2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)
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@bmwrd0 I went too far with “backpackable” microwaves. I cannot imagine anything replacing a suitcase stove for car camping.
Mine is propane (well-used), as is my lantern (never used), both second-hand from a neighboor. My parents still cling to the liquid fuel stove and lantern from my childhood, despite using neither since the early ‘80s. My last memory of the lantern lit was when it tipped over into a creek my dad and I were fishing at night. The globe shattered when it hit the cold water.
Mine is propane (well-used), as is my lantern (never used), both second-hand from a neighboor. My parents still cling to the liquid fuel stove and lantern from my childhood, despite using neither since the early ‘80s. My last memory of the lantern lit was when it tipped over into a creek my dad and I were fishing at night. The globe shattered when it hit the cold water.
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four.cycle
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^ The Coleman lanterns have fallen out of favor since the advent of high-output LED lamps that do not require messing around with fuel or mantles or pumps.
Smokeshow69
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I was stoked to find it! Too bad someone modified its coloring but it was cheap.
Beerhippie
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Yeah, the LED stoves just don't seem to be catching on.
Outlawmws
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Curious as to what the topic of attention was?
Now you need to fill it!
Oh, I like that wood one! that's just cool!
Yes and no - we get a lot of attention at camp sites with vintage lanterns, stoves and other gear, and many have "converted back". Moreover, many besides the "common greens" generally, have good to very high value to the collecting crowd -most of which are "silent buyers" that aren't on the collector forums - especially the highest prices seen. Go look at completed sales for 243, 200, and other non 220, model lanterns - and bring $$$$ for an ARC lantern. 4 digit sales...
And we are not at the peat of a year or so back generally but still very high prices.
Exactly! ^^^
Smokeshow69
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National Geographic- subject matter was military involvement in Viet Nam, military jets and then because my son hates moths, my wife decided to get the one that had a moth on the cover
3baygarage
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I pictured Outlaw reading this in disgust while waiting for his coffee to perk.
Beerhippie
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We had much better subject matter in NG in my days.National Geographic- subject matter was military involvement in Viet Nam, military jets and then because my son hates moths, my wife decided to get the one that had a moth on the cover
Outlawmws
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Nope on both accounts.
o I have and sometimes use backpack stoves even as a non-backpacker. (Day hikes only)
o I don't drink coffee! - hot cocoa - so I'm drinking before the coffee people are even started actual brewing!
In fact, one of my backpack stoves is the primary "water boiler", and is noisy as all get out, and helps get those coffee drinkers out of the sack!
Outlawmws
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Beerhippie
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Coffee? Someone said Coffee?
Beerhippie
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My favorite was "Native breasts of the South Pacific".
3baygarage
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I took am a hot xhoco
I'm also a hot chocolate, and occasional tea drinker. You don't want to know what happened when I tried a Cuban coffee several years ago. Let's just say I'm glad I wasn't out in the woods roughing it!Nope on both accounts.
o I have and sometimes use backpack stoves even as a non-backpacker. (Day hikes only)
o I don't drink coffee! - hot cocoa - so I'm drinking before the coffee people are even started actual brewing!
In fact, one of my backpack stoves is the primary "water boiler", and is noisy as all get out, and helps get those coffee drinkers out of the sack!
bmwrd0
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Wait, there are people that don't drink coffee? That is unpossible!
(thinks about six cup a day habit, dreams of a cigarette to go with each cup)
(thinks about six cup a day habit, dreams of a cigarette to go with each cup)
Outlawmws
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Closest I came to smoking was after HS we would go shoot pool or hit pinball machines and smoke Tiparillos. after about 3-4 months I started craving them during the day and work week - I stopped then.
Stopped drinking at 23 too. started at 17...) but everyone in my family had an alcohol problem and I wanted to race cars, so I stopped that too.
Coffee I never started, I love the smell of it brewing, but hated the taste the few times I tried. If you have to "acquire a taste for it"; I'm out - most alcohols were that way for me... certain flavored brandies and good Canadian whiskey was my drink.
Stopped drinking at 23 too. started at 17...) but everyone in my family had an alcohol problem and I wanted to race cars, so I stopped that too.
Coffee I never started, I love the smell of it brewing, but hated the taste the few times I tried. If you have to "acquire a taste for it"; I'm out - most alcohols were that way for me... certain flavored brandies and good Canadian whiskey was my drink.
I have one of those drip pots, but not that cool single burner unit under it.Coffee? Someone said Coffee?
MrsLS is a tea drinker. I don’t mind tea myself, but I do have problems accepting that a day has started without a cup of coffee.
Outlawmws
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When I was younger my "kick starter" was brownie cookies and OJ. - It's actually a good combo!
Beerhippie
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The single-burner is a Coleman 500A, custom painted by yours truly. It's compensation for the two-tone, candy apple-red Corvette my parents never got me for Christmas when I was a kid. Cheapskates.
Jim_No_Garage
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I've been away from GJ for a few days so I need to get back into being a pedantic old man. BTW - That's a Sea Lion not a Seal. Sea Lion's have the larger front flippers that they walk on. Seals kind of bounce along on their belly's. I only know that because I attended the Seal and Sea Lion show at Hershey Park at 2:30 PM today. Who knew it would be so timely!I had a very productive hour at my small local car boot sale this morning.
Seal bottle opener. 1960s/70s. made in nickel plated brass by BMF of Germany. Very nice quality.
On Saturday we hit some local Antique Stores in the Hershey PA area. We found several NOS promotional knives. The company is still in business with the same phone number. When did Alpha prone prefixes end? I read late 60's on the interwebs. We bought the pair below and they have never been sharpened/touched. The blade is marked "Imperial" "Provid RI" which links to Imperial Knife of Providence Rhode Island.
It's good to be home!
Cheers
Jim
Outlawmws
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Nice score on the knives Jim! my first "real" pocket knife was an Imperial. I found one just like it a couple years back and "bought a piece of my youth" back... I had painted the "scales" purple after the thin plastic peeled off, and now I'm looking for Purple Testor's paint to do the same over again (those plastic skins didn't last long...). Easy to find on line - shipping is killer...
ctuai
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Estate sale ($40): 1962 Schwinn Traveller girls bicycle.
I now realize why people like working with these vintage Schwinn's. They're "Deluxe!"
Outlawmws
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Patrickm82
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I’m no bike expert, but aren’t you missing a piece?Estate sale ($40): 1962 Schwinn Traveller girls bicycle.
I now realize why people like working with these vintage Schwinn's. They're "Deluxe!"
3baygarage
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The family and I went to the indoor flea market Sunday. Nothing too grand there, but there was plenty to dig through.
Aside from the baby sticking her fingers in burning hot cheese sauce, it was a nice little family outing. I missed the whole ordeal as they ordered a pretzel witnout me.
The wife found earrings for herself, and some bows for the baby. She also found a “valuable” Starbucks cup cheap. She sort of collects them. Can’t believe people love those silly cups. The baby was getting lots of attention, almost too much. The pretzel people gave her a popsicle for her hand. One nice vendor gave her a stuffed animal which the dog ended up stealing that night. A kind old lady and her husband walking past us gave her a Beanie Baby and told some stories of how she loves kids.
Here’s my haul:
-red handled Wheeler (Ashtabula Ohio) chain tool. I believe it’s a glass cutter.
-Kobalt small bolt cutter
-S-K Etorx socket set
-Proto hex socket
-Mac 1/4 breaker bar
-Lectrolite pliers
-Snap-on nut driver
-Craftsman pump pliers
- Benchtop 1/4 ratchet
-Bonney line wrench
-Craftsman punch/chisel holder
-Klein & Sons very old looking end cutter
- pliers in the Ford style with illegible logo
Aside from the baby sticking her fingers in burning hot cheese sauce, it was a nice little family outing. I missed the whole ordeal as they ordered a pretzel witnout me.
The wife found earrings for herself, and some bows for the baby. She also found a “valuable” Starbucks cup cheap. She sort of collects them. Can’t believe people love those silly cups. The baby was getting lots of attention, almost too much. The pretzel people gave her a popsicle for her hand. One nice vendor gave her a stuffed animal which the dog ended up stealing that night. A kind old lady and her husband walking past us gave her a Beanie Baby and told some stories of how she loves kids.
Here’s my haul:
-red handled Wheeler (Ashtabula Ohio) chain tool. I believe it’s a glass cutter.
-Kobalt small bolt cutter
-S-K Etorx socket set
-Proto hex socket
-Mac 1/4 breaker bar
-Lectrolite pliers
-Snap-on nut driver
-Craftsman pump pliers
- Benchtop 1/4 ratchet
-Bonney line wrench
-Craftsman punch/chisel holder
-Klein & Sons very old looking end cutter
- pliers in the Ford style with illegible logo
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My wife bought me a Coleman rechargeable LED lantern a few years ago. It's rechargeable from a USB charger, so we can charge that in the RV, even when not plugged into shore power.
The charge lasts forever. No really, forever. I don't remember charging it more than once (maybe twice) over the years I've owned it. We primarily use it for eating and playing games by the fire. Gets used somewhere around 10 hours a year, if I had to guess.
I own (and love) a Coleman gas lantern from the early 90s, but haven't used it in many, many years.
Mike
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Exactly what I was about to post.lol
four.cycle
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^ Last time I saw a Coleman two-burner gas stove in the wild was in the early 1990s just below the mouth of Tshletshy Creek. I wandered upstream with my trout rod and ran into a guy who was about my age - mid-late 30's - who'd brought his father up with him.
The deal they made was that if he packed in the stove, the old man would cook him up a steelhead omelette for breakfast.
They had just finished eating when I went past their camp.
I hauled a lot of **** up that trail but in my wildest dreams never though I'd see somebody haul in one of those monstrosities.
(And I packed in my Dutch Oven in 1988.)
The deal they made was that if he packed in the stove, the old man would cook him up a steelhead omelette for breakfast.
They had just finished eating when I went past their camp.
I hauled a lot of **** up that trail but in my wildest dreams never though I'd see somebody haul in one of those monstrosities.
(And I packed in my Dutch Oven in 1988.)
Outlawmws
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Nice find on the cutoff/Portaband! You ****!
ctuai
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As requested, here is the whole shabang. It was a real joy to disassemble and clean up. Almost every part is stamped with a part code and manufacturer. Many of the parts have month and date codes. I took fine and medium steel wool to all the chrome and not a dot of rust left yet nary a surface scratch. Parts are from the UK, W. Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the US. Easy to disassemble down to knocking out the hub bearing cups. Just overall a really nice machine.
1962 Traveller
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Outlawmws
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Did you clean the spokes individually and re-string? Impressive!
bmwrd0
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Yeah, Schwinn's of that period are a joy to work on.
Kaervak
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A quick after work stop at the local ReStore yielded a 24” Bonney 3/8 drive extension and a Wilton 808 C-Clamp for $12 total. I couldn’t pass that up.
Old Radar
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Fixed it for you--and I agree, both on your assessment and that Pexto *****!
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