Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
Felt like a topic worth having...
Couple of days ago we went to the local auto show, and found a late 60s Ford Ice Cream Truck in service- like selling ice cream. I figured, well that was a new ones so... we split it.
I have some rules, one of which is: If you are not in a position to spend money, DO NOT go to an antique shop or thrift store.
Why? Because if you find something, especially at a good price, it is often now or never. It may be years- or never- before you find something comparable to what you can't afford to buy today. My rule of thumb is usually to only go antiquing if I have at least $500 of disposable money in that months budget.
Yesterday? I broke that rule. It was the weekend, the weather was beautiful, and I took Rudolf down the River Road to Burlington, filling up the diesel tank on the way. I had been planning on eating an early dinner in the form of a large amount of Ice Cream at Ummm in downtown, and when we were done with that, I decided I wanted to check out the three sizable antique shops in town. We found something at the first place; it was simple, $8, a rolling pin. My wife figured out when she made tortillas that we did not, in fact, own one a month or so ago. It was a nice one, and not expensive, and we kinda needed it, and... yeah.
Next shop, thankfully no meaningfully expensive, was our next purchase. I had a 1950s Salad Master food processor not all that dissimilar to this, but it didn't have a meat grinder attachment. The 'new' food processor came with everything on the enamel surface except the rolling pin, paper goods to the right, and the toaster on the left (yes, that's a toaster). $26. With the manual. And we really needed a meat grinder because the one we have doesn't clamp to our counter because the butcher block I bought for it long ago is thicker than standard counters (about 2 inches):
Couple of days ago we went to the local auto show, and found a late 60s Ford Ice Cream Truck in service- like selling ice cream. I figured, well that was a new ones so... we split it.
I have some rules, one of which is: If you are not in a position to spend money, DO NOT go to an antique shop or thrift store.
Why? Because if you find something, especially at a good price, it is often now or never. It may be years- or never- before you find something comparable to what you can't afford to buy today. My rule of thumb is usually to only go antiquing if I have at least $500 of disposable money in that months budget.
Yesterday? I broke that rule. It was the weekend, the weather was beautiful, and I took Rudolf down the River Road to Burlington, filling up the diesel tank on the way. I had been planning on eating an early dinner in the form of a large amount of Ice Cream at Ummm in downtown, and when we were done with that, I decided I wanted to check out the three sizable antique shops in town. We found something at the first place; it was simple, $8, a rolling pin. My wife figured out when she made tortillas that we did not, in fact, own one a month or so ago. It was a nice one, and not expensive, and we kinda needed it, and... yeah.
Next shop, thankfully no meaningfully expensive, was our next purchase. I had a 1950s Salad Master food processor not all that dissimilar to this, but it didn't have a meat grinder attachment. The 'new' food processor came with everything on the enamel surface except the rolling pin, paper goods to the right, and the toaster on the left (yes, that's a toaster). $26. With the manual. And we really needed a meat grinder because the one we have doesn't clamp to our counter because the butcher block I bought for it long ago is thicker than standard counters (about 2 inches):
