the Consuminator

People sell and, more amazingly, buy AOL disks.

The Consuminator’s eBay Search of the Week is just for fun. Search subjects are chosen by whim. Sometimes they turn up something interesting or useful.

This week’s eBay search is for Antique Pewter Beer Steins.

The Consuminator’s eBay Search of the Week is just for fun. Search subjects are chosen by whim. Sometimes they turn up something interesting or useful.

I was in Linens and Things the other day to buy a towel and happened to see a Luminarc Shot Glass Checker Set. I presume a player empties the opponent’s glass when he jumps it. “Crown me” takes on a whole new meaning if you’re using Crown Royal!

The box illustration shows the set with rounded-square glasses filled with a Ty-D-Bol-looking liquid and round glasses filled with a bright yellow liquid. I’ll let your imagination take you where mine did.

This week’s eBay search is for Florida Voting Machines from the 2000 election. Will machines from tomorrow’s election be available soon, too? • • • •

The Consuminator’s eBay Search of the Week is just for fun. Search subjects are chosen by whim. Sometimes they turn up something interesting or useful.

While on another visit to Lowe’s, I found this cool new right angle drill attachment only it doesn’t just do right angles, you can set almost any angle, plus the handle position can be set independently.

It’ll make a heck of a back scratcher! Don’t try this at home.

The latest salvo in the soft drink flavor war is Dr Pepper’s new cherry vanilla. When will it end?

I’m still looking for a decent diet grape.

The ubiquitous coffee shop is planning on becoming more ubiquitous by tripling their number of stores worldwide.

customers are sometimes forced to journey more than two blocks to find one

They’re already across the street from each<>other!

Another characteristic is they [customers] are impatient.

Could it be the caffeine? The abstract from Psychopharmacology.

This week’s eBay search is for Corn Cob Pipes. Maybe you need one for a Halloween costume - maybe for everyday use! I won’t tell.

While you’re enjoying your pipe, you can watch the birds and squirrels at your Iowa Corn Feeder.

The Consuminator’s eBay Search of the Week is just for fun. Search subjects are chosen by whim. Sometimes they turn up something interesting or useful.

I was going to write a post about snake oil and I may still do so. In the mean time, I found this excellent one.

This week’s eBay search is for Crude Oil Samples. With the price of oil at record highs, would these be good investments? Perhaps you can get together a small refinery.

The Consuminator’s eBay Search of the Week is just for fun. Search subjects are chosen by whim. Sometimes they turn up something interesting or useful.