by Art Farkas
Art
Well sir, that is quite a lot of family history you shared. I would say 37 briefs would fit in this rolling case for sure assuming we’re not talking XXXXXXL. There are pockets a-plenty for your peeking brief plan. Your father should be quite pleased to have such a nice case and 37 days’ worth of drawers to boot. Who knows, he might even reenter the work force as a brief salesman.
Thanks for your interest,
Gary
Vintage General Electric GE Fan -3 Speeds - Works Great
January Vintage Fan Blowout!!! I’ve got four vintage fans listed this week! See them all!!
This is a great old fan. Please note that this is for the collector only. The spaces in the cage of this fan do not meet current safety requirements and should not be used for routine household use.
This fan has a 14" cage diameter and an overall height of 17". Wonderful Art Deco–like design to the fan blades. This worked great when I plugged it in and tested it. All three speeds worked fine and the fan rotated side to side nicely. Overall in very good condition. I have not tried to clean it up. I’ll leave that to you as you restore it. A great collectible.
Greetings! Mitchell and I might buy your fan. We used to have a great working fan. I believe it was The Whopper 3000. Or maybe The Whopper Jr. 2000. (No relation to Burger King.) I’m not quite sure. My parents moved around a lot but we always took our fan with us. In fourth grade I brought it to show n’ tell. Kids laughed and snickered. They mocked its fine blades and easy pull chord. It was later destroyed in the fire. Anyway, the reason why I’m telling you this is because we would dry out our deer jerky with our fan. (Maybe it was called The Double Whopper 4000. I’m not sure.) Mitchell and I recently shot ourselves a fine buck and are readying the meat. Step #4 is laying the deer meat out in a cool damp place to dry. I reminded Mitchell about our old fan and he said we need one like that. A fan that dries deer jerky is what we need. Will your fan be able to dry over 78 pounds of deer meat to make jerky? How powerful are its blades? Could we lay the pieces of meat over the fan? Thank you.
Art
Art. Sounds like you and Mitchell have quite a project going on there. I don’t have any experience making deer jerky, or moose jerky, or anything like that. The closest I came was drying some tomato slices one time and I think we did that in a very slow oven. I don’t find anything on this fan that suggests it might be a Whopper, but perhaps I missed it. You might be able to take some of that deer meat and grind it up into venison burger and then you could make something like a Whopper. I know that doesn’t really achieve the objective, but it was just a thought that might work on one metaphysical plane or another. Now, this could be THE FAN for you and it may suit your needs just fine, but I don’t want to be giving any guarantees about how it might work making deer jerky. I am concerned about whether the deer meat would keep long enough, until the auction ended and it got shipped, though, but again I don’t know how the process works. The blades seem plenty strong, but you would just have to do some trial and error to see if it worked, but if it doesn’t you would still have a fan that brought back some childhood memories. I hope all of this helps, good luck on the auction, and sorry about the fire.
AUSTIN AU341 MAHOGANY ACOUSTIC GUITAR PACKAGE~FREE SHIP
Austin Guitars have a long-standing reputation for great quality at prices anyone can afford. Their AU341 full size dreadnaught acoustic is an excellent value in a quality steel string intermediate guitar. The full size 341 features All Mahogany back and sides combined with a spruce top for a warm and colorful tone. The nato mahogany neck features a rosewood fretboard. The action on this guitar is factory adjusted, which means the strings will be close to the fretboard for easy playability and great intonation.
Greetings sir! First a background history: my grandparents were Hammer and Florina Farkas. I’m sure from your studies of the guitar the name Hammer Farkas is quite familiar. Despite my talented gene pool, I chose to become a hairdresser and have been shunned by my family except for sweet Cousin Maria (I do her highlights for free). When I saw your auction I became excited by the prospect of starting to play the guitar. I didn’t play the guitar as a youth because I am allergic to mahogany. If I touch that cursed wood, my hands turn green, my tongue swells up and a reoccurring purple mole appears on my lower thigh. I was wondering how hard it would be to rip out the back and sides of your guitar and replace them with pine (non-allergic)? I know an Irishman named Kildoor who could do it. Thank you.
Art
Dear Art:
Very interesting story. I would definitely stay away from mahogany. About half of all acoustics are made with mahogany back and sides, but the rest should be fine. For a good beginner guitar, I would probably just recommend going with something that has a spruce top and white woods on the back and sides. We have them as low as $119.95. If you want to go a few steps up though, you can go with rosewood back and sides. Rosewood is an excellent tone wood that sounds a little more robust than mahogany. We could get you one of those for $149.95. We would love to do business with you so feel free to call us toll free at 1-866-458-8687 with any questions or to place an order and we’ll be happy to help you. Thanks for your business!
Chad
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Exchange Select Ready-To-Use Sodium Enema Case of 24
This listing is for a case of Exchange Select Ready-To-Use Sodium Enemas
FOR RELIEF OF CONSTIPATION AND BOWEL CLEANSING SEE PICS FOR DETAILS THESE ARE PACKED TWO PER BOX AND THERE ARE TWELVE BOXES FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR USES!
Hello! Two months ago I accidentally swallowed seven ½-inch screws and they have caused me excruciating pain ever since. My son, Pepe, and I were working on his motorized scooter when I placed the screws in my mouth so I wouldn’t drop or lose them. I was squatting, and as a vertigo sufferer I lost my balance and fell backwards with a loud thud. To my horror I had swallowed all the screws. I’m now stuck in a never-ending swirl of colon hell! I can feel those screws wreaking havoc every time I bear down “to let off some steam,” so to speak. I’ve tried all sorts of home remedies including consuming 136 ounces of prune juice in a 12-hour period (I’ll never do that again! Wowsers!). Your home enema kit is exactly what I need. Would your enema kit be able to clean out my system and help extract seven screws from my insides? They probably only weigh a few ounces. What is the maximum weight an object can be while gliding through the tubes? I guess I could try 24 times, huh? Thank you.
Art
Boy, I’m not sure on that one, these enemas are for constipation and are not the Hollywood professional ones that the stars get. It’s up to you, as I am not a professional medical type person and can not advise you as to these types of phenomenon?!?
Little Tikes/Tykes Dollhouse Furniture Table & Chairs
This set includes a blue and white table, and four matching chairs. The table measures just 4 inches by 4 inches, and the chairs are only 2¾ inches high.
This furniture would be a wonderful addition to your Little Tikes Place or Grand Mansion dollhouse dining room or kitchen.
This item comes from a pet- and smoke-free home.
Hello! I am always looking at ways to upgrade my pet chinchilla’s house. I love my chinchilla, Skippy, so much that I built him a little furnished casa (Mexican word for “house”) next to my bed. I am quite lonely since my wife left me after finding a box of stashed Twinkies under the bed. Skippy’s house consists of a small kitchen, a piece of hay for a bed, a small swing set, and electricity (he absolutely loves reruns of Good Times). He enjoys tiny grape nuts spread on a table for breakfast. For lunch a piece of lettuce. For dinner nacho cheese flavored corn nuts and if he’s extra good then a piece of lemon meringue pie. Your Little Tikes Dollhouse Furniture would be a great addition to his house! His birthday is coming soon (Oct. 1) and I know Skippy would love a sleepover. He’s struck up an unlikely relationship with a hamster named Mickey. If a leg from the table broke, would it be difficult to glue back on? They can get
a little rambunctious at times. Thank you.
Art
Hi,
These are very sturdy. I’ve never seen one broken. The legs are really one piece with a top attached to serve as the table surface. You’d need a hammer to break a leg off. I don’t see a chinchilla being able to do it. But if it does, super glue should work fine. Hope this helps.
LGA
4 wall hooks, brass-like figure: children carrying log
This is a wall hanging made out of metal (not sure what kind—possibly brass—it’s fairly heavy). It depicts two children carrying a log and the third happily sitting on the log. There are four hooks at the bottom and two holes for screws. On the back it reads “Made in Italy.”
The dimensions are approximately 7.5 inches long, 5 inches wide. The hooks hang approximately 1 inch from the bottom of the figure.
Hello and welcome to the theatre! I stumbled across your auction for wall hooks with children carrying a log and it caught my left eye. (I’m legally blind in my right eye due to a wild stick of bamboo.) I have a question for you concerning your eBay item. I hunt wild game and I was wondering how many pounds of dead animal your hooks could hold? I own a small, humble cabin along the Kings River and like to display my game for my visitors to see (usually my cousin Mitchell—we make deer jerky). I think your wall hooks would be perfect and add a touch of class next to my ram horns! If I stone two lynx cats (I nailed one two weeks ago hunting with large boulders and sharpened Capri-Sun straws) do you think said hooks could hold them by their feet? Maybe from their ears? How about from their floppy tails? I estimate that most of my animals on display weigh 10 lbs. each. I once hunted a wild band of sheep and made a nice winter jacket from the wool. Thank you for your time.
Art
Art,
Your question interests me, not because of its unusual nature but mainly because it deals with estimating performance of materials, and engineers such as myself love to think about such things. Unfortunately, I’m missing some critical data to make an engineering estimate of performance. The hooks did not come with their metallic composition, a specification sheet, or even a stinky MSDS. So, lacking the analytical equipment in my basement to determine the material’s composition, (they make XPS equipment so big these days… and those NMR thingies really mess up your TV reception) and lacking access to a tensile test machine (and who wants destructive testing anyway?), I can’t possibly tell you how many pounds of dead animal my hooks could hold.
Lot 36 Keys… Skeleton… Blanks & Cabinet… Vintage
36 KEYS… VERY CLEAN NO RUST EXCELLENT CONDITION
Here is a nice addition to any key collection. Some skeleton, some blanks and some cabinet keys. The 3 keys in the lower right corner of photo are for a suitcase and some type of vending machine.
I don’t know much about keys so if there is a collector out there that can correct any of this information, or wishes to enlighten me, please do.
Hello! I am a janitor at St. Luke’s School and have fallen hard for our new cafeteria lunch lady Alice. Sometimes I stare at her from behind my wheeled trashcans, watching her mix up a giant bowl of carrot and raisin salad or fruit cocktail. Her shiny hair net, perfectly placed mole above her upper lip, and her vibrant, form-fitting kitchen apron make my heart go cuckoo. When she serves her mashed potatoes, those luscious arms are filled with so much passion. At times it’s too much for me to bear. In the janitor profession we are judged by the amount and size of our keys. The bigger the key chain the more productive and important a janitor is. That’s the janitor’s code. We like lots of keys. I want to impress Alice with the size of my keys. First of all, would your skeleton keys fit on my 6 inch retractable key chain? Second, how heavy are they? Would they cause my belt line to droop even more? Alice doesn’t need to see that I’m addicted to backside crack. Thank you.
Art
Oh, you got it bad, ain’t ya? Yes, I believe the keys would fit your 6 inch rkc. They weigh 12 ounces, but if you tightened your belt another notch it might help with the crack droop. Suspenders would look even better for the total janitor package. Then you could probably go with a 12 inch rkc. If you can match the suspenders to Alice’s apron, well… she just doesn’t stand a chance! Love is in the cafeteria!! Thanks for asking.
Dept. 56 Halloween Item: Halloween Victorian House
Department 56 Halloween Victorian House
Size: 8.25 × 7.25 × 11.5", Display Anywhere, Cordless Lighting, 4 AA Batteries. This item is new and sealed in its original box. We are willing to combine shipping for multiple purchases.
After watching a fantastic episode of Bosom Buddies starring Tom Hanks, I have decided to find a house for my origami friends. As a laid-off Cheez Whiz salesman, I now have much time to spare. Sometimes up ’til 3:00 a.m., I create my friends with the finest construction paper. There’s Gerry the milkman, Koby the local fireman, Wilbur the crafty accountant, and finally Margaret the meter maid complete with scooter. They get along so well! My next origami project is to replicate the complete bridge of the classic Starship Enterprise with Captain James T. Kirk and his trusty mates. I DON’T like that bald headed Jean-Luc Picard or that hideous Lieutenant Worf! I have found your Halloween House and believe it will suit my family just fine. Will my 2½-inch-tall origami family be able to fit through the doors? Wilbur is slightly taller at just over 3 inches. Is there ample room for them to stand up on the catwalk? I think they would look really cute with your Dept. 56 Halloween house.
Art
Greetings,
The doors do not open and are less than 2 inches tall as is the front porch overhang. By catwalk, I assume you are referring to the second floor balcony? It is approximately ½ inch wide. These buildings are attractive but they are not in proportion nor do they adhere to any scale. Finally, this is a lit, ceramic house and the light bulb generates a fair amount of heat so I would not recommend it for your paper family because I would not want Gerry, Koby, Wilbur, Margaret or Captain Kirk to be set on fire.
Thank you for your inquiry,
The HobbySuperStore Team
GOLD TRIM ITALIAN CHARM BRACELET
This auction is for a 9mm (most popular size), 18 link (medium), high quality stainless steel, gold trim, starter bracelet for Italian charms. Compatible w/all 9mm name brand charms such as Italia, UBerry, Zoppini, Nomination, etc. Personalize and customize your own bracelet by removing links and adding Italian charms, initials, birthstone, etc. For a larger size— add blank links or additional charms, for a smaller size—remove links for a custom fit.
Hello! My grandmother originated from Russia and loves how the Italians have revolutionized the bracelet world. As a child growing up in Russia, my Babushka took an early liking to jewelry. That is until her father, Igor, sold her jewels to a street vendor in a fit of drunken rage. After the Russian Gymnastics Committee deemed her too bosomy, she vowed to leave her homeland someday. She eventually married an American military man (my grandpa Harold) and came to the U.S. She now drapes herself in jewelry. Since the start of the Italian charm craze she has purchased over 1,500 charms for her assortment of bracelets. As you know Christmas is around the corner and all she wants are charms, bracelets, and more charms! My question—Do you believe that your charm bracelet could fit around her enlarged ankles (thyroid issue)? Her ankle is a size 26. She also loves to wear her vintage Prussian crown to parties and get-togethers.
Art
Hi Art,
First of all I would like to say that your grandmother sounds like a wonderful and special lady. The bracelets are approx. 7 inches long when opened end to end. I would suppose you could attach additional bracelets to make the larger size if you wanted to. I have checked with my suppliers for actual ankle bracelets for the Italian charms, but was unable to locate any that could be made larger by connecting them to others. I hope this was helpful. Thanks for inquiring.
Unisex Bijou Derby handled Cane
This is a unisex derby handle with a hardwood stained shaft with a high glo
ss finish with two decorative brass bands. It is 36" long with rubber tip. This is a quality product from a 107-year-old American Company. It comes in either black, burgundy, cherry or Walnut finish. Please specify which colored shaft you prefer.
Hello! I employ my own personal co-host and wish to buy him a cane for our five-year anniversary. His name is Skip Dunwoody and he’s my own Ed McMahon, if you will. Skip is by my side during social activities including dining at restaurants, parties, and the gym (no shower). Skip Dunwoody laughs and utters encouraging words at everything I do. For example, at Dr. Scott Jett’s Kwanzaa party I proclaimed that the good doctor exhibited poor taste in his chip selection. Skip Dunwoody responded with a hearty “Sir, you have the true gift of observation.” He gave me a wink and pulled from his left pant leg a can of Original Pringles. Skip is the best! Much better than Jeffrey Sands’ semi-narcoleptic co-host James T. Franklin. I thought a nice cane would serve him well since the helicopter accident left his ankle sprained. Unfortunately, Skip was born with two thumbs on his right hand (one on each side of palm). Could he grip your cane with few difficulties? Are there two grooves for his thumbs or only one? Thank you.
Art
He seems like quite a character. I have every type cane made on the market today. I only list a few for eBay. If you want an economical cane I have several—my favorite is called our soft touch which has a handle made from alien materials found in a meteorite in the State of Arizona. It comes in gray or mahogany. I can sell you one of these for the same price as the brass handled canes which are very comfortable too. I would say a two thumbed individual would enjoy either. Let me know if you would like me to send scans of any of the other canes.