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^ Similar. He's moving house and needs to clear stuff out. The MM will need TLC (carb work) and the stapler has no value as a working tool; only good for vintage nostalgia and a cool steel box.
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I'm pleased with the Wilton. It cleaned up beautifully; the original green paint shows well with good patina. The jaw inserts are intact (it is missing the pipe jaws, kind of a bummer) but this tool works great and everything about it proves to me that it hasn't been abused. I think it's money well spent. The size will take some getting used to, but I'd rather have too much vise than not enough. I may try my hand at making a vintage decal for the inset.
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I just bought a set of Infinity Column II speakers off Craig's List for my son for Christmas. He'd sent me the link late last week. He knows how good they sound as I'm the original owner of a set.
The ones I bought have had the crossovers recapped, all the driver's refoamed, and all the driver's have the original paper cones too. The cabinets are mint as well. Only thing missing was the tempered glass pieces for the top of each speaker. I had some clear acrylic cut that matched the size of my glass. They fit perfectly. I think he's really going to enjoy these for a lot of years to come in his newly built ADU. OH, and I paid less than what I paid for mine new back in '78 too.
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I like the Column II's; down firing bass driver makes so much sense to me. I just hope you don't have to ship 'em to your son! Those are big boys!
I saw recently some guy in Colorado (actually, not just "some guy", it was Paul at PS Audio, ha ha) had a set of IRS Vs' for sale. I think they went to Idaho, if my sources are correct.
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No shipping involved. Just a day trip down to Oceanside then delivery to Poway. Done and done.
And yes they are big, but not as big as my Crescendo 3008's are. I still was able to hide them behind the couch, out of sight but definitely not out of hearing range.
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My son just sent me a picture of the speakers installed.
 He says they sound great!
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The wife advised me yesterday that the 40 y/o cushion floor in the basement was no longer meeting expectations. Saw an ad on kijiji for about 145 12 x 12 ceramic tiles for $90. They are now in my garage. They will do the utility/lounge room.
The fellow I got them from built his house with milled "logs". I am guessing his math skills weren't the best when he calculated the floor area. Best Les
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The wife advised me yesterday that the 40 y/o cushion floor in the basement was no longer meeting expectations. Saw an ad on kijiji for about 145 12 x 12 ceramic tiles for $90. They are now in my garage. They will do the utility/lounge room.
The fellow I got them from built his house with milled "logs". I am guessing his math skills weren't the best when he calculated the floor area. Best Les
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Coming down the home stretch clearing out everything from my Mom's house. Down to just what was in the attic over the garage now. Had a friend help me get everything down. Much easier for someone to be in the attic handing stuff down to someone in the garage, which is how we did it. It was a LOT of stuff...too much to list but here are a few of the items......
       
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A whole big box of those "states" plates in the last pic....
Bunch of Christmas lights, cards, and decorations. Cooking pots and pans and glassware. Two sets of golf clubs with three carry carts. A fold up card table in it's original box.        
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Couldn't pass up this Hamilton Beach mixer today. 1938 model, look at that chrome! The mixer comes off the stand also and becomes a hand mixer but it easily weighs 15 pounds. Somehow the pyrex bowl stayed with this thing all these years. It's a custom piece made for the mixer.
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Small table and a box of framed art work - plus some empty frames too.......
   This one looks old.....pretty cool though.....   Beautiful Orchid blooms...... 
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There was an ad on FB, from Home Depot, for some Milwaukee tools. A 3/8 ratchet, drill, battery and charger for $99. It took a while to get, but it was a good deal over the regular price of $199 dollars.
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Nice...those will come in handy!
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Another facility move resulted in material deemed not worthy of shipping. I scored these 4 bays of shelves for the garage which are 2’ deep. Also, got three bays of the same shelving type at 18” deep for one of my Sons in Law.
Was also a $h!T ton of Unistrut, brackets and hardware from many of our systems mock up and testing equipment frames. Grabbed a bunch of that. Built a resto dolly for the 911, kept a small amount for a couple of future ideas and sold off what was left for $250. Felt like a year end bonus, LOL.  
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Wife wanted to stop by the local Goodwill today. I headed right for the housewares dept in the back and sitting there is a Coleman 414 Dual Fuel stove with the igniter knob. It was in pretty good shape and I noticed it even had fuel in the tank, but it doesn't have the top burner grate. For sale for $9.99 and I can't pass this up.
I get in home and put a few drops of oil on the pressure plunger shaft, pump the pressure up, turn the gas on and turn the igniter knob and POOF, I gotta a flame! I'm cookin' with gas! I'll get a new replacement grill grate from HD and cut in down to fit. 
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GF likes my Panasonic TV recorder. It's quite handy. The phone rings during the news and you press pause then come back with another glass of wine and carry on from where you left off.
And at the dump shop there was one. The box opened but otherwise unused. (Converted to usd) $14 whereas they are $262 in the shops. |
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Yard sale find. $7.00.
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This is a FB Marketplace score . I have been looking for a combo diesel fuel tank with toolbox . I wanted to extend the driving range of my dually when pulling the 5th wheel camper . I have been looking for about 6 months . Last week I spotted exactly what I wanted on Marketplace and started a conversation with the seller . Pics looked good and price was fantastic . Unfortunately he was 5 hours away
 But luck was on my side , my BIL lives 40 minutes from the seller . He just picked it up about 30 minutes ago . I wasn't available this weekend and I didn't want to lose the deal . It worked out perfectly . I will go pick it up this week sometime. What I purchased is a BCI 50 gallon + tank and toolbox combo . Made of 12 gauge steel empty it weighs 268 lbs !!! It is coated on the outside from the factory with truck bed coating . I had my BIL look down the filler pipe with a flashlight the inside looks shiny new . New from the factory they are $1670.00 , I got it for $400.00 ! To say the least I am super happy . The gravity feed will be perfect for my 2001 GMC . Here is a link to the manufacturers site/model . https://www.bcifabrication.com/ftb50-10
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My former car
1964 Porsche 356 C Sunroof coupe
1972 Porsche 914 2.0 fuel injected
1983 Porsche 911 SC Targa
Work vehicle
