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txtriffidranch
15 October 2008 @ 04:53 pm
Another day, another swag catalog  
You know it's a good day and a frustrating day when the latest American Science & Surplus catalog arrives in the mail. It's good because this catalog is particularly packed with stuff I could actually use. I need a new camera tripod, a styrofoam knife, and a solar-powered fountain pump, and don't try to convince me otherwise. It's a frustrating day because my normal sources of disposable income have dried up, I don't have another plant show until at least December, and everyone kinda frowns on my selling government secrets to the Daleks. Even so, anyone up for entering a particularly appropriate AS&S item at the FAIL Blog?
 
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Copperwise[info]copperwise on October 15th, 2008 10:21 pm (UTC)
I live for my AS&S catalog.
The Texas Triffid Ranch - Odd Plants and Oddities[info]txtriffidranch on October 15th, 2008 10:35 pm (UTC)
You and I both, kiddo. [info]bob909 and [info]anditron live just a short distance away from the AS&S warehouse and retail outlet, and I keep thinking that it's high time to head up there and visit them. My lineage won't have seen that much carnage since my Viking ancestors staged their first raids on the England/Scotland border a thousand years ago.
hutch0[info]hutch0 on October 15th, 2008 11:02 pm (UTC)
Does it make me rather strange that the styrofoam knife just gave me a Home Improvement moment?
The Texas Triffid Ranch - Odd Plants and Oddities[info]txtriffidranch on October 15th, 2008 11:24 pm (UTC)
Not at all. I can't watch Home Improvement without having flashbacks of my father's various projects, and I'm fairly certain that most of the "Handyman's Corner" segments on The Red Green Show were originally tested for safety and effectiveness by my grandfather. At this point, I expect my nephews and nieces will have the same memories of me upon watching reruns of The Young Ones.
hutch0[info]hutch0 on October 20th, 2008 09:30 pm (UTC)
So which one were you? Vyvyan? Rik?
Dan Kelly[info]mrdankelly on October 16th, 2008 04:46 pm (UTC)
It's only a few blocks away from me too. God, I love that place.