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community_team · ‎12-20-2021

Hi everyone! Similar to last year we wanted to give everyone a chance to connect with each other over less-directly-eBay things and more holiday stories, traditions, recipes etc. Have fun! Meet someone new! We’re all in this together.

As always please keep the conversation on topic (which shouldn’t be too hard, it’s a broad one after all 😉) and be respectful of each other. This thread will remain open from 12.20.2021 to 1.7.2022.

firesteel_surplus · ‎12-21-2021

@vintagevibes81 wrote:
Favorite sale for me: I put this on TikTok. My mom rescued this Griswold cast iron from her neighbor's garbage.

Oh boy...that reminds me....I loaned my dump trailer out to a friend who cleans out rental properties. I found a cast iron skillet in there when I took the trailer out to dump it. I grabbed it to refurbish but now I need to remember what I did with the darn thing.

Mike

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firesteel_surplus · ‎12-21-2021

@jayjaspersgarage wrote:
Food and football used to be central to my family holidays. We actually played street football on Thanksgiving which worked up amazing appetites for the afternoon feast.

Street football. We did that too when we hosted Thanksgiving at our house in our younger years. I miss those times. I'm glad to get out of bed and be able to walk let alone playing street football.

Mike

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firesteel_surplus · ‎12-21-2021

@moondogblues wrote:
I think I hogged the thread...I'll stop now.

I thought I was hogging the thread and then you zoomed by me. LOL

First to 100 wins!
Mike

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firesteel_surplus · ‎12-21-2021

@maxine*j wrote:
Some Christmas trivia for you, from here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

This is the park in the center of the town of Honesdale, PA, and such a winter scene inspired native son Richard Bernhard Smith to write the lyrics for the song "Winter Wonderland" in 1934 (music by Felix Bernard). He was being treated for tuberculosis at the time, and died of that disease the following year, at the age of 34, on his birthday. Last month, an historical marker was placed outside Smith's childhood home, across from the park.

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight
We're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland

Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
To sing a love song
While we stroll along
Walking in a winter wonderland

In the meadow, we can build a snowman
We'll pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, are you married?
We'll say, no man
But you can do the job when you're in town

Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid
The plans that we've made
Walking in a winter wonderland

I've probably sang that song 1000 times and it never occurred to me it was basically a love song with a great backstory. I can see how he was inspired to write that wonderful song in that surrounding.

Mike

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firesteel_surplus · ‎12-21-2021

@downunder-61 wrote:

Summer time down under, eh? We had 10" of snow dumped on us two weeks ago but most of that is already gone.

I've always wanted to visit Australia...my concern though was I might not come back 🙂

Mike

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joeyone · ‎12-21-2021

Merry Christmas from Western NY 🙂 One of my signs I made!

erkosuniverse · ‎12-21-2021

Gorgeous Picture!😘

dippitydoo · ‎12-21-2021

I told my 18 year old nephew we were going to watch "Foul Play", a whacky adventure comedy featuring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase....(it's one of my fav's from back in the day)....and he managed to mutter, with a tone of great distaste " Great, a Boomer movie". Sigh. Now I'm not sure if I want to make him suffer so! Should I play something current or make him suffer such a miserable fate? Lol! Merry Christmas everyone!

-Dippity

gwzcomps · ‎12-21-2021

Saw this gem of a feedback today. I am starting to think the new feedback character limit is a Christmas gift in disguise.

jayjaspersgarage · ‎12-21-2021

Is that shrimp on a Chia Pet Tree?

jayjaspersgarage · ‎12-21-2021

"

I've always wanted to visit Australia...my concern though was I might not come back

Mike

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I went there for a few weeks in 2005 and loved my time between Sydney and Melbourne. Funny thing though. While riding the trolley near the Olympic stadium in Melbourne one of the locals looked right at me and said, "You're from San Francisco. I saw you somewhere". I admitted it, signed a few autographs and got off the trolley and walked the rest of the way. Another lady had the gall to tell me I was the one with the accent. lol

silverstatetreasureboxes · ‎12-21-2021

@joeyone

That is cute Joey! You sell them on the bay? Our family had a saying and it was " What would Nana do"

cuz grandma's are the smartest of all!

joeyone · ‎12-21-2021

Hi! I don't sell them here just locally but could be fun! I love your family's saying that is awesome and yes they are the smartest of all! My Mom is 82 and all the kids call her "Naunie" it means Grandma in Italian. Merry Christmas to you and yours!