You've heard the saying a million times before, one man's trash is another man's treasure.  I had it said to me on Monday as I was standing on the running board of a trailer headed to the dump!

It all started with a little trip to the post office.  I needed to mail some things and get a few stamps, so I headed out of the door of my shop and to my car. A weird little truck went by pulling a trailer just as I was about to cross the street.  Inside the trailer, strapped down on top of a bunch of junk was what appeared to be a curio cabinet.  My heart just sank as I watched it go by, knowing they were on their way to the dump.  (It's about 8 miles up the road from the little town my shop is in.)  I got in my car to go to the PO and the truck had pulled over.  I didn't turn right to go to the PO, I just kept going straight and gawking at the trailer.  I flipped a U turn and gawked some more.  Then the driver got back on the street, but pulled over once again, only into a parking lot.  He was on his cell phone, so I pulled up next to the passenger side.  You can see where this is going!  So I said, "You may think I am nuts, but are you headed to the dump with that stuff?"  He said they were so I asked if I could take a peek at the cabinet in the back.  He laughed, shrugged his shoulders and told me to go ahead.  I simply said, "I think this brings me to a new level." 

As it turns out, it's a locking gun cabinet with glass on 3 sides.   The key was still in it, riding high like a flag flying in the air!  Amazing!  They even turned around and brought it right to my shop!  I helped the guy haul it in!  The only thing wrong with it was the back was loose! 

I am continually amazed at what people throw away!  I see it go by all of the time.  This time I couldn't let it go!