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I really wasn't going to make a post about today's adventure, but I'm so excited now that I have to.

There was a swap meet in town, they have these every month during the summer, and I always forget to go. The last time I went to one was probably 2 years ago.

And as it was, I didn't even get there until it was noon, and people were already packing up to leave! Plus, I didn't stop at an ATM so I only had a little bit of cash on me (less than $20) so I knew it would be mostly just looking. I was particularly looking for mid-century type stuff (which, interestingly, there wasn't a lot of - not sure how to interpret that, whether it means the stuff is too rare, or people who sell at swaps don't really know how collectible it is?)

Also, this is one of those great swap meets, where only a very small handful of vendors sell new stuff (like less than 5 people) - it's all basically like garage sale stuff, or maybe people who have antique stores, or who just do this for fun, or ? My goal was twofold - to scope it out to see if I should go next month (yes, I'm going) and two, to see if I could find any magazines from the 50s for browsing through (yes, scored big time on that - I got a huge suitcase full of old magazines, Life, etc, for $15 - didn't even look through it, and it's still in the car, lol - I couldn't even lift it, had to drive my car to the stand and the nice man put it in my car)

So after the initial whirlwind trek through the place, I slowed down at the few remaining stands who didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, and looked carefully through their stuff. Almost everything I got (besides the magazines) all came from one vendor who had a HUGE messy stand, dozens of tables just heaped with "stuff" - and nothing with prices, I just filled up my arms with as much as I could carry and said "how much?" and he says "$3" so I do that a couple times until I literally run out of money (even raided my change cup in the car).

I've been running into pepper mills alot lately, and buy them whenever I find them. Although there were too many even for me at this stand, so I just carefully chose one set that looked like it might be teak, and that had the classic hourglass shape. I could see that there was something written on the bottom but could not read it.

So, I just now tried to read it.

"Bob Stocksdale"

:wow: