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"We've got you now, you jagoff."
Five police detectives pulled over John Wayne Gacy, Jr. and arrested him in front of this McDonald's on December 21, 1978 at fifteen minutes after noon. Although they only had him on a minor drug charge, they were afraid Gacy might try to kill someone else and himself before they had enough evidence to get a search warrant.
The police eventually discovered 29 bodies on his property--26 in his crawlspace and three buried elsewhere. Four other victims were dumped in the Des Plaines River.
Gacy was executed in 1994.
Located at 7969 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Niles
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee pulls himself out of a crawlspace as Senior Airman Joseph Brady tends to equipment during a mission rehearsal in an excess structure here Aug. 26, 2014. The event allowed pararescuemen from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron to hone their breaching, clearing, patient care and egress skills. Air Force rescue forces conduct combat search and rescue and personnel recovery operations. Lee, from Richmond, Ky., is an Air National Guardsmen deployed from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Louisville, Ky., and Brady, a native of Phoenix, is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The 83rd ERQS partnered with Joint Task Force Trailblazer, U.S. Army 2nd Engineer Brigade, to use the structure prior to its scheduled deconstruction. Task Force Trailblazer is currently demolishing 50-70 wooden structures here each week as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brandon Lingle/Released)
STUDIO CITY - A man performing a heater repair in the crawlspace beneath a two story home was able to escape with minor injury, when an accidental fire erupted on December 12, 2013. Los Angeles Firefighters had the flames extinguished in less than twenty minutes. © Photo by Juan Guerra
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August 22, 2024
Noticed that Janice's kittens moved in to my neighbors crawlspace. Now I have even more cats to trap. ugh! Looks like there are 3, though only 2 popped their heads out. They wont come anywhere near me. Tommy wasn't feeling great so I took him to urgent care. We think it was just full anal glands.
Google translation
Another flea market find. No, not from some wannabe antique dealer, but from the crawlspace in which I had to look for the individual pieces. At first I only saw the large box and when it was confirmed that it was Retina accessories, I looked in various moving boxes for what was probably left.
But the most important thing was still there and worth preserving. I was only impressed with the tripod when I noticed that it fits all Retina models with a transport lever at the bottom. From the 1b to the Reflex IV and that's about 13 years of production time. I show it with the 2c, 3S and Reflex III. I also find the note that says nothing like “With best recommendations Kodak Public company” remarkable.
German
Mal wieder einen Flohmarkt Fund. Ne nicht von so einem Möchtegern Antiquitäten Händler, sondern aus der Krabbelkiste in der ich die einzelnen Teile suchen musste. Zuerst habe ich nur den großen Karton gesehen und als sich bestätigte dass es Retina Zubehör war, suchte ich in diversen Umzugskisten nach den vermutlichen Rest. Aber das wichtigste war noch vorhanden und erhaltenswert.
Beeindruckt hat mich das Stativ aber erst als ich bemerkte dass es für alle Retina Modelle mit Transporthebel unten passt. Von der 1b bist zur Reflex IV und das sind ca. 13Jahre Produktion Zeit.
Ich zeige es mit der 2c, 3S und Reflex III.
Bemerkenswert finde ich auch den Zettel auf dem nichts weiter steht wie „Mit besten Empfehlungen Kodak Aktiengesellschaft“.
STUDIO CITY - A man performing a heater repair in the crawlspace beneath a two story home was able to escape with minor injury, when an accidental fire erupted on December 12, 2013. Los Angeles Firefighters had the flames extinguished in less than twenty minutes. © Photo by Juan Guerra
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Model: Kelly Sparks
Body Painting/FX: Matt Huntley
Lighting: 580exII with Ray Ringflash high camera left pointed down towards body, second 580exII on camera right snooted at face, and 3rd gel'd 580exII speedlite behind subject pointed upwards on rafters. All triggered by PocketWizards.
Last week I was picking up trash at my favorite place, Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, when I grabbed a grocery bag someone had tossed on the ground and was attacked by wasps that were inside, eating packs of sweet sauce from a Chinese take out. Once my painful swollen hand had returned to normal, I wanted to see "who" got me three times and learn more.
The term "hornet" (like "yellow jacket") refers to a kind of wasp that builds a large papery nest. One type of hornet, the baldfaced hornet, is black and white and about ¾" long. They tend to build mottled gray nests in trees or shrubs. Occasionally, they will build nests under roof overhangs, in attics, crawlspaces, and walls, or under decks or porches. The nests, which are generally pear-shaped, are constructed of a paper-like material formed from chewed wood. These hornets like to feed on flies and other insects.
Yellow jackets, by contrast, are the size of house flies, with distinct yellow and black markings. They build a very similar nest, but it is tan in color, smaller in size than a hornet's nest, and is usually found in an underground cavity such as an abandoned rodent burrow. Occasionally, yellow jackets nest in attics or walls. Yellow jackets are scavengers and are usually encountered at cookouts and around dumpsters and trash barrels.
Wasp is a name applied to many winged insects of the order Hymenoptera, which also includes ants and bees. Most wasps are carnivorous, feeding on insects, grubs or spiders. They have biting mouthparts, and the females have stings with which they paralyze their prey. The stinger can be used repeatedly. The thorax of a wasp is attached to the abdomen by a narrow stalk (hence the term “wasp-waisted”). Some wasps are solid black or dark blue, but most have red, orange, or yellow wings or markings. Stripes are common. The great majority of the 20,000 species are solitary, but one family (the Vespidae) includes both social forms (the paper wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets) and solitary forms (e.g., the potter wasps).
These gray paper-nest builders included Australian Pine needles in their structure.
Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, North Miami, FL.
See my sets, Woods, weeds and streams. And Lubbers, Butterflies and Bees.
The bad news was that we had a water leak, somewhere.
The good news is that it wasn't underneath our house. It was outside, in a buried line, and it's been fixed.
While I was under the house to inspect the water lines, I took a photo that captures the, um, *cozy* space between the ground and the floor joists and sub-flooring.
This construction is typical of California houses built in the 1950s and early 1960s. Our house was completed in 1956.
At approximately 0900 hours, a Chevy Tahoe crashed through a home located at 657 N. Cedar Street in Canby. When Canby Firefighters arrived, the crews found a newer model SUV that had crashed through a one-story single-family residence. The vehicle physically drove partially through one bedroom, and almost entirely through a second bedroom, coming to a rest half inside the home, half outside the home. The residences were not home at the time of the crash.
As firefighters triaged the scene, they found an adult female in the vehicle and they identified that the home's gas meter had been sheared and gas was freely flowing from the gas line. Firefighters were able to walk the driver from her vehicle to an awaiting ambulance for medical evaluation where she was transported to Willamette falls Hospital.
Realizing that they could not secure the gas leak themselves, Canby Firefighters and Police evacuated the immediate area, which included approximately 15 homes on N. Cedar and N. Birch Street. Firefighters then had Canby Utility cut the electrical service to the home to eliminate any potential ignition sources and notified Northwest Natural Gas.
Northwest Natural Gas arrived within approximately 45 minutes. They secured the gas leak by digging up the gas line, claming it, and then capping it to prevent leakage. They then checked the home for accumulations of Natural Gas, which is lighter than air and has a tendency to pocket in enclosed areas like the attics and crawlspaces. Once the home was declared safe, they check the adjacent properties and declared that the evacuation order could be lifted.
Once the gas was secure, Cornerstone Construction provided essential structural shoring to the damaged structure so the vehicle could be removed from the interior of the home. During the shoring and vehicle extrication, the homeowners arrived and witnessed the devastation. One of their first concerns was the family cat, which they found hiding in a remote area of the home, uninjured. "Our cat lives in the first bedroom, and its bed is right under the window, right where the car entered our home. It's amazing the cat survived," said David Schindler, the homeowner.
Written by Canby Fire District
The Replacements on the Oldies station: I Will Dare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcCzWcgPsY
How young are you - How old am I
Stacy: (at the Samuels house, asleep in her bed, her favorite doll lying close to her, its porcelain lips near her left ear, she squirms a little and finally blinks) What? (then whispers, as if chastened) Sorry, what did you say? (she presses her ear close to the doll's mouth) But it's really late, and it's a school night. (finally sighs) Okay, but if we get caught, YOU'RE taking the blame. (she scoots out of bed and carries the doll with her as she tiptoes across her room, and into the hallway)
The Replacements on the Oldies station: Don't count any - Of my advice
Helen: (asleep in her bed, wakes as Dan slides under the covers, beside her) You're late.
Dan: Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you.
Helen: (smiles) It's okay. Did something happen at work?
Dan: No, pretty quiet actually. Just got busy with paperwork and didn't notice the time until Michael got there.
Stacy: (pauses outside her parents' room, hears them talking, makes a "shush" motion to the doll, and sneaks past their door, going into the kitchen)
The Replacements on the Oldies station: If you will dare, I might dare
Helen: (with a little smile) Did you ask him about his sister's video?
Dan: I might have suggested she was given a citation for indecent exposure.
Helen: Dan, that's terrible! (laughs and covers her mouth)
Dan: It's good to see you smiling. When I came in, you were asleep, and you seemed so sad.
Helen: Maybe I was having an odd dream, but I don't remember feeling sad.
The Replacements on the Oldies station: Ain't lost yet, so I gotta be the winner
Stacy: (in the kitchen, chooses a knife from the knife holder then carries it and the doll outside)
Dan: I'm probably reading too much into everything. I'm sorry.
Helen: I should be the one apologizing for all of the crazy things I've put you through.
Dan: I say we blame the baby for hormonally unbalancing you.
Helen: Deal. (they both laugh then look guilty and cover each others' mouths to stifle each other)
Stacy: (trotting across the yard to the garden shed) Okay, but we have to hurry. I need to sleep. (she enters the shed, re-emerging in a moment with an empty burlap bag that used to hold potting soil) Okay, which way? (and she jogs off in the direction of the woods)
The Replacements on the Oldies station: Now, I don't care, meet me tonight - If you will dare, I will dare
Michael: (making his usual evening rounds, stops off at Green Dive to make sure they're not having any trouble as closing hour approaches, and he frowns when he sees Stephen and Libby there, goes over to their booth) What are you doing here?
Stephen: (smiling) Hey, Mikey. 'Sup?
Michael: 'Sup? Seriously? I thought you'd be at the house tonight.
Stephen: I was, but then Libby came over to help me move some of my stuff, and I wasn't going to make her do that alone, and on the way back we figured we'd pop in for a couple glasses then walk back.
Libby: We gave my keys to Ethan, I swear. (crosses her heart) We're taking the path back to The Row.
Michael: But Chris is home, alone.
The Replacements on the Oldies station: How young are you? - How old am I?
Stephen/Libby: (look at each other in confusion, then both put their hands to their faces and parody the "Home Alone" expression before laughing)
Michael: Did you at least lock up before you left the house?
Stephen: Absolutely. And Chris was asleep before I left. Poor guy was burned out from Training Day.
Libby: Hey, I saw your sister's Training Day vid. (to Michael) Pretty freakin' cool.
Michael: (glares at Stephen) Did YOU see it, too?
Stephen: (grinning) Yeah, Libby showed it to me. (sees Michael's frown and sobers) And when I realized it was your sister I looked away.
Michael: Uh huh. Come on, both of you.
Libby: Are you arresting us?
Stephen: For looking at your sister's vid? I thought that was legal?
Libby: She was wearing spanks!
The Replacements on the Oldies station: How smart are you? - How dumb am I?
Michael: (sighs) Not that, you guys are too drunk to take the path home. I'm going to drive you over.
Stephen: I told you he was a good cop.
Libby: He's a great cop.
Michael: (shakes his head as he helps them out of their seats, walking them to the door and giving Ethan a goodnight wave)
Stacy: (jogging back from the woods, something clearly in the burlap bag now) Under the house? Are you sure? Okay. (and she carries the bag to the crawlspace beneath her house)
Marcus/Chris: (at The Row house, are engaging in some afterglow kissing)
Michael: (gets Stephen and Libby into the back seat of his police unit)
Libby: Ever necked in the back of a police car?
Stephen: No. (and they start making out)
Michael: (sighs, closes the door, and goes to the driver's side, getting in and starting the car, ignoring them as best he can)
Stacy: (emerges from under the house and quietly sneaks back inside, replaces the knife in the block, then creeps back to her room and crawls back into bed with the doll, whispers) If I fall asleep in class, I'm saying you kept me up all night. (smiles and closes her eyes) Goodnight, Ruthann.
The Replacements on the Oldies station: Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime
Michael: (parks at his house on The Row and helps Stephen and Libby inside, and to Stephen's room) Try to keep it down, you two.
Libby: (to Stephen) Don't listen to him. Try to keep it up. (they both laugh and wander off to his bed)
Michael: (shushes them again, closing Stephen's door, then he quietly makes his way upstairs to check on Chris)
Chris: (is sleeping soundly)
Michael: (watches his sleeping boyfriend for a moment, smiling, then leaves)
Marcus: (after Michael is gone, steps out of the bathroom, just finishing dressing, his eyes going to sleeping Chris, he smiles and leaves)
The Replacements on the Oldies station: Now, I don't care, meet me tonight - If you will dare, I will dare
(Thank you to Fate W for playing Stacy!)
Forms came off today. Lumber is expected tomorrow, and framing will start. The opening for the crawlspace on the west foundation wall makes it a lot easier to step into the studio than on Saturday. They expect to reuse many of the 2x6 boards as floor joists, which makes their use as forms make a lot more sense.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr., the so-called "Killer Clown," murdered at least 33 boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. All victims were murdered here at his home (long since demolished and rebuilt.) 26 were buried in a crawlspace under the home. Three were buried elsewhere on the property and four were plunged into the Des Plaines River.
Gacy was executed on May 10, 1994.
Interestingly, a month later and at a hotel not far north of here, O. J. Simpson would receive news of his ex-wife's death.
Located at 8213 W. Summerdale Ave.*
*Current address is 8215. The address 8213 has been removed from use.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr., the so-called "Killer Clown," murdered at least 33 boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. All victims were murdered here at his home (long since demolished and rebuilt.) 26 were buried in a crawlspace under the home. Three were buried elsewhere on the property and four were plunged into the Des Plaines River.
Gacy was executed on May 10, 1994.
Interestingly, a month later at a hotel not far north of here, O. J. Simpson would receive news of his ex-wife's death.
Located at 8213 W. Summerdale Ave.*
*Current address is 8215. The address 8213 has been removed from use.
This imposing warehouse is used for the storage of evidence from Chicago & Cook County crimes, including those of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Among the grisly artifacts stored here are the door to Gacy's crawlspace where he buried nearly 30 young men and boys, personal items of his victims, a ligature Gacy used for strangulation, and samples of Gacy's blood.
Located at 2323 S. Rockwell St.
Just to be on the safe side, I won't explain how this works. Nevertheless, these eleven sub-components enable this craft to enter and leave crawlspace without the need of a planetary drill.
Kruipruimte onder de begane grond. Eén van de ingangen van de tunnels en in verbinding staande kelders onder het centrum.
i play this in my crawlspace all the time.
this game was made in colombia (in the 70s? 80s?) and sold around the world. i can't remember where i got it (probably some junk shop), but it's terrific even though a few pieces are missing from two of the internal panels.
Strange Business Combinations on the National Road (40 Highway) Brazil, Indiana. US Goverment Notice: These types of operations may lead to a Crack Problem!
MT WASHINGTON - It took 41 Los Angeles Firefighter just 19 minutes to extinguish a non-injury fire originating in the basement crawlspace of a 111 year-old, two story, 1754 sq ft home in the 400 block of Isabel Street on April 23, 2016. © Photo by John Conkle
LAFD Incident: 042316-0344
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Model: Kelly
Photographer: Trevor Loken
Location: The Mill
A catalogue-type shoot.
Natural light
I love this one!!
At the Oklahoma City National Memorial, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
On the north side of the Memorial is the Survivor's Tree. Before the bombing the area where the tree sits was a parking lot, with the tree providing the only source of shade. The tree is thought to be over a hundred years old, and it appears in photos taken way back in 1907.
The tree was heavily damaged during the blast, which took out most of the its branches. Fires from cars parked beneath the tree burned the trunk, and the bark had glass and other debris embedded in it. From wikipedia: "Most thought the tree could not survive. However, almost a year after the bombing, family members, survivors and rescue workers gathered for a memorial ceremony under the tree noticed it was beginning to bloom again. The Survivor Tree now thrives, in no small part because the specifications for the Outdoor Memorial design included a mandate to feature and protect the Tree. One example of the dramatic measures taken to save the Tree: one of the roots that would have been cut by the wall surrounding the Tree was placed inside a large pipe, so it could reach the soil beyond the wall without being damaged. A second example is the decking around the Tree, which is raised several feet to make an underground crawlspace; workers enter through a secure hatchway and monitor the health of the Tree and maintain its very deep roots." The Survivor Tree has become an emblem for the Memorial.
Abandoned schoolhouse shoot. A single child's shoe sitting forgotten in the desk at the front of the building; one of many forgotten shoes. My friend and I ran once we realized there was someone living in the crawlspace.
07 APR 2012
I found this abandoned house on my way to Charleston, SC from Savannah, GA. It was a nice gloomy day which gave wonderful afternoon lighting for this 3 exposure HDR shot.
The fireplace is finished except for the mantle and tucking. We sat a scrap board in place right now, but we have large slabs of maple that will be used throughout the house and plenty to do the mantle too. The lintel is made from a board we found in the crawlspace. The bricks all came from the old chimney in the house. It seems that not a single one of those bricks was the same size!
This painting on top of wood was a pretty awesome $3 find! It seems like something a pot smoker would put in a crawlspace they smoke weed in, or something. Like something high schoolers in the 1970s would have.
We finally took the pictures of the rest of the stuff from the 7/15/17 yardsale expedition.
Pegasus, crystal ball, dragon, painting, wizard painting.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
August 6, 2017.
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BACKSTORY: Got up around 7:15AM, made it out driving by 7:54AM and went out until 12:45PM for a total of 4.5 hours (stopped to eat and grocery shop). Spent $55.75 plus ~$4.42 gas for 53.5 miles of driving (30.6 mpg @ $2.53/G), for a total cost of $60.17. We drove to 19 yard sales, stopping at 18 (95%) of them. We made 56 purchases (81 items) for a total estimated value of $366.68, leading to a profit/savings of $310.93.So in essence, we multiplied our $55.75 investment by 6.58. (Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn $354.42 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the $310.93 in cash that we saved. How long does $310.93 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 4.5 hrs we spent here?) Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of $62.19/hr as a couple or $31.09/hr per person.
THE TAKE:
* $5.00: steering wheels (2), GT Grant 14", Pontiac $15.375" (EV:$37.80 ($14.90 each))
* $5.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, white, 22x24.75x15.75" (EV:$23.57)
* $4.00: storage containers (2 at $2.00 each), Sterilite, white, 2051, 9x6x12.5" (EV:$19.26 ($9.63 each))
* $3.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, Sterilite, white, 12.5x24x14.5" (EV:$12.95)
* $3.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, purple with pink drawers, 7x8.25x8", including rubber band bracelets (30 bracelets, 5 rings, 3 necklaces, 5 keyrings) (EV:$17.84)
* $3.00: shirt, pink flowery (EV:$4.74)
* $3.00: shirt, black with orange flowers (EV:$5.98)
* $3.00: picture, wood, Wizard with crystal ball, pendant, dragon, boats and Pegasus, 24x34x2", Raisin Board Crafts, 703-971-6738, 7712 Roxann Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, made out of wooden grape trays (EV:$37.15)
* $2.00: plastic tote with handle, blue top, 13x11.75x9" (EV:$5.74)
* $2.00: double lock storage container, Hefty, 15 quart, 16.5x7x12" (EV:$8.89)
* $2.00: toy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, plush, Raphael, 23x19" (EV:$16.69)
* $2.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, gray, frame broken, 22x23.75x15.5" (EV:$23.57)
* $2.00: makeup, blush, Smashbox Image Factory Air Blush, .28 oz (EV:$10.98)
* $2.00: Eric Vergo's Pentagram (like a Rubik's cube that is shaped in a pentagram) (EV:$42.74)
* $2.00: bag holder, wall-mounting, chrome, 15.5x6.625x3.75" (EV:$7.50)
* $2.00: party light, spinning string, HPI Can You Imagine (EV:$3.49)
* $2.00: storage container & baby rings, latching lid with blue handle, 11.5x8.5x6" (EV:$12.95)
* $1.00: storage bin, 16x11x10.75" (EV:$4.79)
* $1.00: incense, Lick Me All Over, Blunt Effects, 12 sticks (EV:$0.20)
* $1.00: incense, Frankincense & Myrrh, Blunt Effects, 12 sticks (EV:$0.20)
* $1.00: 21 plastic hangers ($2.63 based on the 8-packs from the Dollar Store)
* $0.50: drums, bongos, 13.5", wood (EV:$9.50)
* $0.50: skeleton hands, tongs, Greenbriar Int'l, barcode 639277140135 (EV:$5.55)
* $0.50: cake topper (2), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo and Rafael, 2014 Viacom, 3x2" (EV:$2.32 ($1.16 each based off $6.99 for 6))
* $0.50: nail polish, fortifying base & top coat, Sally Hanson Ultimate Shield (EV:$4.99)
* $0.50: wet wipes container, 6x4.5x3" (EV:$2.31)
* $0.25: hula hoop, 22.5", purple, blue, yellow striped ($1 at the Dollar Store)
* $0.25: spiders, glow in the dark, 100 ct, Greenbriar Int'l, barcode 639277826534 (EV:$2.51)
* $0.25: headband, black with lace bow, 6x2" (EV:$1.89)
* $0.25: pillow, poop emoji, brown, 9.5x11.x3" (EV:$4.88)
* $0.25: toy, stuffed, Garfield 9x7" (EV:$4.25)
* $0.20: toy, Rainbow Dash (2 at $0.10 each), real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2.3.75x3" (EV:$4.99)
* $0.10: toy, Pinkie Pie, Equestria Girls, 5.375x3", 1 movable joint, real hair ponytail, 2015 Hasbro (EV:$7.00)
* $0.10: action figure, Batman, 4x2.25", 9 movable joints (EV:$5.00)
* $0.10: toy, Pinkie Pie, real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2.25x3.25" (EV:$3.49)
* $0.10: toy, Fluttershy, real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2x3" (EV:$3.49)
* $0.10: action figure, Superman, big fists, 4.25x2", 9 movable joints (EV:$1.66)
* $0.10: action figure, Spider-man, 4x1.5", 5 movable joints (EV:$0.86)
* $0.10: toy, Adventure Time, Finn, McDonald's, long arms and legs, 5.25x5" (EV:$5.50)
* $0.10: hair brush cleaner, ConAir, #95288, 2015 (EV:$0.30)
* $FREE: activity book, My Little Pony (EV:$3.20)
* $FREE: coloring book, giant, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Crayola 18 pages, 3 Crayola crayons: red violet, banana mania, olive green (EV:$5.85)
* $FREE: wrist band, Spongebob (EV:$0.49 ($1.95 for 4)). Given to Sean.
* $FREE: skull, yellow, sticky, 2.75x2.125" (EV:$)
* $FREE: nail polish, Avon Nailwear Pro, sheer French pink, N606 (EV:$3.99)
* $FREE: nail polish, Avon Nailwear Pro+, cotton candy (EV:$3.99)
* $FREE: drink cozy, Nightmare Before Christmas (EV:$8.15)
* $FREE: eye cream (2), Avon Solutions Plus, 0.5 fl oz (EV:$9.70)
* $FREE: wood furnisher cleaner and polish, Franklin Cleaning Technology, 16 fl oz (mostly full) (EV:$8.08)
* $FREE: band-aid travel container, Flexible Fabric memory ware, containing 8 band-aids (EV:$1.19)
* $FREE: phone case, space, 2.375x4.625" (EV:$0.85)
* $FREE: vitamin c concentrate packet, Emergen-C, .32oz (EV:$3.50)
* $FREE: single-use thermometer, NexTemp (EV:$0.55 ($5.49 for 10))
* $FREE: sunscreen sample, Banana Boat Sport, SPF30, .4 fl oz ($0.00)
* $FREE: scarf/tie hanger, 28 rings, beige (EV:$5.99)
Ricoh Theta S
changing the furnace filter seemed like a prime opportunity for a Theta shot. :-)
Spherical image best viewed at the Theta360 site:
This painting on top of wood was a pretty awesome $3 find! It seems like something a pot smoker would put in a crawlspace they smoke weed in, or something. Like something high schoolers in the 1970s would have.
We finally took the pictures of the rest of the stuff from the 7/15/17 yardsale expedition.
Pegasus, crystal ball, dragon, painting, wizard painting.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
August 6, 2017.
... Read my blog at clintjcl at wordpress dot com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress dot com
... Read my yard sale-related blogposts at clintjcl dot wordpress dot com/category/yard-sales/
BACKSTORY: Got up around 7:15AM, made it out driving by 7:54AM and went out until 12:45PM for a total of 4.5 hours (stopped to eat and grocery shop). Spent $55.75 plus ~$4.42 gas for 53.5 miles of driving (30.6 mpg @ $2.53/G), for a total cost of $60.17. We drove to 19 yard sales, stopping at 18 (95%) of them. We made 56 purchases (81 items) for a total estimated value of $366.68, leading to a profit/savings of $310.93.So in essence, we multiplied our $55.75 investment by 6.58. (Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn $354.42 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the $310.93 in cash that we saved. How long does $310.93 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 4.5 hrs we spent here?) Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of $62.19/hr as a couple or $31.09/hr per person.
THE TAKE:
* $5.00: steering wheels (2), GT Grant 14", Pontiac $15.375" (EV:$37.80 ($14.90 each))
* $5.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, white, 22x24.75x15.75" (EV:$23.57)
* $4.00: storage containers (2 at $2.00 each), Sterilite, white, 2051, 9x6x12.5" (EV:$19.26 ($9.63 each))
* $3.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, Sterilite, white, 12.5x24x14.5" (EV:$12.95)
* $3.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, purple with pink drawers, 7x8.25x8", including rubber band bracelets (30 bracelets, 5 rings, 3 necklaces, 5 keyrings) (EV:$17.84)
* $3.00: shirt, pink flowery (EV:$4.74)
* $3.00: shirt, black with orange flowers (EV:$5.98)
* $3.00: picture, wood, Wizard with crystal ball, pendant, dragon, boats and Pegasus, 24x34x2", Raisin Board Crafts, 703-971-6738, 7712 Roxann Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, made out of wooden grape trays (EV:$37.15)
* $2.00: plastic tote with handle, blue top, 13x11.75x9" (EV:$5.74)
* $2.00: double lock storage container, Hefty, 15 quart, 16.5x7x12" (EV:$8.89)
* $2.00: toy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, plush, Raphael, 23x19" (EV:$16.69)
* $2.00: storage unit, 3-drawers, gray, frame broken, 22x23.75x15.5" (EV:$23.57)
* $2.00: makeup, blush, Smashbox Image Factory Air Blush, .28 oz (EV:$10.98)
* $2.00: Eric Vergo's Pentagram (like a Rubik's cube that is shaped in a pentagram) (EV:$42.74)
* $2.00: bag holder, wall-mounting, chrome, 15.5x6.625x3.75" (EV:$7.50)
* $2.00: party light, spinning string, HPI Can You Imagine (EV:$3.49)
* $2.00: storage container & baby rings, latching lid with blue handle, 11.5x8.5x6" (EV:$12.95)
* $1.00: storage bin, 16x11x10.75" (EV:$4.79)
* $1.00: incense, Lick Me All Over, Blunt Effects, 12 sticks (EV:$0.20)
* $1.00: incense, Frankincense & Myrrh, Blunt Effects, 12 sticks (EV:$0.20)
* $1.00: 21 plastic hangers ($2.63 based on the 8-packs from the Dollar Store)
* $0.50: drums, bongos, 13.5", wood (EV:$9.50)
* $0.50: skeleton hands, tongs, Greenbriar Int'l, barcode 639277140135 (EV:$5.55)
* $0.50: cake topper (2), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo and Rafael, 2014 Viacom, 3x2" (EV:$2.32 ($1.16 each based off $6.99 for 6))
* $0.50: nail polish, fortifying base & top coat, Sally Hanson Ultimate Shield (EV:$4.99)
* $0.50: wet wipes container, 6x4.5x3" (EV:$2.31)
* $0.25: hula hoop, 22.5", purple, blue, yellow striped ($1 at the Dollar Store)
* $0.25: spiders, glow in the dark, 100 ct, Greenbriar Int'l, barcode 639277826534 (EV:$2.51)
* $0.25: headband, black with lace bow, 6x2" (EV:$1.89)
* $0.25: pillow, poop emoji, brown, 9.5x11.x3" (EV:$4.88)
* $0.25: toy, stuffed, Garfield 9x7" (EV:$4.25)
* $0.20: toy, Rainbow Dash (2 at $0.10 each), real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2.3.75x3" (EV:$4.99)
* $0.10: toy, Pinkie Pie, Equestria Girls, 5.375x3", 1 movable joint, real hair ponytail, 2015 Hasbro (EV:$7.00)
* $0.10: action figure, Batman, 4x2.25", 9 movable joints (EV:$5.00)
* $0.10: toy, Pinkie Pie, real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2.25x3.25" (EV:$3.49)
* $0.10: toy, Fluttershy, real hair tail, hard mane, McDonald's, 2x3" (EV:$3.49)
* $0.10: action figure, Superman, big fists, 4.25x2", 9 movable joints (EV:$1.66)
* $0.10: action figure, Spider-man, 4x1.5", 5 movable joints (EV:$0.86)
* $0.10: toy, Adventure Time, Finn, McDonald's, long arms and legs, 5.25x5" (EV:$5.50)
* $0.10: hair brush cleaner, ConAir, #95288, 2015 (EV:$0.30)
* $FREE: activity book, My Little Pony (EV:$3.20)
* $FREE: coloring book, giant, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Crayola 18 pages, 3 Crayola crayons: red violet, banana mania, olive green (EV:$5.85)
* $FREE: wrist band, Spongebob (EV:$0.49 ($1.95 for 4)). Given to Sean.
* $FREE: skull, yellow, sticky, 2.75x2.125" (EV:$)
* $FREE: nail polish, Avon Nailwear Pro, sheer French pink, N606 (EV:$3.99)
* $FREE: nail polish, Avon Nailwear Pro+, cotton candy (EV:$3.99)
* $FREE: drink cozy, Nightmare Before Christmas (EV:$8.15)
* $FREE: eye cream (2), Avon Solutions Plus, 0.5 fl oz (EV:$9.70)
* $FREE: wood furnisher cleaner and polish, Franklin Cleaning Technology, 16 fl oz (mostly full) (EV:$8.08)
* $FREE: band-aid travel container, Flexible Fabric memory ware, containing 8 band-aids (EV:$1.19)
* $FREE: phone case, space, 2.375x4.625" (EV:$0.85)
* $FREE: vitamin c concentrate packet, Emergen-C, .32oz (EV:$3.50)
* $FREE: single-use thermometer, NexTemp (EV:$0.55 ($5.49 for 10))
* $FREE: sunscreen sample, Banana Boat Sport, SPF30, .4 fl oz ($0.00)
* $FREE: scarf/tie hanger, 28 rings, beige (EV:$5.99)