Thrift Store Scores
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I think it’s fair to post flea market scores in here, right? I don’t know why but I’ve wanted a type writer for years now Well at my local flea market here in PDX I picked this gem up for $15 and took it for a quick tune up+ribbon (further $20). It feels nice, sounds great and we’ll see if I use it as intended.
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@Inorganic you should start a pen pals thread and get a mail correspondence going. That thing is sweet!
In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...
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@Inorganic is it bad form to ask which flea market you go to?
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@Mizmazzle ha! I am going to type a letter to my parents and see how much of a pain that is. I haven’t had a pen pal since the 90’s. Is that still a thing anymore? It would be cool for my son to try that.
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@GraemeE no problem at all. I go to the Eagles market every Sunday pretty much. Have been going for over a decade now (even found a $30 pair of wesco’s 6yrs ago!!) It’s in a sad state now vs it’s glory days (ie lots of stolen stuff & a reflection of Portland’s woes as of late) but there are a few gems to be found from time to time. It’s from ~7a-1pm, Sundays @N Lombard & N Exeter up in St Johns. Come thru & let me know when you do if you wanna check it out - or let me know what you score!
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@GraemeE for the sake of posterity to remember when the Eagles was at its most special. I picked up this Jacob sheep skull there a few years back. Clean it up, drilled it out, welded up a holder and it now watches over my home office ( & prolly was the catalyst for a few nightmares for my son!)
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@Inorganic I may have to make a trip over to that side of town on a Sunday - I live deep south but work in inner NE so I tend to hit up Lombard at least a few times a month on weekdays to pop by Too Many Records or the Goodwill
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@jordanscollected
so Jeff, this thrift shop-where did you say it is? -
@steelworker Ed, most of my stuff was thrifted by others and handed down to me. I have very little patience for digging through dusty piles of clothes and shoes while my wife looks for paintings to add ghosts to.
We spent a bit of time in vintage clothing shops down in New Orleans but most of what i found for men was old Montgomery ward's union work shirts in size XS or XXXXL and extremely scratchy Pendleton wool shirts.
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@Mizmazzle I don't want to use the "I" word around these parts but I'm just thankful I didn't have to resort to something made out of particle board that I would have to assemble myself
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@Inorganic love that skull very 666, makes me want to get one! maby we should start a taxidermy tread? I have a couple of contributions
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
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@scarfmace yeah this skull is rad! From the underside it has elements of a human form which I often trip out on. This is the only taxidermy piece I have, I’d love to see yours.
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kind of a lame post since i dont have pics as this was many years ago, but i dont think i have ever topped finding a complete silvertone 1484 at a goodwill. was in school for electronics engineering at the time and my professor helped me get it working. i was young and broke so ended up selling it for rent money years later at a fraction of what they go for now even with the reverb we never could figure out how to get working...i also once found a silvertone bobcat in a dumpster. you guessed it, sold that for peanuts too
