Thrift Store Scores
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@Seul you’re on fire. I havent found a decent score in years but last time it was a really cool primitive milking stool. Flipped it and made some quick cash off it.
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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!
WTB
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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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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
