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Well, @mendel , I went ham at the auction. I spent $200. It took two pickups & my 16' stock trailer to haul it all.
With 4 sons 19-17 years old, I was after a few household items. Washer-dryer set $25, two dressers & a bed $1, brand new microwave $2 and a bag of dish towels & dozens of cooking utensils $1.
One of the adopted boys used a modest inheritance to buy a run down house, ($4000). So I spent a couple bucks on some lumber, 40' drain pipe, and 20' of 3\4" pvc.
The estate belonged to an old farmer. And true to the farmer way, he was a Jack of all trades. He had moonlighted in construction. He had all of the tools to build a house from start to finish. He also built trailers and implement bars/tools. I got everything "cement" except the mixer and the bull float. Also the basic drywall set, work lights, plus basics: boxes of pliers, screwdrivers, bottle jacks etc. ...I'm currently unemployed. We've been surviving on whatever odd jobs I can find. It'll be nice to be prepared for a broader spectrum of jobs.
In the old man's later years, he was a photographer. My wife has been doing some Senior pictures, and found a bunch of the nice muslin back drops and miscellaneous photo crap. But I also got a box of brand new picture frames, honey oak, nice. Gotta get some of my drawings in them, before the tourist season hits the mountain galleries.
I'm hoping I spent a little, to make a lot. I would have spent $200 for picture frames, anyways. Ten pieces framed, for us, is a good paycheck. Colorado tourism dollars feed my family during the summer months.
With 4 sons 19-17 years old, I was after a few household items. Washer-dryer set $25, two dressers & a bed $1, brand new microwave $2 and a bag of dish towels & dozens of cooking utensils $1.
One of the adopted boys used a modest inheritance to buy a run down house, ($4000). So I spent a couple bucks on some lumber, 40' drain pipe, and 20' of 3\4" pvc.
The estate belonged to an old farmer. And true to the farmer way, he was a Jack of all trades. He had moonlighted in construction. He had all of the tools to build a house from start to finish. He also built trailers and implement bars/tools. I got everything "cement" except the mixer and the bull float. Also the basic drywall set, work lights, plus basics: boxes of pliers, screwdrivers, bottle jacks etc. ...I'm currently unemployed. We've been surviving on whatever odd jobs I can find. It'll be nice to be prepared for a broader spectrum of jobs.
In the old man's later years, he was a photographer. My wife has been doing some Senior pictures, and found a bunch of the nice muslin back drops and miscellaneous photo crap. But I also got a box of brand new picture frames, honey oak, nice. Gotta get some of my drawings in them, before the tourist season hits the mountain galleries.
I'm hoping I spent a little, to make a lot. I would have spent $200 for picture frames, anyways. Ten pieces framed, for us, is a good paycheck. Colorado tourism dollars feed my family during the summer months.
