Lookee What I Scored . . .

[NickDG 23]

I've been collecting old film cameras for about twenty years mostly finding them in thrift shops. While you don't see many good ones anymore, I'm still in the habit of looking so today when passing a Salvation Army store in Pasadena, California I stopped in.

I didn't see any cameras but back in the corner something else caught my eye. It was a sewing machine. Now, I've seen sewing machines in thrift shops before and they're usually small home models, antiques, or junk. But, oh boy, not this time.

It was a Singer 281-3 and it looked really nice. Okay, I'm thinking, there must be something wrong with it so I looked it over very carefully. The presser foot, the upper thread tension device, and the bobbin case were missing but when I turned the machine through by hand it felt nice and smooth. I looked underneath and the motor was pristine. Then I noticed it was plugged into the wall outlet so I turned it on and it hummmed and sounded great!

Even the table was in good shape so I bought it.

I dumped the oil out (yes, environmentally) and two of the workers were nice enough to help me get it in my truck. When I got it home I put oil back in it and found the parts I needed lying around and installed them. Then I thought it would probably need to be timed and whatnot or something inside would be bad. But no, and I still can't believe it – the thing sews like a dream!

Total cost, $75.00 . . .

NickD BASE 194

[diablopilot 2]

Give ya $150 for it!

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[stratostar 5]

I'll raise that "other" clowns offer! I'll give you 175.00 and my old 8mm camera.

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[diablopilot 2]

I got $176, a Paralert, and a piglet.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[popsjumper 2]

Hey Nick...I got this jumpsuit with a hole in it...






Good stuff!

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[BIGUN 1,483]

Nick,

I'm not even a Rigger, but know that's a helluva find.
Me Mum had one for years.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[lekstrom10k 0]

I'll top all the offers and add a glass door knob and a dead cat.

[stratostar 5]

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I got a piglet.

Really, what color is it and is it airworthy?

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[diablopilot 2]

White, and yes.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[Kris 0]

Ahhh, skydiving. The only sport on the planet where one man can say to another, "That's a mighty fine sewing machine ya' got there!" and mean it.

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[airtwardo 7]

I think I've seen that before!

I might know where it came from 10-15 years ago!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

I seriously must have done something bad in a past life... I never stumble into anything good like that.

You one lucky guy, Nick. Good on ya.



Did you mention to the folks at the Salvation Army store what they had and didn't know it?

[steelyeye 0]

Congratulations! Seriously, great find, very jealous!

"Better a has-been than a never-was. Better a never-was than a never-tried-to-be..."

[stratostar 5]

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Seriously, great find, very jealous!

Take a number pal and get to the back of the line!

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo