Up in the air

Mr. Beagles mentions living next to a junk yard and I'm curious as to the type since there are all kinds.  Sanford and Son depicted a nice little business but I've always associated junk yards with auto "bone yards" where you would grab your tools and go scrounging for that obscure part you needed.  The prices for parts were something the owner just pulled out of thin air most of the time depending on his mood.  Fun places to visit with plenty of odd characters just hanging around and they usually had the part I needed  Transmission cross member for a '65 Bonneville?  No problem, and one of the employees would even pull the part for you for a minimal charge.  The north side had a couple of good bone yards but they're all gone now, shut down completely or moved out to the suburbs.

There has been a new type of junk yard but they don't call it that; they are businesses that deal in "architectural restoration."  When older homes are demolished a crew will show up and strip out the oak floors, doors, windows, cabinets, hinges, fittings, sinks, bathtubs, cabinets, and just about anything that can be removed.  There is a big demand for all that old stuff because of the quality and the simple fact that none of it is being made anymore, at least not at an affordable price.

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I've never heard of any movie about a guy who bought an amputated arm and it started to  drive me crazy because the idea of exhibiting a severed limb was familiar.  Then I remembered a documentary I saw about a guy who found an amputated foot in something he bought at a yard sale and tried to earn some money showing it off.  The movie is Finders Keepers and is available at the usual places you find movies these days.

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I know you guys don't care about motor sports but bear with me.  The 24 hour race at Le Mans was this weekend (Toyota won with an electric hybrid) and it got me thinking.  The road course is almost eight and a half miles long, situated in the French countryside, and what do they do about critters?  Not much, apparently; those swoopy cars just toss them in the air as in the case of this unlucky deer.