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grasswire

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5. what you are is a curator

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 12:19 PM

Sep 2014

That's the word I would use. That's a step up from being a picker, which in itself is noble but can be simply about profit. But a curator does the research, follows the clues, and sees the value to others. And you save historic items from the land fill.

Good on ya!

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