I need to go to thrift stores more often...

Subnuts · 05-20-16, 02:04 PM

I found a hardcover copy of Richard O'Kane's Clear The Bridge at my local thrift store today for the princely sum of $1.99. The book was in shockingly good condition, and it looked like it hadn't been read before. I opened it up, and what did I see on the first page?

I'd be totally lying if I didn't start trembling right there in the middle of the store. I pretty much stopped shopping and made a beeline right for the checkout. Nobody was going to grab this treasure when I wasn't looking. To think, I now own the signature of the most successful American submarine captain of World War II, and it cost less than the price of an ice cream cone!

Oberon · 05-20-16, 02:25 PM

Oh wow, now that's a find and a half! Well done!

Onkel Neal · 05-20-16, 03:03 PM

Holy cow! Well done

Sailor Steve · 05-20-16, 03:05 PM

Some days you just get lucky. Congratulations!

ivanov.ruslan · 05-20-16, 03:21 PM

That's what it says luck

August · 05-20-16, 06:07 PM

I picked up a two volume set of General John Pershings autobiography at a used book store. When I got home an envelope from the War Department fell out. Inside was this:

History is cool!

Buddahaid · 05-20-16, 08:04 PM

That is sooo cool. Amazing really!

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-20-16, 10:37 PM

Sweet Find!

I had my own cool find at a local pawn shop where I found a small collection of Chinese, Japanese and a Rupee note all from WW2 but this one stood out the most. (Sorry about the quality)

At least two or three of the names on there are from the Flying Tigers although 1st Lt. Joe T. Jordan is the only one that I can read that I've matched to the AVG roster and the other names are either members of the 23rd Fighter Group or from members of other units in the area.

cdrsubron7 · 05-20-16, 10:43 PM

Nice find.

Commander Wallace · 05-20-16, 11:01 PM

Congratulations Subnuts, August and Kptlt. Neuerburg on your finds.

It pays to look at yard sales and the like.

Jimbuna · 05-21-16, 09:40 AM

Three treasures....take good care of them

em2nought · 05-21-16, 02:08 PM

Cool finds, my pop's WW2 Ike jacket almost became a pawn shop find just yesterday. Very, very, very lucky for me the person that thought he was taking off with an empty cabinet realized what he had done and came back. My feral kitty will never again make fun of me for being lock happy, and she will be lock happy from now on too.

Win, win!

AVGWarhawk · 05-21-16, 02:34 PM

Nice!

Platapus · 05-22-16, 06:22 AM

Since

A. Far too many people ain't reading that much any more
B. Far too many people ain't reading physical books any more

I think that haunting thrift stores for books will be a good strategy

Unfortunately, I can't do this as I don't have the room for the books I already have. Me in a used book store is alike an alcoholic in a bar. It is a disease... a great disease but a disease.

05-20-16, 02:04 PM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I need to go to thrift stores more often... I found a hardcover copy of Richard O'Kane's Clear The Bridge at my local thrift store today for the princely sum of $1.99. The book was in shockingly good condition, and it looked like it hadn't been read before. I opened it up, and what did I see on the first page? I'd be totally lying if I didn't start trembling right there in the middle of the store. I pretty much stopped shopping and made a beeline right for the checkout. Nobody was going to grab this treasure when I wasn't looking. To think, I now own the signature of the most successful American submarine captain of World War II, and it cost less than the price of an ice cream cone! __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

05-20-16, 03:03 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Holy cow! Well done __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-20-16, 03:05 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Some days you just get lucky. Congratulations! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-20-16, 08:04 PM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	That is sooo cool. Amazing really! __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

05-20-16, 10:37 PM	#8
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Sweet Find! I had my own cool find at a local pawn shop where I found a small collection of Chinese, Japanese and a Rupee note all from WW2 but this one stood out the most. (Sorry about the quality) At least two or three of the names on there are from the Flying Tigers although 1st Lt. Joe T. Jordan is the only one that I can read that I've matched to the AVG roster and the other names are either members of the 23rd Fighter Group or from members of other units in the area. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

05-20-16, 02:25 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh wow, now that's a find and a half! Well done!

05-20-16, 03:21 PM	#5
ivanov.ruslan The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pleven,BG Posts: 1,577 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 0	That's what it says luck

05-20-16, 06:07 PM	#6
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I picked up a two volume set of General John Pershings autobiography at a used book store. When I got home an envelope from the War Department fell out. Inside was this: History is cool!

05-20-16, 10:43 PM	#9
cdrsubron7 Sink'em All Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 2,150 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 1	Nice find. __________________ Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" - LtCDR Samuel D Dealy SHIV Guide \| Imperial Japanese Navy \| US Submarines

05-20-16, 11:01 PM	#10
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Congratulations Subnuts, August and Kptlt. Neuerburg on your finds. It pays to look at yard sales and the like.

05-21-16, 09:40 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Three treasures....take good care of them __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-21-16, 02:08 PM	#12
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool finds, my pop's WW2 Ike jacket almost became a pawn shop find just yesterday. Very, very, very lucky for me the person that thought he was taking off with an empty cabinet realized what he had done and came back. My feral kitty will never again make fun of me for being lock happy, and she will be lock happy from now on too. Win, win! __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

05-21-16, 02:34 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Nice! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-22-16, 06:22 AM	#14
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Since A. Far too many people ain't reading that much any more B. Far too many people ain't reading physical books any more I think that haunting thrift stores for books will be a good strategy Unfortunately, I can't do this as I don't have the room for the books I already have. Me in a used book store is alike an alcoholic in a bar. It is a disease... a great disease but a disease. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.