Finally found this thread again! Whew! Not really that difficult, once I cleared the Spanish cobb-webs. (Nyuck-Nyuck)
Your post about things that go bump in the night ...
Any chance there was a low cloud cover that night making the sounds travel? When I lived in Ct. we could hear the cars on the "local" tracks on Sat. nights and the only race tracks I knew were 20-30 miles away in Agawam.
Cut my teeth watching Red, and one of my deepest regrets was not making the time to see him in person when he did one of his last performances.
My buddy has one of his clown paintings hanging in his bathroom (only spot he's allowed to hang it)
He say's every time he looks at it-it makes him smile. Eh Red you did it-you made the world a happier place.
I was wondering that the other day. His last activity was in April.Has anyone heard from Hill Billy Prince lately?
ARC, when you used to do the flea market scene, were there little old ladies that walked up and instantly you could see the neon sign flashing above her head, “SUCKER?”
I think that’s what happens when I go to the flea market.
I bought a couple piratey figures to go with my decor and a horn that I thought was a fair price. $10.00 for each figure and $8.00 for the Horn. Eh. Not too bad. Then, on the way out, I saw a pillsbury dough boy cookie jar that I don’t have yet. Guy said it was original McCoy but someone painted it and then showed me where it was chipped.,$50.00. He said if it wasn’t for that, it would be $200.00. Well we walked out, but then I stopped. Talked myself into buying it. Had to have it. Then looked them up and I paid twice as much as I should have. Sucker.
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If it's was a weekly set up guy that peddled a good line. I'd go back next week and tell him the facts. It's just a good policy to take something back-refund-or give a credit for something else. He might of been misinformed regarding the piece to begin with/or he's just a good upgrading salesman.
Either way when you look at the piece you'll probably feel a tadfor getting taken even if it was for a few bucks.
The thing to remember if a object is chipped, cracked, worn (glassware/china/porcelain) the resale value goes down dramatically on items-unless it has such a high/rarity that it still holds it's value.
If it was bought for simply your own pleasure at looking at it-making you smile-then it's all great-because it's all yours.
I have seen so many collections go through the auction sites and the original value/book value is never close. It seems that folks don't collect as they once did-they might have bits and bobs from many different subjects.
Which is fine, to many of one thing looks like a ?? in the eyes of many.
Just was at a Xmas gathering last year-contest how many Santa figures was there sitting around the place-wife counted nearly 170.
Check out this online auction site for estate/moving/reseller-been buying off the site for a decade now-got a lot of good deals. Found if it it said something in the description and on the pick up it wasn't they'd settle the refund of money to the account/or give a heavy discount. They run a tight ship.
https://maxsold.com/locations
Might want to batten down the hatches for a 1.... Looks like some new storms lining up out there.
I saw one projection coming my way. We could use the rain.
WD,
A little kitchen trick worth a try for absorbing cooking odors....put some white vinegar in a small bowl and it acts as a sponge to take away the strong smells.
That's one way to do it.
Another way is to fetch yourself a bottle of red wine and a one cup measuring cup. Open the wine, fill the measuring cup, then drink the remainder of the bottle.
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Good morning Bart and WD.
Hope you're safely able to ride out the latest storm Bart.
Nice to hear that you're spending some quality time together with your Dad WD.
I opted to dehydrate the rest of the onions out in the garage. Good thing I cleaned it a couple weeks ago.
Now, I could use some information from you gardening pros about which onions to get next year. These were white onion sets that said they could be eaten while small as a table onion or let grow larger for all other uses. They were terrible, no matter what stage they were in. They were very strong and tough as leather. I decided to dehydrate the remainder and planned on making onion powder for seasoning. Turns out hubby likes them now, so that gives me more options than just powder, i. e. Salads, green bean casserole, etc.
So what’s a good onion to plant for eating and cooking?
I'll ask our friend what are the best for storage and eating, she grows hundreds for the food baskets and family. I'll let you know when I find out WD,