Saturday Flea Market

[Branson]

My younger step son was bored yesterday morning, and his brother and my wife were busy with college applications, so it seemed to be my duty to take him to a local flea market.  You all can imagine what a chore I thought that was.

But virtue is its own reward.  I found a 10 inch Utica crescent style (I can say that here, right?) in the 90 series.  I like the thin jaws, and the 10 inch gives me a family now 4", two 6", 8" and the new 10 inch.  Paid all of 6 bucks for it.  Same stall gave me a pair of Kraueter battery pliers for a buck.  Found a nice larger screwdriver -- the sort where the shaft goes all the way through to a solid steel end.   I was on my way out when I saw the box in the photos.
I remembered that there are folks here who are interested in Giller tools, so I asked how much.  Box and contents, $30.  Most of what was in the box wasn't very interesting, but I picked out a Williams 1/2 inch drive swivel, S-K 5/8, Thorson 11/16, and a New Britain -- all 1/2 inch drive.  A little more digging brought me a couple of 1/4 inch drive sockets, an S-K and a Walden, both 7/16.  Box and sockets came to $10. 

While I was waiting for change, I looked at the other end of the table, and found a Makita cordless trim saw.  The guy said he had another, and that other had a good carbide blade.  He was sure he had a loaded battery, and dug around.  We tried three before we found the good battery.   $20 and I have the solution to a problem I have with some trim I mis-measured and installed.  With this I can trim it in place instead of yanking it out, taking it to the saw, and re-installing it.  Plus I have a new toy.

I don't have any idea what came in the Giller box.  It's 19 3/4 inches long and 4 1/4 inches wide.   It's available if somebody's interested.

[john k]

$20 and you had an enjoyable day, plus came home with good usable stuff, sounds like a winner to me.

[Bill Houghton]

And bonding time with the kid.

[OilyRascal]

I'm a Giller fan.  I'd be happy to work a deal with you on the box.

[Branson]

And bonding time with the kid.

Yeah.   The "kid" is 19 going close on 20, though.  It's an interesting bonding.  We don't look for the same kind of stuff at all, and go our separate ways at flea markets.  But our passion for looking for our interests (and finding great bargains) is the same.  After we finish searching the flea market, we (the whole family does this when it's a family operation) we have a show and tell.  He shows all the electronic stuff he has found, explains why this or that is really rare and/or underpriced, and I show all the tools I've picked up, explaining them.   I don't know squat about the things he enjoys, and vice versa, but we both (all) take the greatest delight in the results of each other's hunts. 

[Branson]

I'm a Giller fan.  I'd be happy to work a deal with you on the box.

You're on!   It seemed like a good find, but I picked it up, really, because I thought someone here would like it.