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American Pickers pick a Dual and a Fisher studio standard... hmm...

DustyOldPile said:
When it comes to pre-shredded cheese, it certainly has a 'fake' quality. My cottage is up near a big sawmill in Northern Wisconsin and I needed some sawdust for a project. Stopped by and talked with one of the workers, who informed me that all their sawdust is sold to Kraft in Medford, about 30 miles to the south. Medford...home of Tombstone Pizza and Kraft's big pizza production lines. He told me that the ingredient "cellulose" on the shredded cheese package is in fact sawdust from Biewer Lumber's Prentice sawmill. Yum.
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I made the kids pancakes yesterday morning. Used Log Cabin syrup. On the front of the huge container of Syrup it states : " No High Fructose Corn Syrup " , on the back, the first thing listed under ingredients is corn syrup. OK... litigiousness aside, there is a difference between HF corn syrup, and plain corn syrup... but in general the American consumer is a nincompoop. Sawdust in your cheese, feathers in your jello, corn in your maple syrup, horses in your glue, bug spit in your lacquer, beaks and feet in your hot dogs, chicken meat in chicken feed, antibiotics in your beef, lead in your paint and gas... this is what it means to be American! God bless us. :rolleyes:
 
Just another question. There are these Storage wars shows. Do such storages actually exist? Are they the rest of a miserably failed human existence, in a way?
 
DustyOldPile said:
Biscuithead, you need some maple trees and Springtime. There's nothing better than DIY syrup!
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Yes sireee!
HarmanKardon said:
Just another question. There are these Storage wars shows. Do such storages actually exist? Are they the rest of a human existence, in a way?
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I have personally bought many an audio item from storage unit sales, but never an auction. They do exist... and the crazy conundrum is that people with keep their crap in storage for, lets say, 5 years @ $100 a month ( 6000k) and then miss a few payments and the crap is sold for about $400. 6 grand is spent on 400 bucks worth of crap... if this isn't solely American, I don't know what is....
 
I admit I'm hopelessly addicted to some of the reality shows. Pawn Stars I stopped watching because of the dysfunctional relationships. One show Corey told his grandfather he couldn't wait to put him in a nursing home. He didn't sound like he was kidding, but that could be faked, too.

Pickers I like just to see all of the stuff on these properties. I've gone to homes of hoarders and it is definitely an adventure. I went to a junk shop once where there were stacks of broken dishes in front of a huge shelving unit holding records. I had to stand on the dishes to look at the LPs and I kept sliding down the plates and bowls and had to climb back up. I like the shows where people have built towns on their property and I enjoyed the one where the guy had a series of tunnels leading to weird rooms.

Storage Wars I liked at first but it's turned into a soap opera with all the conflicts and intrigue. No way would I bid $1,500 on a locker not knowing what is buried in there. I went to a storage auction once and one locker had about 40 boxes in it. You could not see anything because they were all shut. The bidding went up to $500.00!

My new addiction is Forged in Fire. I like the competition and how these guys have to be talented in so many areas to pull off a functional knife in a few hours. Oak Island is starting back up but so far that show reminds me of the notorious Al Capone vault which contained only a few empty bottles.
 
bobsvinyl said:
My new addiction is Forged in Fire. I like the competition and how these guys have to be talented in so many areas to pull off a functional knife in a few hours. Oak Island is starting back up but so far that show reminds me of the notorious Al Capone vault which contained only a few empty bottles.
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Yes! That was when I could stand Geraldo Rivera... when he was clearly Hollywood... before he was "fair and Balanced" o_O

I think it is actually fun to watch something with my wife, and American Pickers and Antiques Roadshow are "our" shows. We watch one a night, and then read to our kids. I like how everyone on both shows conduct themselves... so as far as adult reality shows, these are the only ones that we watch because our 5yo and 3yo are often watching with us.
Maybe we'll check out oak island... I've never heard of it.
 
biscuithead said:
I made the kids pancakes yesterday morning. Used Log Cabin syrup. On the front of the huge container of Syrup it states : " No High Fructose Corn Syrup " , on the back, the first thing listed under ingredients is corn syrup. OK... litigiousness aside, there is a difference between HF corn syrup, and plain corn syrup... but in general the American consumer is a nincompoop. Sawdust in your cheese, feathers in your jello, corn in your maple syrup, horses in your glue, bug spit in your lacquer, beaks and feet in your hot dogs, chicken meat in chicken feed, antibiotics in your beef, lead in your paint and gas... this is what it means to be American! God bless us. :rolleyes:
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Crushed up beetles add a beautiful colouring to ice cream and every morning I relish the thought of stirring a spoonful of bee vomit into a lovingly prepared bowl of porridge.
Though I wouldn't pay good £££££££££££ for a cup of coffee just because the beans have passed through the rectum of a Civet Cat.

Just a thought.
 
petemcfc said:
Crushed up beetles add a beautiful colouring to ice cream and every morning I relish the thought of stirring a spoonful of bee vomit into a lovingly prepared bowl of porridge.
Though I wouldn't pay good £££££££££££ for a cup of coffee just because the beans have passed through the rectum of a Civet Cat.

Just a thought.
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Here in America, a large portion of us like to spend serious money on Poop coffee. ....we call it Starbucks.
 
Storage wars.
I have a friend who for many years owned a storage rental facility.
One time when visiting him he asked me - do you know what I sell? I of course replied "storage". No he said - I sell time.
Grandma dies, or families combine and they end up with all of this good stuff that they can't decide what to do with. Or a business closes down and the principals need to get "out".
So they stick it all in a unit for a year after which they realize that it's of no interest to them. That's when we hold an auction.

Basically it's a business that by and large caters to procrastinators.
 
biscuithead said:
So I'm watching American Pickers (love that show), Season 12, Episode 11.

Mike buys two dusty old turntables... one looks like a Dual Five-oh something and the other is another Black-Plastic-Crap Fisher studio standard model ... guy throws out a $200 dollar price, and POP! Mike says "what do think Frank?" Frank says "yeah"...

So, what about the carts? That's the only way I would have sprung for that much...

Hmm... maybe Mike and Frank should stick to motorcycles and oil cans...
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Agreed. The BPC Fisher (especially belt drive 12V DC weak motor) is worthless. A DD version of same with 1/2" mount might be worth $100 working with good cartridge and new stylus. The Dual 5-0-something might be worth around $150-$200 if perfect condition, fully overhauled by a trusted technician who is expert on Duals, and has a good cartridge with new stylus, and that is Retail prices.

Note I am not dissing Fisher Studio Standard. Earlier AC motor belt drives (CEC made) up to around 1974-1975, and better CEC made DD in that time frame, I respect highly and regard them as good competent vinyl spinners.
 
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biscuithead said:
I made the kids pancakes yesterday morning. Used Log Cabin syrup. :rolleyes:
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That stuff will give ya herpes.................

sorry, but I was born in Vermont. I know what syrup is supposed to be made from. We tap the living trees for the sap, and then boil it down. we don't tap used log cabins
 
marcmorin said:
That stuff will give ya herpes.................

sorry, but I was born in Vermont. I know what syrup is supposed to be made from. We tap the living trees for the sap, and then boil it down. we don't tap used log cabins
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My wife and I often vacation in Vermont...love it! Normal Rockwell America. ...and until recently, hardly a Walmart. I've had real Syrup, and I am ashamed that I feed my kids this fake stuff.... but, alas, I am just another American nincompoop consumer. Side note: Still using that XA that you sprinkled your magic dost on, Love it!
 
KentTeffeteller said:
Agreed. The BPC Fisher (especially belt drive 12V DC weak motor) is worthless. A DD version of same with 1/2" mount might be worth $100 working with good cartridge and new stylus. The Dual 5-0-something might be worth around $150-$200 if perfect condition, fully overhauled by a trusted technician who is expert on Duals, and has a good cartridge with new stylus, and that is Retail prices.

Note I am not dissing Fisher Studio Standard. Earlier AC motor belt drives (CEC made) up to around 1974-1975, and better CEC made DD in that time frame, I respect highly and regard them as good competent vinyl spinners.
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Way to bring us back Kent
Thanks!
 
biscuithead said:
My wife and I often vacation in Vermont...love it! Normal Rockwell America. ...and until recently, hardly a Walmart. I've had real Syrup, and I am ashamed that I feed my kids this fake stuff.... but, alas, I am just another American nincompoop consumer. Side note: Still using that XA that you sprinkled your magic dost on, Love it!
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Unless you and the wife like the tourist parts, I can give you road directions to "old vermont" and exactly where to get the real syrup, and not the stuff they sell to the tourists. ;)
 
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It makes me smile when I think of the episode when Chum walked across the streets with a Bob Dylan album in order to meet Bob and to get the cover autographed. The scene was totally scripted for sure - so what. It was so amusing. However he met Bob (he was very friendly) and he signed the cover with dedication. Back in the shop Rick got furious due to the dedication, because just a signature would have made the album much more valuable. Well - according to Rick's opinion, mine is different.
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I don't watch this show, but that's awesome. What album was it?
I don't know much, but if I was 'randomly' walking around with a Dylan album, and ran into him, I'd totally get him to personalize the autograph on it.
Having "Dear Kris. Thank you for enjoying my best ever album. Your friend, Bob Dylan" on Down In The Groove would be priceless. Whatever Rick says.
 
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