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On our last full day of vacation I threw the husband a bone and let him choose our destination and activities.
Big mistake.
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Naturally he picked a giant antique mall in the neighboring state of Massachusetts.
It was a ratty looking old place and after an hours drive, we hit the rest rooms upon arrival.
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I was not impressed.
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But the husband was in treasure heaven.
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He adores these places and examines every item fully.
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There were a few interesting dealers and pieces.
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But after the first three hours?
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I was ready to drop the plunger on that detonator.
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And out of all the items in this massive space?
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My guy picked out old wooden yard sticks.
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Jesus wept.
He shopped, and shopped.
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And shopped….
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And I seriously regretted throwing him that bone.
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I don’t mind looking at vintage things. For a while. But antique shopping with my husband is a marathon event.
To pass the time I usually end up flipping through albums.
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This caught my eye.
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And this made me chuckle.
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And then I lost the husband to a clearance sale booth.
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After 4 hours, he wasn’t ready to go but I insisted on a lunch break.
He bought yard sticks, a giant glass water bottle, old advertising wooden hangers and some military ephemera.
I walked out with one thing.
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Jefferson Airplane’s last album with the original lineup, 1969.
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Controversial in its day for anti war lyrics and political content, Jerry Garcia made a guest appearance.
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A classic counter culture piece of vinyl history to add to my collection. .
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River's world..... 
Noted: do not let the Husband choose any activities or destinations on our trip. Haha – just kidding. I already know that rule.
And your purchase will make Mark proud.
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He’s so good, and goes along with all my excursions without (much) complaining. Losing one day out of eight is a small price to pay.
😉
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I was going to mention the excellent album choice! We just listened to The Worst of Jefferson Airplane a few days ago. Despite the name, it’s actually a collection of their greatest hits. Good stuff!
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I would have bought the detonator (for a reasonable price). I’ve never seen one outside of cartoons/Three Stooges films…
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I thought about it, but they wanted $600.
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For that price, it better really blow stuff up!
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I’m going to say that your antique is wayyyyyyyy better than anything the hubs picked out. I’m still in shock you found that album, seriously, that’s a huge collectors piece.
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They had a really good selection in one booth, but I won’t pay $50 per album.
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You got off cheap, that particular one goes for up $250, depending on the condition 😉
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Whaaaat?
I think I paid $8.
🤣
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See? For all your complaining, your husband is on to something…
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OMG that sounds exhausting
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It was a lot.
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Please tell me what are yard sticks?
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Three foot long wooden rulers.
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I still don’t understand.
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Neither do I. Yet he collects them…
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Well, at least he didn’t pick anything big to take up a lot of room. And here I’d hoped you had purchased the Skeleton. 🙂
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FOUR HOURS?!
We stopped by an antique mall in Oshkosh one recent weekend. I told Tara I wanted to be in an out in an hour. She wanted two hours. We compromised on 90 minutes, which was just about perfect.
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He would have stayed all day but I kept circling back to move him along.
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Yardsticks…every business used to give those away with advertising on the back. They’d be so pleased that someone is buying them now! “We Can Be Together” (from your album) is (in)famous from them singing the lyrics uncensored on the Dick Cavett Show. (And The Doors were banned from Ed Sullivan just for singing “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher.”)
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I remember reading about Jim Morrison being forbidden to say that… so of course he did. Wasn’t aware of the Cavett faux pas though.
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Oh he would love to see my collection of yardsticks. Well actually my mom’s but since she is dead… found a bag of empty matchboxes in her stuff, they go for $40 ( low end) on Ebay. I was more careful going through her stuff after that
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I’m surprised he doesn’t collect matchboxes.
But I’m not suggesting it either…
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