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Camera, Binoculars, Draftsman's Stool
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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This Saturday, multiple parades of Garage Sales. I do Westgate.
Parades of Garage Sales offer an abundance of sales in a small area, but what they make up for in quantity they often miss in quality.
I run into a woman I recognize, a regular at rummage sales, older, blonde, German, she recognizes me and introduces herself...
"We are both scroungers...scavengers..." She says, in that thick German accent, and I'm protesting..."Upcycler...mixed media artist....", she's got the fluency and cruelty of the English language down pat as only a German can...
Despite the abundance of sales, only a few treasures. Pictured below:
A tall antique draftsman's chair, on which are..
A Yashica 635 120 format camera, adaptable to 35mm, and a pair of Jupiter Sr. Binoculars. Heavy for such small optics. All in all, not a bad day...
If you're in the neighborhood and see a glinting in the sky, don't worry, it's probably me keeping the neighborhood watch.
Python in Thai toilet gives man nasty shock
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Via the BBC. Your daily dose of WTF.
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36394819
It hurts just to read...I want to use this in a children's book...
Men who should have known better
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50ish years old and just starting their family. I mean, the owner made that mistake, in his 50's, more kids, now, never the energy to keep up or entertain them. And now a couple of our regular customers - one, his ridiculously young wife, pregnant, there's an imminent divorce and a lifetime's palimony ahead of him, he doesn't see it, doesn't get it, for him it's just proof that he's straight and his family can stop worrying...
...and the other, well, he's not as well heeled, a bit sharper, and you can see the fear on his face as he's out with his very pregnant girlfriend, he's done the math, knows how old he'll be, knows that this is the end of the happy single life as he knew it and to the end of his days he'll be filled with worry and care...
I took everything off my desk and threw it on the floor...
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...it felt pretty good.
I look across the right half of my desk and it's empty. Empty. Perfect for getting things done. Doubtless I'll be getting things done. Lots of things done.
But the floor, that's another matter...
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