Game Thread Cheap treats - a thread for thrifty pleasures

[riverman]

free senior drink.

so that's what you guys do with the elderly?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Beefy frito burrito at Taco Bell for $1, along with the free senior drink.

Other 19 dollars for Pepto and Prep H?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

That

so that's what you guys do with the elderly?

That's in the USA! I got gypped out of most of my retirement money over there and had to go back to work here; I actually do the same kind of work as you.

 

[Lanny]

Vinyl record albums. I get a lot at Goodwill for $2.99 a pop, but also hit the record stores for better selection at higher prices. Most new albums are over $20, but there are a few you can get for less. The Frye's in Wilsonville recently added a section just for vinyl, complete with overpriced crappy turntables, but they have stuff like The Jimmy Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced for $12.99.

My big find last weekend was a sealed 2008 remaster of Metallica's Black Album for $2.99 at my local Goodwill. This particular pressing is out of print and sealed copies usually sell for $80 and up:

BTW, the receiver ($9.99) and turntable ($14.99) also came from Goodwill.

BNM

I had a Dual turntable and a Pioneer receiver with a FET front end. I still have my Beatles White Album.

 

[Lanny]

I still have every album I ever purchased. Most are from the 70s and early 80s, all properly stored and cared for over the years. I was an early adopter of CD technology. So, I had a huge gap in my vinyl collection starting around 1983. Fortunately, about a month and a half ago, someone dropped of fairly large collection at my local Goodwill. Like me, they had a lot from the 70s, but most of it was in pretty bad shape (I already have most of it anyway), but their stuff from the 80s was mostly in like new condition. I was able to snag a couple dozen more titles at $2.99 each.

Here's a few of them:

Here's a couple scores from Record Day 2017:

When I recently downsized, I revamped my vinyl system to better match my new smaller living quarters. Basically, gone are the huge speakers and the big amp to drive them. The new system is much more modest, but in some ways I like it even better:

That's a little Sherwood S-7100A (14 watts per channel) from the early 70s, driving a pair of JBL 4301B Control Monitors from 1980. I'm truly amazed how great this modest system sounds. Those little JBLs blow me away with how much good, tight bass they put out. Not as much s the Electro Voice Interface Ds they replaced, but those speakers were capable of reproducing bass down to 18Hz at live performance levels. Much more than I (or my neighbors) need for my new place.

BNM

I had a pair of AR-15 speakers I was pretty proud of.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Still have my 300+ albums along with my Bang & Olufson turntable. Got rid of everything else. Someday I may fill out the equipment roster again.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Still have my 300+ albums along with my Bang & Olufson turntable. Got rid of everything else. Someday I may fill out the equipment roster again.

That's too funny. After my after picking up many albums at the thrift stores over the last couple years, I'm up to about 450, but until then I was at 300+ all purchased in the 1970s and early 80s - and the B&O Beogram 3400 turntable I bought in 1979. I finally sold the turntable last summer, but only because I'd picked up a three more and ended up with more than I need.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

I had a Dual turntable and a Pioneer receiver with a FET front end. I still have my Beatles White Album.

That's an Elac Miracord (also made in West Germany) in the photos, and I recently picked up a Dual 1228. The Duals are REALLY popular these days, but the Elacs (not nearly as common) are better built and require less maintenance.

I also have a Rek O Kut Rondine broadcast turntable waiting for me to do a complete restoration. The Rek O Kuts were the turntable of choice for most radio stations during the 50s and 60ss. Built like a tank with a HUGE Ashland motor that probably has more horsepower than a Prius.

Most radio stations had a pair of the Rek O Kuts mounted in the console, but here's what one looks like mounted in a plinth for home use:

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

I had a Dual turntable and a Pioneer receiver with a FET front end. I still have my Beatles White Album.

Speaking of The White Album, I still have my pristine copy in white vinyl (Canadian pressing):

 

[BlazerWookee]

Mrs HCP.

I'm still saying it. Buy 3 get one free, she's like tires at Costco but she never wears out

And she's even more fun to spin.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

And she's even more fun to spin.

Tons of fun in the street and off road too.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Tons of fun in the street and off road too.

And fun to ride, especially when your buddies see you!

 

[crandc]

A good foodie magazine.

Stocking up on second hand books at Friends of the Library book sale (paperbacks .50, hardcovers 1.00, I can fill a sack for five bucks)

A hot fudge sundae at Fenton's Ice Cream parlor up the block.

Baking cookies.

A's game.