Harnessing the Diiversity of the Goodwill Store

I went to the Goodwill Outlet Store today.

Remember now, the prices at this store are determined by weight. So I paid $1.59 per POUND for what I purchased today.

I found quite an assortment of items.

Wanna see?

Some assorted cool greeting cards.

These paper things that appear to perhaps go on a spindle and the graphics will then "move."

I have a record player and some vintage Red Raven Records and the "Magic Carousel" (google this if you need to...) and that knowledge allowed me to see the cool art aspect of these.

The kid blows a bubble gum bubble...

The frog grimaces and dances...

This caught my eye.

(there is a joke here.)

It was in a plastic bag and I could see it had some photographs.

Turns out it belonged to an ophthalmologist - maybe around the 1950's - 1960's.

OK - so this kid has a little problem. I hope it got fixed.

But THEN! BUT THEN!!! There were photos of eye surgeries - graphic, oh LORD, G-R-A-P-H-I-C photos of eye surgeries.

I could not even look (another joke here) at them. I just tucked them back in the middle of the papers.

Some sort of rock climbing harness? I googled it to make sure that it is not some sort of uh, sex, harness?

It is not.

This one I think I can sell.

The kid is going to Outdoor School next week and taking my old camera. I wanted to find a case for the camera and Viola! There it was.

By the pound!

I picked this up and put it down a couple of times....but it seems like "something" to me - - - -

The bottom - or is it the top of the "something?"

What I like about the outlet store, is that it make absolutely NO sense.

What I did NOT buy at Goodwill Today.

I did not buy this.

I did not buy this jar with the lady doing a somersault.

I did not have to think twice about NOT buying this, even though I do like handmade ceramics.

I get enough gymnastics in my life about every 4 years.

This uh, handmade doll(?) was at the outlet store and just kinda creeped me out.

I think it was made by a sad child.

Did not buy.

Did not even want to touch it.

Made me feel uncomfortable to see the little heart drawn on it...

Just thought I would show a blurry photo of the "book" people scrambling to get the new books that just got rolled out at the Goodwill Outlet store.

They almost look angelic with the lights shining from above.

Note:

They are a tough group - and the riot control employee was on duty watching over them.

Is this for training young gang members?

Did not buy.

Did not understand.

To klene yur geer.

(did not bye)

Crack - Mushrooms and Pot at the Goodwill Store today!

I went to my local Goodwill store before I headed to lunch today and saw something for sale that I had no idea what it was.

It was about 4 feet tall with dark plexiglass panels and looked to be from maybe the 1970’s?

Reminded me of R2D2 or Dr. Who.

This had an electrical cord - I peered inside and saw light bulbs.

Now, I was quite intrigued. It had a name.

PHOTOTRON 2.

I looked that name up on my iphone.

HA!

It is a machine for growing pot in your closet.

The dark panels hide the light from peering eyes.

“No worries, Ma! I will put my clothes away myself. You work too hard, Mom. I am happy to help you out.”

I went back to the store after work tonight, just to see if anything worthwhile had come out in the hours since my last visit, and I wanted to take a couple more pictures of the pot growing machine for my blog.

Too late.

Apparently, the machine sold quite quickly at what I thought was a rather steep price of $49.99-

Dude…

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I feel sorry for my brain some days - the sheer amount of STUFF that I have to go through to find anything of value can certainly be mind boggling for the uninitiated.

Plastic mushrooms and butterflies.

Plastic Plumber’s Crack.

Oy.