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Well a friend of mine that looks just like Hoss on Bonanza came to work on our crew today....I asked him how the two Labrador pups were that I gave him. He said they are spoiled Blah Blah Blah.... He asked about my garage, and I mentioned that I'm looking for pop machines. He said Darn I just got rid of two two weeks ago at the junk yard. I said were they bottle pull type? He said "Yup"...I said were they round top? He said "Yup".... Then I said #&@*! well somebody got them I guess..... He said no we destroyed them before we took them there.....I about died, and wish I had never mentioned it. Famous line from Appocolypse Now "The Horror"......  '>
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2006, 09:36:52 am » |
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2006, 09:59:45 am » |
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I have heard that therapy works. However, in this case nothing will work. How does the song go? "suicide is painless" Theme from Mash.
Brian C
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bcexpress
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Cavalier C-51 Restored
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GE Double Chiller Restored
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Vendo 27b Pepsi
Vendo 81b
Westinghouse wd-5 / WE-6
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Jacobs 56 Pepsi
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2006, 03:15:53 pm » |
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Feel free to kick ole Hoss right in the Ponderosa!!  '>
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Lots of Round Top machines
Buy-Sell-Trade-Restorations
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firemun
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2006, 05:08:38 pm » |
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If "looks like" means as big as...I would consider carefully before kicking.
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BrianB
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2006, 07:24:04 am » |
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A day late and a dollar short......I know your pain.
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2006, 12:13:36 pm » |
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Chances are very high that if Hoss still had those machines you would have got all excited only to find some large squaretop monsters.
I had a guy tell me he had a machine just like my Vendo 81. When I went to his house to buy it........Yep square corner 56
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Monkey Boy
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2006, 12:23:19 pm » |
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That's three machines that I've missed out on lately. The other one was a dude my wife works for that runs the local military museum. Someone donated a bottle machine to him, and he didn't want it. He told me so it is my fault...However he didn't describe it very well and it would've been a good one to have. I didn't act upon it by asking for more information, didn't get after it right then, and spaced it off. He told me that it was mine if I wanted it and I said yes...He didn't remind me and sold it instead for like $35. The guy that bought it retrieved $25 dollars out of it. So it only cost him $10. Why O why isn't this my story of good luck? Because I procrastinated, and didn't ask for more details....Never again.
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2006, 06:51:37 pm » |
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I tell my wife, that in our line of work, I mean "our hobby", you need to kiss a few frogs. I tell her that everytime I go on one of my excursions. I too have experienced the old "it seems round to me". Only to find a wonderful Vendo 56 square top. (Which I always buy for around $35 bucks anyway). On the other hand, I met a wonderful farmer who said to me last Sunday I have a couple of old jukeboxes in my celler you are welcome to have". I will post some pics over the weekend as to what I find. I kiss at least three frogs for every keeper.
Remember, we are collectors/hunters. We are not successful every time we go on safari.At least I'm not. I love the anticipation of wondering what's in this farmers basement. Could it be some hideous record player from the 80s? Or could it by a Wurliter 1015 in some dark corner of the celler crying out to be restored and placed in my basement maltshop. If I'm getting a little too deep. please let me know.
Tune in over the weekend. I am having troule sleeping at night wondering what in store for me on Saturday.
Good hunting.
Brian C
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bcexpress
Vendo 39 Original
Cavalier C-51 Restored
Cavalier C-96 Restored (almost done)
GE Double Chiller Restored
Cavalier C-33 7 Up Restored
Vendo 27b Pepsi
Vendo 81b
Westinghouse wd-5 / WE-6
3 Stoner Candy/Theatre/Junior/180
Bastian Blessing Bobtail soda fountain
Jacobs 56 Pepsi
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2006, 10:51:16 pm » |
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Most Important rule of collecting, always follow your leads!!  '>
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