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    tonyb reacted to Zombie_61's post in the thread Vintage neon signs with Like Like.
    I wonder how many potential customers walk in weekly and ask if that's still the going rate.
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    I had something similar last week when a eBay hat buyer read “Size 7, 2-3/8” brim” as a size 7-3/8 and had me cancel the order after...
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    ^^^^^^ Yeah, that’s gotta be annoying.
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    A watch that I had listed on eBay sold for $300 today and the buyer paid. I thought great, I need the money! But something told me this...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Vintage neon signs.
    Seattle. The sign, likely refurbished more than once if not outright duplicated, has been there forever.
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    tonyb replied to the thread Where has everyone gone to ?.
    ^^^^^^^ My work doesn’t necessarily take me away from home (although it sometimes does), so I have fewer reasons to get properly turned...
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    tonyb reacted to ChiTownScion's post in the thread Where has everyone gone to ? with Like Like.
    We've downsized in terms of home square feet since my wife retired and we moved across the continent. So that means less storage space...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Why vintage?.
    ^^^^^ That’s about $60K today, in inflation adjusted dollars. There’s nothing all that special about most $60,000 cars today, whereas...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Where has everyone gone to ?.
    ^^^^^^ Sounds like a chore indeed. I suppose that in some cases the motives are financial — which is kinda sleazy but at least it’s...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Where has everyone gone to ?.
    Interesting, that. What is it that keeps them from joining up? Please indulge this marginally (at best) tech-literate old man who has...
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    tonyb reacted to scotrace's post in the thread Where has everyone gone to ? with Like Like.
    There are so many that were here in the beginning years that have moved on to other things, like the above mentioned Baron Kurtz. I used...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Where has everyone gone to ?.
    My experience says otherwise. Among my swag is quite an assortment of vintage tableware and cookware — think Homer Laughlin Fiesta and...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Where has everyone gone to ?.
    Visions of a family gathered at a hospital cafeteria while their loved one is slipping away up on the seventh floor. Any mention of...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Vintage roadside.
    FWIW, I’ve been over Blewett Pass many times and I can attest that the Top-o’-the-Hill Tavern is long gone. The nearest commercial...
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    tonyb replied to the thread Vintage roadside.
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