Junk?
I was looking for a way of watering some plants without having to stand there and do it. I know that I had a sprinkler some place. I found it in a pile outside near the hose. Broken and battered but still in one piece...but did it work? Yes!!! the water came spurting out from every crack and hole ,but yes it did what I wanted it to do...spread water without me standing over it.I keep a lot of things that still work. My father in law looks at me like I'm some crazy swamp Yankee penny pincher. "Why don't you buy a new one?" he says as I take a part the retractable dog lease that just broke when Lola went nuts and bolted up a tree after a squirrel. "It has screws" I say .."let see what is inside and if it can be fixed"
I have a SUV with 200,000 miles on it, dents, scratches and several warning lights blinking on the dash. It gets me to Home Depot, local trails for dog walking and to the boat launch for kayaking.
Our grill is pile of black rust clinging together for one last burger and I have about a dozen old flags that have to be retired properly but until then the best of them are displayed on the property at various appropriate times of year. 