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Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

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Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:29 pm

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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Round Six » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:08 pm

No battery powered alarm clocks?

I just bought six buckets at the dollar store. Drilled a little hole in each. Set it next to tomato and (this year) cucumber plants. When I fill up the bucket, the water dribbles out slowly right at the plant.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:29 pm

Round Six wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:08 pm
No battery powered alarm clocks?

I just bought six buckets at the dollar store. Drilled a little hole in each. Set it next to tomato and (this year) cucumber plants. When I fill up the bucket, the water dribbles out slowly right at the plant.

Lots of battery powered alarm clocks. But I don't need an alarm clock. I'm retired I just get up when I feel like getting up


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by TC Talks » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:31 pm

Looks like some basement chemists could make out there.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Matt » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:14 am

Turkeytop wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:29 pm
Round Six wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:08 pm
No battery powered alarm clocks?

I just bought six buckets at the dollar store. Drilled a little hole in each. Set it next to tomato and (this year) cucumber plants. When I fill up the bucket, the water dribbles out slowly right at the plant.

Lots of battery powered alarm clocks. But I don't need an alarm clock. I'm retired I just get up when I feel like getting up
But it is a problem when Hampton Inn doesn't have clocks???


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:46 am

Matt wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:14 am



But it is a problem when Hampton Inn doesn't have clocks???
Not a problem anymore. I have my own clock. But I don't use the alarm function. I just want to know what time it is.

I'd wager there might even be a few middle class types who would find it convenient to just glance at a clock when they want to know the time. It's hands free.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Rate This » Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:35 am

Turkeytop wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:46 am
Matt wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:14 am



But it is a problem when Hampton Inn doesn't have clocks???
Not a problem anymore. I have my own clock. But I don't use the alarm function. I just want to know what time it is.

I'd wager there might even be a few middle class types who would find it convenient to just glance at a clock when they want to know the time. It's hands free.
What if the clock has hands… are we still hands free?



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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by moldyoldie » Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:31 am

Rate This wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:35 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:46 am
Matt wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:14 am



But it is a problem when Hampton Inn doesn't have clocks???
Not a problem anymore. I have my own clock. But I don't use the alarm function. I just want to know what time it is.

I'd wager there might even be a few middle class types who would find it convenient to just glance at a clock when they want to know the time. It's hands free.
What if the clock has hands… are we still hands free?
Well played! :lol


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:45 pm

Rate This wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:35 am

What if the clock has hands… are we still hands free?
Smart ass. You know full well you can't take an analog clock into a hotel room for the same reason you can't take pets. Pets have fleas and clocks have ticks (and tocks.)


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by audiophile » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:51 pm

LOL


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:08 pm

Found this today. FM radio + MP3 player. I won't be adding the radio to my DXing arsenal but it's decent for local reception. Can be tuned by scanning or by direct frequency entry using the key pad.

Can play MP3 files from a micro SD card or from a thumb drive, With an SD card in the unit you can download the files directly. Or you can plug a thumb drive into the device and it will read the files and play them.

Has a rechargeable lithium battery

$14.95

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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by kager » Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:05 pm

Looks like a clock radio. Oh, no.

Ahh.... but was it union-made?

Probably not, at that price.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:12 pm

kager wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:05 pm
Looks like a clock radio. Oh, no.

Ahh.... but was it union-made?

Probably not, at that price.
Are there any Union made, consumer electonics products anymore?

Those jobs disappeared long ago.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by kager » Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:16 pm

Are there any made in North American?

Never heard of a Chinese union.


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Re: Today's Finds at the Surplus Store

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:35 pm

kager wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:16 pm

Never heard of a Chinese union.

Nope


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