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

[Fueco]

Saw his latest giant orchestra tour... was one of the best concerts I’ve been to! Loved every second of it ha.

Yep, I caught that show at Red Rocks. I've been a fan since well before I got Polka Party on cassette when I was 10..

Edit: my favorite show of his was the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour (5/1/18 at Paramount Theatre in Denver) because he played Melanie, perhaps the greatest stalker/suicide/love song ever recorded.

 

[jumpman1231]

Yep, I caught that show at Red Rocks. I've been a fan since well before I got Polka Party on cassette when I was 10...

Yeah my dad got me into it early on. Only two concert shirts I’ve ever bought were weird al!

 

[HansderHund]

Sounds like a good excuse for a road trip! Btw, those mocs are often made of

Oh, if you do go, let me know! They're so soft that I assumed they were deer but you may just be right. If you know of any other Canadian places that do those, I'd be interested to find some more.

I owe a thanks to this thread and to @HansderHund for teaching me what makes a solid post and what's worthless!


Not exactly, Cardigans have eyelets and a different medallion. This model is called Hastings

For the record, @florent finds some awesome stuff and, beyond that, is a swell guy!

 

[Coldsnap]

I've been shopping around for monitors since I will be starting school soon and need a study setup. Came across this today, sold to me for the prize of a couple pizzas. 35" 1440p IPS 100hz Gsync, wow! I've quit video games but will be a productivity beast on this.

 

[Jackstraw001]

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I scrolled by this quickly and thought it was a photo of Geddy Lee.

 

[Shoeluv]

Finishing up my masters this semester at Alabama. How’s he liking it so far?

Well, he is joining a Frat. He is on his 3rd girlfriend since he went to early college this summer. He said he is the only one who could funnel 3 beers at once from the pledge class... Mom and I are not thrilled, but we made a deal, he keeps straight A's and stays in the Honors program or he has to drop the frat.

His biggest problem is as a pledge, he has to go to the football games in a blazer and tie and it is a feels like temp of 102 degrees in the student section.

My wife's family has had someone at Alabama for the last 20+ years, her niece graduated with a masters in accounting last year. Everyone was super excited he chose Alabama. He did it though, because they have a ton of money for scholarships (nice to have the top football program in the country), and he is getting the Presidential which pays full tuition. Everyone assumes my younger son is going to go too because he scored a 34 on his ACT as a Freshman which qualifies him for the same scholarship. I think just to be contrary, he is going to go to Tennessee.

 

[SZNettles]

Well, he is joining a Frat. He is on his 3rd girlfriend since he went to early college this summer. He said he is the only one who could funnel 3 beers at once from the pledge class... Mom and I are not thrilled, but we made a deal, he keeps straight A's and stays in the Honors program or he has to drop the frat.

His biggest problem is as a pledge, he has to go to the football games in a blazer and tie and it is a feels like temp of 102 degrees in the student section.

My wife's family has had someone at Alabama for the last 20+ years, her niece graduated with a masters in accounting last year. Everyone was super excited he chose Alabama. He did it though, because they have a ton of money for scholarships (nice to have the top football program in the country), and he is getting the Presidential which pays full tuition. Everyone assumes my younger son is going to go too because he scored a 34 on his ACT as a Freshman which qualifies him for the same scholarship. I think just to be contrary, he is going to go to Tennessee.

Sounds like he is right in line with what is typical lol. He’ll be fine. Hardly anyone loses that scholarship unless they are trying and I’ve known a few.

 

[SpooPoker]

Its fantastic.

 

[va230815]

Looks like it's carved out of a single piece of stone. Anything? Priced up or else id buy first

 

[kbadgley84]

Looks like it's carved out of a single piece of stone. Anything? Priced up or else id buy first

Is that a trilobite fossil?

 

[SpooPoker]

Going to go with a scarab's ass carved out of quartz.

Or a divot remover.

 

[sandfourman]

Wish me luck trying the bins again today

 

[capnwes]

Looks like it's carved out of a single piece of stone. Anything? Priced up or else id buy first

Yeah looks like a Scarab carving. Careful, as they are often counterfeited.

 

[SimonC]

Just one thing from a quick trip out. We can debate whether this is a scarf or a shawl, but it’s so finely woven it measures 3ft x 7ft laid out flat yet folds down to smaller than a paperback book. It was 46 degrees this morning so I wore it to walk the dog...

 

[capnwes]

46º WTF...They closed schools today because it was too hot.