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Good Day at a Garage sale
Garage sale today, sellers brother is in the final stages of ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease). Picked up a few things yesterday for excellent prices. Scant stock for an 03A3 WW2 era rifle and two air pistols for $30, Nice tooled leather belt with brass Pony Express buckle for $2.
This morning I had the air conditioner condenser installed in my leased home that my brother and I rebuilt several years ago. After a few years finally a decent tenant who has paid me $4900 over the last 7 months.
I stopped at the yard sale again and the seller had some new things for sale. One was an ancient Billings adjustable wrench for $2, probably worth that in scrap, surface rust but otherwise excellent condition.
The last thing I bought was a Trek 7.5 XF 27 speed bicycle. Hydro formed aluminum frame, Bontrager forks (carbon fiber), headset, rims, tires (like new), and probably something else I forgot all premium components.
Got home and reinstalled the wheels I had to remove to get it in my car. First bike I could ever pedal up my max 10% grade driveway. Looks like I will get into shape riding this baby around Williamsburg. Like new and all of $200. Best of all I got a small royalty payment for my work on Pop's book "Feather Merchant" about his experiences flying a B17 over Europe during WW2.
regards
mech
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