... (kind of). There used to be a soda depot on Foster Avenue a few blocks from the house. We used to go around to all the empty lots picking up the bottles and bringing them in for the deposit. Things got so good that we then started renting a horse and buggy (yes, this was in rural Brooklyn... lots of dirt roads with chickens and goats about) for $3 that include a full feed bag). Now we were able to ride all around for miles picking up bottles (...and horseschit )... We eventually branched out to picking up newspapers and bringing them to the dump, but our fathers had to help us with that because it was too far to take the horse and all. We bought all kinds of stuff with the money we made...