clockworkskull
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tick-tock tick-tock, death does not knock......
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« on: March 08, 2009, 01:14:51 am » |
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So My wife and I went to Good Will today and we found two things that made us excited. This great lamp is now bring light to our bedroom. It needs cleaned and i would feel a little safer if it had a new plug. And this compass adds more to my gentleman navigator persona. |
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Dusza Beben
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 01:21:28 am » |
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Oooooh, love the compass!
DB
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What could possibly go wrong?
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« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 01:23:50 am » |
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Great finds! I love thrift stores. Congratulations.  |
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William Lightning
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« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 04:42:42 am » |
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Oh man, that compass is awesome! I keep forgetting a small (but potentially great) thrift store just opened up near my house... I need to keep looking there for cool stuff.
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 04:24:44 pm » |
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That compass is gorgeous, What a find! God bless thrift shops  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 05:28:45 pm » |
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Wowee, good stuff! Thrift stores around here are very hit-or-miss. I occasionally find cool stuff, but not as cool as those!
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JennyWren
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 05:56:52 pm » |
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Good finds, love 2nd hand and charity shops, you can usuallyfind some quite unusual items in them
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 07:16:31 pm » |
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Ladies, Gents, et al,I have seen compasses very similar to that one being offered for sale in antique stores for hundreds of dollars! Great hunting! If you didn't want to use the lamp for a lamp, that shade would make a great corset! Regards, Thistlewaite |
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 02:49:50 am » |
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good haul
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 05:24:05 am » |
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That is some serious tassle action right there. If it were brown and green, it would be just like the old willow tree on my grandfather's estate... With a very large lampshade stuck over the top.
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2009, 05:29:58 am » |
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Congrats on the finds!
It can be hard to find good items at thrift stores sometimes.
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 07:02:57 am » |
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Since this was about thrift store finds I thought I would put some of the things I found this weekend. I paid a dollar then got home and found 30 cents in on of the inside pockets = total cost of 70 cents. It screams mad scientist's assistant. And these will work for part of one of my steamwestern outfits. It was a really good weekend at the thrift stores because I also picked up several waistcoats and a few skirts. |
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O is for odd (in the best possible way!)
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2009, 01:08:04 pm » |
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yes it does scream mad scientist and just love those fans
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« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2009, 05:52:59 pm » |
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yes it does scream mad scientist and just love those fans
Thank you, it was definitely a good trip to the thrift stores. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 11:43:16 pm » |
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My initial interest in this site (and Steampunk for that matter) was the retro future science natural philosophy. But, after only a couple of weeks I find myself trolling round the charity shops, which I take it are the UK equivalent to thrift stores and Good Will. This is something I have rarely done before but my smugness on finding a moleskin jacket in my size (XL) for £4 will ensure this becomes a new, if slightly guilty trait from now on! Not terribly SP, but with some additions it moves me a step closer than does my "normal" wardrobe..
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clockworkskull
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tick-tock tick-tock, death does not knock......
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« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2009, 06:45:43 am » |
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Ladies, Gents, et al,I have seen compasses very similar to that one being offered for sale in antique stores for hundreds of dollars! Great hunting! If you didn't want to use the lamp for a lamp, that shade would make a great corset! Regards, Thistlewaite Ya! i now have a reason to go to the Antique roadshow!! |
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« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2009, 07:30:43 am » |
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how lucky! ive never seen a compass like that (or any for that matter) at a thrift store.
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« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2009, 02:12:07 am » |
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That compass is just further proof that many people have no clue what they've got. I've found things at antique and consignment stores that are going for a tiny fraction of their actual value. Speaking of which, it's been a while since I made my rounds through the antique district downtown...
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« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2009, 12:01:12 am » |
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That compass is just further proof that many people have no clue what they've got. I've found things at antique and consignment stores that are going for a tiny fraction of their actual value. Speaking of which, it's been a while since I made my rounds through the antique district downtown...
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« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2009, 12:11:10 am » |
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Oooooh, love the compass!
DB
I 2nd that! |
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Alessio
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Aspire not to have more, but to be more
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« Reply #20 on: March 14, 2009, 12:28:29 am » |
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Just jumping in to say that a scavving sweet compass, and if I'm not mistaken its a military one (i would offer a tentative guess to say Naval?). Really nice find XD.
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« Reply #21 on: March 14, 2009, 04:35:09 pm » |
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It's called, not perhaps surprisingly, a box compass, and was usually used on smaller vessels, which were unlikely to have the fixed deck compass of larger boats.
New, they can run upwards of US$ 200.00
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