What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

Campbell2N

Bought 3.5 yards of dirt to fill in the hole in my front yard. Two trips with the trailer. Seed and tack straw is in but fingers crossed. Horrible timing with the remnants of Beryl going to soak my place starting tomorrow night. 

I need to plan and be better 

kl8ton

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

I couldn't pass it up for the price. 

I'll probably sand down the stand and hit it with some new paint to clean it up and send it on its way. 

$30!?  Did you ask the seller if they would do $15 and deliver?  (That is standard around here even when someone is dang near giving it away.)

I saw it was posted for 38 minutes before I messaged on it. Those times aren't always the most accurate but I was still surprised it was still available. When I have no wiggle room on price or way too cheap from the start my standard is, "I have a truck, cash, and can leave right now."

Lots of people get deals on stuff from me this way....

Once I or my wife have made up our mind that we want something gone... And I don't want to bring it to the donation place... 

I will put in the ad "do not message me unless you can come today...."

We had a $2,000 bunk bed loft dresser setup that we swapped out for something else for our son.  Ended up posting it for $50 to unload it fast.  The person responding was a pregnant female.  Two gentleman came to get it with a little 2-year-old boy..  As I watched them disassemble this thing and load it into a tiny Isuzu truck...(I was 100% positive they would need to make two trips)  It hit me that they looked Guatemalan. As many of you know I've been to Guatemala a couple times.  So I asked them if that's where they were from.  We struck up quite a conversation after that. I was showing them all my pictures and they were joking with each other that certain pictures of women were their moms or cousins.  I was showing them on the map where I visited and they were showing me where they were from, etc. That interaction is worth more than anything. I got to meet the little boy who would be sleeping in the bed and in the future is unborn sibling with the in the other bed.  They fit that whole thing into that little truck.  They were drywallers and when they arrived the truck bed was full of hard hats, stilts, and other drywalling equipment. 

zaphod

what a great story. I put a change table up for free on CL a few years back and a young fellow new to the country came and this change table would NOT fit into his car. just no way. So I tossed in my wagon, and followed him to his place. this was just before Christmas. He and his VERY pregnant wife were overjoyed. Nice kids. 

kl8ton

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

As promised, here is one of my actual Trump Store purchases. (Bought two of these plus a “Thug Life” magnet with Trump sitting on a porch stoop.  Gave that one away to a friend.

Reminds me of this meme I saved earlier this week. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

As promised, here is one of my actual Trump Store purchases. (Bought two of these plus a “Thug Life” magnet with Trump sitting on a porch stoop.  Gave that one away to a friend.

Reminds me of this meme I saved earlier this week. 

Before I switched careers I was a Chief Engineer for a missile program at a large defense contractor.  That meme covers about 95% of the employees, and the other 5% are just lying.

Gulfcoastguy

As a former state government employee, who had to deal with the federal government often, I completely agree. Btw there was little difference in the work problems regardless of who was in charge of the federal government, different problems of course.

billt01

I have a good friend whose parents both worked for the federal govt.

his father was a master plumber who worked at the Atl Fed Penitentiary
and mom was a mail carrier

both retired mid 40's after being fully vested for retirement ..

They spend most of their time and money made by interest and dividends at the Beau in Biloxi..

l guess they made lemonade out of the lemons

Gulfcoastguy

Yes I only made it to my late 50’s before I retired. The pension was one of the nice things about government work.

JohnInCarolina

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

lousubcap

The Pops are good but my "go-to" is the Javelin Pro Duo.  
Surprised that your Pen died at such a young age.  You know you can replace the battery...

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

The Pops are good but my "go-to" is the Javelin Pro Duo.  
Surprised that your Pen died at such a young age.  You know you can replace the battery...

It was definitely not the battery.  

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

I bought a bunch of Thermopops when they were $12.  I give them away as gifts.  They work great, but I just prefer the full grip I can get on a thermapen.

WeberWho

I highly recommend this bbq sauce if anyone is a mustard sauce fan. I want to say it's under $4 at Walmart. The taste is almost identical to Jimmy Rays mustard sauce for anyone who is familiar with that particular brand

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

the thermapops fit better in your pocket, especially a shirt pocket. only down side is you need a light pair of gloves if using over high heat. the thermapens keep your hands further away from the fire but ive had a few now wear out, melt, fall off the deck into the lake etc. the pops are just more convenient

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

the thermapops fit better in your pocket, especially a shirt pocket. only down side is you need a light pair of gloves if using over high heat. the thermapens keep your hands further away from the fire but ive had a few now wear out, melt, fall off the deck into the lake etc. the pops are just more convenient

What sold it for me was the lack of a hinge.  Moving parts have a tendency to be sources for failure in electronics.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

the thermapops fit better in your pocket, especially a shirt pocket. only down side is you need a light pair of gloves if using over high heat. the thermapens keep your hands further away from the fire but ive had a few now wear out, melt, fall off the deck into the lake etc. the pops are just more convenient

What sold it for me was the lack of a hinge.  Moving parts have a tendency to be sources for failure in electronics.

had one fail that way, probably bought 6 or so over the years and batteries. have had the therma pop since they came out and so far so good and on sale its just a no brainer to stock a couple

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

My ThermaPen finally gave up the ghost.  I think I'd had it for 10 years or so - that's a good run.

On the advice of my good friend @DoubleEgger I have elected to replace it with a couple of ThermaPops.  

the thermapops fit better in your pocket, especially a shirt pocket. only down side is you need a light pair of gloves if using over high heat. the thermapens keep your hands further away from the fire but ive had a few now wear out, melt, fall off the deck into the lake etc. the pops are just more convenient

What sold it for me was the lack of a hinge.  Moving parts have a tendency to be sources for failure in electronics.

The hinge on one of my thermopens is finicky.  Got to open it just right to get it to turn on.  It is also 10 years old and I keep it in an drawer on the patio, so not exactly babied.

ColtsFan

Campbell2N said:

Bought 3.5 yards of dirt to fill in the hole in my front yard. Two trips with the trailer. Seed and tack straw is in but fingers crossed. Horrible timing with the remnants of Beryl going to soak my place starting tomorrow night. 

I need to plan and be better 

I just did the same to an area of our yard. 4” of rain later I doubt that I have much seed left. 

Campbell2N

ColtsFan said:

Campbell2N said:

Bought 3.5 yards of dirt to fill in the hole in my front yard. Two trips with the trailer. Seed and tack straw is in but fingers crossed. Horrible timing with the remnants of Beryl going to soak my place starting tomorrow night. 

I need to plan and be better 

I just did the same to an area of our yard. 4” of rain later I doubt that I have much seed left. 

We got 3 inches total here. No horrible downpours and most of the fill looks to have stayed in place thankfully. We’ll see in a couple weeks! Hopefully you have the same luck! 

alaskanassasin

Just missed us, we really could have used the rain. 

DoubleEgger

I like the thinner probe on the Pop as well. I also like that it’s one handed operation. 

FrostyEgg

Pondering picking up a new Weber Slate griddle. They're getting solid reviews.

xavier233

I really want this backpack. I'm a fan of backpacks, and this one's full-grain leather. The best there is.

Ozzie_Isaac

xavier233 said:

I really want this backpack. I'm a fan of backpacks, and this one's full-grain leather. The best there is.

Recommend nobody click the link.  Seems like another bot.

TechsasJim

DoubleEgger said:

I like the thinner probe on the Pop as well. I also like that it’s one handed operation. 

agree fully there.  I often wear an apron while around the pit and there are a few nice pockets that it fits in just fine.  

Campbell2N

New radio for the barn. Can use it around the house too with my tool batteries. Excited it has Bluetooth like the rest of the world. 

TechsasJim

As crappy as this is, will be buying all new food/sauces/condiments/etc after lovely Beryl.   

Think I may have saved some stuff with a Yeti and 48# of ice but haven’t dipped a toe into those waters yet.   

My indoor fridge/freezer looks like it just came off a show room floor.     Will replenish in stages as I had ~$150 in sauces alone.   

Ah well, no one was hurt so that’s a plus.    

lousubcap

Hit your home owners insurance for the loss.  

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

Hit your home owners insurance for the loss.  

Unless you are already making a claim, or don’t ever plan to move or sell, avoid using insurance unless absolutely necessary.

insurers are dropping people like crazy and raising rates for homes with claims a great deal.  Now the claim follows you and also stays with the home.