Random Jibber Jabber Thread

Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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Nutes and Nugs said:
You should poke around Ebay to see what you can get for some of that stuff or
donate it to a local second hand shop.
Those color wheels bring a few bucks last I remember.
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Yeah, every shop in the city wants the Christmas stuff. Some will go on ebay, some will not. At some point, a pipe busted one winter and a good amount of prime faux Xmas trees rusted up. Damn shame too. The tackier the tree the more money it gets. The more hideous the ornament, the better it sells.
 
mollymcgrammar

mollymcgrammar

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Unclebaldrick said:
Since we are moving I am a bit at loose ends. Remember how my friend died recently and messily? Well the guy who was doing the biological cleanup of his, uh, remains, and I got to talking. He does cleanouts for hoarders as well as cleaning up bodies and just won a bid on cleaning out a 3story place chock full of about 1000 boxes of stuff - but he does not know collectibles.. Some of the boxes are full of wonderful things. Some are literally full of other boxes. Some are nearly empty except for about a dozen Solo cups (a plastic disposable cup that fits into a non disposable plastic cup holder - way before your time, but @Singlemalt can back me up).

Ok, so the place is full of the detritus of some people's lives. Quite a few people really as these people bought up other people's shit. Well, anyway.... The place was full of stuff. Like if you ever read a comic book in the 1960s or 70s you would know that sending $2.99 to a New Jersey address would result in a Civil War play set containing 8 dragoons, 4 cannon, 6 mounted cavalry, etc.. Well this guy saved every one of them and now he is old. So it has become my temporary job to sell them. Today I sat with a dealer and sorted 40+ boxes of depression glass. I spent the last week becoming an instant expert on depression glass (all without narcotics btw which is why I am so disappointed with @mollymcgrammar ). Now my first floor is an orgy of boxes, bubble wrap and about 300 pounds of depression glass that nobody wants.

The conclusion of the glassware means that I have to turn my attention to a truly scandalous number of hoarded ornaments, color wheels, plastic santas, vintage reindeer, and unsettling goddamn elves. Ten years ago, this shit was landfill. But now it is going to be one of the biggest profit centers in the joint. I am somewhat surprised by this.

It is all very, very strange. I myself am a recovering collector of stuffs, but have lost track of the ever-shifting market since. To see Christmas become so hyper-popular for this vintage shit (white, flocked fake trees, etc) is both a repulsion and a sentimental flashback. It would be a bit difficult to convey the impact to you of seeing things that you have not seen or remember since you were about five years old - and then having it happen about 1000 times in three weeks. I feel like a coked-up Marcel Proust in a corn silo of madeleines (Google "rememberance of things past" mcgrammar).

Very very strange... But I yoinked a giant set of wooden alphabet blocks in which the "Z" is represented by a zeppelin (Graf, not Led) for the boy. Didja know that instant lead tests are waaaay more toxic than lead?
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Dont be disappointed, my narcotics have helped my education lol
 
Blue Wizard

Blue Wizard

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Pinworm said:
Agreed. Going to have to do those next. I'm working through the whole resident evil series right now. Just finished 2 and 3. :::Nostalgia-gasm:::
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The whole series? Everything after 4 has been weak sauce, 5 was ok if you have someone to play with. I've still got my original PS1 copies of 1&2, my fucking cousin scratched them up but they still work. The discs used to be like new because I took care of my shit but he fucked them up.
 
Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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Blue Wizard said:
The whole series? Everything after 4 has been weak sauce, 5 was ok if you have someone to play with. I've still got my original PS1 copies of 1&2, my fucking cousin scratched them up but they still work. The discs used to be like new because I took care of my shit but he fucked them up.
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Look on the bright side - you got them back.
 
Blue Wizard

Blue Wizard

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Unclebaldrick said:
Look on the bright side - you got them back.
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Yeah, I can't say that about all of the games I loaned him. Oh and he stole some games from me before he moved out of state. I hope his girlfriend likes taking care of him for as long as they are together because he's worthless. It's 4 years later and he is still jobless and mooching off of her and she must have really, really, low self esteem because she's way too good for him.
 
Pinworm

Pinworm

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Blue Wizard said:
The whole series? Everything after 4 has been weak sauce, 5 was ok if you have someone to play with. I've still got my original PS1 copies of 1&2, my fucking cousin scratched them up but they still work. The discs used to be like new because I took care of my shit but he fucked them up.
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First 3 are definitely my favorites. Just started code veronica. Going to do both outbreaks, zero, and then dead aim. 4 had a pretty weak design and storyline, I agree. I don't have copies of 4 and + that work on this emulator anyways, so I'm skipping em.

Hope you feel better soon, dude.
 
Blue Wizard

Blue Wizard

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Pinworm said:
First 3 are definitely my favorites. Just started code veronica. Going to do both outbreaks, zero, and then dead aim. 4 had a pretty weak design and storyline, I agree. I don't have copies of 4 and + that work on this emulator anyways, so I'm skipping em.

Hope you feel better soon, dude.
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Thanks. Yeah part 2 is my fave, I used to be able to beat it in like an hour.
 
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