One Man's Trash...

I'm a sucker for garage sales. I usually drag Nicole out of bed way too early Saturday morning just so I can paw through other people's junk. We found all kinds of cool stuff, and we walked away with a few esentials. We bought a tin with penguins on it for Christmas decoration (10 Cents), a Halloween jar ($3), a play tent for my niece and nephew ($2), a croquet set ($5), a few books ($1.50), Scotland Yard board game (50 cents), a vintage Outburst board game (50 cents), 2 puzzles ($1), washer and dryer ($500).

I think my favorite thing we got was a pipe stand with four pipes. Supposable it's circa World War 2, or so they say. We got it for $5. We thought it would look cool on a bookshelf.. The stand almost looks home made. The drawer is made out of 1/4" plywood which had some tear out from a table saw (which indicates an amateur, perhaps). There were also glue marks at the joints, which I wouldn't expect from a professional. I took it home, cleaned it up and it looks great. I wonder who it belonged to. Who made the stand? I wonder if all 4 pipes were his. If he smoked thme on a regular basis. They were pretty well caked. What did he smoke? It's kinda interesting to think about some of those kinds of things. Not that it matters, I guess. It still looks great on my bookshelf.