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St. Louis thrift stores

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:00:06 +0000

St. Louis has a number of good thrift stores. They’re good for saving money, and if you’re looking for collectibles, there’s something more thrilling about finding it in a thrift store than a collectibles shop. Here are my recommendations for

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Where to buy vintage computers

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:00:13 +0000

Collecting vintage computers can be fun. I also personally think it’s great that people are interested in preserving that history. Where to buy vintage computers hasn’t changed much over the years. It just may take a bit more work than

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Value Village and Affton could be very good for one another

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:00:09 +0000

There’s a Value Village thrift store in Shrewsbury that’s being displaced because the plaza it’s in–the same place I used to go to buy Commodore gear–is going to be demolished to make way for a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Whether Shrewsbury needs

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Advice on scraping by

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:26:28 +0000

Here’s a good, timely Google search query: scraping by advice. I looked, and I’ve never written anything that matched that query well. I know a lot of people are hurting right now. I’ve been in some tight spots and I’ve

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