The old British copper penny would have to be the size of a watermelon to get its scrap value above its cash value today. If you have WD, you are carrying around copper deposits in your eyes and other tissues. Therapy involves using copper-transporting chelators to remove the copper from...
You’d even see the odd scrap-metal collector driving a Steptoe-style horse and cart. But the area was changing. Our neighbours constructing a sauna in their cellar was a sure sign that the area was becoming gentrified. These days it’s all Whole Foods, plantation blinds and SUVs. My ...