Nice Finds!
Bear
this, but it "bears" repeating. This morning I got a jewelry box that
someone didn't clean out. While there was costume jewelry<which I like
anyway> there also was sterling silver and marked gold items, a lot of
foreign money, 3 silver dollars, and a $50 bill folded up behind the drawer.
Several hundred dollars worth of unused craft projects, name brand clothing,
a big butt load of cleaning supplies, and a expensive<price tag was still on
it....$59.99> step can, which is perfect to foil my trashpicking Bloodhound!
Look for complexes with upscale units and short-term leases.
Dive Daily!
BBB<Bear>
ba...@camalott.com
"Bear" <bb...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Don't overlook Apt. Complex dumpsters! I know T&T and I tend to stress
> this, but it "bears" repeating. This morning I got a jewelry box that
> someone didn't clean out. While there was costume jewelry<which I like
> anyway> there also was sterling silver and marked gold items, a lot of
> foreign money, 3 silver dollars, and a $50 bill folded up behind the
drawer.
Sounds like somebody got kicked out by a spouse/so! I can't prove it, but
I've always thought
that that was where a lot of our good apartment/storage finds come from.
Steve
Bear
<ba...@camalott.com> wrote in message >
> > this, but it "bears" repeating. This morning I got a jewelry box that
> > someone didn't clean out. While there was costume jewelry<which I like
> > anyway> there also was sterling silver and marked gold items, a lot of
> > foreign money, 3 silver dollars, and a $50 bill folded up behind the
> drawer.
>
> Sounds like somebody got kicked out by a spouse/so! I can't prove it,
but
> I've always thought
> that that was where a lot of our good apartment/storage finds come from.
>
mad enough to toss money or jewelry though! One of my better finds was
several hundred stamped/unmailed wedding invitations. I steamed them open
and put dhove labels over the addresses and used them for months.
Dive Daily!
BBB<Bear>
Stinky
always use.
Regards, Stinky
none of the above
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> The $50$ is a lovely score Bear + cleaning supplies are something you can
> always use.
>
> Regards, Stinky
>
What, Bear clean? Have you ever seen her cave? :-) (Me neither)
Hey Bear! That is not for drinky! It is for washing things!
I'm just jealous over the jewelry box stuff.
Bear
> always use.
>
> Regards, Stinky
>
least twice of the cash......
Dive Daily!
BBB<Bear>
Duke McMullan N5GAX
That could be. In an upscale apt. dumpster, I once found a nice musical
jewelry box (empty), a collection of nice Vic's lingerie, a picture of a
young man in a nice frame, and a small assortment of other stuff that
looked like the aftermath of a love affair. My wife still has the j box;
we gave the lingerie (which wouldn't fit her) to a friend who lived on her
vet's bennys, and a picture of our nephew now lives in the frame.
Nice dive.
d
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Mika
>
>
><ba...@camalott.com> wrote in message >
>> "Bear" <bb...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>I agree! You wonder about a divorce or breakup. I don't think I'd ever get
>mad enough to toss money or jewelry though! One of my better finds was
>several hundred stamped/unmailed wedding invitations. I steamed them open
>and put dhove labels over the addresses and used them for months.
>Dive Daily!
>BBB<Bear>
>
This is probably going to be a really stupid question, but how exactly do
you "steam" open envelopes? I've heard lots of references to this but
nobody's ever said exactly how this was done.
Thanks,
Mika
Bear
"Mika" <"@ @"@intranet.ca> wrote in message
> This is probably going to be a really stupid question, but how exactly do
> you "steam" open envelopes? I've heard lots of references to this but
> nobody's ever said exactly how this was done.
>
different methods, I prefer a steam iron. Simply run it over the flap and it
usually will peel right open. It won't work on self-stick items. Of course
you can use a glue stick when you re-seal it. I think you can return unsent
envelope postage to the PO and they will reimburse you. In this case, I
thought it was nice to have pre-stamped envelopes.
Dive Daily!
BBB<Bear>
redhe...@webtv.net
Those cheatin' and leavin' guys have enhanced my wardrobe over the
years.
Steaming envelopes: use a steam iron or a pot of boiling water. This
softens the glue in the envelope flap.
Not much diving lately; I'm in a clean out/elimination mode. Getting
things together to sell on eeekbayy.
Red
redhe...@webtv.net
@yunx.com Joseph "Dufu" Agro
> you "steam" open envelopes? I've heard lots of references to this but
> nobody's ever said exactly how this was done.
Some people say that you can freeze the envelopes for a few hours and the
moisture content goes down so far that the brittle glue can be sliced open
with a good knife and re-used when you want to re-seal them...
Haven't tried it yet, but the science seems logical. Brittle glue, no
moisture to gum things up, and no loss of glue when it is finally opened.
Regards,
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> This is probably going to be a really stupid question, but how exactly do
> you "steam" open envelopes?
I can tell you were never a stamp collector. Hold the back of the
envelope over the spount of a tea kettle of water that is on the boil.
The steam will cause the glue that seals the envelope to loosen, so
that the envelope can be opened and its contents removed. The envelope
can then be used again.
tatertot
the trash, although the only piece of jewelry I found was a nice
costume jewelry pin, missing a fake diamond or two. Very flashy and
glittery but I get compliments on it all the time.
--tatertot
junkman
one way to steam open envelopes is use a iron and wet the envelopes surface
and just hold the iron there just for a seconds
Mika
>Steaming envelopes: use a steam iron or a pot of boiling water. This
>softens the glue in the envelope flap.
>
That's kinda what I figured. Thanks for the info!
Mika
Rat and Swan
Any jewelry you'd like to swap for handmade Badge-A-Minit buttons?!!
Just give the the slogan, drawing or photo idea and I'll make it up for
you in exchange! Or maybe another rosary? :)
I SO much want to swap for something gold! I haven't been able to afford
anything for years and I adore it!
Email me! Thank you EVER so!!
Swan
Rat and Swan
The steam-iron method I'm not familiar with, but to unstick a batch of
envelopes that had gotten wet once, I found that the best way is to take
a teakettle and fill it, set it on the cooktop and when it starts to
boil, hold the stuck emvelope flap over the column of steam (keep your
hand safely to the side, live steam burns quickly!) for a few seconds.
Take the blunt edge of a knife and slip it under the corner where the
envelope is stuck. The seal should slowly begin to part. If it sin't
quite ready, yet, simply hold it over the steam again. Lather, rinse,
repeat.
Work slowly and patiently and you should have it open/unstuck in no
time.
Swan
Swan
Rat and Swan
>
> That could be. In an upscale apt. dumpster, I once found a nice musical
> jewelry box (empty), a collection of nice Vic's lingerie, a picture of a
> young man in a nice frame, and a small assortment of other stuff that
> looked like the aftermath of a love affair. My wife still has the j box;
> we gave the lingerie (which wouldn't fit her) to a friend who lived on her
> vet's bennys, and a picture of our nephew now lives in the frame.
>
> Nice dive.
>
Old picture frames are delightful!
Something I learned long ago is the science of framing and keeping
stuff...
Whenever you find a framed picture... ANY picture or painting... Check
it out!! You never know when you'll find an etching or litho worth $$$!
How can you tell? Almost all good stuff has the artist's signature at
the bottom in pencil!
Also, grab EVERYTHING framed that you find, take it home, take it apart!
How many stories have you read about cheap paintings being framed over
old artworks?
Photos. While piccies of other folx aren't particularly useful to you,
you can frame family members pix, instead. If you are putting a newer
photo in a frame of an older family member, LEAVE the older photo IN the
frame under the newer pic and LABEL the back!!
Label, label, label, label, LABEL! :) If you have old lithos or repros
you enjoy in your home, go onto the Internet and enter the artist's name
and title of the work (if you have it) and find info on the artist! Run
it off on a printer and put it on the back of your hanging picture!
*Print of "Feeding the Sacred Ibis In The Halls of Karnak" By Sir Edward
John Poynter 1871* on the back of an old picture may make the difference
between it being sold for $1.50 at a thrift shop and $70.00 or more to a
collector on EekBay. As for photos of people, label the back of the
picture in pencil AND label the back of the frame as well. "Uncle John
Anderson 1967 Reseda CA" will save a LOT of confusion and accidental
discarding later on.
"Elsie J..... Monett MO, 1925. Picture of John V.... Topeka KS 1953
underneath" is on the back of a frame on my computer desk as I type
this. It guarantees that both pictures will never be lost due to loss of
identifying info.
Enjoy!
Swan