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Glossary
- Junking: retrieval of things and
materials before they go to the
land-fill
- Scrapping: accumulating materials,
usually metals but also other valuble
materials to be sold at scrap yards
usually by the pound
- Trash: possibly good junk
- Garbage: worthless junk
- Junk: hidden treasure
- Piles: the way trash is piled up
- Stash: stuff from junk that's put
aside until it can later be retrieved
and relocated
- Treasure: a junk find that's worth
lots of money
- Store: putting junk finds into a
secure place
- Smalls: small things that can be
hand carried
- Hardwood: objects made of oak cheery
walnut etc. that have no veneer added
- Veneer: thin layers of paper, wood
bonded to objects usually for decoration
- Antique: old...50-100 years or more
- "Old": not been seen around much
- OddsnEnds: various things that don't
fall under the heading of furniture
- "As Is": taken in the condition it
currently is in
- "No Refunds": non-refundable
- Shorting: removing part of an object
and stashing it so that the total object
is worthless, usually done to buy time
until the total object can be retrieved
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