Am I the only one............

My grandfather, on my Mum's side, had a sideline in rubbish. He'd go around the back lanes on rubbish day, lifting the lids on the bins to see if he could use any of it. His favourites were old bikes (as he'd remake them into a bike that the local kids, who had very little, could have). He also liked handbags!! No really. He repaired shoes in his shed. If he heeled a pair of ladies blue shoes, when they came to collect them he'd say that he had a nice handbag that would match and she could have it for a couple of bob. Try as I might, I could never get him to understand that a handbag needed to have a strap that matched, not one that was a completely different colour from some random bag he's found.
I think I picked up most of my "talents" from him.