Recycling old technology
The current round of EcoCentre junk stayed on the front step all last night, but nothing disappeared under the cover of darkness. Guess that empty paint cans aren’t valued by anyone. Ditto for the two televisions.
And that’s a sign of the times. Analog TV is gone. If you’re not digital, you’re not watching. A small colour set, with a smaller B+W box; the kind of stuff that just didn’t get thrown out. Until now. Watching snow is so not a way to spend a quiet evening.
I also nipped over to the Dollarama, to get new batteries for my alarm clock. The one I purchased three decades back. I hardly ever hear it ring, because I tend to wake beforehand. That’s the catch. Under cover of darkness, all I can do is guess at the hour. Weak batteries reduced the backlight to “shadows”. Now I’m good for another year. Not much money required: $1.15 for five cells, and I needed two. If I don’t misplace the card, I’ll be ready to reset things next fall.
I might have found another, better desk for my radio station. Some decent pieces, reinforced with aluminum struts inside (the last one collapsed because the structural bolts weren’t… $10 and up, so I can trade in a load of empty pop bottles if the cash on hand runs short. Must clear out some more basement space first, and wait until the window job is complete. In recognition of the glut down there, I dumped a few dozen VHS tapes this afternoon. After all, something that hasn’t been through a machine in a decade isn’t going to work too well, and I think we’ve also thrown our VHS player away.
