Never guess what I found at a thrift store

[Eck]

Wife and I stopped at a thrift store yesterday and as I was walking around, I came upon (2) like new GL1800 foot rests with their mounting bracket and a Kury "chrome" rear brake arm.

I paid $12 bucks for the two Foot rests and this included the (2) mounting brackets. Then I found a Kury Chrome rear brake arm, which I paid a whopping $4.00

(Sorry Sleeperhawk, I was wrong when I told you I paid $6 bucks for the Kury brake arm).

 

I couldn't believe I found these parts in a thrift / salvation army store, and then, as I looked more, I also found a like new replacement rubber shifter boot for the GW shifter lever. It didnt have a price on it.

When I checked out, the check out lady said I could just have it since it didn't have a price on it.

SO then when I got home I decided to price these same parts using the Honda OEM parts list (except for the Kury rear brake arm).

Foot rest mounting bracket = $15.44 ea x two brackets = $30.88

Rubber foot pads that mount to these above brackets (including springs) = $8.18 ea x 2 pads = $16.36

Shifter rubber boot = $2.95

Kury Brake arm = $72.98

 

Total would have cost me $126.22

 

I paid was $16.00 for everything...not a bad day for me!!!

Thanks Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!

[etcswjoe]

Never know what you will find.

[cowpuc]

Well you lop eared varmint Eck,, I clicked on this thread thinking I was at least gonna have a chance to do some guessing - RATSSSSSSSSSS,,,, I LOVE to guess at stuff.. .. Its ok though cause I was gonna guess that the Thrift Store you were at had a whole box of Kentucky Fried Chicken someone donated and they gave it ya (always thinking with my )..

 

WOW THAT IS AWESOME MY MAN!! Dont cha just LOVE it when that happens?

Sounds to me like this would be a really good time to hop down and pick up a Mega Millions Ticket brother,, ,, :scratchchin: and if ya do and its a WINNER - remember who suggested it will ya

 

Congrats my friend!

 

Oh yea, almost forgot,, ,,

[BlueSky]

When I worked in FL and lived in the Crystal River area for a year around 2008, my wife and I spent a lot of time in thrift stores. In that area of FL there are thousands of retirees. And the way life goes, they were expiring rapidly leaving lots of goods that ended up in thrift stores. You could find some great stuff there. We left our home in NC vacant and bought lots of furnishings for cheap from those thrift stores for the rental home. Unfortunately, that nuke plant I worked at never restarted due to reactor containment building issues. Wasn't anything I did, I swear!

[cowpuc]

When I worked in FL and lived in the Crystal River area for a year around 2008, my wife and I spent a lot of time in thrift stores. In that area of FL there are thousands of retirees. And the way life goes, they were expiring rapidly leaving lots of goods that ended up in thrift stores. You could find some great stuff there. We left our home in NC vacant and bought lots of furnishings for cheap from those thrift stores for the rental home. Unfortunately, that nuke plant I worked at never restarted due to reactor containment building issues. Wasn't anything I did, I swear!

 

Day after day Blue would report to work at the Nuke plant. Beside the locker he kept his containment suit in was a sign with a little red button in the middle of it - the sign above the button read "Authorized Persons Only". Being a normal member of VentureRider.org, the day came when Blue could no longer handle the pressure of wondering what on earth that little red button was for so he pushed the button and

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjnm3V0xYjI

[BlueSky]

I have to follow up on this. Nuclear Power Plants in the USA can not blow up like a nuke bomb because of the way the fuel is manufactured. If they blow up it is because the steam pressure in the reactor gets too high and there is a steam explosion that blows contamination all over the place like Chernobyl. The fuel can get hot enough to melt, Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant and Chernobyl. The Russians were so arrogant. First they didn't build a 7' thick concrete and rebar containment building around the reactor with lots of quenching systems like all of the US plants. Then, they disconnected their automatic safety systems to run a special test. Then reactor power got away from them and there were no safety systems and no containment bldg. Arrogance extraordinary. Another factor was that their reactors were graphite moderated instead of water moderated. What this means is that in a US plant when the cooling water disappears or turns to steam the reactor reduces power. With graphite moderation, when the cooling water disappears, reactor power increases. A graphite moderated reactor would not get an operating license in the US.

[cecdoo]

Hey Eck, when you are wandering around those thrift stores and you see any RSV chrome, keep me in mind there ole buddy ole pal, I will gladly pay you tuesday for any safety chrome today! (come on everyone remembers wimpy from popeye!)

 

Craig

[Eck]

Hey Eck, when you are wandering around those thrift stores and you see any RSV chrome, keep me in mind there ole buddy ole pal, I will gladly pay you tuesday for any safety chrome today! (come on everyone remembers wimpy from popeye!)

 

Craig

I ALWAYS look for motorcycle stuff and cage stuff or anything I can use in the garage. If I do see any parts for any type motorcycle (and the price is right) I will buy it and post it here.

 

Hey Puc, I just happen to buy two lottery tickets and am waiting for the draw date...Powerball & Mega million..If I do hit there is going to be one heck of a VR.Org rally somewhere...

[cowpuc]

Hey Eck, when you are wandering around those thrift stores and you see any RSV chrome, keep me in mind there ole buddy ole pal, I will gladly pay you tuesday for any safety chrome today! (come on everyone remembers wimpy from popeye!)

 

Craig

I ALWAYS look for motorcycle stuff and cage stuff or anything I can use in the garage. If I do see any parts for any type motorcycle (and the price is right) I will buy it and post it here.

 

Hey Puc, I just happen to buy two lottery tickets and am waiting for the draw date...Powerball & Mega million..If I do hit there is going to be one heck of a VR.Org rally somewhere...

 

:clap2::dancefool::dancefool: HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE RIGHT GOOD BUDDY :thumbsup:

 

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[ragtop69gs]

Thrift store is where I found my like new Tour Master Transitions 2 textile riding jacket, cost me a whopping $40 Not bad for an almost $200 jacket at the time.

[cowpuc]

Thrift store is where I found my like new Tour Master Transitions 2 textile riding jacket, cost me a whopping $40 Not bad for an almost $200 jacket at the time.

 

about 6 months ago my daughter got married and moved out (this is good thing), in the process of cleaning out closets afterward my $245 Tour Master Transition 2 textile riding jacket somehow got donated to Good Will (this is a bad thing)

[ragtop69gs]

Hmmm can't be this one then, had it for 2 years.

 

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[Barrycuda]

Happy story Eck. Glad to hear you're doing well. If you ever find new front and rear tires for the wing at the thrift store, make sure ya call your Brooklyn buddy...

[cowpuc]

Hmmm can't be this one then, had it for 2 years.

 

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@ragtop69gs = You would have known if it was mine, all my jackets have mustard and ketchup stains on em from eatin hot dogs on the fly - actually never owned a jacket like that - just !!

 

Hey Raggy, lets hi-jack another one of Ecks threads wanna? Was that group of ammo you sold recently for an "M1" as in a 30 caliber M1 Carbine or for the M1 Garand? Thinking the Garand was actually a 30 ought 6 wasnt it? You see that handgun @Flyinfool was/is selling? NICE piece:guitarist 2: Never shot a 7mm-08, wonder if that is a magnum? Guns are fun..

 

So Eck,, did you win?

[ragtop69gs]

@Eck sorry, pucster made me do it !

@cowpuc

M1 carbine is what I sold . I have Garand ammo too, but it's staying here for now. Yes it is 30.06

 

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[The Tooch]

Oh! Boy!.........here we go......my favourite thread Hi-jack'n......speaking of the Garand rifle.......

 

The best weapon back in the day.....that the good old US of A has was designed by......you guessed it......

 

a :canada:Jean (John) Garand.

 

Kind of makes you proud.......don't it!?

 

Now back to your regular scheduled Thread............

Edited December 14, 2015 by The Tooch

[Flyinfool]

Yup, Pucs fault again

 

@ragtop69gs = You would have known if it was mine, all my jackets have mustard and ketchup stains on em from eatin hot dogs on the fly - actually never owned a jacket like that - just !!

 

Hey Raggy, lets hi-jack another one of Ecks threads wanna? Was that group of ammo you sold recently for an "M1" as in a 30 caliber M1 Carbine or for the M1 Garand? Thinking the Garand was actually a 30 ought 6 wasnt it? You see that handgun @Flyinfool was/is selling? NICE piece:guitarist 2: Never shot a 7mm-08, wonder if that is a magnum? Guns are fun..

 

So Eck,, did you win?

 

The 7mm-08 is the same brass as the .308 (0.308 inch Dia.) just necked down for the 7mm (0.284 inch Dia.) bullet.

When a rifle round is stuffed into a hand gun I would call that a magnum handgun, the 7mm-08 is not considered a magnum rifle round. This "handgun" will still have no problem dropping a deer at 200+ yards. At 300 yards it still has more bullet energy than a 44 magnum has at the muzzle.

 

It is a BLAST to shoot.

[ragtop69gs]

Yup, Pucs fault again

 

 

 

The 7mm-08 is the same brass as the .308 (0.308 inch Dia.) just necked down for the 7mm (0.284 inch Dia.) bullet.

When a rifle round is stuffed into a hand gun I would call that a magnum handgun, the 7mm-08 is not considered a magnum rifle round. This "handgun" will still have no problem dropping a deer at 200+ yards. At 300 yards it still has more bullet energy than a 44 magnum has at the muzzle.

 

It is a BLAST to shoot.

 

[Flyinfool]

You asked fer it.

First one has a 357 magnum and a 7mm-08.

[Eck]

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So Eck,, did you win?

 

:rotf:A:rotf:r:rotf:e:rotf:... you kidding Puc......; not one number on the ticket..

 

I just donate to the cause...

[cowpuc]

Yup, Pucs fault again

 

 

 

The 7mm-08 is the same brass as the .308 (0.308 inch Dia.) just necked down for the 7mm (0.284 inch Dia.) bullet.

When a rifle round is stuffed into a hand gun I would call that a magnum handgun, the 7mm-08 is not considered a magnum rifle round. This "handgun" will still have no problem dropping a deer at 200+ yards. At 300 yards it still has more bullet energy than a 44 magnum has at the muzzle.

 

It is a BLAST to shoot.

 

One of the great things about being a half a bubble off, hi-jackin threads becomes a fairly easy crime to get excused for !!

 

Necked down .308? Hokey spamoky = that would be a RIOT to shoot in a handgun:guitarist 2:!! Hey Fool,, is that '08 a wildcat load or purchasable over the counter? If it is a factory load, does your handgun handle "rifle" loads ok or do you feed it pistol ammo..

Back when I was hunting regularly I carried a Smith 29 .44 Mag - worked out GREAT for the type of brush hunting for Deer that I did. Always after a pretty little Thompson Contender down at the gun shop though. I liked the idea of up grading to rifle ballistics and Thomspon Center made a good looking piece chambered up in those rifle cartridges.. That handgun your selling is gorgeous piece of work too Fool,, I bet that puppy is also a great shooter!!

[cowpuc]

:rotf:A:rotf:r:rotf:e:rotf:... you kidding Puc......; not one number on the ticket..

 

I just donate to the cause...

 

 

RATSSS

 

 

 

Oh well,, guess ya could just say all those parts costed 17 dollars instead of 16 ,, thats still an amazing deal brother!!!

 

:think:An all you can eat Hot Dog party would have really been FUN though..

Edited December 14, 2015 by cowpuc

[Flyinfool]

One of the great things about being a half a bubble off, hi-jackin threads becomes a fairly easy crime to get excused for !!

 

Necked down .308? Hokey spamoky = that would be a RIOT to shoot in a handgun:guitarist 2:!! Hey Fool,, is that '08 a wildcat load or purchasable over the counter? If it is a factory load, does your handgun handle "rifle" loads ok or do you feed it pistol ammo..

Back when I was hunting regularly I carried a Smith 29 .44 Mag - worked out GREAT for the type of brush hunting for Deer that I did. Always after a pretty little Thompson Contender down at the gun shop though. I liked the idea of up grading to rifle ballistics and Thomspon Center made a good looking piece chambered up in those rifle cartridges.. That handgun your selling is gorgeous piece of work too Fool,, I bet that puppy is also a great shooter!!

 

I am sure this round started life a long time ago as a wildcat, many now common rounds started life as a wildcat, but it is now readily available over the counter. I do all of my own reloading not just to save cost, but also to optimize the load to the specific gun it is going into. The gun will shoot factory ammo just fine I have never heard of a "pistol Round" available in 7mm-08, although some of the reloading manuals do list handgun loads for it. The muzzle flash is quite impressive with factory ammo since they were expecting 26-30 inches of barrel to burn it in and not 14 inches of barrel. The muzzle brake also increases the perceived muzzle flash. But that is all part of the fun.

 

A little history for your reading pleasure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7mm-08_Remington

[Condor]

Those are some interesting pistolas ya got there. Not my cup of tea, but interesting. Anyone wanting to see muzzle flash and dust roll try shooting a 264 win mag out of a twenty inch bbl. I'm more of a traditional collector or anything that catches my eye... Going up to Woodland tomorrow to pick up a Colt Trooper .357 ca. 1958 that I picked up 10 days ago, and two 22 rifles that I bought last Thursday. I can do Cash'n'Carry on the rifles because I have an FFL3 license, and they are both C&R's.. BTW one of the rifles is a 1957 Winchester 62A pump in like new condition if anyone knows about them... I do want to pick up a Garand someday. Have 3 dozen enblocs waiting in the wings.

[Pegasus1300]

I once found a complete and running late 70's KZ1000 sitting in a thrift store. It was a bid item but I didn't bid enough.