Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:06:57 -0400 Harvey Sachs <sachs@erols.com> offered:
[CR]Free: Unique British "Never-Off" Freewheels - at Cirque ... At Trexlertown (where else?) I may have won the Bottom-feeders Funk contest myself. I came home with half a dozen or so Genuine British T.D.C. freewheels, really grimy. These take a really nice but essentially unavailable remover that has three deep male "teeth" that engage equivalent slots in the body. Yeah, Larry Black has at least one, but who knows where? :-). Actually, they have a nice design, with inner cogs splined and outer ones threaded -- like the early Suntours. ...
I'll have these at Cirque, first come, first serve, free -- if you'll tell me a good yarn on some outrageous use for these classic pearls. Or if you will just take one. ...
Your smileage may vary.
Harvey Sachs* McLean VA *showing a depth of mud-dredging under the bottom feeders that would even embarrass Larry Osborn. _____ __________________________________________________ The real story:
In true "bottom feeder" mode (I was learning from the Master), it was near the end of the day and Harvey & I decided to do one quick walk through to see what 'treasures' had not been picked up by the hordes. Next to one booth, there was this small very worn, greasy, cardboard box, with several very greasy, grimey freewheels at the bottom. These had been "missed" by several hundred potential buyers. The seller asked $10 for them all, and Harvey countered $5. Deal made!
I'm sure the seller was glad to just get rid of these, since any reputable garbage dump would have charged far more to accept these things which would then contaminate his dump and perhaps draw an alert for toxic waste dumping. :) Maybe his wife had insisted that this junk doesn't come home...
Ben Sanford
Falls Church, VA