Dick went yard-sale shopping

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First, if y'all have sensitive eyes, don't read this post or the Bible, 'cause you may get offended.

Not a single gun or box of ammo to be found. I'm thinking this part of the state has become so sissyfied no one even dares to put any out. But I spent a bundle and enjoyed myself and overloaded the jeep with other peoples junk. I like junk. The "stuff" doesn't need to be new, or even in great condition if its cheap enough. I found a spade, and leave it to Dick to call a spade a spade. Its even "Made in the USA". but the handle is cracked. I'll fix it with some wood glue and baling wire, just like my kinfolk would have. And at the same sale, we bought a great condition Eddie Bauer car seat. Just what my wife wanted, grandparents seat, not mom and dads. Good condition with little usage. And I bought a donkey, to use the acceptable term. Its a cartoon character, its stuffed, and its big.

As we went along, I picked up a shoe box full of kitchen knives, $2 for it all. Probably 15 knives, total. I'll give that to my son. And a soccer ball for a $1. And a kids boating life preserver for $2. Found a BillyBass for another $1. Those are good to scare folks because they burb prior to singing. On we went from house to house. My wife found a desk, chair and hutch for a kid $12. I kept calling my oldest son, just to agravate him. He doesn't mine all that much since he gets stuff for free, and his wife wanted the desk set.

Last year he and his oldest were headed out, about 20 miles north when he had to spin it around and head back. All to pick up a new patio table and chair set, great pieces. This year I found some pretty nice cast aluminum deck chairs, but he didn't want them. He'll take most of the crap just because its less trouble than not to.

My wife was getting tired, and the jeep was stuffed. The poor donkey was looking out the back window, perched on top of the desk. Of course my wife suggested we were done, so I had to quote Yogi Berra, It ain't over till its over! So on down the road I went, realizing I was passing a buddy's house, so I called him. No answer. The last sale of the day was 6 houses away from his. I instantly spotted the find of the year. A genuine Huffy bicycle built for 2, in pretty good condition. So I called the buddy on his cell phone and asked him where he was. He was buying a shop light for the garage. So I asked him if I could store a bicycle in his drive for a while.

My plan was to call my sons and abuse one of them into helping me ride it the 8 or 10 miles home. He said no, he'd just throw it in the back of his pickup and follow me home. His mistake. He had to follow me, looking at my ass the whole way! Poor dumb stuffed donkey, he didn't care.
 
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Here's proof that Dick is downright dangerous on a weekend when there's no gun show.

Noah
 
Did some yard saleing myself today, Got a beautiful oak dresser that's over 100 years old for $50 bucks and some other odd items,,,
My take last week was this Yamaha 175 Enduro with 725 garage kept miles from 1979 for the low low price of $100 bucks, Been riding it since I got it home last saturday!
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Peter
 
I love em. I've found some real good military stuff, guns,ammo,tools, but no $100 dirt bikes. I look for stuff to put on Fleabay for Jr. Right now with the job situation the way it is that's how he supports himself. A lot of really cheap stuff brings really good money.
 
Quick yardsale story:

I live in Lancaster, Ahia now.
About a year ago, I picked up a Norinco threaded-barrel SKS for $100 bucks that was structurally great, rust free, shiny bore, etc. Thing was, some inbred genius had painted the stock about the same color as a school bus. Needless to say, a candidate for an aftermarket stock, turning it into a nice rifle for not much cash.

About 2 months ago, there was a yard sale in front of a house near a traffic light.
Stopped at the light, I noticed a nice chinese SKS stock propped up on a chair.
From my car, I hollered out to the old fella, "How much for the rifle stock?!"

"Five bucks!", he yelled back.

Out of the car, shelled out a fiver, back in the car, and off right when the light went green.

It musta just been meant to be.
 
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Win some, lose some.

About 20 or so years back, barn sailing was one of my favorite weekend distractions. It was not at all uncommon to find real treasure. Since my area is predominantly agricultural communities, typically you'd find old rifles and shotguns, ammunition, fishing tackle and all sorts of stuff appealing to a sportsman, as well as tools, saddles and tack of all kinds.

Since then, as the area changed to welcome more residential homes and many of the small farms and their barns disappeared, lawn or garage sales largely replaced the old fashioned barn sales and the type of items being offered.

I haven't seen a gun offered for sale in years at any of these. Anything else of interest is usually pricey because thanks to fleabay, the roadshow and a few other popular venues, even junk is downright valuable.....at least according to those selling it. I still stop from time to time and look, but I can honestly say I haven't seen much of anything that interests me.

The last one was downright frustrating. A fellow had a set of outstanding condition U.S. Cavalry saddlebags, marked 1917 Spalding. The price was definitely right but I didn't have enough cash on me at the moment, so I had to go to an ATM about 25 miles away, which was the nearest. I got there, it was tapped out of cash. Went to the next one...out of order. Finally found one working, got the dough and drove back. The lady of the house informed me that she had just sold the bags, along with some other military tack. Her husband apparently did not tell her I was coming back. He came out and returned the $50 I had given him as a deposit to hold the bags and apologized. Win some, lose some.
 
First, if y'all have sensitive eyes, don't read this post or the Bible, 'cause you may get offended.

Not a single gun or box of ammo to be found. I'm thinking this part of the state has become so sissyfied no one even dares to put any out. But I spent a bundle and enjoyed myself and overloaded the jeep with other peoples junk. I like junk. The "stuff" doesn't need to be new, or even in great condition if its cheap enough. I found a spade, and leave it to Dick to call a spade a spade. Its even "Made in the USA". but the handle is cracked. I'll fix it with some wood glue and baling wire, just like my kinfolk would have. And at the same sale, we bought a great condition Eddie Bauer car seat. Just what my wife wanted, grandparents seat, not mom and dads. Good condition with little usage. And I bought a donkey, to use the acceptable term. Its a cartoon character, its stuffed, and its big.

As we went along, I picked up a shoe box full of kitchen knives, $2 for it all. Probably 15 knives, total. I'll give that to my son. And a soccer ball for a $1. And a kids boating life preserver for $2. Found a BillyBass for another $1. Those are good to scare folks because they burb prior to singing. On we went from house to house. My wife found a desk, chair and hutch for a kid $12. I kept calling my oldest son, just to agravate him. He doesn't mine all that much since he gets stuff for free, and his wife wanted the desk set.

Last year he and his oldest were headed out, about 20 miles north when he had to spin it around and head back. All to pick up a new patio table and chair set, great pieces. This year I found some pretty nice cast aluminum deck chairs, but he didn't want them. He'll take most of the crap just because its less trouble than not to.

My wife was getting tired, and the jeep was stuffed. The poor donkey was looking out the back window, perched on top of the desk. Of course my wife suggested we were done, so I had to quote Yogi Berra, It ain't over till its over! So on down the road I went, realizing I was passing a buddy's house, so I called him. No answer. The last sale of the day was 6 houses away from his. I instantly spotted the find of the year. A genuine Huffy bicycle built for 2, in pretty good condition. So I called the buddy on his cell phone and asked him where he was. He was buying a shop light for the garage. So I asked him if I could store a bicycle in his drive for a while.

My plan was to call my sons and abuse one of them into helping me ride it the 8 or 10 miles home. He said no, he'd just throw it in the back of his pickup and follow me home. His mistake. He had to follow me, looking at my ass the whole way! Poor dumb stuffed donkey, he didn't care.

I love it! Next time I have a yard sale, I'll PM ya!
 
I am trying to quit drinking coffee. So if I want some I have to drive a couple miles to McD's to get some. On the way back from the coffee run this morning I bought a computer desk and an older pretty nice wood padded arm chair for $5 for the pair. All my hand tools come from a flea mkt. over in Gary, In. I'll probably go there today.
 
Yep...that's it. Some pretty poor looking people there. I bought three large vise grips for $12 (real vise grips) and a vacumn cleaner for $5.
 
In this Information Age a lot of things are being sold through EBay, Craig's List, specialized selling forums, etc plus it's so much easier to resesrch items, get prices, etc.
You can still get lucky. A cousin stopped by an estate sale, they had firearms for sale-rare in NJ. He came home with a very nice 1918 SMLE*/No. 1 Mark III*.
 
I'm getting ready to Flea-Bay off a lot of Doobie Brothers memorabilia I collected when I supervised security for them when they came to VA. My son starts college at UVA this Fall, and hopefully some of these goodies will help pay the way. I'm a woman's dream too...I love a good auction, yard sales, and flea markets. Keep your damn football games, let's go shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I'm getting ready to Flea-Bay off a lot of Doobie Brothers memorabilia I collected when I supervised security for them when they came to VA. My son starts college at UVA this Fall, and hopefully some of these goodies will help pay the way. I'm a woman's dream too...I love a good auction, yard sales, and flea markets. Keep your damn football games, let's go shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The REAL test is: What happened on "Desperate Housewives" last night?
 
Other cool necessities I'v just pulled out of the nooks and crannys of the jeep. A card of glitter (sparkles?) 5 salt shakers, each a different color. Goes to the oldest granddaughter, of course. The best sleeper of the day, a blister pack from Sears, never opened. 2 of the strap wrenches (Craftsman) for $1.50. A "U S Army" imitation box. Inside, a really cool watch, except it doesn't work, a fake Maglite (how cheap do you have to be to fake a maglight?) And a Pen. Oldest grandson material.

I'm starting to really like my stuffed donkey. My wife says he's Eeeorr. Thats probably spelled wrong, but its never stopped me in the past. He's turning out to be good company. He's been here over 24 hours and hasn't uttered a single sound. Clearly a male donkey.
 
I go to the flea mkt. in Gary as a Sunday outing and it that reminds me: I am a pretty pathetic individual in the scheme of things. There but for the grace of GOD go I. Buying tools here doesn't stimulate the economy but in the long run I get better made, Amercan made tools. The people who sell here are actually trying to earn a living, or part of it. There are no taxes (yet) on these private sales.
 
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