Met an old timer at the Warren, NH dump who changed my whole approach

Guy was maybe 80, hauling scrap metal in a rusted F-150. He saw me tossing a broken snowblower and asked if I tried fixing the carb first. I said no, figured it was dead. He pulled a wrench from his pocket, spent 10 minutes cleaning the jet, and it fired right up. Said "most stuff dies because we quit on it." Now I check everything twice before I scrap it. Anybody else got a random lesson from a stranger like that?

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abby3081d ago

What is it about old guys and rusty trucks that they always carry the exact right tool for the job? Like that wrench just appeared in his pocket the second you needed it. Sounds like he's been doing that his whole life and knows what's worth saving and what's not. Did you ask him what his biggest score was that he pulled back from the dead? Bet he's got a hundred stories like that.

claire_butler11d ago

Bet he's got a few hundred stories. Those guys never throw anything away that might work again.