Pickups? Freebies? Bargains?
About a week ago on one of my walks I passed a pile of free stuff someone had put in front of their house, and I spotted an old cast iron tortilla press. It was pretty rusty but everything seemed in place, so I snagged it.
Since then I cleaned it up and tried it out. It’s completely easy to use – mix up masa harina, salt and water, roll into balls, line the press with wax paper, and then use the handle to press out the tortillas.
I screwed up the first couple, but it wasn’t hard to figure out the right consistency for the dough and the pressure for the press, and fresh tortillas are definitely better than store bought ones that have been sitting on a shelf for a while. If I had a store nearby that sold fresh ones there is no way I’d make them at home, but I’d have to drive 20 minutes for fresh ones.
What Have You Gotten or Given?
So, Deadsplinterscroungers, have you scored any good vintage stuff recently? Clothes, boots, old LPs, garden tools? Or for that matter have you revived anything, such as taken a bunch of old lumber and built something, or reset some old stepping stones? Picked up any good used books or a set of old stereo speakers?
Or for that matter have you gotten anything new that’s fun? A new kitchen gadget, bumper sticker, or lawn sprinkler? Something inexpensive like a cool keychain, or even something pricey like a new phone?
Or feel free to talk about flipping the scenario and talk about something old you’ve finally given away to someone. Maybe you just cleaned out a bookcase and donated a ton of old books to Goodwill, or you passed on an old jacket to someone who likes that style.
Share some stories about the circle of stuff, or anything else that’s on your mind.
Well, here’s something old. Makeup experts, school me. What the fuck is going on here?
Most likely the self-tanner airbrushed on didn’t have a chance to set and then when they went to layer the foundation on over it, it flaked off.
Alternatively, they did his makeup and he touched his face before it was dry and shellacked with setting spray.
Or…this is why you shouldn’t wear a leather coat in the rain.
FACTCHECK: UNPROVEN
There is no evidence that is not some kind of synthetic covering over his skull, which would suggest some kind of polymer delaminating instead.
Hard disagree, a synthetic polymer would have a more visually-appealing texture than whatever the fuck nightmare fuel is happening there.
I knew you’d know.
He’s melting! MELTING!!!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Melting_Man
freddy krueger cosplay of just before he was incinerated but not nearly as badly as kamala is going to incinerate actual him?
My brother-in-law brought his van up from CA full of things from my father-in-law’s old house. A few things my wife wanted but 99% was just him dumping things he didn’t want to deal with. We started going thru it last weekend & found her mom’s wedding dress, homemade clothes from her childhood (including her dead sister’s) and way too many photos. It was overwhelming & hard for her to deal with. Only good thing we found was a coin collection including a collection of Pennie’s from 1909-1950+. Much of the good coins were not there but a few of them seem to have some value but I hate trying to find someone to trust to get a value from & sell them.
Any chance the wedding dress could work for the kids? That could be cool.
Probably not, my wife’s mom was a size 1 & the daughter that could possibly do that is more likely to get married in a wetsuit, hip waders, or casual Hawaiian dress than a 1950’s dress. Unfortunately, my wife’s mom died before either daughter was born so they only have stories, no personal connection.
So it goes. The fabric is often really nice so you never know if it can be repurposed for things like photo albums, not that people want those so much these days.
you might have a lot of valuable pennies, but valuable pennies means between 10 cents and $3. collectors love lincoln pennies so you might get 5 or 6 dollars from someone who is a legit collector for one worth 10 cents.
but if you have, say, an ms68 1909 S lincoln penny, you could sell it to a trusted dealer for 200ish or a collector for up to 500ish if they needed it for their collection or just wanted it.
you might have some valuable stuff there but whatever you do, DO NOT CLEAN THEM.
if you want to know what any coin you have is worth or whether or not they are real/fake or what the possible grade is (sometimes hard to tell from pics) email front and back pics to me and i will let you know.
you can trust me.
i am dying to see if you have coins with planchet or strike errors that might be worth a fortune!
Those are fateful words from Pfennigungenlied. If you trust Myo, you’re going to have to sit through four Wagner operas for a grand total of 15 hours about the forging of the mythical copper pfennigs by the dwarf Alberich at the anvil of the Nibelung, blah blah Siegfried, blah blah Gibechungs, until at the end you find out the only way to save your house from an eternal curse is to return those little copper pieces to the rapids of the Rhine and the tortured hands of das drei Rheintöchter, Woglinde, Wellgunde und Flosshilde.
Save yourself some trouble and dump those into the closest Coinstar. They have insurance against proto-germanic curses.
four wagner operas? please…i wouldn’t put anyone through that kind of torment…besides, i was thinking more along the lines of a quick trup to the bank not a heroic saga through protogermanic curses. but hey, if anyone’s interested in a road trip to the rhine with some spare change i’m game…just bring snacks ’cause those rheintochter get hangry
I gave a bunch of green beans and cayenne peppers to my neighbors who watered my garden for me this week.
And I got these gorgeous Zuni bird earrings with multiple stones inlaid in them.
I’m sure you’ll pull those earrings off better than I would.
They’re really lovely earrings that will match lots of different outfits, I bet you could rock them with panache and style!
Does gotten and given grief at work count?
Same applies here… I got grief for missing the Wed NOT and gave grief gently to tragicallychic on behalf of myo yesterday.
That kind of grief is the gift that keeps on giving…..
Today I ah might have told a director that they were cordially invited to use the search function in our messenger tool at work to look up the project name and review the conversation we had 10 weeks ago.
Should I have been that blunt? Nope. Does this director and their team have a history of gaslighting me on requirements for shit that I’ve already talked to them about? Fuck yeah they do.
My wife’s favorite stores are the Goodwill and the ReStore in town. Nothing she loves more than getting something for little money. I’m pretty sure the Bible says something about a frugal wife being valuable. Her lamp does not go out at night or some such.
Of course, about 90% of the stuff she buys we end up giving back to them a few months later, but that’s the circle of life, you know? She bought me the ugliest Hawaiian shirt you can imagine a few weeks back and I had to sneak it back to the resale shop and hope she doesn’t see it again next time she goes.
I don’t think there’s such as thing as an ugly Hawaiian shirt.
My wife disagrees.
Agreed, it’s just that some have more character than others.
It was ugly because it was some kind of faux hawaiian from Target or something. I have really good Hawaiian shirts and I treasure them.