You walk into a room that is almost empty. Only things there are the 80's coke table, alligator skin phone and handbag lamp. You know something is about to go down.
@@Stevie-J If Huey Lewis and the News is playing, even running won't save you. Of course it's going to either be "I Want A New Drug" or "Hip To Be Square". To really set the tone, feed the ATM a cat or get new business cards printed.
This feels like it's been the longest week in the world, and seeing a Thrifting episode come up immediately made it all feel better. The cool jazz background music gave me chills as I pressed play.
That COOL TABLE is the most 90s thing I've seen in a while. It was clearly designed so that even when your party guests forgot their cocaine mirrors, you could still accommodate them.
All the Disney shirts - Disney recently closed a lot of their stores, including ones in outlet centers that would get things from the parks. For example, the Disney store in the Gulfport, MS outlet would always have some Disneyland items. So maybe that stock was dumped from a recently closed Disney outlet store in the area.
Yeah, I was just about to say that Goodwill is known for retail arbitrage where I live. The stores or corporate buy stuff that isn't selling and then put 'em in their store/stores for a higher price.
I definitely remember seeing outdated Disney World costumes (cast member uniforms, not character costumes) in a Goodwill in Orlando once, so it seems likely that Disney sells or gives stuff to Goodwill on occasion.
Interesting. Disney had ONE store, I believe the only one, in Sweden like some years back. My daughter really liked it so we went sometimes to visit it to buy some expensive crap, but it closed down like a year ago. So, anyway their lost.
Second you mentioned moving and how that might change the stores you go to I immediately thought "what about the lucky rock?", so pleased to see this worry put to bed so fast.
Just seeing all those Disney shirts reminded me of working over a giant teflon sublimation press, pumping out t-shirts in a warehouse in the 90s. I'm not sure where the boss pirated all the images from, but we made thousands of shirts for roughly $2.23 each, and sold them in convenience stores for $25! It paid $5.25 an hour, a buck more than minimum, so we didn't ask questions!
Man, I don't usually buy junk let alone something that just looks broken but something about the Vivi artwork on an old, faded dictionary page just speaks to me.
There's something sad about seeing art in Goodwill that's not commercially made like Days Inn floral stuff. Makes you wonder what happened to the artist or why their work went unloved
Nothing screams 80s retro lamp than the brass touch lamps that would turn on/off when you touched the metal. I was obsessed with them in my childhood in the 80s
How niche is that joke? I got it from the UK but it happens to be one of very few US cities I've ever visited. I know Clint lives near there so maybe it's a local thing
DMC is a VERY specific brand of Embroiderly floss! Cases like that are used to orgtanize your colors. Each one is numbered and a LOT of counted cross stitch and embroidery patterns use DMC numbers, and even other floss companies will list what the equivalent DMC color is so that you get just the RIGHT color for what you're doing. Those cases look like they may have come from a specialty shop that closed or something like that as it seems more like shop display than personal storage to me. :)
Oh MAN you missed out not buying Molecules-3D. I had that on my first Windows PC back in the day. It was fun to just make molecules and bounce 'em around and render them!
Something about thrifts that just gives me a warm, wholesome feeling; it's like a hug, on a really, really shit day that just makes the world better. Thank you Clint.
Got discharged out of the E.R. today, very shitty day over all, and then I find out that LGR uploaded an LGR Thrifts video and it made my day slightly better, thanks Clint.
I love LGR Thrifts so much that even episodes where you find nothing are great. It's the journey, baby. I'd watch episodes like this if they came out more often. Thanks for everything you do, Clint.
18:11 my dad had two drills like this in the early 90s, both in ugly orange. Before battery-powered drills, this was what you had. The short cord was to plug into an extenstion cord; don't want a giant, permanent cord attached to your drill. Dad had 2 because changing the bit was so terrible or time consuming, he used one drill for all his pilot holes, then a 2nd drill to actually screw the screws with.
Yep. And they're usually still great drills. There was a period where cheap battery operated tools flooded the market, but they were crap. The new battery stuff is actually great, ad preferred by most contractors I know.
Oh my goodness, that roll-top desk is very nostalgic to me! My grandparents used to have one and that's where they also had their Windows XP computer. Simpler times, man.
Oh wow my parents had that exact phone, with the faux-alligator relief...thing, back in the early 80's (it was probably older than that). Yes that's how it came straight from the factory. I remember as a kid while on the phone, I'd just absent-mindedly trace around all the embossed patterns with my fingers. The buttons even had a satisfying feel to them; I'd put my finger on them without pressing down, and just rattling them around and listening to the ASMR sounds of plastic kitsch.
I was Marty McFly's age when Back To The Future came out, so he would be 53 now too. I couldn't help but think "DeLorean Motor Corp" when I saw those drawers too. Clearly they are for storing your flux capacitor parts.
I love just looking through Haynes repair guides, photos of old cars when they were new and whatnot. They've also, you know, come in handy for actually fixing things too 😆
I just gave a cousin a roll top desk, *made for* a desktop PC to go inside it. I believe the wood(Real. Wood.) was stamped 1997. It has room for a thicc monitor and has a tower cabinet/drawer to slide it out for access. Keyboard drawer has floppy disk slots that keep them low enough to close the drawer. Even has a recess to accommodate a standard mousepad flush with the surface... Very cool, very heavy desk haha
Yeah, seems like it is up here in Columbus OH. Mostly resellers coming in very early and grabbing whatever they can carry, and the rare times I find something decent at a thrift, I open it up and find the discs stolen. Theft was the big reason my local Volunteers of America closed, and I have to go across town to shop at them. Speaking of ugly Christmas trees of the 1990s, I'm surprised I don't see more of those talking trees that were all the rage for a year. The old Schottenstein's (Value City outside of Columbus) I worked at back then had a talking tree set up by Housewares, where you could hook up a portable cassette to it and then it was activated when someone went near it. I hooked it up and whenever people came near it, it sang "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath)...needless to say it didn't stay that way :)
I still really enjoy the change you made to showing all the random interesting things you liked but aren't tech related and you didn't even think of buying. Really fits into the theme of this series. Your commentary is delightful and I could listen to this for hours.
I’m fine with you not actually finding anything, I just like to browse and also learn a few things to look for. I’ve found some pretty crazy stuff in the wild as a result of learning about retro tech from this channel, so I’ll always tune in.
Our family had that exact eCom webcam when we first got a PC. I used it to make little stop motion movies, mostly just toy cars driving around the living room.
It's amazing going to your early thrifting episodes and seeing all the console games at thrift stores, whereas now a days it's exactly as you show here. I go thrifting often partially in hopes of being at the right place at the right time, with some random successes here and there. One time I found a sealed Mario Sunshine mixed in with the DVDs and they only changed me $3 for it...still my favorite video game success to date.
That's a good find. I just found a like new Nintendo Wii with Wiimotes and Nunchucks. And then I found 32gb of Corsair ram, brand new in packaging. It worked and was a good upgrade for me. Totally worth checking out the thrift store.
I agree most of those "rack" stereos are lower quality. The Sony one you showed was nothing special. Also, the car audio stuff at Goodwill is interesting, I NEVER see any of that at my local Goodwills. Best of luck finding some 80's furnishings, I'm sure you'll come across some soon.
True. Fisher (owned by Sanyo at the time i think) made a series in the mid 80's that felt really cheap but had very good sound quality, especially the speakers. But most were crap
I literally never see PC stuff, audio stuff, or any real electronics at any Goodwill or thrift stores around me. It's always old lady clothes, crappy furniture, books, and old baseball gloves
8:00 I still have this kind of monitor (also from Samsung) as my main monitor. Even if I don't use the TV functions, I can have my PC, PS2 and PS3 plugged together in one place. I love it.
My brother does as well. Black, I think 1440x900 resolution. Seems to be treating him well for the decade he's owned it, but he's finally thinking of upgrading to a more usable resolution in current day.
I found a $10 guitar at the thrift store near my place. It had no strings on it, so I guess they thought it was "broken". I bought it, put strings on it, and everything worked just fine. I sold it to a guy online for $150.
Clearly, the master of thrifting. These videos are always fun. 👍 I bet it's tough finding nice things lately. I had people dispute this in my last video "thrifting is dead", but this videos is a testament to how true that is, with a bit of exaggeration, of course. Thanks for another one. 🎉👍
Great episode with some interesting items! Love the calculator with the teal display, not something you see every day. I'm also sure I've said it before but thank you for your dedication to excellently clear closed captions! I'm a long time fan who's hard of hearing and this makes your videos a lot more accessible for me. :)
I'm pretty sure my mom had one of those monroe calculators in the 90s. She's an accountant and seeing that calculator brought back memories of me playing around in her office as a kid.
2:19 DMC is like the gold-standard for cross stitch floss (thread). Probably other needle-specific handicrafts too. Fun fact: thread colour DMC666 is labeled by the company as "Christmas Red" lol
8:00 I had one of those in middle school! I believe the model is a Samsung LN-T1954H. It is actually a TV. It had antenna input, as well as speakers tucked under the clear plastic shroud on the bottom. 1440x900 resolution IIRC. It was my first flat panel TV, was a huge upgrade from my ancient CRT at the time. I put a ton of hours on it with my Xbox 360 back in the day, boy that brings back memories! 12:10 At the company I work for, a coworker has one of those microfiche readers at his desk, not the exact same but very similar. According to him, microfiche was used to store archive data/documentation from the company's mainframes back in the day. Staff would use readers like these to help find specific data within a stack of cards, either standard microfiche or Aperture Cards (paper punch cards with a small microfilm window built in). The same company still runs mainframes today, and although the hardware and software is modern, there are still references to microfiche and all kinds of old stuff within certain programs. 18:20 I also have that exact same drill! Same color and made by Black & Decker, found it in my father's toolbox. I don't really like using it since it has an odd smell once it gets warm, but it is pretty powerful even compared to my modern cordless drill. The power cord on it is much longer though, maybe someone damaged that one and repaired it by cutting it (very) short. Thanks for the awesome videos! I've been subscribed for a few years, and I always love when mainframe stuff happens to pop up!
I'm sorry but if I went into a Goodwill and saw the prices that first location had, I would slander that location every day on their social media pages. Those prices are whack af.
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0:15 "It's full of echoes and not much more..." Somehow this sentence put a big grin on my face. I'm weird like that. I'll just go watch the rest of the video. Thanks, Clint!
It's really eerie seeing a bunch of exact models of things I use every day dusty and abandoned in a thrift store, especially when he pulled an exact copy of my keyboard out of a bin, walked up to my exact hifi, and then showed me my grandfather's accounting calculator we still have in the office.
Welcome back happy to see the thrifts! Even if the stock has been stagnant your voice overs are always fresh! Edit: clock was super cool, shame it was expensive!
Drill brings back memories. My father had one and a couple of sanders from B&D. Cord was perfect, less to break and have to replace, easier to store nicely rolled extension cords than a dozen tools with long cords.
Always nice to see a new thrifting episode, even when you don't buy anything. I sometimes walk away from a thrift store empty-handed, but looking through the old junk is still a fun way to spend some time.
The company that made Haynes manuals is just down the road from me. I can nearly see the buildings that used to hold the printing presses from my bedroom window and drive past there all the time. I'm in deepest rural England...
Didn't expect a Thrifts video, but hey I'll take it and enjoy it. Haha you had fun with inputting digits such as 58008 and 420 and 69 on that calculator at 7:41.
I’m not even in to the retro style and this type stuff but man is it entertaining to watch and I love the commentary and the witty humor. Also the music is so calming.
It was pretty common up until the early 2010s maybe - because people actually used those different connection types. Component video was the way to get hi-def video before everything went to HDMI, so old DVD players and game consoles (PS2, etc.) - and probably some old Blu-ray players supported it. I'm not sure how common S-Video was, of course various old game consoles can output it if you have the right cables, and it was used on S-VHS decks and probably some DVD players. And VGA was one of the most common methods of hooking up computers. It was nice to have all those inputs. I can understand why most TVs don't provide them any more but I liked having them.
My thrifting has been pretty decent lately. I got a GameCube with a controller, a 1981 Yamaha receiver (couldn't resist the brushed steel and wood grain for only $5), and a Polaroid camera. I also got that same Def Leppard album earlier this year (with the record still in it) and a couple Moody Blues records.
This is my absolute favourite series on youtube. Even if you don't get anything watching a rural slice of americana is exciting for me! Please make more!
That coffee table is so 80s/90s it comes with its own mirror for shooting lines. BTW, I'm highly disappointed that you didn't take the molecular modeling software home.
I've never heard of "shooting lines". You DID lines. "Shooting coke," as in injecting, was an entirely different thing. I don't know if it's regional slang, or you're just way too young (I certainly remember the 80s), or just too far into molecular modelling software to know these things, lol, but... be a little more careful with drug jokes! It can lead to bad misunderstandings!
My PC desk when I was a kid was a roll-top desk that my parents had commissioned by local Mennonite furniture makers. It was fantastic to roll up the top and reveal the IBM 14" monitor and off-white speakers that came with the 486 Aptiva that was my childhood DOS machine. Sigh... the good old days.
actually, that' the only explanation for brick and mortar stores existing at all!!! anymore. and Supermarkets, rather than always buying from carts of produce in the city center. I'm a little puzzled why you only associate that instinct with thrifts. Maybe the randomness?
@@squirlmy When you visit a grocery store, same things will always be in the same place. In drift stores you have some old stuff, but bunch of new stuff as well. Similar to foraging where you might have the reliable berry patches, but then some new berries might have grown since the last time you visited. So it's always somewhat unique of an experience. Also the aspect of having the potential to come out empty handed and only wasting your time is quite similar to foraging, which you don't get in supermarkets.
The short cable on power tools was common in my country, saws had even shorter ones. They were expensive items and replacing an extension cord was far cheaper than replacing or fixing the whole drill. It was also nicer in your truck, not much to get tangled.
I guess at some point you have what you fancy plus a few backups, and anything more is just weighing you down. I stopped thrifting and checking the local craigslist. I know I’ll miss out on some ‘good deals’, but honestly, I’ve got enough old crap already 😋
@@clavius5734 I do still go to most of my local thrift/charity stores regularly and go to flea markets/boot sales as and when I can (I grew up going to all of the above all the time), but honestly what I look for at those places has evolved and changed over the years. I used to focus almost exclusively on retro games and PC stuff whereas now I tend to look more for DVDs (because they are criminally cheap where I live nowadays and I like physical copies of film), board games (because my partner and myself have developed a love for board games (especially over the Covid era)), small trinkets that I like and sure I'll have a quick browse for any retro game/PC stuff whilst I'm there. (That said, it's rare I pick any of that stuff up as retro game prices have rocketed over the past decade) Interesting how tastes change over the years, and it's weird to start feeling a lack of desire to chase after thrift stores having grown up enjoying shopping there.
Whenever I get into a binge with collecting certain things, I'll go buy nearly every single item I see until I have too much and just go with the better quality or rare items. Clint's much the same, I suspect. It does take away the magic of finding that item you'd normally flip for though
Plus, he said he's still able to go to his usual store locations, so he's already cleaned out their old stock of interesting items in previous trips. It may have been better if he'd moved far enough to hit new locations.
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You walk into a room that is almost empty. Only things there are the 80's coke table, alligator skin phone and handbag lamp. You know something is about to go down.
Ha!
Scrolling through the comments and this legit made me laugh just imagining those 3 items together in a room omg 🤣🤣🤣
I remember those days... Still stumble across that scene a few times a year but the recovery time is getting ridiculous..
@@Stevie-J If Huey Lewis and the News is playing, even running won't save you. Of course it's going to either be "I Want A New Drug" or "Hip To Be Square". To really set the tone, feed the ATM a cat or get new business cards printed.
I have a rosewood desk with a brown alligator desktop, even if I have no landline I kinda need that phone.
I don't care if you end up buying anything. This series is still endlessly entertaining.
This!
Watching LGR Thrifts during pandemic lockdowns kept me sane.
Agreed
Always click LGR Thrifts as soon as I see it. Such a mellow, relaxing vibe & it makes everything feel normal.
The mirror part of that "cool table" has definitely seen some mileage.
Miles and miles of rails...
A coke side table if I've ever seen one.
Sadly they couldn’t write “cocaine table” on the tag
I want it.
_Hidden dreams of passion_
This feels like it's been the longest week in the world, and seeing a Thrifting episode come up immediately made it all feel better. The cool jazz background music gave me chills as I pressed play.
That COOL TABLE is the most 90s thing I've seen in a while. It was clearly designed so that even when your party guests forgot their cocaine mirrors, you could still accommodate them.
Exactly.
“‘90s?”
You mean ‘80s, and Clint agrees because that’s what he said. ;)
@@emmettturner9452 The 80's didn't end until 1993
@@early90smf90 Username checks out
@@early90smf90 precisely when Doom was released on December 10th of that year
All the Disney shirts - Disney recently closed a lot of their stores, including ones in outlet centers that would get things from the parks. For example, the Disney store in the Gulfport, MS outlet would always have some Disneyland items. So maybe that stock was dumped from a recently closed Disney outlet store in the area.
Yeah, I was just about to say that Goodwill is known for retail arbitrage where I live. The stores or corporate buy stuff that isn't selling and then put 'em in their store/stores for a higher price.
I definitely remember seeing outdated Disney World costumes (cast member uniforms, not character costumes) in a Goodwill in Orlando once, so it seems likely that Disney sells or gives stuff to Goodwill on occasion.
well that's sad for the employee's but I am glad to see it happen to such a terrible company.
Gulfport! I used to work there
Interesting. Disney had ONE store, I believe the only one, in Sweden like some years back. My daughter really liked it so we went sometimes to visit it to buy some expensive crap, but it closed down like a year ago. So, anyway their lost.
Second you mentioned moving and how that might change the stores you go to I immediately thought "what about the lucky rock?", so pleased to see this worry put to bed so fast.
The purse lamp might be the most cursed item I've seen so far on Thrifts
And they think someone is going to pay $4.75 for it!
@@toastymallows I mean, you do get a lamp and bag in one purchase... so I'd say it's good value! ;)
As a Chemist myself, that molecules-3D software in the beginning of the video is really awesome to see!!
Just seeing all those Disney shirts reminded me of working over a giant teflon sublimation press, pumping out t-shirts in a warehouse in the 90s. I'm not sure where the boss pirated all the images from, but we made thousands of shirts for roughly $2.23 each, and sold them in convenience stores for $25! It paid $5.25 an hour, a buck more than minimum, so we didn't ask questions!
Man, I don't usually buy junk let alone something that just looks broken but something about the Vivi artwork on an old, faded dictionary page just speaks to me.
There's something sad about seeing art in Goodwill that's not commercially made like Days Inn floral stuff. Makes you wonder what happened to the artist or why their work went unloved
That "cool table" has definitely had some coke done on it. Especially if it's from the 80's. It's almost like it was designed for it...
My thoughts exactly.
*immediately notices scratches on mirror*
Nothing screams 80s retro lamp than the brass touch lamps that would turn on/off when you touched the metal. I was obsessed with them in my childhood in the 80s
"The city of Ashville in the form of a table." That's the most accurate description I've ever heard.
I only live a couple hours from there, almost spit my drink out
You can't throw a yoga instructor without hitting a massage therapist.
How niche is that joke? I got it from the UK but it happens to be one of very few US cities I've ever visited. I know Clint lives near there so maybe it's a local thing
DMC is a VERY specific brand of Embroiderly floss! Cases like that are used to orgtanize your colors. Each one is numbered and a LOT of counted cross stitch and embroidery patterns use DMC numbers, and even other floss companies will list what the equivalent DMC color is so that you get just the RIGHT color for what you're doing.
Those cases look like they may have come from a specialty shop that closed or something like that as it seems more like shop display than personal storage to me. :)
Oh MAN you missed out not buying Molecules-3D. I had that on my first Windows PC back in the day. It was fun to just make molecules and bounce 'em around and render them!
Something about thrifts that just gives me a warm, wholesome feeling; it's like a hug, on a really, really shit day that just makes the world better. Thank you Clint.
Yeah I totally agree, always good to watch LGR thrifts to make a bad day better!
The world is healing, a new LGR Thrifts video
Masks on thrift store, people are coming to their senses.
I'm tired of hearing/seeing that sentiment. Especially right now when we are actually going through yet another spike. Covid is still a thing.
@@kandigloss6438 2020 called and wanted that horrible, horrible take back
@@clausclausie7560 I didn't know that being realistic had an expiration date.
We just had a cashies special from the dank pods too
Double thrifting
Got discharged out of the E.R. today, very shitty day over all, and then I find out that LGR uploaded an LGR Thrifts video and it made my day slightly better, thanks Clint.
Hopefully you're doing better.
@@parlinmains I am going to a gastro next week on Friday. But thank you for your thoughts
I love LGR Thrifts so much that even episodes where you find nothing are great. It's the journey, baby.
I'd watch episodes like this if they came out more often. Thanks for everything you do, Clint.
10:04 “You know what, the past is exhilarating to ponder sometimes.”
18:11 my dad had two drills like this in the early 90s, both in ugly orange. Before battery-powered drills, this was what you had. The short cord was to plug into an extenstion cord; don't want a giant, permanent cord attached to your drill.
Dad had 2 because changing the bit was so terrible or time consuming, he used one drill for all his pilot holes, then a 2nd drill to actually screw the screws with.
Yep. And they're usually still great drills.
There was a period where cheap battery operated tools flooded the market, but they were crap.
The new battery stuff is actually great, ad preferred by most contractors I know.
I still have one that my dad gave me when he went battery, as well as his dad's old b&d jigsaw. It must be 50+ years old but still does the job....
The whole COVID thing may have had an impact on sales of shirts sold at a tourist park. And styles are seasonal.
The Vivi artwork drawn on the dictionary page was stunning. 10/10 would buy.
Must've been a final fantasy fan that gave some stuff away, what with the copy of FFXI and all. But you can never have too much vivi.
Oh my goodness, that roll-top desk is very nostalgic to me! My grandparents used to have one and that's where they also had their Windows XP computer. Simpler times, man.
That was unexpected video to come up. Let me just grab my drink and sit comfortably on my chair and watch another cozy episode from LGR!
Some of the most anticipated videos I watch!
The true LGR experience!
Funny, I said the same thing except instead of grabbing a drink I grabbed a bowl.
Those DMC floss boxes! 😮😍 I have never seen those and I thrift for craft stuff all the time!
"It's full of echoes, a few games and not much more" *Immense wall of tallboxes looms in the background*
I can’t tell you how comforting it is to see this back on TH-cam.
Was about to open my music playlist, now watching LGR Thrifts
"Where in the USA? Nobody cares, probably in Ohio"
😆 IDK why, but this line had me literally laughing out loud.
As a Michigander, I hear ya
As an Ohioan, yep.
haha me too!
I used to live there so that made me laugh.
Scott Wozniak intensifies
I've always loved that ending LGR thrift theme while viewer finds are showing. Straight out of a Sly Cooper game.
Oh wow my parents had that exact phone, with the faux-alligator relief...thing, back in the early 80's (it was probably older than that). Yes that's how it came straight from the factory. I remember as a kid while on the phone, I'd just absent-mindedly trace around all the embossed patterns with my fingers. The buttons even had a satisfying feel to them; I'd put my finger on them without pressing down, and just rattling them around and listening to the ASMR sounds of plastic kitsch.
No way that's awesome! What a cool memory :)
Even when you don't buy anything, Thrifts is one of my favorite LGR features.
Yea it’s kinda relaxing series to watch
My older brother had that Def Leppard album when we were kids! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
3:40 wow the mirrored table has odd straight scratches on it, can't imagine what those were from.
Razor blades. From all the coke (and other stuff) done on the table...
@@Gatorade69 yuh think?...
@@Gatorade69 Woosh!
I think it's a treasure map
a treaure map to cocaine
nothing to think about it, it's just a cool (caine) table
I literally just finished binging the entire series over the past 3 days so this timing could not be more perfect
17:02 I believe it's Federal Law that every thrift store MUST stock at least four best of/tribute to Glenn Miller CDs.
In the UK it's copies of books by politician Jeffrey Archer and copies of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire the game.
I suppose they're ok if your....
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In The Mood...
😎
@@razerow3391 Bryn Terfel CDs are sure to be a feature as well.
@@razerow3391 Clive Cussler books and endless copies of wii sports in my local secondhand shops.
I always see CCM CD's and Herb Alpert vinyls.
The Belkin Router under the RDP adapter. WOW! we had one in 2005 connerted to optical fibre modem. it was amazing! We upgraded from 56k.
Came to the comments... Was not disappointed.
That mirror table is definitely something.
I was Marty McFly's age when Back To The Future came out, so he would be 53 now too. I couldn't help but think "DeLorean Motor Corp" when I saw those drawers too. Clearly they are for storing your flux capacitor parts.
I love just looking through Haynes repair guides, photos of old cars when they were new and whatnot.
They've also, you know, come in handy for actually fixing things too 😆
I just gave a cousin a roll top desk, *made for* a desktop PC to go inside it. I believe the wood(Real. Wood.) was stamped 1997. It has room for a thicc monitor and has a tower cabinet/drawer to slide it out for access. Keyboard drawer has floppy disk slots that keep them low enough to close the drawer. Even has a recess to accommodate a standard mousepad flush with the surface...
Very cool, very heavy desk haha
Yeah, seems like it is up here in Columbus OH. Mostly resellers coming in very early and grabbing whatever they can carry, and the rare times I find something decent at a thrift, I open it up and find the discs stolen. Theft was the big reason my local Volunteers of America closed, and I have to go across town to shop at them. Speaking of ugly Christmas trees of the 1990s, I'm surprised I don't see more of those talking trees that were all the rage for a year. The old Schottenstein's (Value City outside of Columbus) I worked at back then had a talking tree set up by Housewares, where you could hook up a portable cassette to it and then it was activated when someone went near it.
I hooked it up and whenever people came near it, it sang "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath)...needless to say it didn't stay that way :)
I still really enjoy the change you made to showing all the random interesting things you liked but aren't tech related and you didn't even think of buying. Really fits into the theme of this series. Your commentary is delightful and I could listen to this for hours.
I’m fine with you not actually finding anything, I just like to browse and also learn a few things to look for. I’ve found some pretty crazy stuff in the wild as a result of learning about retro tech from this channel, so I’ll always tune in.
Our family had that exact eCom webcam when we first got a PC. I used it to make little stop motion movies, mostly just toy cars driving around the living room.
It's amazing going to your early thrifting episodes and seeing all the console games at thrift stores, whereas now a days it's exactly as you show here. I go thrifting often partially in hopes of being at the right place at the right time, with some random successes here and there. One time I found a sealed Mario Sunshine mixed in with the DVDs and they only changed me $3 for it...still my favorite video game success to date.
That's a good find. I just found a like new Nintendo Wii with Wiimotes and Nunchucks. And then I found 32gb of Corsair ram, brand new in packaging. It worked and was a good upgrade for me. Totally worth checking out the thrift store.
@@Gatorade69 those are great finds. I found many other great things that weren't gaming related, but I always keep an eye out for gaming things.
I agree most of those "rack" stereos are lower quality. The Sony one you showed was nothing special. Also, the car audio stuff at Goodwill is interesting, I NEVER see any of that at my local Goodwills. Best of luck finding some 80's furnishings, I'm sure you'll come across some soon.
True. Fisher (owned by Sanyo at the time i think) made a series in the mid 80's that felt really cheap but had very good sound quality, especially the speakers. But most were crap
I literally never see PC stuff, audio stuff, or any real electronics at any Goodwill or thrift stores around me. It's always old lady clothes, crappy furniture, books, and old baseball gloves
8:00 I still have this kind of monitor (also from Samsung) as my main monitor. Even if I don't use the TV functions, I can have my PC, PS2 and PS3 plugged together in one place. I love it.
Yeah, it looked like it might be a decent monitor for older consoles without taking up the room that a CRT does.
My brother does as well. Black, I think 1440x900 resolution. Seems to be treating him well for the decade he's owned it, but he's finally thinking of upgrading to a more usable resolution in current day.
As a cross stitcher, I'd *love* to own those old DMC boxes.
They would be useful in multiple professions, electronics or automotive.
I found a $10 guitar at the thrift store near my place. It had no strings on it, so I guess they thought it was "broken". I bought it, put strings on it, and everything worked just fine. I sold it to a guy online for $150.
Thy Thrift Giveth and Taket!
Clearly, the master of thrifting. These videos are always fun. 👍 I bet it's tough finding nice things lately. I had people dispute this in my last video "thrifting is dead", but this videos is a testament to how true that is, with a bit of exaggeration, of course. Thanks for another one. 🎉👍
That "cool table" has seen many a line in its hey-day I bet...
I was gonna say, i think they misspelled "coke".
That picture of the Sinclair ZX81 really takes me back.
That table looked like it had a particular party activity in mind.
Chopping breakfast
Baking
Spam
CAKE
20:36 ... $4 for what I'd call a ZX81, my first computer. That is a gem of a find.
Glad you’re back! More thriftiness ooh!
It's always nice when your collection can become your set backdrop like that. Good to have yet another justification for maintaining the collection.
Those beautiful DMC sorting boxes! My heart...
Great episode with some interesting items! Love the calculator with the teal display, not something you see every day.
I'm also sure I've said it before but thank you for your dedication to excellently clear closed captions! I'm a long time fan who's hard of hearing and this makes your videos a lot more accessible for me. :)
I'm pretty sure my mom had one of those monroe calculators in the 90s. She's an accountant and seeing that calculator brought back memories of me playing around in her office as a kid.
I absolutely love these LGR Thrift vids. It’s quite the treat to see these in my feed (I click immediately).
2:19 DMC is like the gold-standard for cross stitch floss (thread). Probably other needle-specific handicrafts too.
Fun fact: thread colour DMC666 is labeled by the company as "Christmas Red" lol
I would rather use them for storing parts for my flux capacitor.
@@Stevie-J haha not too sure tbh, I only really mess with crochet and cross stitch. It's been a while since I've crocheted anything, though.
God, as a Raleigh Native, that Asheville comment had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣 If you know, you know!
That $50 clock looks very much like a Deiter Rams design. His designs we're often used by Apple for inspiration.
A little closer than inspiration, judging from a comparison I found...
8:00 I had one of those in middle school! I believe the model is a Samsung LN-T1954H. It is actually a TV. It had antenna input, as well as speakers tucked under the clear plastic shroud on the bottom. 1440x900 resolution IIRC. It was my first flat panel TV, was a huge upgrade from my ancient CRT at the time. I put a ton of hours on it with my Xbox 360 back in the day, boy that brings back memories!
12:10 At the company I work for, a coworker has one of those microfiche readers at his desk, not the exact same but very similar. According to him, microfiche was used to store archive data/documentation from the company's mainframes back in the day. Staff would use readers like these to help find specific data within a stack of cards, either standard microfiche or Aperture Cards (paper punch cards with a small microfilm window built in). The same company still runs mainframes today, and although the hardware and software is modern, there are still references to microfiche and all kinds of old stuff within certain programs.
18:20 I also have that exact same drill! Same color and made by Black & Decker, found it in my father's toolbox. I don't really like using it since it has an odd smell once it gets warm, but it is pretty powerful even compared to my modern cordless drill. The power cord on it is much longer though, maybe someone damaged that one and repaired it by cutting it (very) short.
Thanks for the awesome videos! I've been subscribed for a few years, and I always love when mainframe stuff happens to pop up!
I'm a sucker for Radio Shack stuff, would have jumped on that tape deck and adding machine.
That coke table too if it wasn't sold. 😆
Great to see some more thrifting! Not every time you need find something to bring home, the search is most of the adventure!
I'm sorry but if I went into a Goodwill and saw the prices that first location had, I would slander that location every day on their social media pages. Those prices are whack af.
0:15 "It's full of echoes and not much more..." Somehow this sentence put a big grin on my face. I'm weird like that. I'll just go watch the rest of the video. Thanks, Clint!
DMC makes floss for cross stitch and embroidery. I am so jelly of those boxes. I'd so pick them up to store my floss.
Those were such great boxes!
It's really eerie seeing a bunch of exact models of things I use every day dusty and abandoned in a thrift store, especially when he pulled an exact copy of my keyboard out of a bin, walked up to my exact hifi, and then showed me my grandfather's accounting calculator we still have in the office.
Welcome back happy to see the thrifts! Even if the stock has been stagnant your voice overs are always fresh! Edit: clock was super cool, shame it was expensive!
Drill brings back memories. My father had one and a couple of sanders from B&D. Cord was perfect, less to break and have to replace, easier to store nicely rolled extension cords than a dozen tools with long cords.
As a crafter, those DMC boxes are a fantastic find. Wish I could find those at my local thrift store!
Always nice to see a new thrifting episode, even when you don't buy anything.
I sometimes walk away from a thrift store empty-handed, but looking through the old junk is still a fun way to spend some time.
That purse lamp is screaming "I will set your house on fire!" all over the place.
yeah for sure, wouldn't be surprised if it has scorch marks on the inside of it.
The company that made Haynes manuals is just down the road from me. I can nearly see the buildings that used to hold the printing presses from my bedroom window and drive past there all the time. I'm in deepest rural England...
Didn't expect a Thrifts video, but hey I'll take it and enjoy it. Haha you had fun with inputting digits such as 58008 and 420 and 69 on that calculator at 7:41.
From one cultured gentleman to another: 7:48 “nice” 😉
1:24 So that's where Mom's VHS collection ended up.... It's weird, they even sorted them nearly the same way as she did.
I’m not even in to the retro style and this type stuff but man is it entertaining to watch and I love the commentary and the witty humor. Also the music is so calming.
Designer: Which inputs should we put in our new monitor/television? CEO: Yes.
Actually not that bad if youre frequently working with devices and PCs with varying outputs
@@Dare88 Especially the older ones. *Looking at my VIAO PC
I would love if they did that with modern TVs/monitors.
It was pretty common up until the early 2010s maybe - because people actually used those different connection types.
Component video was the way to get hi-def video before everything went to HDMI, so old DVD players and game consoles (PS2, etc.) - and probably some old Blu-ray players supported it.
I'm not sure how common S-Video was, of course various old game consoles can output it if you have the right cables, and it was used on S-VHS decks and probably some DVD players.
And VGA was one of the most common methods of hooking up computers.
It was nice to have all those inputs. I can understand why most TVs don't provide them any more but I liked having them.
@@tetsujin_144 S video was somewhat common. Not on everything but usually available on some devices, especially the more expensive ones.
My dad had that exact same roll top desk in the 80s. Also in NC. Wild to see one like it after all these years.
Oh my gourd a thrifts video. Must watch NOW
more please clint. the thrift stores in my area all resell decent items online, and picking is beyond slim. cheers
My thrifting has been pretty decent lately. I got a GameCube with a controller, a 1981 Yamaha receiver (couldn't resist the brushed steel and wood grain for only $5), and a Polaroid camera. I also got that same Def Leppard album earlier this year (with the record still in it) and a couple Moody Blues records.
This is my absolute favourite series on youtube. Even if you don't get anything watching a rural slice of americana is exciting for me! Please make more!
Im glad to hear the thrift music again, LGR thifts is the best :D
I would totally apply for work at "Lucky Rock" :D
I would've expected the calculator @14:52 and the telephone @9:42 would've been among the purchases. These are PERFECTR for an 80s room =D
They'd be pretty great! Thing is I already have calculators and telephones that are even *more* suited, at least for the aesthetic I have in mind :)
@@LGR I am so eager to see it =)
That coffee table is so 80s/90s it comes with its own mirror for shooting lines.
BTW, I'm highly disappointed that you didn't take the molecular modeling software home.
I've never heard of "shooting lines". You DID lines. "Shooting coke," as in injecting, was an entirely different thing. I don't know if it's regional slang, or you're just way too young (I certainly remember the 80s), or just too far into molecular modelling software to know these things, lol, but... be a little more careful with drug jokes! It can lead to bad misunderstandings!
@@squirlmy you're right, I'm to young to remember the 80s. I'm also not hugely familiar with cocaine user's jargon, so I did mix it up.
My PC desk when I was a kid was a roll-top desk that my parents had commissioned by local Mennonite furniture makers. It was fantastic to roll up the top and reveal the IBM 14" monitor and off-white speakers that came with the 486 Aptiva that was my childhood DOS machine.
Sigh... the good old days.
There is something deeply satisfying about thrift shopping.
My theory is that it's related to the caveman instinct of foraging.
actually, that' the only explanation for brick and mortar stores existing at all!!! anymore. and Supermarkets, rather than always buying from carts of produce in the city center. I'm a little puzzled why you only associate that instinct with thrifts. Maybe the randomness?
@@squirlmy When you visit a grocery store, same things will always be in the same place. In drift stores you have some old stuff, but bunch of new stuff as well.
Similar to foraging where you might have the reliable berry patches, but then some new berries might have grown since the last time you visited. So it's always somewhat unique of an experience.
Also the aspect of having the potential to come out empty handed and only wasting your time is quite similar to foraging, which you don't get in supermarkets.
The short cable on power tools was common in my country, saws had even shorter ones. They were expensive items and replacing an extension cord was far cheaper than replacing or fixing the whole drill. It was also nicer in your truck, not much to get tangled.
Your goodwills always have the coolest stuff ours mostly has old wedding or dresses and tons of religious books lol
This really eased my anxiety today. Thank you for the relaxing vids, as per usual!
There comes a point where you've collected enough things that thrifting gets mundane. Clint might be hitting that point.
I guess at some point you have what you fancy plus a few backups, and anything more is just weighing you down. I stopped thrifting and checking the local craigslist. I know I’ll miss out on some ‘good deals’, but honestly, I’ve got enough old crap already 😋
I agree and i haven't found any pc games in a few years at thrift shops.
@@clavius5734 I do still go to most of my local thrift/charity stores regularly and go to flea markets/boot sales as and when I can (I grew up going to all of the above all the time), but honestly what I look for at those places has evolved and changed over the years.
I used to focus almost exclusively on retro games and PC stuff whereas now I tend to look more for DVDs (because they are criminally cheap where I live nowadays and I like physical copies of film), board games (because my partner and myself have developed a love for board games (especially over the Covid era)), small trinkets that I like and sure I'll have a quick browse for any retro game/PC stuff whilst I'm there. (That said, it's rare I pick any of that stuff up as retro game prices have rocketed over the past decade)
Interesting how tastes change over the years, and it's weird to start feeling a lack of desire to chase after thrift stores having grown up enjoying shopping there.
Whenever I get into a binge with collecting certain things, I'll go buy nearly every single item I see until I have too much and just go with the better quality or rare items. Clint's much the same, I suspect. It does take away the magic of finding that item you'd normally flip for though
Plus, he said he's still able to go to his usual store locations, so he's already cleaned out their old stock of interesting items in previous trips. It may have been better if he'd moved far enough to hit new locations.
Great to have thrifts back!!! It reminds me once again to get off my lazy butt and and see what is available locally