Pick & Pull

A week ago, I went with Husband to the local Pick & Pull. In case you're not familiar with the concept, a Pick & Pull is a car junkyard where you can go in and tear parts off old wrecked-up cars that you need to work on your car and then you pay for what you pulled when you leave. Recycling!

At our local Pick & Pull, you pay $2 a person to get in. There are rows and rows and rows of wrecked-up cars and they are sorted by make. I had to go along with Husband because the cars are propped up on old stacked wheels and they look like they will fall over if you lean on them. Husband is afraid that a car will fall on him if he goes by himself. I kept thinking that it would be a great place to film a scene of a slasher movie. Or even a really tense chase scene where they bad guy wrecks his car on the highway overpass and then jumps off the overpass bridge and lands on a wrecked-up car and takes off running. The hero follows, of course, and eventually apprehends the bad guy but not after dodging bullets by ducking between cars.Or a scene from the sequel to "Winter's Bone."

While he picked and pulled 2 door handles, a window/lock control panel, something, and another something, I sifted through gravel, broken windshields, bolts, and assorted car parts with the toe of my tennis shoe. We spent about $60 for parts for the '98 Explorer plus $4 to get in. I made eight cents in pennies I found and collected from the debris. I'm convinced I can find more change when we go back for a hatch latch. I used to be bored to tears when I had to go to the Pick & Pull but now I'm sure I will hit a jackpot of old forgotten quarters someone stashed in their car to feed the parking meter. Forget the casino, I'll be at the Pick & Pull.

 What I spent today: $0
Total since Monday:  $1078.04