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Weird Things Found at Discount Stores

10/23/2021

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I do most of my shopping at thrift stores and bargain places like "Big Lots."  Why?  Because it's fun.  And also because of my mother.  She was raised during the Great Depression and I've heard some scary stories about how tight the family finances were.  So, I guess, by osmosis I've assumed her thrifty ways.  I mean, that's not to say I won't have the occasional splurge at a department store or a Louis Vuitton boutique (every life needs a touch of luxury); but I would never pay full retail price at a department store (gotta hit those clearance racks first--however, you're not gonna get out of Louis Vuitton without paying full price.  They've never heard the word "sale."  At Louis Vuitton, they've got you by the Petit Sac Plat!).
So, since I'm in places like Goodwill and The Salvation Army and The Mission Thrift Store and St. Vincent DePaul's quite a bit; I come across a lot of odd things.  Like the above food product.  Yes, they are peanuts.  Are they made in Japan?  I'll have to go back and read the fine print; but I doubt it.  Peanuts: again, yes.  But they have a shell.  Not their original shell; but like a candy shell, except it's not sweet.  It's a shell coated with chile dust and a hint of lime.  And the sensation of eating one is as strange as you might imagine.  It's the kind of food-stuff that could grow on you to the point where you craved them and HAD TO HAVE THEM.  Fortunately, this has not happened to me with "Japon Fuego Nuts"(!).  And I say fortunately because these came from Big Lots.  Big Lots actually has like, a gourmet  and specialty food aisle.  Also international foods; which is where the Japon Fuego Nuts were discovered.  But you can't get addicted to any food you get at Big Lots, because if you go back for more, it will more than likely not be there.  Which is probably why it ended up at Big Lots in the first place: because they're not making it anymore.

​Now I apologize in advance for this being a lousy picture; but for some reason, it was the only one that registered on my phone, and I took like five pictures of it...(I just got a smart phone a year ago, so, like yeah) anyways, it was a painting of "scenes," I guess, from Pulp Fiction.  Here is most of it (John Travolta got cut off):
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It somehow manages to outdisturb the actual movie.  I bet Quentin Tarantino would like it.  I probably should've bought it for the guest bathroom.  Or Quentin's guest bathroom.
​Anyways, I thought it might be fun to post this random weirdness, which I will do in future blogs.
Always,
​Chris
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    Christopher Reidy is from the Boston area.  He attended Boston University where he studied TV and film which eventually led him to Los Angeles.  There he did the Hollywood thing (which he wasn’t particularly good at) and eventually met his partner Joseph.  He was one of the co-founders of the short lived Off Hollywood Theatre Company which staged several of his original plays.  83 In the Shade is his first novel.  He also dabbles in screenplays, toys with short stories, and flirts with poetry.  Life brought him to bucolic Southwest Virginia where he now resides and is very active in community theatre. It may interest you to know Chris is officially an Irish citizen as well as an American. He also enjoys drawing and painting and looking after a passel of 
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