The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 4280

Camp 7 is the good stuff. I've wanted one of their bags from this time period for along time now.

No man, we just missed you. We need the E to regulate.

So, these are the in between super awesome vintage and SF-despised International Meh Florsheims. As far as I can tell.

If you're like me, you'll find these will look good, feel good, and you can wear 'em when it's damp out or other hard service when you'd rather preserve your better finds (i.e. when you're out with pals who'll spill beer on them). I even have some recent International Meh Florsheims, Topy'd, for all-day trade show tromping where I routinely log 12,000+ steps on the Fitbit. Won't run into judgmental SF'ers there, and I'm still out-dressing all but the richest doctors and CEO's in the room. Just my 2 cents, go for it

Still sick as a dog. Wife, though, is worse off, on antibiotics and bed rest. Grabbed the kids off the bus after school and whisked them on an hour-each-way thrift trip (they got to find some books and toys while I ripped the racks, and at the end, a favorite diner of theirs, to them a huge reward) to give her some damn quiet.

This honey hole yielded Paul Stuart suits and some other nice things I'm too damned tired to shoot and post, so unicorn me if you want, ha! BUT my fave find of the night was a pair of pebblegrain nettleton's wing tippahs...they looked so harsh and nasty but I knew there was a fine pair of shoes underneath:




While I will never be experienced or talented at shoe reclamation as the pro dealers like Wes or passionate as some of the shoe fetishists on SF whose posts I love reading and learn new things every time I read them...I was happy with the results after cleaning with elbow grease, Lexol'ing, putting the heel back together with awl and tack hammer, removing odor eaters, Meltonian polish, new waxed black laces, and applying that damn vile edge ink crap that eats your lungs worse than Marlboro Reds...and this is how they turned out:





I wish I could shoot pictures as well as Wes. The transformation was more dramatic in person, but you can see at least some of it. Also, won't hide my love affair anymore: Nettleton's are becoming my fave vintage shoe; I have found two pairs now in 9C -- these included -- and they are the perfect fit for me (how often do you see 9Cs?)

 

I've only found Salvation Army here. Stores are relatively small, but stuff is top notch. Most stuff is new and from store closeouts. They have sections with new stuff and sections of old stuff. Pricing is set by a central office, so things are priced relatively reasonably. 

 

Best thing here are the books. So many good books for $3USD each. Clothing can sometimes be pricy (i.e. United Colors of Benetton jeans for $20), but then again, the stuff is new!

I was referring to his entire haul. $300 for that TnA suit. $60 for the RG, a piece. $200 for that Corn. SC. $660. Ok, maybe $800 was off but it isn't impossible.

That is beautiful, man!

Man, Kevin Smith should make a sequel to this. We'll throw money at him!

Is this English?

How many of you face the bread struggle in terms of limiting wastage?

My current pet peeve. We have the best bakery in the state just up the road - amazing bread. Only one slight niggle - the bread is only good for one day. I am the only bread eater in the house so fuck me it aint gonna happen I will eat a whole loaf of bread in one day. Bread is best fresh out the oven - crusty top and soft on the inside. Keep that sucker overnight, the next day it is as hard as a brick. Something beautiful turned into a mealy granite. I am fully aware of restoration tips, i.e. put bread in microwave for a shade under 20 seconds to get soft. Put a potato where you keep the bread etc etc... All these techniques have one grizzly effect - the bread becomes rubbery. So fuck it, I got to chuck half to 2/3's of a loaf away. What a waste of money and food! I did decide a while ago to make grilled cheese sandwiches from the dry semi stale bread but one cannot eat them every day without wanting to heave. Today was the last grilled cheese I think I will ever have. Swallowing that last morsel made me wanna puke. How does one get mileage out of bread is my current thought experiment...

Related to that Bakery - what is it about America and cinnamon? I love cinnamon but over here it is used excessively. It is a strong frigging spice but nobody here seems to notice. Buy a round of cinnamon buns, they look super yummy. One bite and this cinnamon gloop spilled out - man it was rank. Over in Europe cinnamon is used respectfully in light to moderate quantities. Not so over here apparently.

THIS is English.


Well, British English.

Has anyone noticed cinnamon flavored gum sucks! I mean the flavor is yummy but when placed into gum will make your breathes smell horrible after prolonged chewing especially when you are chewing while gyming. Am I the only one who noticed that?

We used to run into this (mainly because we buy huge-ass loaves and sometimes get burnt out), but we've found some awesome stuff to do with it depending on the season.

Winter: French onion soup, or homemade stuffing for game-hens / turkeys, etc. You can make some amazing bonkers stuff with everything from old baguettes to round sourdough loaves. Also... BREAD PUDDING!

Summer: Croutons for salad. Incredibly easy.

Any season: Give dat shit to the birds and watch them get fat.

Dude you never heard of French toast aka pain perdu aka lost bread? Stale bread + stuff = tasty!!!

Every culture has a simple recipe for turning stale carbs into something good. For Mexicans, its stale corn tortillas + eggs and salsa = chilaquiles aka the breakfast of campeones

Stale rice + eggs and chopped up bits of leftovers = fried rice. Same concept all across the world.

 

Pre-dibsing staple suits in 38S, gotcha. Any more requests, guy with 10 posts?

 

 

Rubbish. Send immediately to me for disposal.

 

 

$200 for a Corneliani SC? You must be dreaming not looking at completed listings.

OH man, you guys would kill for my $10 fried rice!!!

That might be so but
 http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?LH_Sold=1&_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=corneliani+sport+coat&_sop=3

Ok, so would $130 be fair or am I expecting too much?

 

Tartine? You're making me hungry.

 

Went on a thrift run to a couple new spots today.... First store was a for profit, and had five pairs of Church's and a pair of Aldens. Went from stoke level 10 to 0 when I saw they wanted $150 for each pair and they were excluded from any sales. Proceeded to rummage my way around the store. Skeet blanket... $25, DAMN! Grabbed a pair of Mephisto sneakers to flip for $5 and got out of there before I lost my mind. 

 

Second store, big sign out front saying "50% off everything". Night and day from the first store. Ended up with a big garbage bag full of clothes (literally they used one) for $12.50.

Hermes, Brioni, Canali neckties for $1... Yes Please. Picked up a skeet blanket, a Burberry made in Italy sportcoat, Harris Tweed SC and a Pendleton jacket for myself.