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seeker_two
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She does know that she'll never use that stuff in real life, right?My youngest sister has a Bachelor's in math. She was accepted to the university in Boston and is going into biostatistic studies in epidemiology. She is super smart
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C_Hallbert
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‘Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”
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You should join Procrastinators Anonymous. I intend to join them myself but I haven't got around to it yet.
General Zod
TGT Addict
They keep postponing the first meeting.
If you ever see a sign that says "Yard Sale," just keep on driving. They usually only have one yard for sale, and even then, it's covered with a bunch of junk.
I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around.
It was supposedly Mark Twain who said: "Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."
I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around.
It was supposedly Mark Twain who said: "Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."
Who said "A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion and doesn't."?
SloppyShooter
Certifiable
How about someone who can't play the accordion and does? That would be "weird" , huh?
SloppyShooter
Certifiable
HEY, don't be stealing my band name.
C_Hallbert
Color Commentator
Considering the number of guns I own that were bought at yard/garage sales, I have to disagree.
I have three copies of Colgems COSO5005, the LP soundtrack to the 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale. That LP has been reissued and my originals are only worth about $50 each now; there was a time when they were worth $500. None of that matters since I paid less than $1 for each of them.
My sister once offered $600 for a whole bunch of Barbie stuff at the end of a sale when the sellers had already moved inside and were packing up. They took her cash and she took the Barbies. From outside the house, she could hear them whooping it up over the incredible amount of money they had just made; they were very happy. So was my sister; she took that stuff to a convention that weekend and turned it into ~$3000.
I've seen a pair of 1950s (classic-era, highly desirable) Klipschorns sell for $500. I didn't have room for them but the buyer was certainly happy. At the time, there was an established chain of scroungers, exporters, Japanese restorers, and Japanese dealers who were bringing those old speakers back to life. I have no doubt they ended up in the home of some Japanese audiophile who paid ~USD$50K at retail. At every step in the process, everyone made an excellent profit.
You have to know what you're looking for but in the right neighborhoods with the right demographics and the right knowledge of the current hot collectibles, it's possible to make serious money from the stuff you buy at yard sales.
I had a shot at 30-35 gallons of Jim Beam that wouldve been about 50 years old at least. Wish I had looked into it better....and tasted one.
Estate sale across the street from my kid. Had about 60-70 of those 55chevy, 65mustang type decanters....all full.
Everyone Ooohed and Ahhhd about the glass car decanters. All I could think about was the 50 year old whiskey....and what that might be worth on the market.
Didnt buy the junk but DID buy the estate.
Any whiskey aficianados here have an opinion on what condition 50 year old Jim Beam in a glass decanter would be in?
The "age" of whiskey indicates how long it was stored in wood . . . aging. It does NOT include how old the whiskey is after having been bottled. So 50-year-old whiskey is not really anything special. Just saying.
Ya thats cool. Dont know a thing about it although I was pretty sure that it was about the "barrel" time. (cause girlfriend is in all the new commercials braggin about barrel time, right?)
So wine has yeast, but whiskey doesnt go anywhere once its put in glass.
So wine has yeast, but whiskey doesnt go anywhere once its put in glass.
You just never know about those garage sales.
One day a friend of mine was driving by one. He spotted a couple of fishing poles. Figuring the seller might have some camping gear he stopped.
The seller was an elderly lady on her way to the Old Folks Home. Her husband had passed a few years before and she was selling off a few things. My friend asked her if she had any guns. She said hold on. Came back out with several. $200. Nothing special but typical hunting rifles and shotguns. Never hurts to ask.
One day a friend of mine was driving by one. He spotted a couple of fishing poles. Figuring the seller might have some camping gear he stopped.
The seller was an elderly lady on her way to the Old Folks Home. Her husband had passed a few years before and she was selling off a few things. My friend asked her if she had any guns. She said hold on. Came back out with several. $200. Nothing special but typical hunting rifles and shotguns. Never hurts to ask.
