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The last thing you bought?

A cast brass elephant

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'The old gal stands 21 inches tall at the tip of her trunk and weighs nearly 30 pounds
 
That would probably have to be a kindle book of some kind, since it seems like I’m often picking one of them up from the daily deals page. I love being able to cart hundreds of books around with me for the weight and bulk of one.
 
I stopped by a local antique mall I frequent occasionally... Purchased a nice vintage photo album to add to my collection, paid a fair bit for it but it has lots of interesting photos in it... On further inspection I believe all the photos are 1910's, as a few photos of soldiers depict men in Canadian uniforms from The Great War...
 

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Some random stuff from the past few weeks…
I used to only be able to spend $25-$50 at a time, but now I make like $1000 a week so I can spend more (within reason!)

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I forked over $5 for one of these at a yardsale on Friday.
It was mounted in a hand made stainless steel frame cut out just like the panel in an airplane.
It runs for short bursts, so it probably just needs cleaning.
I yanked it apart to expose the works, inspect it for corrosion and will likely send it for a dip in my ultrasonic cleaner real soon.
Working or not, this will be a welcome addition to my WWII trench art collection.
Cross your fingers that she will tick-tock again!
 
I still can’t believe my budget used to be $25. I’ve come a long way lol

These are some extremely “high value” treats because some of my clients’ dogs are picky

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And some new (supposedly indestructible) toys:

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And some stuff for me lol
(These pictures are not me, they are from the brand websites)

I bought this shirt for Halloween but I think you would like it too @Silhouette Mirage

In case anyone doesn’t know, I’m obsessed with Halloween lol, it’s my favorite holiday!

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Omg your house is beautiful!
Thanks. Actually it's just a one bedroom apartment unit, but I like to think I have made it appear somewhat stylish. Though using black, teal and chrome accents I've been told it's very masculine....which I'll take as a compliment!

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Thanks. Actually it's just a one bedroom apartment unit, but I like to think I have made it appear somewhat stylish. Though using black I've been told it's very masculine....which I'll take as a compliment!

I’m still impressed! I have a one bedroom condo too but I’ve done my best with what I have. I think you saw the pics of my somewhat recent redesign.

Black furniture is really stylish! My bedroom has mostly black furniture.

The table looks great :)
One of my closest friends is in real estate and I like to help her with decorating/staging, so I think I have a somewhat decent feel for interior design. Everything in my house, I did myself.
 
Something shiny...

I've had my eye on this for months but seeing as I had vouchers saved up I made use of them knocking a third off the price.
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To those who don't know what this is; this is a 100mm diameter four jaw self-centring lathe chuck with both sets of jaws. This size is no longer manufactured by this maker. I'll have to get a friend to fit it to a 5c collet backplate so I can use it on my lathe.

One more bit of tooling ticked off my list.
 
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N-gauge train set for $20
I want to set this up inside a glass topped table.
First I will have to play Hans the woodcrafter and construct the table.
Might do that when I build the replacement oak shelves for my vintage curio cabinet that is already holding some of my cast brass collection.
The oak has been sawn then jointed and I believe the color match will be appropriate, so next will be a day in the woodshop for that one.
The museum of oddities is a work in progress.

So much to do, and so little time :emojiconfused:
 
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for me, earlier this afternoon I went across to the shop and bought a Dairy Milk chocolate Bar.

How about you guys? Can be anything.

Oh last week I ordered the Street Fighter 2 animated Japanese movie on Blu Ray, was dispatched from an Amazon Marketplace seller today.
A soda and some fidget toys
 

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