I still know people that will stop their car and get out to pick up bottles out of the ditch in Michigan. It adds up. There used to be a guy that retired from MSU and road his bike around, he more or less lived off cans he'd collect. He was a fixture in the area. He's dead now sadly, but he was known as Ernie the Can Man.
Anyway, I still barter regularly, most people around here (a Marine base) seem to barter to some extent since no one ever has much cash. Thus an old crossbow can become a .22 rifle or a spare rifle sling can net a case of a beer.
As of late I've traded into a metal detector to add another stream of side income digging up quarters. Yay.
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