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lt_kennedy posted:The Lifeline I frequented because they had amazing craft supplies got flooded recently - gotten so much cool fabric from there that I do nothing with beyond hoarding. Recently I've been on a kick collecting rocks and fossils and found this dragon egg/septarian ash tray with a large amonite fossil at The Red Cross thrift shop but I also had a full punch card so with the discount it came to just under $3. This is so cool.
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Heath posted:I've been buying a ton of those old Penguin Classics when I find them Nice!!! My wife used to be an editor at Penguin. Sometimes I wish she still worked there so that she could bring home free books, because I really like Penguin's classics collection. It has made my life immeasurably better over the years. Gutter Phoenix has a new favorite as of 06:20 on May 10, 2022 |
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May 10, 2022 06:12
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I really like them, especially the newer deluxe editions. They're automatic pickups for me, because they not only look quite nice but they're virtually always books that are worth my time.
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May 10, 2022 06:28
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Heath posted:I really like them, especially the newer deluxe editions. They're automatic pickups for me, because they not only look quite nice but they're virtually always books that are worth my time. Yeah, they are books for people who actually read!!
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May 10, 2022 17:03
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Tex Avery posted:Are you interested in selling the Jarts? GWBBQ posted:I was going to ask the same question, I'm still pissed that mine were lost or stolen in college.
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May 13, 2022 11:34
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Captain Invictus posted:maybe, what did you have in mind? seems like a boxed set of jarts is...very expensive on ebay. and this is two sets of 4 jarts/2 rings each in one box. I didn't have a particular price in mind, to be frank. They're just cool as hell and I want a set. If you're serious about it, shoot me a PM with what you think is a fair price.
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I go to antique and thrift stores a lot, driven largely by my wife's desire to do so. Due to this, we've found some cool stuff. Here's a sampling: (Does facebook yard sale and antique store finds count? I assume so). First up, I wanted a sling or chest bag for fly fishing. They aren't cheap generally, if you get an Orvis, Fishpond, or other name brands that cater to fly fisherman. I found this camelbak sling for $5:  As I'm typing this post, I'm drinking out of my 50 cent mug I got at the thrift store - this is one of our local small ski hills:  Here's a fountain we got off of facebook yard sale. We cleaned it up and put a tiny pump in it.   Of course, there are always fancy glasses to be found at the thrift stores:  Wife saw this Asian season motif screen for $100 and snagged it. It's now above our bed:  Pachiko machine. Doesn't work, but it hangs on the wall of our kitchen:  Last week, found a working Pachinko machine, so my wife cleaned it up, did some internet homework and it works! We still need to get the lights working but it's very fun for cocktail hour:  That's the best stuff probably. I can walk around the house and post more if anyone is interested. I like this thread.
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May 15, 2022 12:07
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Where are you that you're finding pachinko? That's actually pretty cool!
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May 15, 2022 13:58
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Found the other day a book from "Billy" Meier about his UFO photography. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Meier  
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DicktheCat posted:Where are you that you're finding pachinko? That's actually pretty cool! I've found multiple pachinko machines in Kansas City. Not a lot, maybe 4-5 over the past 10 years, and all but one were at those "mantique" sort of places where they sell neon beer signs, old tools, and sports memorabilia.  I've actually found this same shirt twice (both of which I bought and one of which I later sold), and again as a cocktail dress (which I did not buy and immediately regretted). I wear it to ugly sweater parties.  Now I have matching shoes!  Six skeins of handpainted sock yarn for $30. They had the original price tags on them-- $28 each.  2 foot square aerial photos of Kansas City from 1940 from Weird Stuff Antiques, one of the previously mentioned mantique stores.
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May 15, 2022 18:37
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Planet X posted:
was there a period of time in the US when Pachinko was unusually popular? I think my gramps had this exact machine and gave it to us when I was a little kid and I had absolutely no idea what to make of it.
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Not sure if yard sales count as thrift finds, but got part of a pull fire-alarn yesterday:  I'll probably just mount it on the wall of my garage as a curiosity, but maybe I'll find a weird way to, like, rig it up to some lights or my garage door opener?
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May 15, 2022 19:51
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Both Pachinko machines were purchased in mid Maryland. One at a Habitat ReStore, the other at an Antique mall. I have no idea any of these machines ended up stateside.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Not sure if yard sales count as thrift finds, but got part of a pull fire-alarn yesterday: Mounting a fake fire alarm anywhere seems like a bad idea.
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Definitely mark it as non-functional and/or put a fire extinguisher right next to it. You know it doesn't work, sure, but there may be another person in your house at the same time as fire is visiting.
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May 15, 2022 22:21
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amaguri posted:was there a period of time in the US when Pachinko was unusually popular? I think my gramps had this exact machine and gave it to us when I was a little kid and I had absolutely no idea what to make of it. My dad had one as well, but he was stationed in Okinawa for a bit, so I just assumed he got it from Japan.
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I wasn't planning to go to the Phoebe Bridgers show next week but uh... RIP me wearing a polyester onesie to an outdoor concert in May.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:RIP me wearing a polyester onesie to an outdoor concert in May. Choosing to wear that much polyester outdoors in even mildly warm weather is a cry for help if I've ever seen one. Blink twice if you need an adult.
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May 24, 2022 02:58
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I think you need to sweep your floor
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May 24, 2022 02:59
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Tex Avery posted:Choosing to wear that much polyester outdoors in even mildly warm weather is a cry for help if I've ever seen one. Blink twice if you need an adult. I'm 35  And the leaves were from a failed experiment to overwinter Boston ferns in the basement. Turns out that when they die all the leaves fall off as soon as you try to move them.
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May 24, 2022 03:27
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My son’s outfit brought to you by the fact that he works at Goodwill and doesn’t give a gently caress what anyone thinks. Total expenditure - $4 plus socks 
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Slimy Hog posted:My dad had one as well, but he was stationed in Okinawa for a bit, so I just assumed he got it from Japan. Sears sold a lot of reconditioned ones for a few years in IIRC the early 70’s. You couldn’t pick out a specific one, you just paid $x from the mail-order catalog and they sent you one. I have one in my garage I had working for a while, behind the pinball machine I had working for a while.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:My son’s outfit brought to you by the fact that he works at Goodwill and doesn’t give a gently caress what anyone thinks. Total expenditure - $4 plus socks I knew three people with that exact sweater in high school. In the 90s.
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May 27, 2022 12:25
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Your son looks like he has opinions about whether Genesis was better or worse post- Peter Gabriel.
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May 27, 2022 12:29
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Those are the socks of a bold independent thinker who needs to get some laundry done
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Dareon posted:I knew three people with that exact sweater in high school. In the 90s. How many Rusted Root shows did they go to?
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gleebster posted:Those are the socks of a bold independent thinker who needs to get some laundry done I used to date a girl who would only wear odd socks. Like, if she picked up two of the same, she'd put one down. Monster
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codo27 posted:I used to date a girl who would only wear odd socks. Like, if she picked up two of the same, she'd put one down. Monster There was a Finnish politician (I forget who) who was spotted wearing a red sock on one foot and a green one on the other, and it was a loving scandal (slow news week I guess) and he was clearly senile/drunk/otherwise incompetent. It's like, a lot of people who are into sailing wear socks like that as a lame lark. I'm sure someone in the rags' bullpens even knew that. Just gotta "make a thing out of a stick." (Obviously no-one who is into sailing should ever be in politics but that's beside the point.) e: You can buy a pair from any boating goods store 
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Imperador do Brasil posted:My son’s outfit brought to you by the fact that he works at Goodwill and doesn’t give a gently caress what anyone thinks. Total expenditure - $4 plus socks I wore that exact same poncho every day when I was in high school during the early 90's!! I kept my pack of cigarrettes in the front pouch, like a smoking kangaroo! I also had long hair like that, except lighter blonde, and usually worn in pig tails like a superstud.
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I wore that exact same poncho every day when I was in high school during the early 90's!! I kept my pack of cigarrettes in the front pouch, like a smoking kangaroo! I also had long hair like that, except lighter blonde, and usually worn in pig tails like a superstud. We all thought you died in the 90s, Mr. Hoon
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gleebster posted:Those are the socks of a bold independent thinker who needs to get some laundry done He does his own laundry, but doesn’t fold/organize/match afterwards.
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I did not die in the skeleton suit. Weather was perfect, mid sixties, and the rain didn't start until after I got home. Phoebe Bridgers puts on a great show, highly recommended. I also wore it into Quik Trip.
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Found this today at a local thrift/construction sakvagey/etc store: Call me crazy... But isn't the one of those bowls churches keep the holy water in? I didn't buy it, because 18 years of Catholic guilt made me feel like I might actually go to Hell if I did.
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My friends and I went bar hopping on st paddy's a few years ago, but beforehand we went to the thrift store to buy vessels to drink out of all night. I ended up with a pint glass shaped like a cowboy boot, one of my friends got a communion chalice I'm still jealous
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DrBouvenstein posted:Found this today at a local thrift/construction sakvagey/etc store: It’s an ashtray
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BigFactory posted:It’s an ashtray That'a a big loving ashtray. It's almost 12" across, and has a perfect corrosion line all the way around the inside where the water level would be. Like, looks a lot like the thing they baptize babies in) over, that's all I'm saying.
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DrBouvenstein posted:That'a a big loving ashtray. It's almost 12" across, and has a perfect corrosion line all the way around the inside where the water level would be. For sale: Baby font, never used.
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DrBouvenstein posted:That'a a big loving ashtray. It's almost 12" across, and has a perfect corrosion line all the way around the inside where the water level would be. Serious smokers need serious ashtrays
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Holy smokes 
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I'm at the ashtray (what) I'm at the baptismal font (what) I'm at the combination ashtray and baptismal font.
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