BlueBomber
Well-known member
Happy 2019, fellow pickers, garage sale scroungers, 2nd hand shop hounds, Craigslist chasers, Ebay hunters, boot sale wanglers and free-cyclers! Welcome to the 8th annual Garage Journal Garage Sale thread. It is here that we share our finds and the stories about the finds with a group of folks who appreciate a bargain, a rarity, a collectible or a good tale about sifting through piles of detris in an "Enter at your own risk" rickety old barn. It doesn't matter how big or how small the find. Whether a one-year-only Plomb lefthanded smoke shifter (in cadmium finish) or a set of Stanley screwdrivers--we want to hear about them all!
This thread accepts a broad array of sources and items for display and discussion. Pretty much the only things that don't resonate are the brand new items you bought at a brick-and-mortar or on-line provider. Even if it's a bargain. We also tend to focus more on garage-y related stuff like tools, but, as last year's thread host put it, anything with "old school usefulness" is appreciated.
Again, we're a pretty open and friendly crowd. One of our biggest accolades to any poster of a particulary good bargain is a hearty "You ****!"--read it with a hint of enviousness in tone, and you'll get it as a compliment. Which brings up the only cardinal rule of the Garage Sale thread:
"You ****"s can only be earned, never self awarded! You cannot "****" yourself!
Actually there's one other rule:
A little history is in order. For those who are curious to review past years, here are the previous threads and their hosts:
2012 - jeffmoss26 - it's garage sale season!!
2013 - maddawg308 - it's 2013 garage sale season!...
2014 - Outlawmws - 2014 Garage sale thread!
2015 - nine4gmc - 2015 Garage SaleThread
2016 - jakemac - 2016 Garage Sale Thread
2017 - 3baygarage - 2017 Garage Sale Thread
2018 - Private Lugnutz - 2018 Garage Sale Thread
Our thread host last year, Private Lugnutz, set a stratospheric bar for hosting and deserves special recognition. Not only did his hosting facilitate the highest post count in Garage Sale thread history (by more than a fourteen hundred posts!), but he added a raft of prizes and recognition that would be a full time job for any other mortal to replicate.
Well done, Lugz, well done!
Although I won't be able to match his feat, I do plan to continue at least one of his initiatives--a Picker Of The Year trophy for the individual with 20 or more posts on this thread who has the best overall year of finds. Although I as thread host will nominate the candidates, the winner will be selected by popular vote. I don't have the trophy yet--I plan to assemble it from stuff I've picked throughout the last four years through actual award (which seems appropriate, eh?).
So, without further ado, may the 2019 Garage Sale Thread begin! Good luck everyone!
This thread accepts a broad array of sources and items for display and discussion. Pretty much the only things that don't resonate are the brand new items you bought at a brick-and-mortar or on-line provider. Even if it's a bargain. We also tend to focus more on garage-y related stuff like tools, but, as last year's thread host put it, anything with "old school usefulness" is appreciated.
Again, we're a pretty open and friendly crowd. One of our biggest accolades to any poster of a particulary good bargain is a hearty "You ****!"--read it with a hint of enviousness in tone, and you'll get it as a compliment. Which brings up the only cardinal rule of the Garage Sale thread:
"You ****"s can only be earned, never self awarded! You cannot "****" yourself!
Actually there's one other rule:
A little history is in order. For those who are curious to review past years, here are the previous threads and their hosts:
2012 - jeffmoss26 - it's garage sale season!!
2013 - maddawg308 - it's 2013 garage sale season!...
2014 - Outlawmws - 2014 Garage sale thread!
2015 - nine4gmc - 2015 Garage SaleThread
2016 - jakemac - 2016 Garage Sale Thread
2017 - 3baygarage - 2017 Garage Sale Thread
2018 - Private Lugnutz - 2018 Garage Sale Thread
Our thread host last year, Private Lugnutz, set a stratospheric bar for hosting and deserves special recognition. Not only did his hosting facilitate the highest post count in Garage Sale thread history (by more than a fourteen hundred posts!), but he added a raft of prizes and recognition that would be a full time job for any other mortal to replicate.
Well done, Lugz, well done! Although I won't be able to match his feat, I do plan to continue at least one of his initiatives--a Picker Of The Year trophy for the individual with 20 or more posts on this thread who has the best overall year of finds. Although I as thread host will nominate the candidates, the winner will be selected by popular vote. I don't have the trophy yet--I plan to assemble it from stuff I've picked throughout the last four years through actual award (which seems appropriate, eh?).
So, without further ado, may the 2019 Garage Sale Thread begin! Good luck everyone!
