A few other updates from yesterday:

I was driving in some of the worst conditions I can remember this morning. Everyone was driving like 20-30 kph and the anti-lock breaks were still activating at stops. That was awful. I can tell other people were uncomfortable too because I was leaving a ton of following distance, and no one else tried to change ( Read more... )

Now that masks are required in Saskatchewan indoors again, I'm feeling much better about thrifting.

I found a 2002-made IBM 9494 monitor at the thrift store yesterday. When I picked it up and found that it was far heavier than I expected, I was intrigued. Often that indicates higher quality components. It was only $5 CAD! Other, lower quality, ( Read more... )

To the kringloopwinkel today ( Read more... )

By the by, the last four pictures I've posted were taken with the macro range on my thrifted K-mount medium telephoto lens. So very worth the $35 I paid for it, new in box. I've tried various ways to get nice close-ups of things with my phone, my 10-22, and even my longer telephotos, but having a lens actually intended for it makes things *so* much

I found a bunch of the kind of CDs at the Goodwill today that I don't expect to ever see. Two Beatles albums, a David Bowie, Devo's greatest hits, Two Neil Young, and Beck's "Mellow Gold ( Read more... )

My bike had been making a new squeaking noise for a couple days. I decided the first day that it was a pedal or the crankset because it matched my pedaling rotation. Oiling those (and the chain which needed it anyway) didn't help. Then, Tuesday, experimenting with body movements, I decided it was the seatpost because I reproduced it by turning my ( Read more... )

I dropped off a nightstand at a thrift store today and left with three volumes of "not for children" (according to the covers) yaoi manga. Sure, I'll take those! Don't know if they're any good, but what the hell. Even funnier is that they were at a Salvation Army store.

I also got the 1974 orchestral recording of Tubular Bells on CD.

I was a little anxious about taking the time for a long shopping trip, but I turned out to have been in the right place. As I was browsing the Salvation Army store, there were suddenly two big dogs wandering around the aisles. With everybody in the store asking anyone around them "Are those your dogs?" it was clear that nobody knew where they came ( Read more... )

This is the equalizer I scored on my thrifting trip with Erik​. I agonized over spending $60-something on hi-fi equipment before justifying it by deciding to use the stash of personal cash in my drawer at home. Then, once I got to the counter, it turned out they were half off; I got it *and* a Technics turntable, for about $35 ( Read more... )

I had some great time off in Chicago today! My dad and I drove down to Microcenter where he picked up a few things. Then we went to a new, upscale Salvation Army Store (there is such a thing, believe it or not) on Clybourn. It turned out to be too upscale for our tastes. The old grungy one down on Union near the Loop was much better. I used to walk ( Read more... )