Results: Hunting for thrifty treasure...
Published on 12/31/2024
Just a few nifty finds at some thrift shops. deMilked is my source for this. (Right click to see pictures in full.)
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Let's start off with a little bit of a "high-class" find. Looking for a fun way to keep extra bathroom tissue in the bathroom? How about this quirky frog butler? Do you like how this thrift store find is being used?
Yes
45%
984 votes
No
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635 votes
Maybe
22%
492 votes
I have a table like that!
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89 votes
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Are you a cat parent? Are you concerned about shadowy entities reading your thoughts or controlling you? Well, do I have the product for you! One, unopened, new in the box, tin-foil hat for cats! Is this an ingenious idea or just a goofy gimmick?
Ingenious Idea
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194 votes
Goofy Gimmick
54%
1191 votes
Somewhere in-between
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301 votes
BWAHAHAHAHA
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514 votes
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Are you tired of searching for your favorite mug? Here we have a really handy solution. The octopus cup organizer is the perfect solution for those who could use some help organizing their cupboards. Putting aside how strange octopuses (Yes, that's the correct pluralization!) really are, would you use this in your kitchen?
Yes
16%
362 votes
No
63%
1394 votes
Maybe
16%
356 votes
I actually have one like this!
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88 votes
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Looking for a statement piece to accessorize your outfit-of-the-day? I'm not sure what KIND of a statement this toad handbag would make, but it's most certainly bound to get some attention! Would you buy this for yourself or for a special someone in your life?
Yes
9%
200 votes
No
73%
1601 votes
Maybe
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211 votes
Not Applicable
9%
188 votes
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Someone found a set of discarded Encyclopedia and turned it into this interesting floor lamp! What's the most unusual item you've ever bought at a thrift store or yard/garage sale?
none
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na
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nothing
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16 votes
n/a
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14 votes
no
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14 votes
Yes
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4 votes
Unknown
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2 votes
Nothing really
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2 votes
maybe
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2 votes
not applicable
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2 votes
Nope
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2 votes
A folding floor lamp , quite usefull.
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1 votes
Frog Wall Clock
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I just don t shop there
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1 votes
"The Storyteller" is a wonderful compilation of things with a book in its hand.
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1 votes
Hko
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1 votes
I bought a book Total Money Makeover life changing!
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Can't recall
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Is that a bookworm on top of the lamp?
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A multicolored Chinese Hat at an Estate sale. The man who died used to be a world traveler and brought it back from China.
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Space ship
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1 votes
a weird mug
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1 votes
A 0ne century old typewriter
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1 votes
Too many to talk about
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1 votes
I've never been to a thrift store or yard/garage sale
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1 votes
I like this lamp
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1 votes
NO Thanks,. We already got way to much stuff and come spring gonna clean house, shop and sheds and downsize. Might have a big yard/estate sale turn the cash into things we do need and want
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1 votes
Very good
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1 votes
So cool That is called recycling at zero cost
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1 votes
I wish I had known of this lamp idea before I gave my set away for free.
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1 votes
Nice
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1 votes
unsure
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1 votes
That makes me feel sad.
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1 votes
i don't buy thrift store items because I am trying to purge stuff from my years of accumulating
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1 votes
I don t do garage sale
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1 votes
Mannequins
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Nothing, but this is a great idea for old encyclopedias!
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interesting.
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cannot recall
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1 votes
I don't shop for things like this
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1 votes
I don t see it yet
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1 votes
I've never been to a garage sale, so I can't answer this question
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I do not like at stuff that I have no idea what it is
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1 votes
A taxidermy of a half cat have baby deer with a plastic doll head
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1 votes
I haven't seen any funky things in a thrift store, but should start looking as these are fun!
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1 votes
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i wouldnt waste money on useless items i buy antiques
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never bought anything
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1 votes
that is a great idea - but it takes some talent that does not look easy
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1 votes
Nothing special
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1 votes
I BUY WITH TASTE
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1 votes
erg
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1 votes
red boots
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1 votes
56 years ago when my husband and I got married, my Mom found the PERFECT wedding present at an estage sale (4 hand-blown crystal glasses) for $1.75 apiece.
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1 votes
Doll
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1 votes
A lamp
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1 votes
a plant
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1 votes
and old camera that some one made into a night light
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1 votes
Nothing that original. I've gotten some good deals but nothing I remember as unique.
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1 votes
Clothes I never wore
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1 votes
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1 votes
Cool!
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1 votes
There isn't anything.
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1 votes
sea monkeys collection
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1 votes
I can't think of anything.
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1 votes
nothing it's all junk
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1 votes
Not for me
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1 votes
I found a really cool flying pig statue!!
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1 votes
An o'f end table with a built-in lamp. I paid $20 USD for it at Blue Mountain.
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1 votes
Enjoyable survey. I have repurposed several items instead of discarding them. For instance, I transformed lamp globes from old ceiling fans into candle holders. I also used them as legs to create a plant stand, with the gold top part serving as the plant holder.
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1 votes
Nothing comes to mind
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1 votes
My husband!
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1 votes
This is awesome! I would buy that in a heart beat
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1 votes
cup
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1 votes
Magazines cheap that one sold for $400 and another $300 the rest were $50 to $20. We spent a weekend in St. Augustine with the money all expenses paid.
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1 votes
Na. Something are great to look at. I tell my wife. Do we have to buy it?
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1 votes
Love it!
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1 votes
An interesting collapsing bowl
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1 votes
not a thing
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1 votes
miniature snail figurines
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1 votes
I bought some rare Beatles collectibles for next to nothing.
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1 votes
not a lot but some of them are really awesome
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1 votes
nothing unusual
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1 votes
Not appealing at all.
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1 votes
Nothing that I can remember
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1 votes
interesting
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1 votes
Nothing really that I can recall!
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1 votes
Dried purhana fish
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1 votes
A stuffed Canada Goose.
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1 votes
nothing like these!
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1 votes
Funky computer desk
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1 votes
an American Indian arrow head collection
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1 votes
I never bought an usual item like this.
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1 votes
so many I can't count ... but the best was a Moorcroft vase for 2.79
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1 votes
I bought a lamp with a naked lady n it.
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1 votes
Not Sure
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1 votes
Very valuable gold coins, thought by the store to be fakes.
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1 votes
Don't shop at thrift stores or do garage sales
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1 votes
nothing unusual, just normal stuff
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1 votes
A THINGAMAJIG DUEHICKEY
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1 votes
Not a bad idea.
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1 votes
bought a bag of money for a booby prize at easter it was real and $500 dollars shredded from the mint
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I found a framed limited addition Trisha Romance print at a yard sale for $1. It now is hung in a place of pride in my home.
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Nothin unusual
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1 votes
I don't shop thrift stores, it is just some ones junk.
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some garagge salws are a real experience
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1 votes
i am not a thrift store shopper
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1 votes
Just bargains where ever I can find them in the thrift store
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1 votes
Piano
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1 votes
Nothing unusual. I'm such a bore
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1 votes
Vinyl records. Some good, some bad. Some worth more than I payed
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1 votes
That's cool!
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1 votes
Dress made from vintage ties my friend bought with my approval.
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1 votes
do not do garage sales sorry
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1 votes
Love this!
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1 votes
A spittoon that I use as a flower pot.
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1 votes
CLASSY
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1 votes
Fire hazard would never do this however it looks nifty.
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1 votes
do not thrift store shop or do yard sales
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1 votes
I can t think of anything special offhand.
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1 votes
To many finds of English books in French Quebec too just name one!
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1 votes
Haven't bought anything all that unusual.
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1 votes
do not shop at thrift stores
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1 votes
I love it
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1 votes
I would not buy this
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1 votes
I once bought a crystal goblet form a garage sale honoring Churchill as an honorary American citizen. I paid 25 cents for it and then found out it is worth almost one thousand dollars.
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1 votes
A banker's lamp
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1 votes
Actually, there are a number of things, most of which I would be embarrassed to bring up.
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1 votes
a Mitutoyu micrometer
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1 votes
Wish I had made a find as unique as these!
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1 votes
nothing that interesting
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1 votes
can't remember
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1 votes
Old brass powder cases.
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1 votes
ok
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1 votes
Very cool
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1 votes
I can't think of one at this time.
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1 votes
An old lamp. I have sold many items in garage sales- bought a few
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1 votes
A butterfly backpack
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1 votes
I love it!!
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1 votes
i can't really think of any unusual thing
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1 votes
??
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1 votes
Nothing unusual.
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1 votes
I do not shop at thrift shops
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1 votes
An LED light up pen
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1 votes
? Lots
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1 votes
Great idea using encyclopedias for a lamp
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1 votes
don't like it
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1 votes
Lots of stuff
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1 votes
My wife bought an actual grocery store shopping cart that she displays her hats on top of and uses the rest as storage for seasonal items.
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1 votes
I bought a few things at garage sales but nothing unusual.
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1 votes
like
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1 votes
I don t go to either
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1 votes
Autumn Snowman
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1 votes
Non
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1 votes
Not sure, but I wouldn't waste books like that.
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1 votes
A goat foot with a thermometer on it to hang on the wall.
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A handbag shaped like a sitting hen. Made of thick plastic, I was goaded into buying it by a friend I was shopping with. A fool and her money were soon parted.
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Used books that are garbage as the ink used in them is a health hazard, We are being told by the health department to throw them out, then to see some of them for sale in a thrift store.
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Antique taxidermy Pacific puffer fish
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