Author Topic: Garage make over Baseball Card discovery! Holy cow Ma we are rich! (Read 6409 times)

Jerry · « **on:** June 26, 2008, 09:51:59 PM »

Ugh!

Good industrial shelves from Costco. They are now FULL!

Sunbeam56 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2008, 12:10:45 AM »

Yeah! But now you can find things.

Mikey · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2008, 12:21:39 AM »

LOL! Jerry: Your garage needs to have the Three Year rule applied....

If you haven't used it in three years.....TOSS IT OUT....

Jerry · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2008, 08:30:34 AM »

Mike, you are 100% right. I know the problem, it's me. I know the reason too.
I grew up without "stuff" and we never threw things out, we had little to throw away.
So here I am thinking I need to save this stuff, just in case......wrong!
The stuff ends up owning you rather than you owning it! :'(

Sandye · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2008, 01:38:45 PM »

Don't feel bad, Jerry. I have the same problem. :'(
My youngest daughter is really good at coming down and helping me reorganize and throw away some of my "stuff." Thank God!!!

Jerry · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2008, 03:57:02 PM »

I found a box today with historically significent Life magazines. Very cool, but worthless.

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2008, 05:41:30 PM »

I have the same problem with keeping things for the same reason as you Jerry. But with the Salvation Army store nearby I am able to let go of many things when I do a major clean up.

I bought the same shelves at Costco for my son. We call it the Bank....every penny he earns he buys stuff for his car and ends up putting the old, "still valuable," parts in the shelves and

off my floors!

karen J · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2008, 06:51:58 PM »

Funny how your garage stuff looks a lot like our garage stuff. Why do we need to keep all that stuff, and what exactly is it?

I did a 'surprise' for my hubby. Went out and bought 8+ shelving units, put them together, installed them in the crawlspace, and put all the radios there. Nice, neat, and organized. It's a year later now, none of those radios have been touched... but there is a brand new 'crop' of radios that somehow 'grew' in his workshop again. I'm beginning to think that the radios are starting to reproduce like bunnies.
Ah, who am I to complain- my Legos and Waterlilies seem to reproduce like bunnies too.

And that paragraph didn't even address our garage...

It is even more evil. Anyone want a '68 Eldorado? It gets great gas mileage... almost a mile for every 8 gallons.

Sandye · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2008, 07:51:21 PM »

Quote from: karen J on June 27, 2008, 06:51:58 PM

And that paragraph didn't even address our garage... It is even more evil. Anyone want a '68 Eldorado? It gets great gas mileage... almost a mile for every 8 gallons.

LOL!!!

Karen, did you put them in the crawlspace under your house? How in the world would he be able to get to them? Apparently, I have the wrong idea of what a crawlspace is. $:-\$

Jerry · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2008, 09:47:54 PM »

I don't plan to shuffle off this mortal coil anytime soon, but i dread leaving "stuff" for my wife or kids to get rid of. They will just toss it.
Too many good things there, Right Steve?

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2008, 09:58:46 PM »

Wow Jerry! How many reels can a fisherman have? My one and only is at the bottom of Big Bear Lake. $:-\$

This reminds me I will need aother one before our annual trip to the lake.

EagleEye · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2008, 05:21:24 AM »

Great photo Jerry

Nice selection of reels. Always loved Penns. I started giving some of my fishing stuff that I will never use again to my older son who will. I gave him most of my lake michigan fishing gear, including, I think 14 rods and reels, baits, etc. Of course I still kepts half dozen LM rods and reels, my favorite baits etc. Never know when I might need them.

Course, that doesn't include my regular fishing stuff--We won't go into numbers

Annette, Us fishermen can NEVER have too much stuff.

My cellar is a one room, fishing, hunting room------wall to wall-----Stuff

Didn't we go through your garage reorganization a couple years back? And now it's overfilled again? Shelves look good-Get more!!
Steve

Jerry · « **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2008, 06:16:28 AM »

Annette. I was a fishing tackle dealer and had the bad habit of falling in love with my merchandise.

I may have, in recent years sold off dozens of rods and reels, not to mention line, tackle boxes, boxed hooks etc. The Mustad company of Norway used my property as their west coast warehouse! I was very well treated, These folks have been making fish hooks since 1832 !
Yes, MUSTAD is spelled right!
I will post a 15 or 20 year (at least) old photo with some unique hook displays. Right now AOL says, "try later!"

SueSTx · « **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:04:35 AM »

See thru boxes...and labels...I'm impressed

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2008, 05:38:04 PM »

Boys and their serious toys!

I never would have believed a display of fishing hooks would be attractive...but they are! Nice office decor Jerry!

Jerry · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2008, 06:39:09 PM »

The hooks are individually sewen on! Mustad makes well over 65,000 different patterns!

Jerry · « **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:56:34 PM »

Shelves looking good. Now can i keep it that way?
The area to the right is all stuff destined to go. I hope to do another Costco shelf!

Jerry · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2008, 06:51:25 PM »

looking all over for 3 baskets I bought. Spotted them here in this picture, how funny! Been going nuts looking!

EagleEye · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2008, 07:13:04 PM »

Good job Jerry

the garage looks great.
The hook collection is fantastic.

Steve

Jerry · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:55:16 PM »

I will shoot a close up for you Steve.

Esther · « **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2008, 04:30:23 AM »

Good job Jerry. Now the idea is to keep the floor clear of "stuff" and utilize your organization system.

Jerry · « **Reply #21 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:03:55 AM »

You bet Esther. Now to learn not to save things.
I will ger a second shelf and put it to the right of this one. The freezer can be moved.

karen J · « **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2008, 03:42:08 PM »

Quote from: Sandye on June 27, 2008, 07:51:21 PM

LOL!!!

Karen, did you put them in the crawlspace under your house? How in the world would he be able to get to them? Apparently, I have the wrong idea of what a crawlspace is. $:-\$

Sandye, Our basement has a very large crawlspace, which is kind of like a half-tall basement. Hard to describe, but you climb up into it from the regular basement, and it's about 3 0r 4 feet tall. You have to crawl on your knees or scrunch down to walk around. I use a little garden seat with wheels to get around.
Ours has a cemented floor (sometimes they're just dirt), which is nice. I'd like to get it carpeted. We store all our seasonal decorations, toys, etc down there. And radios...

That was probably too much information.

Jerry, what a gorgeous collection you have there.

Jerry · « **Reply #23 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:04:17 PM »

Karen, was that tounge in cheek?

"The Sopranos" tapes go tomorrow, as does ancient pots n pans.
Gave my Mom's dishes to a lovely couple in Las Vegas as well as cactus and Aloes!
Keeping the dishes 40 years was long enough!
I have historically signicicant Life Magazines. I am told they are worthless. Sayonara!
Saw the Dr. re: my foot, nothing broken! I feel better just knowing that. Now on with the makeover, limp and all!

Oh yeah, found a Mixmaster from the late 30s! Model # 1 Will look on EBay to see if it has value.

Esther · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2008, 09:17:13 PM »

Sandye, we had a basement like that. We called it an Michigan basement. Eventually we dug it down to the regular depth and got rid of the cistern and storm cellar door too.

Sandye · « **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2008, 09:42:46 PM »

Thanks Karen (and Esther) for the explanation. The crawlspace under our house is approx 18"-20+", and has a dirt floor, so I didn't quite understand how (or why) you could put shelves or radios there.

That wasn't too much information at all. A 3'-4' crawlspace with a cement floor makes a lot more sense than what I was picturing.

Jerry · « **Reply #26 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:16:46 PM »

Here is a better shot of the hook displays. I know Steve will like.

EagleEye · « **Reply #27 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:40:04 PM »

Jerry,
It's too much information, cause poor Kevins radios got put there by someone

Those hook displays are simply awesome, and you know it. Boy, to have them on the wall to see everyday

Very special for sure

Thanks,
Steve

karen J · « **Reply #28 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:59:13 PM »

Quote from: Jerry on June 30, 2008, 07:04:17 PM

Karen, was that tounge in cheek?

I have historically signicicant Life Magazines. I am told they are worthless. Sayonara!
Oh yeah, found a Mixmaster from the late 30s! Model # 1 Will look on EBay to see if it has value.

No, not at all. Like what Annette said, they are arranged so attractive, and the colors & patterns make it look like a work of art. It's really nice! Do you still have it? I'll bet that collection would be valuable to a collector.
I think your Mixmaster has value, and I suspect you could sell the Life Mags as well. Those old Life mags have great graphics and wonderful old advertising. We bought a couple of old '68 Eldorado ads from Life, from an antique dealer, and they were around 6.00 each.
We bought our vintage toaster on ebay... I think it's from the 50's, but we bought it because it actually TOASTS!

There are more important things than toast, but when you get a piece of toast out of an old toaster, it is genuinely perfect. One of Life's little joys.

Esther, I would so love to dig out all that wasted space and have a full basement. I was quoted 65,000 dollars by one remodeling company.

So, I guess we'll just live with it.

For now. Never know though, if I win the lottery the crawlspace is history.

Jerry · « **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:09:12 PM »

I saw MixMasters on E bay from 10.00 to 95.00 None looked as ancient.
I had a life cover hanging up in my workshop. It pictured a very young and beautiful Candace Bergen. I sent it to her. She sent me a nice photo, autogrphed, of course. That was 20 years ago. Never dreamed id be acting. I can scan it if anyone cares?

Some lead head molds, I have 20. The guy I Sold my business too had a junk man take them! I gave the junkman 5.00. Sold most for 400.00 ! Now you know why the business failed!
Last is a shrink wrap machine. We would use it to pack many of our products. Ancient too, but works fine.