No, this thread isn't about Rosie and the hand thing.

My son and I are off to Goodwill today, to unload a bunch of crap I didn't sell at my moving sale and see what brand new clothes we can find for him. They give you a 20% off coupon when you donate stuff, and I have a mailer good for 35% off today.

Seriously, second-hand shops are da bomb. We found a brand new System Of A Down tee shirt for him about a month ago (featuring Mesmerize) for like $2.50. My sister won't be caught dead in a second-hand shop. She will charge away at JC Penney or Kaufman's instead. Anyone else shop second hand?

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

SOAD is like 4 years old. Even if its brand new its no better than wearing a Toto shirt from the 80's. In fact its worse.

I'll buys Games second hand and other electrical items granted they are in good condition.. but clothes... I dunno. Unless they were never worn. Something about wearing another man's clothes just doesn't appeal to me.

But then again if it's for a good cause which they usually are then I might make an exception.

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Poo perhaps?

i don't mind buyin from them, but there's usually nothing lummox-sized there.

sad cuz i have to pay ridiculous amounts for stuff that fits.

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Kill Whitey.

I can't bring myself to buy anything at second-hand stores. I don't know what it is, but nothing there appeals to me. A lot of my friends shop there, and find great things, but ... I just can't do it.

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Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist.

I try looking but can never find anything worth getting.

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Poop.

I've found some excellent bargains at second hand stores, there's a load of them round about where I live, catering for the Seth Cohen-alike indie market.

Also: Kaufman has a store?

I only buy new clothes about once every fifteen years so it doesn't make much difference to me.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

I go to those stores for furniture, back before I started sleeping with someone who had real furniture. I never liked the idea of second-hand underwear though. No matter how much it gets washed, I would probably still think about where it had been.

I bought a nice tweed jacket, a complete suit (it's gawdy, but so awesome), and a Hugh Hefner-style robe at a second hand store once. All of it cost less than 20 bucks.

I have a good record of finding London Fog overcoats at Goodwill and Salvation Army stores.

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What others say about boorite!

Just bought a pin stripe suit from there and a few dress shirts. I mostly buy work clothes there.

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Peeing sitting down is the gift you give yourself.

I buy 80's hair wigs at second hand shops

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I'm just like an angel

Crabby - Mesmerized was just released late last year. And for a teenager, he has some very cool tastes in music, and collects/wears tees or hoodies such as Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, etc.

K vs K - My son likes that very look. We found a pair of Abercrombie & Fitch jeans and some very cool cords for him today, also a few computer games. BTW, Kaufman is bigger than anyone realizes :D

Ivy - Agreed; I would never even touch used underwear.

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

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I'll buys Games second hand and other electrical items granted they are in good condition.. but clothes... I dunno. Unless they were never worn. Something about wearing another man's clothes just doesn't appeal to me.

But then again if it's for a good cause which they usually are then I might make an exception.

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some creepy guy with skin eczema tried them off before you came there.

Good luck!

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sorry, I meant "Tried to get off in them"
not "Tried them off"

Today's Friday, it's the normal day that I go to Goodwill to go shopping. If time permits, I'll be browsing there today.

There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with buying clothes at these places (agreed about the used underwear, though - why do they even put it out there? A new pack is like $5/6). A new suit jacket bought at J.C. Penny = $45. The SAME suit jacket, worn maybe once or twice by someone who needed it for a job interview or to "be taken seriously" at Goodwill = $1.50.

Furthermore, ANYONE who buys ONLY new clothes for their baby (through 5 years, the fastest growing years) is STUPID, and I'd like very much to be their friend so they might buy me things too. I don't buy my son's clothes at Goodwill because they mostly only have clothes for little girls, but I do pass along ALL of my son's clothes to anyone I know with a boy younger than Travis, and gratefully accept donations from other friends and family members.

True Chicka Fact # 2094: I wore my older brother's hand-me-down jeans when I was 3-7.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

I love LP shopping at Goodwill. The prices are so low (usually $0.50) that I'll load up on supercheese from the 70s/80s like Olivia Newton-John and Rod Stewart's "Blondes Have More Fun."

And occasionally, you'll actually find something cool like Neil Young's "Time Fades Away" or David Bowie's "David Live."

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I has a flavor!

Oh yeah, I've found a lot of great LPs at flea markets and the like. Beefed up my Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Walsh, and Black Sabbath collection for about 50 cents apiece. Some hadn't even been opened.

I think I'm the only one old enough here besides bunner who already has all those albums :P

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

I think you're also the only one who can't post without mentioning bunner. Being old must be really lame when you have to spend all your time clinging to the one friend you have and talking about second hand stores.

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Seriously, second-hand shops are da bomb. We found a brand new System Of A Down tee shirt for him about a month ago (featuring Mesmerize) for like $2.50. My sister won't be caught dead in a second-hand shop. She will charge away at JC Penney or Kaufman's instead. Anyone else shop second hand?

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All our good LPs were destroyed in a flood in '83. I've been hounding the flea markets mostly to get the collection back, especially my mom's Moody Blues and Johnny Cash collection. Some I pick up extra. Cause I wasn't allowed to listed to Black Sabbath when I was four.

Or at all until I was 18. Or anything else harder than Willie Nelson.

Willie Nelson? Willie SMELLson, if you ask me.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

I spent most of my early youth listening to my grandma's copy of Willie's "Stardust." That, Ricky Nelson, and the Beach Boys' car songs (and the Grease soundtrack, come to think of it) shaped my 2-5 year old musical world.

And back then, I thought she would have fun, fun, fun until daddy took the teaboard away. Which made no sense, because why would a board with tea on it be so much fun? I puzzled over that one for years.

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I has a flavor!