The Ink-Pot and the Palette

San Francisco has had a recycling center for years. At first it had lumber and choice odds and ends like clawfoot bathtubs, but as time went on it began to focus more and more on doors. At the end it became a door manufacturer.
Toward the end of that place another one opened. It is down on landfill in an awful part of town, with dilapidated buildings, but they have all -kinds- of stuff. I once found brand new washing machine hoses there, along with lighting fixtures, old tools, beads from a 60's style bead curtain...