Doomed to roam

[kent wardecke]

It's this my life, doomed to roam flea markets and garage sales? Searching for rusty gold and buying every piece of junk on the way.
The clamps are four feet and marked "made in USA" and "22" $20. I think the plane is a 9 1/2 I'll look for markings when i disassemble and clean it $5

[kent wardecke]

384156it needs a little steel wool and power blaster

[Bruce Haugen]

I have a couple clamps exactly like that, but I got them the old-fashioned way: I inherited them. Nice score, clamping limited only by how long you want to make the bar.

And yes, you’re doomed to wandering.

[Jim Koepke]

Yea though my shop barely has room for another screw driver
My wandering through the aisles of rust do not wane
A rusty block plane is lofted my way, he only wants a fiver
Rejecting it softly knowing the rehab would cause much pain
These wanderings carry me far and wide
My lust for rust cannot hide

Just some pre-coffee musing...

jtk

[Mike Baker 2]

Jim, I'm posting that to my Facebook page. Haha!

[Marshall Harrison]

Yea though my shop barely has room for another screw driver
My wandering through the aisles of rust do not wane
A rusty block plane is lofted my way, he only wants a fiver
Rejecting it softly knowing the rehab would cause much pain
These wanderings carry me far and wide
My lust for rust cannot hide

Just some pre-coffee musing...

jtk

That's pretty good for pre-coffee. I wander what your prose looks like after a few cups of java.

[Jim Koepke]

That's pretty good for pre-coffee. I wander what your prose looks like after a few cups of java.

It even gets better after a few glasses of wine. :D

jtk

[steven c newman]

Kent needs to follow me around some weekend...and discover WHY I am known as Bandit....

[John C Cox]

It's this my life, doomed to roam flea markets and garage sales? Searching for rusty gold and buying every piece of junk on the way.
The clamps are four feet and marked "made in USA" and "22" $20. I think the plane is a 9 1/2 I'll look for markings when i disassemble and clean it $5

Destined to roam flea markets and "antique" shops for an eternity... Rusty chisel in one hand and a cracked Stanley 45 in the other.... With Hollow eyes, dirty hands, and the smell of fake peach air freshener... You will serve as a warning to others... ;) ;) ;).

[Mike Baker 2]

Destined to roam flea markets and "antique" shops for an eternity... Rusty chisel in one hand and a cracked Stanley 45 in the other.... With Hollow eyes, dirty hands, and the smell of fake peach air freshener... You will serve as a warning to others... ;) ;) ;).
I could think of worse ways to spend eternity.

[Jim Koepke]

I could think of worse ways to spend eternity.

Really, my hope is that heaven has an endless flea market, yard sale, estate sale, junk shop and antique tool store for eternity.

And a very large shopping cart.

jtk

[Mike Baker 2]

And a guarantee against being outbid! :P

[Jerry Olexa]

Admit it...We are all addicted...

[John C Cox]

Really, my hope is that heaven has an endless flea market, yard sale, estate sale, junk shop and antique tool store for eternity.

And a very large shopping cart.

jtk

That could easily go the other way my friend.... An hunting endless flea market full of soiled children's clothes and old used shoes.... Only to see 1 Bedrock #5 1/2 glistening in the distant horizon... Just as you are about to pick it up - Stewart grabs it and puts the $10 cash in the seller's hands, winks at you and walks slowly away.. And the only thing left is a rusty Anant #4 from 1993 that is missing the iron and has a cracked mouth - and a price tag of $25.00...

;)

[Jim Koepke]

That could easily go the other way my friend.... An hunting endless flea market full of soiled children's clothes and old used shoes.... Only to see 1 Bedrock #5 1/2 glistening in the distant horizon... Just as you are about to pick it up - Stewart grabs it and puts the $10 cash in the seller's hands, winks at you and walks slowly away.. And the only thing left is a rusty Anant #4 from 1993 that is missing the iron and has a cracked mouth - and a price tag of $25.00...

;)

Kind of brings up the old idea of one person's heaven being another person's hades.

jtk

[Jerry Olexa]

That could easily go the other way my friend.... An hunting endless flea market full of soiled children's clothes and old used shoes.... Only to see 1 Bedrock #5 1/2 glistening in the distant horizon... Just as you are about to pick it up - Stewart grabs it and puts the $10 cash in the seller's hands, winks at you and walks slowly away.. And the only thing left is a rusty Anant #4 from 1993 that is missing the iron and has a cracked mouth - and a price tag of $25.00...

;)

A slice of real life....Well said.