
> >
> > K20D, DA* 16-50mm f2.8 @ 50mm, 1/60 @ f4.5, ISO 100,
> AF-540 FGZ
> >
> > If you have shots of an OCD fuelled obsession, lets
> see it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dave :-)
> >
> > PS I've been cured of this particular obsession
> for over 8 years. Now
> > I just shake my head.
> >
> >   
> 
> 
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