Well... I'm not in middle ground anymore...

This morning my mom and one of her friends decided to go to the local flea market. I went with them... because... why not? It was a nice 2 hour cruise around various sellers, looking for various stuff we don't need. But it's just another reminder I am not in Massachusetts / Democratic country, because every 5 stalls had Trump swag to be sold.

Although I hate writing political posts and endorsing any side, I know I live in Republican territory. To the point, when trump was first running for president, I happened to be working for a "high end AV company at high end hotels". During one of the big debate weeks, I was in Marco Island and the people I was working with, were all Republicans. They were in big spirits over the "win" and discussing all things Wig when I got up and started walking out of the room. One of the guys immediately barks "Oh, look... we are scaring the cowardly Democrat from Massachusetts! Just keep walking, baby!". I was like "what??????" considering this was coming from a grown 'man' that was supposed to be a 'supervisor'. I asked him what he meant / please repeat himself, and he did - the group is apparently "scaring the cowardly Democrat" and that I can't "handle the conversation". I was rightly pissed, and told him that I was "getting up because I need to pee. Not for wanting to leave the conversation". Part of me did want to not be part of the conversation, but in all honesty, I also had to use the toilet. I was so tempted to get on his level and tell him to get sorted and go to hell, but I needed to be able to continue to work, as I had already made enemies with that group for some unsafe practices... I didn't need to dig myself into a deeper hole. I was basically told by my own bosses to suck it up, even though they backed me on the past issue, there was nothing they could do as I was a guest at the other locations... since I didn't have work at my hotel, I needed to stay in everyone's good graces.

Good thing I don't work for the company anymore?

Now the problem is, to add insult to injury, it kind of stings to write "republican" because I usually add a "T" at the end and a "U" in place of the "A". I've got to keep watching how I'm writing it here. Haha.

You know, all these stone cold arrogantly mean people that are making the world an angrier place, is sad. The world was messed up before 2016, I admit it, but it's gotten more negative over the past three years. People just have lower expectations and uglier outcomes. To go to a giant flea market and see hats upon shirts upon bumper stickers supporting a bloated cheeto, is beyond crazy sad. I feel like this marketing and mindset is creating a false flag that people don't realize the future problems it's causing.

I can't get into a lot more because I don't want to piss people off or get knocks on my door. I just want to post some pictures of some of the things I found at the big store, and some links to Amazon at the end, to show maybe you can find a deal at a flea market or maybe you can find a deal online somewhere else; do research because I'm all about that 'search. =)

I do want to say, out of all the things I saw today, I did buy some decals for my car. The New England Patriots (head) logo (new school) and two Red Sox decals (one and two). I have to admit, Amazon has the Pats decal for 50 cents cheaper, but the Sox decals were a set, so I made out better in the store than online, as I only found a different 2 pack and not the ones I purchased. So individually, they are more money bought together, than I spent in one shot.

That doesn't make sense. Uh, The Sox decals came as a two pack, but the version I bought, isn't sold on Amazon. At least I didn't see it on the first 2 pages. So if I bought them individually, I would have paid more to receive them, then I paid in person. Therefore, my total today was extremely lower in price for the Patriots and Sox decals (in person), then I would have paid online. Pays to research!


Pictures or this doesn't exist.
All photos taken on an iPhone 6S and edited in Photoshop. 

 

 

 

 

 

 






The decals are not to be confused with the decals I already have on my car:

 

 

If I keep this up, I'll run out of room on my car.






Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend.






Cheers;







See also (aka the Amazon search):

• "Trump" keyword
• "Drain the Swamp" keyword
• "Deplorable hat" keyword
• "Women for Trump" keyword
• "Two Thumbs" shirt
• "How may I offend you today" keyword
• "Trump 2020" keyword

See also (aka Amazon search of the decals on my car):

• "Autism Awareness Ribbon Car Decal Sticker" courtesy of Mary, Tom, Setsu and Peanut (for my birthday)
• "Autism Awareness Heart Puzzle"
• "Autism Awareness Puzzle Oval"
• "AC Milan"

Loosely translated: "O my sun"

But not The Green Book.

I was out this afternoon running errands with my mother, and we happened upon a store called Ollie's. For the family in Massachusetts / New England, this store is what Building #19 turned into. Or, it's how the store retired in Florida... under new management and a new identity (instead of bankruptcy). Maybe it's in witness protection, maybe it's just cruising for another life, but either way, I like to see what good stuff I can get cheap.

What did I find today (but ultimately didn't buy)? Proof that if you do some research, the store really does buy bulk items that are being discontinued. Why? I found a "BigMouth Inc Musical Corkscrew" in the kitchen accessories department. What is this, you ask? It's a corkscrew gag gift where it plays "O Sole Mio" while you open your bottle of wine.

Further proof that the bargain basement store has a few leftovers in stock, is that Amazon isn't currently carrying the item. See here. Even the brand's website (BigMouth Inc) has it out of stock / no where to purchase. So the $3.99 price tag I saw it at Ollie's for, is pretty much going rate, I reckon.

Sadly, the video I took doesn't quite do this interesting piece of drinking fun justice; I stupidly took my iPhone 6S to the corkscrew on portrait (vertical) mode rather than landscape (horizontal) mode. So the top and bottom of the box are cut off. Proof that you have to know what you're doing with your smart phone or you become dumber than your old flip phone (which can probably still play Snake).

So without further ado, I give you the video!

See also (aka: Keyword Search on Amazon):
"O Sole Mio" by a ton of artists

Gnome (if you want to)

Yesterday I got another Manchester United Gnome in the mail, ultimately, to go with the other gnome I got last month. If I get one more, I think I need to get a hanging wall shelf to display them. Haha.

This new gnome is dressed in a full United kit, and holding a mushroom as an umbrella. Not to be confused with the last gnome that is holding a checkered flag (go find the blog post, you'll see the picture).

The gnome was cheap on the site I ordered it from, considering Amazon is selling what is seemingly an off market version (aka not published under United's keyword search / official merchandise page) for twice as much.

It's also different from the two I currently own. Which I wouldn't mind having in the collection now that I see it. ;)

BUT... the gnome was still expensive; if I wasn't a member of this specific site, I wouldn't have gotten 10% off (member price) plus $10 off (due to a coupon). So all I paid was shipping. Which was still outrageous. I don't know why I keep ordering from this site because the shipping rate can kill you - sometimes it's as much as your whole order, where other times it's "reasonable" (I guess... and I use "reasonable" loosely... if you can justify spending $80 on one licensed team jersey, they immediately tack on  $9 shipping. So it's "reasonable". But don't forget state tax, which will be another % on the total order. It's a no win).

Although I haven't named the gnome (the other doesn't have a name either), I took some pictures because I thought it was funny as all hell that the shipping box was big enough to fit a toddler, yet, the gnome (and box) had 4 layers of bubble wrap around it and still had room to bounce around.

The interesting part was seeing a label on the side of the box, all about a Gatorade incentive. I'm thinking "I didn't order Gatorade... did they send me something different? Or did I get someone else's package?".

Upon opening the whole thing, like I said, I found the gnome wrapped in 4 layers of bubble wrap, and also a free sample of a Gatorade Whey Protein Bar (Chocolate Caramel flavor). It's nice they send a free bar (and a whole bar and not a trial size to boot) as it's "formulated for athletes" and I'm no athlete. I just bought a gnome to sit on a shelf... and if I get an elf, they can be friends forever. But that's the whole reason there's a label about a Gatorade product. They sent me a protein bar.

Still didn't make up for the fact the box was bigger than all the items in it.

I'll probably bring the protein bar to work this week, but not the gnome. He'll stay with his friend in my room.

I took photos with my iPhone 6S, so don't mind the shadows or the low budget quality. I didn't edit anything except put my name on them.

All for naught if I don't post them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







I guess that's it for now. Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there. ⚘💮





Cheers;







See Also (aka post title is a parody):
The B-52's: Roam