<div dir="ltr">I've also heard about local nonprofit orgs doing something similar on a brick & mortar basis. <div>Tools and other home improvement equipment are donated and rental is free. <br><div>I think that something like that would have good success in our area. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#45818e">Christine Dutton</font></b><div><b><font color="#45818e">Dutton Consulting </font></b></div><div><b><font color="#45818e">413-626-6377</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#45818e">Find me on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/duttonconsulting/" target="_blank">here! </a></font></b></div><div><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Jsdf6oTPMr_ZMW7beJgoQYJBp9w6Y6es&export=download" width="200" height="66"><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 11:50 AM Rob Laporte <<a href="mailto:rob@2disc.com">rob@2disc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><a href="https://sparetoolz.com/" target="_blank">https://sparetoolz.com/</a></div>
<div><a href="https://www.streetbank.com/splash?locale=en" target="_blank">https://www.streetbank.com/splash?locale=en</a></div>
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idle capital could apply to the countless things we all have but use rarely, like spray painters, lawn dethatchers, hand-trucks, battery testers that actually work, ladders, coin roll-makers, shop vacs, all kind of tools powered or not, etc. I’ve not given
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