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Everyone chain-smoked from the invention of tobacco until 1986. e: what a terrible snipe
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flavor.flv posted: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 There is no greater hero than one who desecrates any and all idols & symbols of the catholic church
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Jun 3, 2022 14:06
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It looks more like a washstand that's lost its pitcher
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Jun 3, 2022 16:16
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I bought a temporary electric meter (that's a thing?) that was either: 1)NOT left with the customer as the sticker commands or 2) It WAS, but then the customer dropped it off at the ReStore.  I have no use for it, but for $3.50 might be a fun thing to take a look at and maybe try to educate myself on how an electric meter works. And then it can be a decoration on my garage wall, it's slowly turning into some sort of "Industrial Applebees" with all the weird crap on the walls. Also got something that might end up being useful:  For crankin' it! 
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Jun 8, 2022 15:52
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Got a I think very old, very heavy blender at a local rummage sale, still works great, a couple of the buttons don't work at all but aside from liquify they're irrelevant for my needs Pureed some cold watermelon for a nice summer drink 
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Jun 22, 2022 05:00
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Captain Invictus posted:Got a I think very old, very heavy blender at a local rummage sale, still works great, a couple of the buttons don't work at all but aside from liquify they're irrelevant for my needs Oh poo poo I have a watermelon right now. I'm totally doing this.
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Jun 22, 2022 05:13
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a regular sized watermelon from the grocery store will produce at least 6 huge cups of smoothie if it's just watermelon and nothing else so keep that in mind, you're gonna be drinking a lot. that said, I much prefer this method to eating it
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Jun 22, 2022 06:43
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 Found this thing
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Sep 29, 2022 00:33
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That's someone's death mask
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Sep 29, 2022 00:36
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Found basically the same thing in 2019
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Sep 29, 2022 00:52
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Looks like a novelty cake
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Sep 29, 2022 15:06
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FreudianSlippers posted:Found basically the same thing in 2019 I see you drive a Jeep Compass, or a Dodge Caliber
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Sep 29, 2022 15:13
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FreudianSlippers posted:
Ah, a gein original. Very nice
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Sep 30, 2022 11:47
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FreudianSlippers posted:
Aww, the nose has been rubbed! You know. For luck!
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Sep 30, 2022 12:45
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FreudianSlippers posted:
Ah, the rich Corinthian leather from a Plymouth Volare, complete with an imprint from the person in the back seat.
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Oct 18, 2022 18:25
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FreudianSlippers posted:
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Ah, the rich Corinthian leather from a Plymouth Volare, complete with an imprint from the person in the back seat. Chrysler Cordoba!
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Oct 18, 2022 22:56
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Chrysler Cordoba! Oh drat, I am so busted. 
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Oct 19, 2022 01:44
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Iron Crowned posted:I see you drive a Jeep Compass, or a Dodge Caliber Good eye. Though I had to sell it for scrap when an electrical system malfunction became such a constantly reoccurring problem that having it fixed or buying new parts was more expensive than just buying another car. Loveable American pig-dog car.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Good eye. I only know because I had the same car, that not so coincidentally also met the same fate. I'm pretty sure the sub-frames were assembled from rust at the factory.
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Oct 19, 2022 12:50
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i'm obsessed with this futuristic breadbox i found last weekend
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Please do not open the box.
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I went to Goodwill Outlet (The Bins) and found 80 Type IV Metal cassette tapes. I found a few and then my girlfriend and I went nuts digging through every bin in the place to find every single one. Tapes are sold by weight so they cost me about $15 for everything. They've been recorded on but that's OK because they're high quality and very desirable by tape heads. The Sony and TDK tapes go for like $10-$15 each used and the Denons go for even more. The Denon tapes are heavy as hell. I went through a few to see what's recorded on them and the most interesting thing I found so far is the opening scene of Up in Smoke where Cheech and Chong meet. 
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Probably the best thing I ever found at a thrift store is a Voodoo 3 3500 TV AGP sealed in box for less than $10. In the same trip, I found a Sony Mini DV Walkman and a Sony Digital 8 Walkman in perfect working order for $4 each; the models that have the screen built in. The cool thing about that is that the Digital 8 player had a tape in it that had video from a local parade and tug of war event that took place in the 80s. I've digitized the video and am going to upload it because I think that it would make people happy to see these memories.
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Oct 27, 2022 08:50
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I guess they were actually $3 each.   
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Oct 27, 2022 08:59
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I picked up this RIDE snowboard complete with Burton bindings for $20 that I'm going to use this season.  I also got this Santa Cruz board that I'm going to hang for decoration. It only cost me $5. It's cracked but it will look pretty sweet hanging up, what with the Illuminati imagery and all. 
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Oct 27, 2022 09:44
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I guess the best thing I found as far as something that was immediately flippable was a copy of monkey island 2 for $5. It was in with the board games and puzzles
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I went into a local antique store in town and found a Tag Heuer stopwatch. The fun part though is it's some kind of military contract one!  For the life of me I can't find out anything more specific about it besides some people selling them, and few identical looking models being sold under different brands like Marathon or Hanhart. Still, for $50 when it appears to keep perfect time I really can't complain.
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Oct 29, 2022 09:30
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I bought this sweet Romero Heys rolling luggage piece at Goodwill Outlet for $10. It legit makes me want to make an excuse to travel somewhere just so I can use it.
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I've picked up tons of great garbage from thrift stores, garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and junk stores over the years. I still haven't finished unpacking after a recent move, but here's some of the silly poo poo that floated to the top. I'm sorry to dredge this up from 5 years ago, as I just found this thread. Bottom left. Is that a Bull Shannon from Night Court Ventriloquist Dummy?
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CzarChasm posted:I'm sorry to dredge this up from 5 years ago, as I just found this thread. Correct!
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That just raises further questions Did they mass produce those or was it a one-off? Did night court do a muppet episode?? Was it created as part of an elaborate scheme to steal Richard Moll's identity???
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flavor.flv posted:That just raises further questions It was based off of (though different in appearance and composition from) the ventriloquist dummy Bull had in the show on a few episodes. I think there was some kind of limited run of them because I have one stored away that’s identical to the one in the photo, but no idea if they were a promotional thing or sold in a store.
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ishikabibble posted:I went into a local antique store in town and found a Tag Heuer stopwatch. It’s not a TAG Heuer, it’s just Heuer, meaning that it was made before TAG Group bought a majority stake in Heuer in 1985
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flavor.flv posted:That just raises further questions I believe Gutter Phoenix said he bought it from a studio merch catalogue back in the day, so they were at least a product sold for money, but beyond that? Mystery, man.
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Antivehicular posted:I believe Gutter Phoenix said he bought it from a studio merch catalogue back in the day, so they were at least a product sold for money, but beyond that? Mystery, man. It absolutely was available from the Warner Bros Studio Store catalog. 
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Was going through old photos in Google Photos and saw these... a VERY racist cartoon that was framed and for sale at a more fancy/upscale consignment store: So definitely not favorite find in a "wow, this is cool!"" way but favorite in a "why the gently caress would they even HAVE this here?!" sort of way. (sorry some are blurry, and also sorry in general for the racism)        
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GWBBQ and his GF are antique hunters, Goodwill employees ... don't actually hate us since we live across the street and are some of their best customers. This evening, we were in line, she asked me to bring a little wooden chest of drawers back and put it on the shelf, and I spotted a crystal whiskey decanter. I took a look at it, grabbed it And screamed "waiiiiiiiiit." as I sprinted back to the register before adding it to the total and paying. I had spotted something on the bottom, a Val St. Lambert signature  I paid $15. It's 1950s vintage, and might be worth as much as $400.
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GWBBQ posted:GWBBQ and his GF are antique hunters, Goodwill employees ... don't actually hate us since we live across the street and are some of their best customers. This evening, we were in line, she asked me to bring a little wooden chest of drawers back and put it on the shelf, and I spotted a crystal whiskey decanter. I took a look at it, grabbed it Just remember: if it's real crystal, you don't want to actually put anything in it you plan to drink. Lead leaches into it fast enough to be a health hazard. Really gorgeous and a very nice find nonetheless.
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I wouldn't put anything in it that I wouldn't drink out of uranium glass.
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