The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[Brantley11]

Found this recently at a GW, in the town where he lives...Can't say for sure, of course, but seems likely, given the locale. He should scold the help for not picking up the dry cleaning...My size, fits great...

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Did you find this in Oxford, Ms or in Virginia?

 

[LaundryRoom]

Did you find this in Oxford, Ms or in Virginia?

Charlottesville, VA

 

[WoolyLamb]

Picked up for personal a couple things today. All for 20 bucks which was reasonable I think. BB houndstooth wool vest, Henry Cotton Linen button down, and a mid blue J crew denim button down.

Sadly catch an release nice fitting fall/winter suit due to a few holes.

It ain't much but honest lunch work.

 

[eazye]

It’s not the espresso maker but we’re getting there

 

[eazye]

Whoops! Should have read the reviews of that thing. They aren’t very good hahaha. Still gonna test it out!

 

[impuntura]

Whoops! Should have read the reviews of that thing. They aren’t very good hahaha. Still gonna test it out!

Eazy there is a way to run a self diagnostic on these, there was with mine anyway. You have to Google it involves a combo of buttons you can press and it will throw up errors for you if there are any.

 

[eazye]

Thank you! Yeah looking up vids on how to clean and descale it right now.

 

[Woofa]

It’s not the espresso maker but we’re getting there
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If you can figure out how to make good coffee, please let me know. I have not yet figured out the secret but mine works. Maybe I am grinding too big?

 

[330CK]

If you can figure out how to make good coffee, please let me know. I have not yet figured out the secret but mine works. Maybe I am grinding too big?

it’s a simple two-step process:

step one: sell it
step two: buy a moccamaster

 

[eazye]

😂😂😂

 

[eazye]

Well sh!t, I’ve never even heard of those. One more thing to look out for. 🙃

 

[Woofa]

I have one of those as well. I really need to learn how to make good coffee other than in a French press.

 

[impuntura]

Maybe I am grinding too big?

Twss

 

[Jackstraw001]

A few fun finds this afternoon on the way home.

1991 Braves, start of their winning ways

Early 2000s Hardy Boyz WWE

Peter Millar UGA

Billy Reid x2

Fancy shoes for Mrs. J

Didn’t know Hermes made bow ties, almost walked by this one

T&A x2


Big Boi Size 52 Cannoli for Harrods

 

[Letric]

^ A rare Hermes bow tie. Cool!

As to the coffee discussion: Y'all are buying whole bean and using conical burr grinders right?

Can attest to the quality, consistency and ease of use with the Techni-Vorm Moccamaster. I actually had never heard of them until my gf mentioned them last year. I was a pour-over person from the beginning and I always wondered why nobody had made just a pour over device but automatic..

Love the simplicity of it. There's basically 2 pieces you wash regularly: Caraffe and Filter. Each has a lid so 4 pieces total that take maybe 1-2 mins to hand wash each night and setup for the morning. The simplicity extends into the brains (lack thereof) and mechanism.. It's just a simple solid state heat pump with a float-switch. Very simple and no computer or sensors or LCD screens. 2 analog toggle switches for controls. We run filtered water through ours to reduce the amount of scale, calcium, etc.

We do the full-pot setting usually with a filter maybe 1/2 full of coffee. As for grind setting I use a simple cheap Capresso conical burr grinder set to maybe 6.5, just slightly on the coarse side. Brews a great pot of coffee and with the heating pad that stays warm for an hour or so it gives us about 4 large hot mugs each morning.