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I’ve always been attracted to steampunk. Equal parts creativity and recycling, you never know what kind of design you’ll find. And then there’s the sheer weirdo factor. Who doesn’t love that?
So when Facebook popped up with some Etsy suggestions I was intrigued.
Until I saw the prices.
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Damn.
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Punk be pricey.
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And Lord knows I love a good ray gun as well as the next girl…
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But I could hear my checkbook screaming no! from across the room.
Or maybe that was my husband.
Tough call.
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They also can’t spell possibilities correctly, but you get the idea.
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River's world..... 
I am not entirely sure what some of those are, but they look so stylish. That second one, I think it is a lamp, I really like that one.
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They’re all lamps….
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For $5500 that thing better fire actual lasers….
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If only….
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Can’t you make your own retro-modern artwork out of the hubby’s stash? There should be plenty of material to work with….
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There definitely is, but his willingness to part with it could be a problem. Besides my decided lack of creativity that is.
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I love this stuff. It’s far more deeply into form than function but the imagination and craftsmanship is not to be denied. I’ve made a fair amount of stuff over the years, but nothing at this level. I got a 3d printer recently that may well change all that.
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I love how artists can look at a pile of crap and make something wonderful. I’m not that clever…
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Do you think you could explain that to Cathy? OK, that’s not entirely fair, since she does appreciate the results. It’s the stockpile of raw materials that gets on her nerves.
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Nope.
Speaking as one who’s had to maneuver through random piles of crap for the past 38 years? I’m on Cathy’s side with this one.
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Sometimes you have to take the shot, even if you’re pretty sure you’re going to miss.
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And if I hadn’t married a hoarder I might feel differently.
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“Punk be pricey”…hysterical! I don’t like punk THAT much!
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I love it. And if I could sneak one past my husband without him seeing the price, he might as well.
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Steampunk makes me think of Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra in tweed suits and bowler hats. Joe Strummer too.
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I have no idea who they are, but okay.
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They fronted three of the great punk bands of the ’80’s. Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys and the Clash, respectively.
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Oh. Don’t know Black Flag….
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Check you tube for a video called TV party. It’s very nice.
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Most steampunk is a little too artsy-fartsy to suit me, but ever so often it intrigues me. $510 for a reactor isn’t bad, if you need a reactor. The death ray died when I saw a badly messed up boiler water siphon mangled. Those things are gold to steam locomotive restorations …
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Picky, picky, picky.
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Steam Locomotive restoration, now that’s a hobby.
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Too pricey for me, but I have helped track down old boiler parts that were interchangeable from domestic steam heaters and send them off to the restorers ..
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Straight pass. Doesn’t tickle my art bone.
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That’s okay. More for me…
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Enjoy.
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🤣😝😂…..I love the explanation at the end. That’s Steampunk for sure. But those gadgets are unbelievably pricy for my taste. It’s probably only too, like $30 worth of junkyard material to make most of them 🙄.
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Steampunk is usually pricey, which is why I only have a few pieces. There’s a lot of work involved in most of them.
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I never heard of steampunk!! Must be an old person’s thing or a Maine thing or an imagination thing!!
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The word steampunk has been around since the late 80’s. Please try to keep up.
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The steampunk explanation is awesome. I love these gadgets a lot and I do like stories set in such a world. Who needs an atomic reactor? This guy.
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Right? And a steam powered reactor at that. It’s perfect.
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