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A few weeks ago I helped my friends Mark and Sarah load their treadmill into the back of my truck and deliver it to the dump. Actually I wasn't much help at all- the thing was really heavy and awkward to grasp, so I pretty much let them deal with it. However, I did provide the truck, so I wasn't totally useless. There's a section up at the dump where all the old appliances are discarded, so if you happen to need a refrigerator door, or perhaps a switch for your broken microwave, I guess you could always take your chances with what you could find there. Years ago the dump was more like a department store. You could find a bike without a chain or a jacket without a zipper that otherwise was perfectly good. I imagine there were a number of flashlights that ended up there because the batteries were dead. In the years before computers, if you wanted porn you had to go to some sleazy place and buy it. Since we didn't really have any sleazy places in Hoonah, I guess the ne...