silas thatcher Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 might as well put this thread in it's proper place if this is not it... proudly show off your bargain finds recently, connie found a wide brimmed wool felt hat for 5$ two queen size, brand new, thick @ss wool blankets for 20$ each and a glass and wood lantern for 4$ that has excellent ventilation two wooden spoons for a $
William Brand Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 Score on the felt hat! I'm missing both of my hats, so I'm envious.
Matty Bottles Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 But William, didn't you score a sweet bowl? Also, can I call you "Billy Brand"? "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum
silas thatcher Posted October 8, 2012 Author Posted October 8, 2012 william, your hats have gone awol ??
Matty Bottles Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 Oh, I dig those little channels to get your thumb under to replace the glass. Yeah, I dig that a lot. "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum
William Brand Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 But William, didn't you score a sweet bowl? Aye. Also, can I call you "Billy Brand"? No. william, your hats have gone awol ?? Yep. And that score of yours is making me miss one of my hats in particular. I was forced to attend the Utah Pirate Festival without the wide brim and the tricorn and I still haven't found them. Also missing are my haversack and my ditty bag, but I did find that sweet bowl.
madPete Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 Silas, you make that hat look good! mP Aye... Plunder Awaits!
William Brand Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 I found a cribbage board for $2 and this nifty little tic-tac-toe game for my ditty bag. Cost me 50 cents.
William Brand Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Well, to say I'm excited about my latest acquisition would be an understatement. It's not very portable, but for $10, I can't complain. Time to break out the wood polish.
Captain Jim Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Nicely done! And look, it came with all those lovely writing implements! My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
silas thatcher Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 WHOAH !! total score !! very nice addition
Captain Jim Posted November 24, 2012 Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Lucked into a Goodwill at just the right time. Got a redware bowl, two Shirley of Williamsburg plates, three each goblets and mugs and a five-cup cast iron pot (can you say stew for one?) all for $30. You'll probably see that pot and some of the other stuff at FTPI in LESS THAN A WEEK! Oh, sorry about the outburst. Anybody out there got a 6.5 inch iron or copper lid I can beg, barter or steal? If not then I'll probably hammer out a domed iron one after the first of the year. Edited November 24, 2012 by Captain Jim My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
William Brand Posted November 25, 2012 Posted November 25, 2012 That's a good take for $30! I covet the plates.
Capt. J... Posted November 26, 2012 Posted November 26, 2012 A piece of a Charles Vane cannon............$0........... Yo Ho.......
Captain Jim Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 At FTPI I was jealous of Iron Jon's wine bucket, as I didn't have one to put my Chardonnay in. Even in a careening camp such niceties could be had from aboard ship, especially since Captain Southard is always away. So I found this at one of my local Goodwill stores while looking for pewter, small jars and cast iron. Solid brass, $10, marked down from $20: My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
Iron Jon Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Nice find, I need to get one myself. The wine bucket at our camp was left behind by someone during the night and I left it out hoping they'd come back for it. They never returned to claim it and it ended up in Fayma's lost and found on Monday. Jonathan Washbourne "Jonathan Washbourne Junr of Bridgwater appeared in court and was ordered to pay £5 fees and charges or be publicly whipped 20 stripes for his abusive and uncivil behaviour to Elizabeth Canaday Late of said Bridgwater by Thrusting up or putting of a skunk under the Cloaths to her Naked Body And then saying he had Done the office of a midwife." (from The Plymouth Journal, July 1701)
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