Thrift Stores
- Thread starter willyb
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i volunteer in a thrift store two days a week and always have my eye out for stuff but have come home with very little. I did get a pristine and never inked Parker 51 fountain pen a few months ago but other than that not much of consequence. I dont pay attention to the clothes and look for fountain pens, shaving gear, and pocket knives. There has only been the one pen, no shaving gear, and only cheap or totally trashed knives. I keep looking tho....
My wife has banned me from coming home with more wool blankets, we have so many, but they are really expensive new. And wool is much better than modern synthetic blankets.
For a $1 I will pick up a blanket.
my Harris Tweed collection is an embarasment.
cashmere black overcoat is my favorite bathrobe
morino shirts are everywhere.
my Harris Tweed collection is an embarasment.
cashmere black overcoat is my favorite bathrobe
morino shirts are everywhere.
I let my four year old pick her own shoes.
So I got to pick her bedtime books for the next week or two.
So I got to pick her bedtime books for the next week or two.
Goodwill has a very strong presence in the online auction world, so most of their "good" stuff gets pulled off the floor. It's rare to find bargains in the store unless you're just lucky.
I've had better luck in large Salvation Army stores who deal in volume donations and smaller mom and pop type stores.
There are good deals to be had if you have the time and the patience to browse and look at labels.
I've had better luck in large Salvation Army stores who deal in volume donations and smaller mom and pop type stores.
There are good deals to be had if you have the time and the patience to browse and look at labels.
The salvos here sell online for their good stuff. They had a nice fat boy razor not long ago that went for a pretty penny, and I doubt they knew what it was. But the weak link is the volunteers working out the back often let a few things through to the keeper. The lady at the checkout got real salty about my Crumpler bag win the other day.
I was just going through my closet looking for something else, and rediscovered this velvet blazer I'd forgotten about. I found it several years ago, and it was a bit big, so I put it away with the intention of having it tailored one day. In the meantime I seem to have, ahem, grown into it, and it fits now.
Ahem, I believe it shrank.
That must be it.
Any used clothing I buy gets washed immediately.
Excellent information. I used to have a tailor who worked out of his home and did some suit alterations for me. He now runs a custom suit/clothing shop and has exceeded my price range. www.sewgenerously.org
Todays $2 pickup.
It's in really good condition. I'd bet it does work, except I don't have the right sort of phone wall plugs in my house anymore.
As a frenchman I can only approve of the books ... mais par toutatis wrong language my friend !!!
I want to see them printed in the original Gaulish.
How to make and receive calls from a rotary phone using a cellphone
Eric Chilton shows us how a Bluetooth gateway can take us back in time.
OH, Asterix....my favorite comics
I loved Asterix as a kid. As an adult I kind of prefer Tintin. But I have a decent stash of both for when the kid can read.
