#fleamarket — Public Fediverse posts

What a weird day so far. Went to Charles street dole office to show up that I am still alive; 10 minutes, out I went.
By the bike rack there's a Chinese bloke refitting the dropped chain on his bike I asked if he needed help. he said no, OK.

As I am about to go, he comes over and speaks to me in Chinese, I do not understand a word. So he spoke into his phone which then translated. really weird language, he spoke on the phone which then came up with a series of Chinese writing and spoke in English. Amazing.

Spent about an hour having a chat with this bloke, in his fifties, from Shangai, said his son was a student here, he was here on holiday as his country his much too hot in Summer. Weird that.

Anyway it all went almost well, he asked if this was a school, no it isn't but it is student accommodation, then said this city is not much to write home about, I agreed.

Asked if there were flea markets nearby I said no, not near, and gave him direction to Sully, where there is a market on sundays unless it's raining.

And that was that, goodbye, have a nice day - in Chinese sounds really weird and beautiful, Off I went on my bike, at a certain point realized I did not have my spectacles on. ACH! I said to myself, where are they? not hanging by the neck chain I wear, not in the pockets, not on the bike bags. I went back and forth twice on the road to find them, not a sign, not a shadow, no specs smashed under car's wheels,
u nothing.
not a shade.

Went back in the office, asked the security, then to the desk, none. Nothing. Weird.

Back out again, walked up the road gain, again nothing, not a piece, nothing. At this point though is it possible I forgot them in the flat? So returned to the flat, searched the usual area and other parts, nothing, no specs. Gone. Vanished. Completely. WTF?

Really strange to lose one's specs; doesn't make much difference nowadays, still...

#China #talk #translation #spectacles #fleamarket #sully #story #writing

Ah, yes, the riveting saga of midcentury North American placemats—a true triumph of modern archaeology! 🏺✨ Who knew that digging through a plastic tub at a flea market would unveil the apex of historical research? 🙄 Just imagine the thrill of deciphering ketchup stains from the 1940s! 🍔🕵️‍♀️
https://casualarchivist.substack.com/p/order-up #midcenturyhistory #archaeology #fleaMarket #finds #ketchupStains #placemats #modernResearch #HackerNews #ngated

Phase 0, the recapping, of the #restoration of this #Shiljalis #PortableTV was completed yesterday.
Today I completed phase 1: bypassing the RF modulator and conditioning a #composite signal for video input.
Next will be feeding audio to the internal amplifier, and then tuck everything inside the box, preferably without drilling anything.

I can't believe how sharp this screen has become. And just two weeks ago it was in a pile of junk, drenched in water, at a #fleamarket.

Tough, I wonder why my pixel keeps adding this bluish tint to every #blackandwhite CRT...

Tänään on taas perinteikäs #pihakirppispäivä #Porvoo ssa. Tapahtuma sai alkunsa #VanhaPorvoo sta, mutta on nyt levinnyt myös #Pappilanmäki & #Myllymäki kaupunginosat.

Tänäkin vuonna mukana on kymmeniä pihoja, joiden osoitteet löytyvät linkin Facebook-tapahtumasta.

Myös #PorvooPride n pääpäivä on tänään marsseineen.

Tervetuloa Porvooseen, siis!

#kirppis #pihakirppis #kirpputori #loppis #FleaMarket #GardenSale #GarageSale #OutdoorSale #Borgå #kierrätys #BorgåPride

https://www.facebook.com/events/s/porvoon-pihakirppis-2023-borga/690238456111019/

The girls have decided that they wanted to go to the flea market. We have two options--one is further away and charges a parking fee (high one at that) and the other is close by & doesn't. I convinced them the closer one was better because we can also do something else. I was hoping the Upick blueberry farm, but whatever...

#Granddaughters #Preteens #Weekend #FleaMarket