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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
Yes, I certainly have. When I was in college, I was on a v-e-r-y tight budget. I went to Goodwill often. I also got my hair cut at the Barber's College in town. (smile) They were happy to have people to train on. They were pretty good hair-cuts, too! Of course I wasn't in a position to complain....(lol)
by Don Quixote el Manchego on October 22nd, 2009
just about every day. today I got a pierogi maker-80¢, a pastry blender $1.20, and a super-nice 1L swing-top bottle for bottling homemade beer.
by -Slick- on October 21st, 2009
Yes, lots of times. +5
by sooz74 on October 21st, 2009
I do. It helps when money is tight and you can often find some unique things you wouldn't see at the mall.
by Spicy Hot on October 22nd, 2009
Im in them at least once a week.
by ALF - Gordon Shumway on October 21st, 2009
"Yes, I have." I have a very good friend that works for a Thrift Shoppe.
by Moongrim on October 21st, 2009
Have and still do.
by pouncey on October 17th, 2009
Yes i do.
by matt89 on November 20th, 2009
Yes. Even though I now have a larger pay than I have ever had before, I still shop at thrift stores.
by anonymous on October 22nd, 2009
yes i have. many times. still do most of the time. +4
by Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard on October 22nd, 2009
Yep.
by john pennington on October 22nd, 2009
Goodwill is the main store my wife shops for the articles she sells on ebay.
I am amazed what people in other countries will pay for some items.
Example is a Black and Decker toaster oven. she pays about $5.00 for the oven and resells them on ebay for about $40.00 dollars. people must use them in campers or RVs. she always has a buyer waiting for each one she advertises.
Goodwill is a good source for the items she needs.
by still stephanie. on October 22nd, 2009
Yep, all the time.
And I donate to them too.
by TERRYTUKER on October 22nd, 2009
yes all the time
by Anonymous on October 22nd, 2009
From time to time my wife and I will spend a morning or afternoon at our local Goodwill store.
You never know what sort of treasure or bargains you might find.
As far as I know, the money you spend helps train people to earn a living and become self-sufficient.
by Dark Passenger on October 21st, 2009
Don't have much money for much else.
by Green Goddess on October 21st, 2009
Yes, I have.
by Blackberry. on October 21st, 2009
Yeah, I didn't have wealthy parents.
by 21me on October 21st, 2009
haven't tried at goodwill yet. but that's one of things that i plan to do tomorrow...
by EmptyWallet on October 21st, 2009
I have a list.
Paws and Claws (Helps the Animal Shelter)
SA store ( a bit of distance, but loaded with good clothes)
A "Charity store" (Not sure of the charity, but the stuff is piled quite haphazzardly.
If I haven't found what I look for, THEN I risk GW.
by Seanmt on October 22nd, 2009
I used to buy suits at them and sport them at school and at raves.
by Timjon on October 21st, 2009
No, but I have donated alot of goods there.
by Perryman on October 21st, 2009
Yes I have.
I have picked up some nice leather bound books there, my Thoreau set, and some nice lightly used sport coats there.
by BigDaddyBS on October 21st, 2009
Yep. Mostly for my wife (not many things in them for 6'-9" tall guys), but we've looked around for me and at "hard items". ;-)
by Just Another on October 21st, 2009
Sure, and donate to them as well.
by Symbeline on December 1st, 2009
Yeah, when I want to increase my moth display collection.
Not but seriously folks, yeah. I use them often cuz I'm poor.
by SIR_Anony is now SIR_Anthony on November 20th, 2009
My wife does. She is also a coupon queen. She goes to the store with a $100 dollars and comes back with $150 dollars worth of food, a few coupons left over and $25.00 dollars change that she squarrels away somewhere.
by Kewl Guy - has gone 360 on November 20th, 2009
ALL THE TIME! I find some excellent bargains there
this is my favorite: http://www.thrifttown.com/
by Rollie on November 20th, 2009
On occasion for specific items. I don't buy there very much because I don't need a lot of stuff and I don't want to fill my house and closets with thing I don't use.
by Carl_07 on December 1st, 2009
No, but I donated a lot of my clothes and shoes at those stores!
by Kooky Kowboy on December 1st, 2009
Yes, and I donate everything I would typically put into a garage sale. You'd be shocked about some of the things you can purchase at Goodwill!
by john pennington on December 1st, 2009
Wife and i go just about everyday. you would be surprised at the items that people just give away to Goodwill.
Example is a brand new, expensive Cuisinart toaster oven. it was brand name and never used. it was still in the box. paid $3.00 for it.
The retail cost was about $300.
We concluded that someone received this as a wedding gift and divorced soon after. neither wanted it, so it landed at Goodwill. still use it everyday.
There are a lot of bargains at Goodwill and also a lot of junk.
by Macy on December 1st, 2009
Yes, quite often. I just recently bought a carpet for $20.00. I've even purchased brand new designer clothes that people think I've purchased at the mall. Whenever I do spring cleaning I pay it forward by taking it to Goodwill.
by Noobitron on December 1st, 2009
Thrift stores are AMAZING. halloween costumes don't cost $40 there, and I use find a goofy hat that I can embarass myself in when i get drunk
by off on December 1st, 2009
All the time. I am a Goodwill shopper. It's fun because you just never know what you will find in browsing.
by Thumper on December 5th, 2009
Yes, I love SAVERS.
by dea_ex_machina on December 5th, 2009
Yes! - you can get some pretty good value stuff there
by How_about_nooo_Scott on December 5th, 2009
sure, iv found a lot of good stuff. I got everything from some flannel shirts to have on everyday for like 3 bucks and i got a pair of black dress paints, they still had the original tags on them for 80 bucks...the good will price was 10 bucks :)
by bye bye on November 20th, 2009
Yes, many times and I still do.
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Thankyou. you sound very finance savvy too. +6
by Safarii on October 17th, 2009
It was just survival at the time...(lol)
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
lol-lol.
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
Yeah, laugh, Mr. Hey, did I say I was always the suave, sophisticated, Tom47 of AB of whom you stand in awe? I was a pore squirreling college student once, trying to keep enouh cash scraped up to survive from one week to the other. That is why I am both a conservative and a liberal. I do empathize with "pore folks". Hell, I was one! I am all for scholarships, easy, low interest student loans,...all that stuff. Damn, I could have used one myself! But, I am also for PAYING THEM BACK! Hell you don't bite the hand that feeds you! The more who don't even try to pay them back means fewer who are going to get one...you spoiled rotten little shit-ass! It may make it so hard only those who don't really need one can get one! Thanks, butt-wipe! You're a Champ!
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
(smile) OK, rant over. So, how you been, my friend? How they hangin'?
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
At least you didn't start off like the little brat I have to babysit again this weekend! Lol!
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
And I don't have a cup.
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
Have you not made friends yet? "You know, son, when you get these feelings, you should confront your own father with them. He should be the one to "help" you with them"....(heh,heh,heh)
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
We are friends, sort of. He offers to shine my black leather men's dress shoes for a small fee, and I get to kick him in the butt with them. lol
Feelings? What kind of feelings? And how does a father help his son with them?
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
His urges to kick grown men in the crotch....
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
Lol. Yeah right Tom. Very funny!
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
He IS a very good soccer player, however.
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
I'll bet. I have him pegged, Mr. I told you some time ago that I knew his type. I was very much like him as a fledgling. We go back to Britain, specifically Scotland. Reddish hair, freckles, all that...I was much more reserved, though. At least around adults. My dad was a "master of all he surveyed", if you understand what I mean. He was a very gentle and kind man, but he was "old school". What he said in his household...was the way it was. All my siblings and I knew this. Anyway, when "released" as in going off to play basketball or football,...I was sort of a holy terror. I still have that aggressiveness. My father actually encouraged it. He thought it was healthy for boys to be aggressive in sports. He had been a college athlete himself. Anyway, in football, I nearly always got in a fight. I don't really think I started them, but they just seemed to happen. There was usually another little redheaded freckled kid playing and we would invariably tangle with each other.
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 17th, 2009
Why are little red-headed kids so frickin' rambunctious and aggressive? This boy is like a little "braveheart warrior"---Tom, he made a "sword" by sawing the 3 foot handle off a wooden broomstick, and whacked me across the shins with it today! :(
I'm of Japanese ancestry, so I should know about swords, but I don't. Pitiful. :(
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
As one of the best soccer players in his school, the boy loves kicking balls. ....ugh.
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
Tom, you're old enough to answer this---but back in the 1950s and early 1960s, did kids (or other people in general) ever kick others in the crotch, either during a fight or for fun?
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 17th, 2009
No. We were "honourable". We used our fists. I think it comes from the media...the shows they have seen and you did say he was in some kind of martial arts class. I think a lot of these classes are "taught" by some pretty irresponsible people. They teach these kids these things, but do not stress that it is strictly for serious self defense and in certain life threatening situations. The kids don't get the message and are just anxious to go and play with it like a new toy. They have no responsibilty and don't really think about what they are doing. These people who "teach" these classes and the kids parents are all in need of some severe lecturing and/or butt kicking. I find it shocking the kid's parents were not upset about what he did....It shows a low grade of mentality.
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 18th, 2009
I don't know what your relationship with the male parent of this kid is, Mr.S., but I would have sat down and had a long, long, talk with him,...mentioning many things, not least of which would be a severe law suit. Sometimes you have to scare the shit out of these turbos, Mr. I am experienced in this, but you are probably not. I used to try to be a nice guy and a "good neighbor" myself, my friend. But sometimes, that only sends a signal that you are a soft touch. My neighbors may have many things to say about me, but I don't think "soft touch" is one of them. At least not anymore. (wink).
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 18th, 2009
The reason I ask is because some guy here on AB said kids (or adults) did kick groins in fights. I didn't believe him, though he is pretty adamant about it happening in those days.
Yes, the boy takes children's self-defense classes. And you're right---his instructors are these young fellas who tell their young charges to "kick 'em in the balls!" Tom, I've seen the neighbour kid and his buddies (who take the same classes) "playing" at the park, jostling with each other and trying to kick each other in the crotch. Geezus!
And yes, the kids' parents (his Dad especially), found it funny that his young boy managed to kick me in the balls and put me down to the ground. :(
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 18th, 2009
Yes, a lawsuit would have been in order, as my testicles incurred a lot of swelling (they were the size of 2 hardboiled eggs) and they hurt all night. I couldn't "get it on" with my wife for more than a week, and I was worried like hell the kid permanently damaged my gonads. :(
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 18th, 2009
Mr. if I were in your place, I would have this "school" examined by the police and whatever authority they must answer to for their license. I am serious, my friend. These places are often operated by punks with no real credentials. They probably just finished some kind of "class" themselves and said, "hey, let's go into business!" Get them checked out. I would have already had them shut down or begging a judge for second chance. I mean it, my friend. I am confrontational and "in your face". I have learned to be. And I know how to do it. I am a guy with a white moustache and white whiskers and I wear them with pride. I am also in terriffic shape and do "real work" for a living. I can be very intimidating when I want to be. I comes in handy now and then.
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on October 18th, 2009
Wow, I never thought about that, but come to think of it, they are young punks (about 20 years of age or so). I think they are irresponsible for encouraging violence for violence's sake. I would report them, but they operate out of a community centre in the neighbourhood, so I don't know what they're arrangement is.
Tom, although kids fought cleanly in the 50s and early 60s, there most likely were adults who kicked each other in the crotch in those days---I'm sure that did happen.
It's funny, but the neighbour kid and I are so opposite in appearance. He's redheaded and fair with freckles, and I'm dark-haired like a raven and permanently "tanned". lol
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 18th, 2009
But I don't think I can sue now, it's too late. My testicles are fine and there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage. Like you said Tom, the pain is always worse than any real damage. I suppose that's why it's such a good self-defense move for women and children----men feel like they are going to die from such a kick, but their testicles usually incur no real harm in the long term. Well, at least that's what I'm hoping. My wife and I still want another baby some day. lol
by MRSHINYSHOES on October 18th, 2009
Well, you were standing spread legged and unsuspecting. I have had a few blows there in a few fights, but when the adrenalin is up, the effect is much less. It didn't slow me down any.
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on November 20th, 2009
You are absolutely correct Tom---when I grabbed the little guy by the wrists my legs were wide apart and I glanced over for a split second, thinking the kid was too dumb and small to do anything to me. Boy was I wrong!
Damn did it hurt. I still can't believe I actually "survived" that----a "full-forced kick in the groin" at close range. I was literally paralyzed for more than 15-20 minutes---nothing could make me uncross my legs, as my shiny shoes were tightly locked at the ankles. :(
I should have kept my legs closed when I grabbed the little SOB, like this http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/8317051
(Btw, this is where it happened, in front of this lovely tree. I now pay homage to the tree---I call it the "Doomsday Evergreen". Lol.)
by MRSHINYSHOES on November 21st, 2009
Click on the pics for a better view.
by MRSHINYSHOES on November 21st, 2009