Hobby Thread - February 15, 2025 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread.

We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin. Turns out, the Wheel is always looking for a bargain. It said BARGAIN HUNTING. Happy hunting!

[Photo:Round Top, Texas]

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Do you haunt estate sales, garage sales, and rummage sales looking for bargains?
Do you float through flea markets, attend auctions, tinker with tag sales or sweep through swap meets? Are you unable to pass by an antique mall without stopping?

Are you on the hunt for specific things or just a bargain? Is the search and the thrill of the bargain more compelling than the thing itself? Do you buy and keep or buy and then flip or sell? Do you shop for Christmas gifts or other gifts by spotting goodies at second hand sales?

It is said that one person's trash is another person's treasure. That poor, neglected item under a pile of junk just might be the very thing you are looking for.

Are you a seller in this space?

The online world of ebay, FB marketplace, online auctions, etc. has changed the game but there is no substitute for the experience of physically finding a treasure.

TRex is not wise in the ways of bargain hunting, but the Horde must have stories. Looking for help from the Gray Box friends.

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What are you hobbying these days? As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Your participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants, as always, are optional.

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Where does one find estate sales? Apparently this website is an industry resource:
Estate Sales Looks like it covers the entire United States.

Anyone have other good resources?

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Some people thrift full time. They scour yard sales and sell on ebay. There are many, many Youtube channels and videos showing people. It is amazing to think that thrifting is so popular that people will watch others do it, but the thrill of a potential find is an easy storyline that anyone can follow. Does anyone here do reselling as a job more than a hobby?

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Everyone has a story of an amazing find. Could be because of the novelty of the item or the great deal or both. What is your story?

Similarly, everyone has a story of the one that got away. Could be something that you regret not taking home at the time or someone else nearby was faster.

Do you have a shopping strategy? Do you quickly walk around and scan everything and then come back for a more methodical look? or do you just pick a spot and start looking and walking?

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Ever wonder how an auctioneer learns the technique of fast taking patter? There is a school for that:

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Used books can be found in thrift stores, friends of the library sales, garage sales, and elsewhere. Did you know that there is an entire mini industry of people that use handheld scanners to quickly scan a used book barcode to compare purchase price with potential selling price to see if they can sell the book online for a profit.

We had not been to a friends of the library sale in a while and expected to casually browse through the piles and shelves. We were outnumbered by swarms of people with scanners. The scanners check online listings to see selling prices for the book and gives an audible chirp to tell the person whether to pull the book. They barely look at anything other than the bar code. They or someone else checks the books before they pay for condition issues.

It is brutally efficient and a long way from casually browsing the stacks as a reader. It completely ruined the experience for us but we could see how and why they did it. Anyone else see this or have experience doing it?

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Woodworking is a subset of hobbying.
Turning is a subset of woodworking.
Amazing how much YouTube content is dedicated to fancy turning projects. Saw these two that make use of resin to prepare the block before turning:

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of Australia? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Wallaroos? Tree kangaroos? Rat kangaroos? Yikes.

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

2 I don't, but a co-worker does fanatically. He keeps showing me art, ceramics and such that he says we're bargains worth way more than he paid for it. It's a whole weekend usually he tells me.

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

3 I don't do that kind of stuff anymore. Did a bit when the Pickers were big, but never found nothing. I'm trying to get rid of stuff now.

There's one worthless antique left at our house and that's me. Don't think it's going away any time soon, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2025 05:38 PM (0eaVi)

4 Antique stores, consignment shops, thrift stores, etc - one of my favorite things to do. Anytime we travel, I make it a point to visit at least one shop. Sometimes I may be looking for a particular item, but more often it is to see what is there - and to imagine who owned it and its story. Have purchased used cookbooks, especially with handwriting in the margins. The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

5 Canton Trade days. A huge, multi acre place where you can find just about anything to buy, sell or trade.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (mB6WH)

6 I sent that pic of haunted dolls / not haunted dolls to KTE the doll collector

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:43 PM (WIRXc)

7 https://hibid.com/ links to lots of local auction houses.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 15, 2025 05:43 PM (PiwSw)

8 Hmmm, Ben Had, say more words. Like where is this magical place. TX?

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Grateful, there must be at least 10 antique shops in Corsicana. I like to browse.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 05:43 PM (mB6WH)

10 Pickers has entered the chat.

So has every pawn shop on the planet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2025 05:43 PM (Q4IgG)

11 If those "not haunted" dolls came with a certificate of authenticity, you could sell them for 5-10x as much...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2025 05:44 PM (BpYfr)

12 Some adventures in AI..

I am still setting up and migrating from my intel Macbook pro to my new M4 Macbook Pro, I setup the newest version of NeoVim on the M4 and was intending to just migrate the config files from my intel install, the only problem was the newer version of NeoVim on my M4 configuration syntax deprecates and replaces a good chunk of the config files programming and syntax.

It would have taken me a couple of hours to go through and redo all of the config files, so I simply asked my AI bot to update all of the 25 config files to be compliant with the latest syntax, and it updated all of the files in literally, two minutes.

The other thing that is wild is you can ask the AI a question like, what are the most common reasons that Mason would not be able to load the black Language interpreter, and it will dutifully list all of the reasons, make suggestions to resolve, and 99.9pct of the time, it will solve your problem.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 15, 2025 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)

13 It completely ruined the experience for us but we could see how and why they did it.
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Sounds awful.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:44 PM (WIRXc)

14 Thank you Ben Had! I haven't been beyond the HEB, but that'll change this year....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

15 I do get most of my books from used book stores. Never pondered if it's a bargain as it seems always is .

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 05:45 PM (fwDg9)

16 We used to drive by Ryan Lewis' home in Magnolia frequently.

Nice guy. Never acted like he was famous. Seemed to be a normal person.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 05:46 PM (1wZKM)

17 We went to an antiques "mall" a couple months ago. Bought a metal plate with a stained glass nativity scene in it. Pretty.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:47 PM (WIRXc)

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Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 15, 2025 05:47 PM (lhenN)

19 17 KTE found 2 Madame Alexander dolls for $10 each

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:49 PM (WIRXc)

20 Grateful, it is in Canton. TX. About 60 miles from me. The first 4 days before the first Monday of the month. It would take three days just to see part of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 05:49 PM (mB6WH)

21 The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

Lileks shows those once in a while. There's no identification on them so their stories are lost to history.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2025 05:50 PM (0eaVi)

22 Glendale, KY (home of Blue Oval EV battery factory) has, or had, a vibrant antique/thrift shop environment. Lots of interesting furniture, nick-nacks, dinnerware, etc.

I smoke cigars and they had some really cool, old school, glass and porcelain ashtrays. Huge. Heavy. For like, $5.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2025 05:50 PM (Q4IgG)

23 21 The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

Lileks shows those once in a while. There's no identification on them so their stories are lost to history.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

That might be an interesting use for AI one day - match photos to family trees

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:51 PM (WIRXc)

24 Sounds awful.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:44 PM (WIRXc)

It's called greed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2025 05:51 PM (0eaVi)

25 The coolest thing I ever found at a flea market was a British Brodie helmet from WW2. Got it for 5 bucks and I still have it.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 15, 2025 05:51 PM (31p00)

26 That might be an interesting use for AI one day - match photos to family trees
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 15, 2025 05:51 PM (WIRXc)

I wonder if it would even work? Lots of people resemble others, but aren't related.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2025 05:53 PM (0eaVi)

27 Anybody else watch Bargain Hunt or Antiques Road Trip? Lots of fun learning about antiques and seeing how they do at auction without the stress of digging through piles of junk at antiques shops yourself. (Both shows have dedicated live channels on Freevee; there are several free services that have ART on demand, but I've yet to find BH on demand anywhere.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2025 05:54 PM (HSmRu)

28 I buy all my DVD's from the pawn shop. A buck a piece.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 05:54 PM (mB6WH)

29 The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

Lileks shows those once in a while. There's no identification on them so their stories are lost to history.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

That might be an interesting use for AI one day - match photos to family trees
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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Now that is a fascinating thought. I guess I best start learning about this AI stuff....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

30 My wife is very good at finding projects to refurbish or re-imagine. We have a couple of booths at an antique/art mall. She sells her projects and bowl cozys (you heat up soups and the like in them) We sell my pottery as well. We usually break even or maybe make a little. Something to do in our "Golden Years".

Posted by: javems at February 15, 2025 05:58 PM (8I4hW)

31 We once were garage/estate sale enthusiasts, but when we decided to look into moving, we decided that buying more crap we would have to pack might not be a good idea. But I always went for the books first.

Posted by: PugMahon, feeling restless at February 15, 2025 06:00 PM (bDNzX)

32 Got nuthin'

Except music theme for that top picture.

youtu.be/1WqazleR3FE

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 15, 2025 06:00 PM (gllTv)

33 Javems, you create some very nice pieces.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:01 PM (mB6WH)

34 Best deal we ever got was about 2 years ago, at a garage sale. A knife block full of misc kitchen knives, $8.00. I walked right past it but MrTea saw 3 Cutco knives in the mix. Took it up and said to the lady, lotsa knives for $8.00. Her son had recently gotten married and they bought all Chicago Cutlery knives.
The Cutco are, of course, a far superior knife and these were like new.
I still can't believe it.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 15, 2025 06:07 PM (Eo96p)

35 Used to be a person could go to garage sales and flea markets and pick up some serious bargains on top quality stuff like antique cast iron cookware, corningware and depression glass. These days there are people that go around specifically looking for that kind of stuff to buy it up for pennies on the dollar for resale in their stores.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 15, 2025 06:09 PM (Rcnd3)

36 Nice post, TRex. Thanks. Taking a break from doing taxes. Not a hobby. I do enjoy going to a couple of firearm auctions a year.

Posted by: scampydog at February 15, 2025 06:10 PM (41CYW)

37 The saddest part about estate sales are all the beautiful sets of China that no one wants anymore.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:10 PM (mB6WH)

38 37 The saddest part about estate sales are all the beautiful sets of China that no one wants anymore.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:10 PM
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Good observation. A major generational disconnect.

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

39 We used to like going to the flea market in Shipshewana, years, no, decades ago, but the last time we went it was almost all booths full of chinese endlot crap. Haven't been back since.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 15, 2025 06:13 PM (Eo96p)

40 Used to be avid Garage sale goers.. Over the years most of our furniture came from there.. No one was interested in Mid-century modern which is what I have... Use to pick up great things for 5- 25 dollars.. people have since wised up

Posted by: It's me donna at February 15, 2025 06:13 PM (VE6XX)

41 There is a thrift shop where my sister lives, proceeds supporting Senior Services in the area. A lot of people donate the belongings of seniors either deceased or going in to assisted living, which is great. Keeps the ecosystem going, right? Except this is a popular retirement area for the well-off in the Seattle area, and the family frequently has no idea that the "Asian" art is not cheap knockoffs but the real thing from a trip many, many years ago. The dears in charge of the thrift shop have no idea and often just pick the closet thing they recognize to price it. So you can find some *amazing* stuff. My favorite so far is a heavy carved brush pot. Probably ebony, from the density. Similar ones online start in the hundreds. I got my "vase" for $15

(And I have no idea how old it is, no markings of any kind ...)

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at February 15, 2025 06:14 PM (WErXV)

42 When we lived in Dayton OH had 2 favorite places to shop. Heart of OH Antique Center, mostly for furniture since I like to refinish vintage and antiques pieces. Village Salvage in Waynesville for lighting. When we built our home in MT I used a lot of antique items that I refurbished for the house. 3 of our bathrooms have furniture pieces that I repurposed into bath vanities. The MB has old gas lamps that were converted to electric. We purchased them already finished, however I also acquired a handful of gas lamp arms that I rewired and made into wall mounted fixtures. The fireplace mantle in the living room is 2 antique pieces that I refinished and combined into a finished mantle. Started with a plain mantle and added pieces from an armoire to it. Our home is very customized to my tastes.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 15, 2025 06:14 PM (2NHgQ)

43 Good observation. A major generational disconnect.
Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

Hardly anyone, especially younger people do formal things. How many families eat dinner every night?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2025 06:14 PM (0eaVi)

44 Just got a toolbox from my Dad's friend, of his dad's tools he kept with him on his haul trucks (he was a trucker). Awesome stuff - all marked 'Made in the USA' Full set of Proto branded 'Champion' wrenches with roll Pouch from the 60's, among other things. Oh, and a Schrader brand tire pressure gauge that is better than any gauge I've ever laid hands on.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at February 15, 2025 06:15 PM (ScW81)

45 35 These days there are people that go around specifically looking for that kind of stuff to buy it up for pennies on the dollar for resale in their stores.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 15, 2025 06:09 PM
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Yep. Guess the inventory comes from somewhere. I was floored by the number of YouTube videos and channels of full time resellers showing themselves doing it.

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 06:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

46 I absolutely love china. Most of my girlfriends have their mom's or grandma's china and I encourage them to USE IT! It's a crying shame those dishes are not used. Same with silver. And crystal. I have some Depression era etched glasses I adore that a friend gave me. They were his grandmother's and he was never going to use them. I use them. And I say a prayer for him and his family ever time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 06:17 PM (WtkHN)

47 Yep, my truck’s gonna veer right into the parking lot at that top picture.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 06:17 PM (jgmnb)

48 Very timely- just visited a local estate sale the last three days.
Day 1- scoped it out. Bought a quilt pattern and a pair of scissors. Thought seriously about two bags of vintage quilt squares
Day 2- Went back for the quilt squares: a bag of Butterfly and a bag of Grandmother's Flower Garden. Also 3 CD's, two small bolts of fabric, three quilt books and some thin interior plywood.
Day 3: Four plastic planters, some more plywood and a lot more fabric for the local Lutheran church Quilt Guild. They are not fussy about what they get as long as it will hold up to some wear.

Best deal: the quilt squares, which are the real McCoy. Flour sacks/feed sacks/sewing and garment scraps- all hand-pieced.

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 06:18 PM (f+FmA)

49 https://www.boardgamequest.com/
warhammer-age-of-sigmar-dominion-review/

My current painting project. I had done many angels on other board games, but my new method for painting wings is chef's kiss.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 15, 2025 06:18 PM (lhenN)

50 My business partner told me there is an app now that if you break some object you can put a picture in and they will find you a replacement part. For just about anything it sounds like.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:20 PM (mB6WH)

51 33 Javems, you create some very nice pieces.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:01 PM (mB6WH)

Thanks, they are getting simpler every year.

I keep up with your projects. The scale of your efforts put mine to shame.

And I understand on the china. My Mom's prized possession was a 12 piece setting of Rosenthal china, serving pieces and all.. It is setting in the attic.

Posted by: javems at February 15, 2025 06:20 PM (8I4hW)

52 Hi TRex - really impressed by the wood turning videos - those are indeed artwork. Couple months ago walked through the consignment place next to the brewpub on Picket Street here locally, just for the heck of it - ended up buying a like new bar that had just come in. Turned out to be a pretty expensive brewpub visit!

Posted by: Patches at February 15, 2025 06:21 PM (L4WDc)

53 And I especially despise kangaroo rats.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 06:23 PM (jgmnb)

54 It completely ruined the experience for us but we could see how and why they did it.
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Agreed. The loss of used bookstores is a major blow. And it's been ages since I went to a library sale (none where we now live anyway.)

We do need to figure out how to sell a lot of books. That won't be easy. And I will never deal with Amazon. Alibris is an option, I guess.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 15, 2025 06:23 PM (1bNHn)

55 I have my beloved grandmother's china. Not a lot of pieces left, but enough that we use it regularly for Sunday dinners.
TRex's grandmother's china is packed in a box, which is in the hall closet of his parent's house. Have no idea why it isn't used but one day that box will come to our home and the china will be liberated!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 06:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

56 Other hobby stuff, not mine another Co-worker's train set, have 2 houses done, a factory built but want to spray paint it before assembly of parts and the last house 1/2 done but want yo prime then paint brick work and roof a realistic color

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 06:25 PM (fwDg9)

57 As a former bookseller, I'm going to mention something about used versus new books. When an author negotiates with a publisher, the publisher does not care if the author's previous books sold three times in the used market because the publisher didn't see a penny of those sales. If there is an author you like, buy a new copy.

OTOH, used bookstores serve a very important function: they give people the opportunity to read an out of print book. A lady who worked for a used book store knew more about mysteries than I did. I had no problem calling her when I was stumped, and I hired her to work off site with me when I did conventions.

Posted by: Livia Augusta at February 15, 2025 06:25 PM (RuqLJ)

58 Sal, good for you on the quilt squares!! I have several small and large quilts I made using vintage blocks I've bought from eBay and Etsy (guess that doesn't really count as thrifting but blah) and I love mixing them with modern fabrics.

Posted by: skywch at February 15, 2025 06:26 PM (uqhmb)

59 I volunteer at our local Thrift Store. Most of our proceeds go for "extras" for the retirement center, which owns the building we work in.
Upstairs is sorting and pricing, downstairs is the store.
It was once a residence building, so the various suites are "stores" for the merchandise, with large furniture in the lobby
We have a couple of specialists that we refer really nice or unusual stuff to- they research and either sell it in the store or online.
Hard work, but a lot of fun working with great people.

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 06:26 PM (f+FmA)

60 20 Grateful, it is in Canton. TX. About 60 miles from me. The first 4 days before the first Monday of the month. It would take three days just to see part of it.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 05:49 PM (mB6WH
And if you have a coondog or shotgun to trade, bring ‘em along. That’s how First Monday was founded.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 06:27 PM (jgmnb)

61 >>> 46 I absolutely love china. Most of my girlfriends have their mom's or grandma's china and I encourage them to USE IT! It's a crying shame those dishes are not used. Same with silver. And crystal. I have some Depression era etched glasses I adore that a friend gave me. They were his grandmother's and he was never going to use them. I use them. And I say a prayer for him and his family ever time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 06:17 PM (WtkHN)

Silver, do you mean flatware or other pieces?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 15, 2025 06:27 PM (Vqx30)

62 - my best find ever?
On craigslist. Three, 1970's, Zildjian cymbals. 20" ride and two hi-hats. $110.
Filthy but I could still make out the stampings by which you can date them to the decade but not the year.
Took 3 "my way" barkeepers friend cleanings on the hi-hats and 2 on the ride but when I finished...
The best part? Good luck finding a modern day cymbal that sound near as good.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 15, 2025 06:28 PM (ItCQP)

63 volunteering at a local Thrift Store is a concept I hadn't considered....but thank you for doing so. And congrats on your multi-day purchases!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 06:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

64 52 ended up buying a like new bar that had just come in. Turned out to be a pretty expensive brewpub visit!

Posted by: Patches at February 15, 2025 06:21 PM
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You do it big. Most people visit a bar. You BUY a bar. Congrats!

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 06:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

65 Eromero, First Monday is quite the experience isn't it?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:30 PM (mB6WH)

66 While we still like to find bargains we are past (way, way past) needing most things like furniture or decorations. Yard sales and antique stores are rarely on our radar. These days it's more likely to be unusual books or the odd item. The local book store often has books about specific painters, typically hardbound and put out by the museum that had an exhibit. These books go for big bucks online but seldom cost more than a few dollars at the book store. The friends of the library sales have limited appeal but are worth looking at, especially for cook books and a few classic adventure novels.

Early in our marriage yard sales and such were helpful for furniture or place settings or tools. Most of the ones we see now are all kids' clothes and broken lawn tools. No temptation.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 06:30 PM (yTvNw)

67 More about the musical guest:
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2025 06:30 PM (RIvkX)

68 I thought I would never marry so I purchased china that I loved. Low and behold at the ripe age of 45 I married, Mr nec wasn't overly thrilled with my girly china. We sold it using Replacements Ltd and purchased something we could both live with. When we moved away from his large family we unpacked it, put it in a cabinet and it hasn't been used since. Lennox pattern that can be microwaved and is dishwasher safe.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 15, 2025 06:32 PM (2NHgQ)

69 Skywch- I'm really enthused about them, too.
The background fabric for the Butterflys is really loosely woven flour sacking - I will probably put a muslin underlining to stabilize them.
Then I will lay them all out, walk Mr. S in with his eyes shut, make him look and the first color he thinks of will be the sashes.
Married fifty+ years and I did not know he had this great color sense until recently.

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 06:32 PM (f+FmA)

70 I wish I could do this. Used to do it a lot. Haven't even gone to the local auction. I've been spending a bit too much on Ebay for typewriters but have stuff I can't find locally

There is a FB group for place settings. I'm not on it but it shows up on my feed. Folks show off the china they bought, almost all old stuff.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 15, 2025 06:33 PM (o5+a9)

71 We wear a lot of used clothing. Try to get it at garage sales as the prices are better than Goodwill or Salvation Army. I have helped clothe our grandkids most of their lives with what I find.

I enjoy garage and estate sales because I've met some of the nicest people there. Had fun conversations, gotten to see lot of interesting things that I like to look at but don't want to own.

We have also bought a lot of good furniture at garage sales.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 15, 2025 06:34 PM (Eo96p)

72 Took a figure drawing workshop and the model was a middle-aged woman who used to be a fashion model. Which happens occasionally. She brought a one-eyed chihuahua with her. The model laid down, and the dog snuggled next to her, and I immediately started to draw the dog. Halfway through the pose, the dog wandered around, and got scritches from whomever, including me. The dog went back to the dais and laid down on the other side. So now I have in my sketchbook a picture of a woman who apparently has two dogs.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 15, 2025 06:36 PM (lhenN)

73 Sal, that's great that your hubs is your second pair of eyes. Sometimes I agonize too much over colors and get paranoid. Good luck with the butterflys, I like to think the original makers would be thrilled their work is loved.

Posted by: skywch at February 15, 2025 06:36 PM (uqhmb)

74 First Monday trader days in Canton, TX. Damn. I miss living in East Texas.
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Canton First Monday Trade Days are held on one weekend per month, on Thursday through Sunday prior to the first Monday of the month, year-round.

https://cantontxfirstmonday.com / first-monday-trade-days-dates.htm
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Posted by: BifBewalski at February 15, 2025 06:39 PM (MsrgL)

75 My sister and I split Mother's china and the silver- we all had the same silver pattern.
I love her china, but I have outgrown my own original choice.
I should probably look into selling it on Replacements, as none of the kids want or use good china.
Except the baby, who has some of Mom's.

The two of us have special dinners off the Fort Worth Centennial plates.

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 06:39 PM (f+FmA)

76 Silver, do you mean flatware or other pieces?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Flatware. I have my grandmothers and great grandmothers sterling.

I also have my moms sliver plate.

It's all a pia to polish and clean. But. It does make for a beautiful table setting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 06:40 PM (ZbASP)

77 - Started going to auctions with the widow a couple years back. Small town area and I think the main reasons she likes going is running into folks she's known a long time.
I've picked up old yard/garden tools, fishing gear, a few old coins and the like.
What absolutely blew me away was what old Pyrex stuff, especially nested mixing bowl sets go for. A few hundred for 4 bowls.
Oh, I've picked up a few old pocket knives, too. Case, Old Timer and such. I mean, can a guy have too many pocket knives?

Posted by: TeeJ at February 15, 2025 06:42 PM (ItCQP)

78 I do like watching American Pickers.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 15, 2025 06:42 PM (VofaG)

79 It's all a pia to polish and clean. But. It does make for a beautiful table setting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 06:40 PM (ZbASP)

That was my childhood holiday job.
Tedious, but it looked lovely and it beat shelling pecans by hand.

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 06:43 PM (f+FmA)

80 The silver turkey serving platter. They are gorgeous.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:45 PM (mB6WH)

81 When I moved a few weeks ago I ended up throwing away a lot of stuff I believe many of these pickers would have loved to have. Before I did I looked on the intertubes to see the values . If it was less than $50 I tossed it. If over it's in boxes in my new garage now.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 15, 2025 06:46 PM (VofaG)

82 nurse, I love your hutch that was in the picture of your Christmas tree.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:49 PM (mB6WH)

83 I love antique malls. I can't look around my home without seeing something that I bought from a mall. Great furniture, wine cabinets, ceramics, artwork and books! I got several of Bruce Catton's Civil War books, biographies, classic literature, and general fiction. I collect piggy banks and have found several beauties. One of my regrets is that I saw the four-volume set of Churchill's "History of the English Speaking People" for about $40 and didn't buy it. It was quite a few months ago but I keep meaning to go back and see if it's still there.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 15, 2025 06:50 PM (rbKZ6)

84 It helps that we don't collect things as a hobby. One old neighbor had a huge collection of Hummel figurines and pursued them for years. I'm glad she got pleasure from them but after she passed away they just ended up in an estate sale.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 06:53 PM (yTvNw)

85 A friend started out buying old Martini shakers. Built and addition to their house and now has the largest collection there is. That is alot of silver to keep polished.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:56 PM (mB6WH)

86 > A friend started out buying old Martini shakers.
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Tell me more....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2025 06:58 PM (Q4IgG)

87 The best bargains we run into these days is at swap meets. That's where I've found things like unusual caliber reloading dies and brass or jugs of discontinued powders. Often these are from older folks downsizing their stuff so they aren't looking for every penny. We are in that position ourselves. Space in the house and simplifying all that stuff is more important.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 06:59 PM (yTvNw)

88 Martini Farmer, it is an amazing collection. He also makes a killer martini.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 06:59 PM (mB6WH)

89 A friend started out buying old Martini shakers. Built and addition to their house and now has the largest collection there is. That is alot of silver to keep polished.
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Wow. I must admit polishing silver is not my favorite task. But good for your friend.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

90 One of my regrets is that I saw the four-volume set of Churchill's "History of the English Speaking People" for about $40 and didn't buy it. It was quite a few months ago but I keep meaning to go back and see if it's still there.
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 15, 2025 06:50 PM

I have my set, it was one of the first books I bought from the History Book Club back in high school, back in 19 something...

Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2025 07:01 PM (9XPe8)

91 I built my first DIY magloop antenna this week, for 10m. It worked the first time I tested it! I made 40 contacts in 10 countries, including a couple in Japan. The HV capacitor cost me only $20 plus shipping, so the project came in super-cheap. I've cranked it up to 55W and it hasn't smoked yet.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:02 PM (PZreb)

92 I collect bits of scrap metal, chunks of aluminum, steel rods, old wrought iron, busted truck axles, you know, useful stuff like that.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:03 PM (vFG9F)

93 Hi, horde! Just got home from Mama's and got something to eat, and I haven't even been through the comments yet. So I'm probably going to be willowed.

You need dishes? Go to a thrift store or estate sale and get yourself some good china. Nobody wants it, and a whole set of china or silver will be less expensive than the cheap stuff new for the same number of place settings.

I mean. At that price, it doesn't even matter if you put it in the dishwasher and wash the metal off. I hand wash, because I don't have a dishwasher, but that's life.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:05 PM (OX9vb)

94 91 I built my first DIY magloop antenna this week, for 10m.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:02 PM
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Is this like SOTA?

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

95 I used to occasionally hit a garage or estate sale in search of vintage guitars. I never hit the jackpot but have a couple of friends who did.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 15, 2025 07:05 PM (mH6SG)

96 gd, I have an ample collection of that too. I also save all the copper wire out of trashed small engines.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:06 PM (mB6WH)

97 92 I collect bits of scrap metal, chunks of aluminum, steel rods, old wrought iron, busted truck axles, you know, useful stuff like that.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:03 PM
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Collected bits that might be used someday on a project or scrap just because you had carnage and haven't disposed of the broken stuff yet?

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

98 You need dishes? Go to a thrift store or estate sale and get yourself some good china.
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that's a good idea...for housewarming/new abode parties, I usually give something baked on a lovely plate they can keep. I'll keep the china idea in mind for that purpose...

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

99 We downsized a lot when we moved from the big city.
We don't collect anything but books about Texas.
My quilt and yarn stashes can be easily disposed of.
When I come home from giant estate sales like this week, I assure him that "we're good".

Posted by: sal at February 15, 2025 07:08 PM (f+FmA)

100 100!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

101 HGTV ruined Round Top. The spouse and I go to estate sales. Not looking for anything specific but like to be surprised by things we find

Posted by: Stacy0311 at February 15, 2025 07:08 PM (iCijS)

102 Grateful, I do the bread, salt and wine thing in a wicker basket for house warmings.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:09 PM (mB6WH)

103 91 OK I just emailed in a photo of the magloop to the hobby thread, so maybe you'll see it next week.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:09 PM (PZreb)

104 "I've cranked it up to 55W and it hasn't smoked yet.
Posted by: gp "

That's cool. Radios still fascinate me. The ability to communicate over long distances with electromagnetic waves is a marvel. We know how they act, but do we really know how it works?

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:10 PM (vFG9F)

105 We downsized a lot when we moved from the big city.
We don't collect anything but books about Texas.
My quilt and yarn stashes can be easily disposed of.
When I come home from giant estate sales like this week, I assure him that "we're good".
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Same here...we downsized big time when we moved cross country, and now we keep each other in check for any non-essential purchases. But I was taught how to be a window shopper and enjoy just perusing the aisles to see what is there...occasionally a trinket finds it's way home with us.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 94 You could haul it for SOTA I guess, but it's maybe too heavy for that. It's just a 10m antenna that's somewhat portable, fits and works easily indoors. Just stay away from it when transmitting, because it develops lethal voltages. No touch!

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:12 PM (PZreb)

107 Keep hoping AoP will look in. He must have stories. "Poking around and found a set of cutlery, old golf clubs, a flintlock pistol, and a monopoly set. Turned them into a nuclear fission machine for my Studebaker."

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

108 There's a YouTube channel called Sreetips which I highly recommend. Sreetips is a chemist who refines precious metals in his home laboratory.

His wife goes to estate sales and buys jewelry, some of it cheap; Sreetips turns the stuff into Menendez-worthy triple-9 pure gold, silver and platinum bars. It's all about acids and inquartation and precipitation and filtering and whatnot.

Makes me wish I'd stayed in school.

Posted by: Bombadil at February 15, 2025 07:12 PM (MX0bI)

109 That picture at the top of the resale shop looks very similar to the one we have in our town. I go there often and have purchased quite a few useful items. I was there last Thursday to buy a shaft and trailer ball to weld on to my zero turn mower. Now I can move my 10' trailer from my driveway to back yard without driving my truck through the yard.

I shop there every year for Christmas presents too!

Posted by: DanMan at February 15, 2025 07:12 PM (8uzBS)

110 Those book scanners?

I have two books both printed by the same publisher and both with a low print run. And they share the same ISBN #.

I would like to see them try to process that conundrum

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2025 07:13 PM (tb93h)

111 TRex, hahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:13 PM (mB6WH)

112 102 Grateful, I do the bread, salt and wine thing in a wicker basket for house warmings.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:09 PM (mB6WH)

I'm not familiar with that. What's the rules?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:14 PM (OX9vb)

113 Hi, we're pickers! Here's our flyer! Got any valuable stuff we can have for pennies on the dollar? We pay cash!

Posted by: Mike Wolfe at February 15, 2025 07:14 PM (i0F8b)

114 103 91 OK I just emailed in a photo of the magloop to the hobby thread, so maybe you'll see it next week.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:09 PM
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Will make it happen. I know a guy. Thanks!

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

115 "I collect bits of scrap metal, chunks of aluminum, steel rods, old wrought iron, busted truck axles, you know, useful stuff like that."

You should meet my cousin. He'll grab anything made of metal that weighs at least half a ton. And hoard it. I helped him shed some of it last year, including a huge truck axle.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:16 PM (PZreb)

116 "Collected bits that might be used someday on a project or scrap just because you had carnage and haven't disposed of the broken stuff yet?
Posted by: TRex"

I only save the good stuff to make things. The rest goes to the scrapyard.

I make a trip to the scrapyard a couple of times a year. I have a trailer that I collect it on just for that. I end up with a lot of old IT stuff and car parts and such and will usually have 12-1500lbs or so. The last load I took I think I got 8 cents a pound.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:17 PM (vFG9F)

117 I once picked up for cheap from a website an expensive model kit, on sale for about half price. Hoped to flip it on eBay. Well, I did sell it for $40 more but then eBay hit me with their fees. Broke even.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2025 07:17 PM (tb93h)

118 Thank you!

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:17 PM (PZreb)

119 I do the bread, salt and wine thing in a wicker basket for house warmings.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm not familiar with that. What's the rules?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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I know it as best wishes for the new home owner:
Bread represents the hope that the household will never know hunger, salt signifies the wish for life to always have flavor, and wine symbolizes joy and prosperity for the new home.

Ben Had if yours is different, please post.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

120 Dash, Bread so that your house never know hunger, Salt so that your life may always have flavor and wine that joy and prosperity reign forever.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:18 PM (mB6WH)

121 fd - have you done Hershey and Carlisle swap meets in PA?

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

122 Grateful and Ben Had, very nice. I'll keep that in mind.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:20 PM (OX9vb)

123 The last load of scrap I took had our old dryer it. The store where we got the new dryer wanted $25 to haul the old one off. F' that. I got $5 for it at the scrapyard. I'm $30 ahead!

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

124 My ex-gf and I made good money picking and reselling. She knew the value of everything. It was fun. Me and my car are too old for it now.

Posted by: gp at February 15, 2025 07:22 PM (PZreb)

125 Salt can be used to purify your house of bad spirits. Guard your house from bad spirits. And season your meals.

Is salt collecting a hobby yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2025 07:22 PM (tb93h)

126 21 The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'm a sucker for funny greeting cards made of those.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:22 PM (OX9vb)

127 Time to say good night before the next act takes the AoSHQ stage. Thanks for participating. If you're lurking, thanks for reading. The email box is always open. We'll spin the Wheel of Hobbies and come up with a new theme next week. Cheers!

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 "fd - have you done Hershey and Carlisle swap meets in PA?
Posted by: TRex"

No, that's too far North for me. They have one in Moultrie Ga that I go to occasionally.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2025 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

129 Anna Puma, a little salt thrown over the left shoulder wards off bad spirits too.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 15, 2025 07:25 PM (mB6WH)

130 The only sad things are old family photos, seems they should be with family members.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'm a sucker for funny greeting cards made of those.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:22 PM (OX9vb)

I would see those and think, I could write a short story about one of those photos, not knowing anything about the people pictured.

Posted by: PugMahon, feeling restless at February 15, 2025 07:26 PM (bDNzX)

131 82 nurse, I love your hutch that was in the picture of your Christmas tree.
Posted by: Ben Had

I love you!

That hutch was nicknamed "the refrigerator " because my mom and dad were out on Vashon Island to replace the dead refrigerator at the cabin. She saw that hutch and had to have it.

So, my dad got it for her and hauled it down the cliff to the cabin.

She died when I was 24. I love that hutch. My dad let me have it after he tried to drop it into the water more than once.

It's pine. Prolly not valuable, but it is to me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 07:27 PM (1wZKM)

132 46 I absolutely love china. Most of my girlfriends have their mom's or grandma's china and I encourage them to USE IT! I
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 06:17 PM (WtkHN)

Well, now that I'm catching up with the comments, I see I'm not the first with the china. Absolutely, use that. Why the hell not? It's so much nicer than anything in the stores now. And your spoons don't make dark marks on it, etc. Only drawback is, it usually has metal, and you can't put it in the microwave.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 15, 2025 07:32 PM (OX9vb)

133 NOOD

movies

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 15, 2025 07:37 PM (Vqx30)

134 Mrs. E has an almost complete set of MemMac

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 07:38 PM (LHPAg)

135 MelMac dangit.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 07:38 PM (LHPAg)

136 MelMac dangit.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 07:38 PM (LHPAg)

137 Hell, I’m going for the trifecta.
MelMac, dangit.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 07:40 PM (LHPAg)

138 I have Canton TX saved....TRex travels to TX for business meetings and conferences....fingers crossed one trip will be near the first Monday of the month.....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 15, 2025 07:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

139 This ain't film. It's TV, but hey, ain't all film on TV now, like, 25 hours after theatrical release?

So we've been watching "The Pitt," starring an older Noah Wyle than was in "ER" way back when.

And since "ER" was so long ago, we've been watching one episode alongside this new HBO thing, back to back, since "The Pitt" came out maybe eight weeks ago.

So how do they compare? Well, for one, the newer thing begins each episode right smack at the tail end of the previous, so if we began at midnight for the pilot, episode two starts at 1:00 a.m.

Continuity.

"ER" on the other hand, seems to begin at the start of a shift one day later than the previous episode.

But that aside, is the writing better or worse? The direction? The acting? One thing we've noted is that George Clooney is a pretty shallow narcissist in "ER," and it's hard to tell whether he's in-character, or in-Clooney.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 15, 2025 07:42 PM (KiBMU)

140 I think Alf was from Melmac.

Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

141 Keep hoping AoP will look in. He must have stories. "Poking around and found a set of cutlery, old golf clubs, a flintlock pistol, and a monopoly set. Turned them into a nuclear fission machine for my Studebaker."
Posted by: TRex at February 15, 2025 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

Heh. I was, quite literally, under a Studebaker, stringing wires for the tail light.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2025 09:33 PM (8zz6B)

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