# Junkyard Good Fortune **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128 "2018-10-18T04:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/1 "2018-10-18T04:05:31Z")
Went prowling around the junkyard today. Here’s what I found: A mini-van, with about 100 CD’s in a big ole case. Guy had some damn good taste in music. Got about 40 CD’s, lots of “Greatest Hits” stuff, including **Motorhead** (2 discs!), a bunch of metal and blues, a primo disc of _Dark Side of the Moon_ and no less than 14 **Jimi Hendrix** discs, including some I don’t already have. I now have _Live at Fillmore East_. Bonus! I needed a stereo for the kid’s car with a USB input. I wandered around looking, didn’t find anything good. Walked out and called the wife to meet her for lunch. She was running way late, so I told her to call me when she was ready. Went back into the yard, and saw a faceplate for a real nice Kenwood with USB and Pandora and all kind of mean ugly stuff in the middle of nowhere. I picked it up and thought, _“Boy, I sure wish I knew which car this came out of”_. Humm… Why not try to find it? Wandered around for a few minutes, foot hurting from walking on the gravel, and saw a Maxima with a face-less stereo (out of hundred of cars like that), and the pin configuration looked right. Pull the faceplate out and, “Pop”, right into place! I yank the unit out, check the model number, and DAMN! Found it! Got it home and it bench tests perfect! 😉 Not a bad day. Made it to lunch with the wife. First time in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/2 "2018-10-18T05:20:47Z")
Holy crap. Lucky day indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/3 "2018-10-18T05:39:45Z")
Chance favors the prepared mind. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/4 "2018-10-18T15:06:15Z")
Prepared mustard flavors Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/5 "2018-10-18T15:14:47Z")
I use to buy cars at auctions for my father’s wrecking yard. Best finds was a Rolex watch still in the bag with the receipt. Someone bought it brand new and lost it under the back seat of a 69 Ford LTD. Also found a Snap On tool chest full of tools. The box was a 50th anniversary gold chest. Traded it for a newly rebuilt Ford 302. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/6 "2018-10-18T16:39:17Z")
Now you mention it, today is a perfect day for junkyard prowling–Sunny, mid-50s, work’s becoming a bit of a grind. And Chinese for lunch is definitely gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/7 "2018-10-18T17:53:44Z")
Today, I get to go to the DMV, _in California!_ :eek: :smack: Makes any junkyard seem like paradise. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/8 "2018-10-18T18:01:07Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Today, I get to go to the DMV, _in California!_ :eek: > > :smack: > > Makes any junkyard seem like paradise. No comment of west coast DMVs but my local is impressively effed up. I have not seen organization like that since the pyromaniacs convention in the fireworks factory. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/9 "2018-10-18T21:49:17Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > No comment of west coast DMVs but my local is impressively effed up. I have not seen organization like that since the pyromaniacs convention in the fireworks factory. Wait till you try a DMV in San Antonio Texas. A friend of mine had to move there, from Fairbanks, Alaska, as she was following her Air Force husband. She went to the DMV to get a Texas license and was startled when the clerk told her about having to take a driving test, provide proof of citizenship, and all other sorts of documentation. When said friend asked why she was told “We don’t take licenses from foreign countries.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/10 "2018-10-18T21:57:16Z")
How much does the yard charge for that? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/11 "2018-10-19T01:08:29Z")
My God! I’m done, but man was that place a Bureau of Inertia. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/12 "2018-10-19T01:26:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How much does the yard charge for that? Well, it really depends on who is running the check-out that day. 😉 Could be anywhere from $15 to $50. I got there a lot and am inclined to get a break now and then. They’ll say, “Aw, just an old radio, no wires and missing knobs”. I only buy stuff on the “half-price” days, anyway. Prices: [http://www.picknpull.com/part\_pricing.aspx?LocationID=69&NavItem=10&SearchCriteria=&#partpricing](http://www.picknpull.com/part_pricing.aspx?LocationID=69&NavItem=10&SearchCriteria=&#partpricing) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junkyard-good-fortune/823128/13 "2018-10-19T02:32:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, it really depends on who is running the check-out that day. 😉 Could be anywhere from $15 to $50. I got there a lot and am inclined to get a break now and then. They’ll say, “Aw, just an old radio, no wires and missing knobs”. I only buy stuff on the “half-price” days, anyway. > > Prices: [http://www.picknpull.com/part\_pricing.aspx?LocationID=69&NavItem=10&SearchCriteria=&#partpricing](http://www.picknpull.com/part_pricing.aspx?LocationID=69&NavItem=10&SearchCriteria=&#partpricing) How much did they charge you for the CDs?