The View From Drew

A fellow graduate of the class of 86, actually.  She's placed a number of dog ornaments up for auction on eBay.  They have a great opening bid and what's nice is that she's got some duplicates, so it's not like you'll be stepping on any toes in bidding. (Like mine.)  Take a look at her listings - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/dizeimage_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Nothing huge, but if anyone wants a VHS copy of "Survival", dirt cheap, take a look at this - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290270277045

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Thinking you really don't have any privacy when you're going to the bathroom? Well, Seattle is auctioning off some of their self-cleaning pay toilets on eBay, If they malfunction, you can guarantee that you'll have some alone time.

I'm cleaning out some things from I closet and posted them up on eBay.  They include some Doctor Who VHS tapes, Trek movies VHS tapes, and a Deal or No Deal DVD game.  Take a look.

Awhile ago, I suggested we call chip in and buy a hotel, but I think I found a better use for our money!  Via the doctorwho community, this man is asking ten million dollars in an ebay auction to help him fund his time travel theory/project.  I get to be Al!  Who wants to be Tina?

Thanks to the ubercool yendi, I was able to snag the entire run of M*A*S*H with all the extras from Amazon a few weeks back for less than $100.  This is the second time I've followed his notices of Amazon sales and made a good deal in the bargain.  Thanks.

Because of this, I'm putting the season sets I've collected so far up for bid on eBay.  Seasons one to seven are up for grabs, so bid early and bid often.  Good luck!

Is everybody happy?

I am.

I just received the Angel complete DVD series set in the mail.  Amazon had a great deal on the set and they delivered it to me faster than their estimate (an unusual event, let me tell you).  My only quibble is that they set it up just like the Buffy complete series DVD set with the individual packages for each season that can fall apart easily if you don't handle them correctly.  Otherwise, it's just like the DVD sets and comes out much cheaper than buying them individually.  There's also a cool episode guide book like in the Buffy set.

Anyway, this leads me to my announcement.  Angel Season One on eBay.  Be there or be a trapazoid.

I won a package of 70's and 80's DVD sets at my school's silent auction last weekend and I'm not interested in keeping The Rockford Files Season Four or Miami Vice Season Five.  If there are any fans or if you know of one, I've placed them up for auction on eBay.  Head on over to my eBay page to learn more.

So I didn't get to march in the parade yesterday.  There was too much snow and I managed to get sick again on Friday.  I was very sad about this as I marched last year and had a great deal of fun.  There are basically three sections to our school in the parade - the current student body, the alumni, and the Emerald Society.  I sort of drift back and forth among the sections as I'm a teacher, an alumni, and have attended several of the society's meetings.  I was also looking forward to taking the bus with the kids this year and avoiding the booze cars of the Metro North.

Lesson here - flu shots do work.  This is the first year in many I didn't receive one and the result is a series of colds.  Now, one can argue that I get them from the kids, but Eddie has only been sick once and Mikey has only been suffering from ear infections, which was common for Eddie and myself at that age.  Yes, I do teach in a school, but I never suffered like this last year. 

Face it kids, flu shots work.  Don't buy into the hype that they are in actuality alien DNA being forced on us by our government to weed out the weak from the strong so that we can build our next army to invade Iran.

As a result, I didn't have any corned beef and cabbage - an Irish/American staple as opposed to being simply an Irish one.  As one guy from Ireland pointed out, they don't have corned beef in Ireland at all.  The closest thing would be Spam.  I did enjoy the leftover homemade macaroni and cheese with broccoli though.  Maybe today.

Also as a result, I didn't go out with Eddie and play in the snow.  I did go out briefly to give Sue a break in the shoveling as we dug out the cars, but I could only do that for so long before things started spinning.  It was interesting to see how quickly the snow had already begun to melt.  I'm hoping it's all cleared out by the end of the week.  (We got about a little over a foot here in Brewster.)

I love eBay.  I know there are stories of people getting burned on it, but I never have when it comes to buying things.  I did get burned once when selling something.  I had some comics up for auction and the winning bidder never returned any of my emails.  I tried for one month to contact the person.  I sent a final appeal, saying I was about to re-list.  As soon as I re-listed, I got an email stating that payment had been made.  Well, he had every opportunity to pay, so I sent back the payment and he proceeded to give me negative feedback - the only one I've ever received.

Anyway, I just purchased seasons three, four, and five of The Tomorrow People for only $19.00.  On Amazon it sells for over fifty bucks!  So, the weekend wasn't a total wash.

So, I've posted two items for auction on eBay.

1) He-Man - Season One, Volume 2 DVD set - new
2) Tic-Tac-Dough home game 70's version - used

Good luck to any of you who may bid.

I've posted a listing on eBay for the Colin Baker adventure, "The Two Doctors" with Patrick Troughton.  This is a VHS copy as I now have it on DVD.

My auction of my extra Deep Space Nine season one set is up to $31.00, which is what I paid for it originally.  Cool!

Well, psiqueue still holds the lead in the auction of my extra season one Deep Space Nine DVD set, despite eight other bidding attempts.  The auction ends on the fifth.

I gotta ask, how far are you willing to bid for the DS9 set?  (He's at $1.00 at the moment, folks.)

I'm selling my extra copy of the season one set as I purchased the entire series on eBay recently.  It's new with only a tear in the shrink wrapping as the person took the UPC code, but I'll throw in my UPC code for the completist.

I've posted some items for sale on eBay, including two Buffy DVD sets and a Colin Baker VHS Doctor Who adventure.  Go see for yourself.