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Posted by TomZ2 on Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:39 AM

MAJ Mike

Airport sex shop!?! Embarrassed

Yep, Frankfurt. In a window display, there was this brown leather greatcoat“gestapo” style with lots of hidden pockets — that was as soft as butter. It was a shame that the bullwhip was permanently attached to the sleeve! The polishing material I wound up buying was just a handkerchief-sized swatch of leather.

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Posted by MAJ Mike on Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:19 AM

Airport sex shop!?! Embarrassed

 

 

 

 "I'd "I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct."

"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!"

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Posted by Jon_a_its on Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:22 AM

I do the same with communion cups...

We use grape juce for the ankle-biters & Wine Toast as well..

Biters & Whiners... Wink

 

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Don't feed the CM!

 

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Posted by mitsdude on Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:40 AM

Church!

The little plastic cups filled with grape juice used during communion.

I'm an usher and occasionally save a bag full of these. I take them home and rinse them out in a bucket of water. I could easily grab a bag of new ones but could not live with the guilt! Now if this were something from work.........Angry

Great for mixing paint, washes, small part storage, and two part epoxy. Trash them when done.

You can buy them online but shipping is almost as much as the product.

 

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:40 PM

fermis

 

 Sprue-ce Goose:

 

 

 fermis:

My own head and my dogs face!

Back before my stupid haircut, I'd clip off little clumps for tall grass. Black lab whiskers make good antennas!

 

 

and your Lab(rador?)  willingly stood still for it?Confused

 

 

Yes

..wow...

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Posted by fermis on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:30 PM

Sprue-ce Goose

 fermis:

My own head and my dogs face!

Back before my stupid haircut, I'd clip off little clumps for tall grass. Black lab whiskers make good antennas!

 

and your Lab(rador?)  willingly stood still for it?Confused

Yes

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  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:26 PM

Surplus stores...

http://www.sciplus.com/

 

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  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:20 PM

fermis

My own head and my dogs face!

Back before my stupid haircut, I'd clip off little clumps for tall grass. Black lab whiskers make good antennas!

and your Lab(rador?)  willingly stood still for it?Confused

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    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:10 PM

My own head and my dogs face!

Back before my stupid haircut, I'd clip off little clumps for tall grass. Black lab whiskers make good antennas!

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  • From: Washington, DC
The Strangest Place You Found Materials
Posted by TomZ2 on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:03 PM

I thought I’d float this as an open, personal experience-type question:

What’s the strangest place you found modeling materials?

I’ve found sanding sticks at beauty supply stores. I’ve bought tools in electronics stores. I’ve gotten paint mixing cups from a pizza shop and mixing sticks from Micky-Dee (who hasn’t?). I’ve purchased casting tools (Lego’s) from a toy store and ‘scale cable’ from a jewelry findings aisle. I’ve even picked-up some incredibly fine-grained leather in an airport sex shop.

But my flat-out weirdest was talking a clerk at a stationery store into punching elongated holes in badge material. I had him demonstrate that retainer punch a dozen times. I’m certain he thought I was crazy. Yeah, crazy like a fox. I didn’t care about the holes, but I was careful to keep the punch-outs! They were perfect windows for one of my SF spaceships.

So what’s your story?

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