I'm almost completely done clearing out my storage unit.
I gave away two huge model boats. And I mean huge.
Once I saw a design show on T.V. where they take an "inspiration" room that cost thousands and reproduce the look of it much more inexpensively. People don't know quality when they see it.
One item in the inspiration room was such a wooden model boat. The sort you see all the time. Except bigger than usual.
The designers could not find such a boat. And I'm all, "I can. What's the problem?" These designers just don't know where to look. They didn't even try anything online. They didn't even try eBay.
Instead of using a real model boat of the sort I could have acquired easily, they painted one on the wall. Their picture took up the whole wall behind a sofa, and it did look very nice, but it was not a wooden boat like the inspiration room had.
It was in a very large box but not heavy at all. Light wood, you see. the masts are pulled out and rolled up in the sails. To reassemble, just unroll the sails and insert the masts. The tiny block and tackle works to tighten the rigging. He'll figure it out. And if there is any trouble figuring out how the sails are trimmed, he can always go online and see for himself. The tall ship is still used to train the Japanese Navy. Navies still use those old ships for training. You know, start with the basics. Google Images [Kaiwo Maru II]
You don't have to use all the sails if you don't want to. What the heck, they don't so why should you? It depends on how windy it is, how much speed you need. It is a beautiful boat.
Another tall ship was called the expedition, I think. It too can be rigged various ways.
Plus a ton of other stuff, directly to people. Attractive ceramic planters, casserole dishes, various art pieces, toys, household items. One box I had labeled "things I don't care about anymore but would do very well on eBay." They were easy to give away when I told people their present market value.
Now the only thing left is some dozen or so framed art pieces. I don't have the walls for them. I'll probably store them in the walk in closet and rotate them. I don't want to give those away on account of my hoarding proclivity. They all have meaning. (That's what all the hoarders say.)
A woman is going to use one of them for model apartments, where no one will touch it or steal it. I did not want to keep the tall ships, I actually wanted yachts, so I kept two of those. One is a very large yacht. Five feet tall, I think, maybe six feet tall. The largest I've seen, its sail serves as a curtain. That one is in a bedroom, and another big one but not so large as that is between the dining room and living room. They're both neat-o mosquito. More simple than the ships. Less serious-looking, more fun. But oddly, nobody seems to notice. I don't recall anyone remarking or checking them out. Strange, that. Because I would.
Jesus: People of the village January River. There's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town there's no need to be un hap py.
Well deserving of a Parabolic Christo Reply complete with arm waving: "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many. Come and share your master's happiness!"
deborah said... Steamboats. How unusual. Did you like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?
I vaguely remember this wonderful series of Famous American's biographies which included famous inventors. I think it was a Robert Fulton biography I read in 5th grade. Then, a model company released a motorized kit of his "Clermont" ship. That was the beginning.
When I was in boy scouts, I was in the patrol that won the Klondike Derby, with a perfect score on the semaphore portion even though none of us knew any semaphore whatsoever.
One of the junior leaders of our troop appeared on the trail to join us, as if by magic, just before we got to the semaphore station and he was a total expert.
We finished up, got our gold nuggets, and moved on and he promptly disappeared.
Maybe it wasn't cheating, technically speaking. I wasn't sure because I wasn't even 11 yet and pretty clueless.
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I'm almost completely done clearing out my storage unit.
I gave away two huge model boats. And I mean huge.
Once I saw a design show on T.V. where they take an "inspiration" room that cost thousands and reproduce the look of it much more inexpensively. People don't know quality when they see it.
One item in the inspiration room was such a wooden model boat. The sort you see all the time. Except bigger than usual.
The designers could not find such a boat. And I'm all, "I can. What's the problem?" These designers just don't know where to look. They didn't even try anything online. They didn't even try eBay.
Instead of using a real model boat of the sort I could have acquired easily, they painted one on the wall. Their picture took up the whole wall behind a sofa, and it did look very nice, but it was not a wooden boat like the inspiration room had.
It was in a very large box but not heavy at all. Light wood, you see. the masts are pulled out and rolled up in the sails. To reassemble, just unroll the sails and insert the masts. The tiny block and tackle works to tighten the rigging. He'll figure it out. And if there is any trouble figuring out how the sails are trimmed, he can always go online and see for himself. The tall ship is still used to train the Japanese Navy. Navies still use those old ships for training. You know, start with the basics. Google Images [Kaiwo Maru II]
You don't have to use all the sails if you don't want to. What the heck, they don't so why should you? It depends on how windy it is, how much speed you need. It is a beautiful boat.
Another tall ship was called the expedition, I think. It too can be rigged various ways.
Plus a ton of other stuff, directly to people. Attractive ceramic planters, casserole dishes, various art pieces, toys, household items. One box I had labeled "things I don't care about anymore but would do very well on eBay." They were easy to give away when I told people their present market value.
Now the only thing left is some dozen or so framed art pieces. I don't have the walls for them. I'll probably store them in the walk in closet and rotate them. I don't want to give those away on account of my hoarding proclivity. They all have meaning. (That's what all the hoarders say.)
Those boat models are popular for seafood restaurants. If you market them right on Craigslist, you can get a good price for them.
Congrats on the almost clean-out. It's an especially great feeling to give stuff away. No messing around with garage sales or ebay.
Those boat models are popular for seafood restaurants. If you market them right on Craigslist, you can get a good price for them.
The Denver Crab Shack is advertising for one right now.
I jest.
As a kid, I built riverboat models. I was obsessed with steamboats.
Among other things. Fuck it, everything is for sale, or just free. Help your self folks, just do it.
A woman is going to use one of them for model apartments, where no one will touch it or steal it. I did not want to keep the tall ships, I actually wanted yachts, so I kept two of those. One is a very large yacht. Five feet tall, I think, maybe six feet tall. The largest I've seen, its sail serves as a curtain. That one is in a bedroom, and another big one but not so large as that is between the dining room and living room. They're both neat-o mosquito. More simple than the ships. Less serious-looking, more fun. But oddly, nobody seems to notice. I don't recall anyone remarking or checking them out. Strange, that. Because I would.
Simmer down, Ari, or I'll hit you with a tranquilizer dart.
Hey Deb...how about I just fad away?
Can'rt beat that, right? :)
But fire away that that tranquilizer dart...heh heh. I am teh the target!
The only thing that might draw me to Brazil is that statue, the non-moving one, that is. Incredibly beautiful choice of siting.
Jesus: People of the village January River. There's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town there's no need to be un hap py.
Plus a ton of other stuff, directly to people
Well deserving of a Parabolic Christo Reply complete with arm waving: "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many. Come and share your master's happiness!"
In the "That Awful Woman did it again" category, Dave gets right to it
How wide is the one used as a room divider?
Steamboats. How unusual. Did you like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?
My sister's husband has a million model cars, still in the box. He and his buddy run a stall at an antique mall.
I mean model car kits.
deborah said...
Steamboats. How unusual. Did you like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?
I vaguely remember this wonderful series of Famous American's biographies which included famous inventors. I think it was a Robert Fulton biography I read in 5th grade. Then, a model company released a motorized kit of his "Clermont" ship. That was the beginning.
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When I was in boy scouts, I was in the patrol that won the Klondike Derby, with a perfect score on the semaphore portion even though none of us knew any semaphore whatsoever.
One of the junior leaders of our troop appeared on the trail to join us, as if by magic, just before we got to the semaphore station and he was a total expert.
We finished up, got our gold nuggets, and moved on and he promptly disappeared.
Maybe it wasn't cheating, technically speaking. I wasn't sure because I wasn't even 11 yet and pretty clueless.
But it sure felt like cheating.
Netherlands vs. Argentina, today at 4:00 pm.
We'll start off with one of these, which is along the same lines as Heineken.
Hey, why not?
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