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Leave it to teh Internets to come up with a whole online store for tape. Thanks, Kalhoun!
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You’re welcome! I have found the most obscure things for my husband on line (a two-inch hole-less grommet for his hot rod comes to mind), so I figured it was worth a try. Though I must say the concept of a tape store kinda cracks me up!
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense]
Seems the cables you need to connect your picture-taking cell phone to a computer are non-existant. They’re made, somewhere, but they’re never stocked at the store that you actually buy the phone at.
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If it’s the USB with one regular end for the computer and one small end for the phone, they use the same once for digital cameras. I didn’t need to buy one because my camera came with one so I was lucky. Staples has one for $19.
[QUOTE=Hal Briston]
Pepsi One.
I can’t seem to figure out how local Pepsi distributors are failing to grasp simple supply-and-demand. If you go to your local supermarket, you will see dozens of 12-packs of regular Pepsi, and no 12-packs of Pepsi One. That’s because they’ve sold out of their supply of Pepsi One. Because, and here’s where I suppose they get tripped up, people like Pepsi One and buy it. So, instead of dedicating more shelf space to Pepsi One and less to regular Pepsi, they just give the supermarket their one pallet of Pepsi One per month and say “screw you” to consumers.
It’s a constant race around here. We have three supermarkets in a two-mile radius, and on any given week, one of them will have 12-packs of Pepsi products on sale. However, they only put out about fifteen 12-packs of Pepsi One, so only five people will be able to take advantage of the sale (given the limit of three per customer). At any given time, I have two or three rainchecks in my wallet, just in case I come across a few 12-packs stashed on the back of a shelf at one of the stores.
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Maybe it’s a NJ thing Hal. I can never find Pepsi One. I’ve even bugged the manager about it. Do they not order enough? Does it sell out? They never seem to have it. The only time I can find a bottle or two is when it’s not on sale.
It really bugs me because it’s one of the only diet soda’s that I like.
[QUOTE=kayT]
Harmonious Discord, do you know anyone with a sewing machine? Curtains are stupifyingly easy to make (I know because I made most of mine and I am no seamstress!) So, find someone with a machine or even buy one (they have 'em for $99) and go to a fabric store and find exactly what you want. You get the idea…
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I have a window that was difficult to treat. (window treatments, get it?) I went to a fabric store, bought the fabric, then took it to a dry cleaner that does alterations/etc. I gave her the measurements and a little sketch and viola`, curtains!
Sattua, how about making a wooden elevation in your shelves, one book deep, about half a books height? It would be just two wooden planks fastended together like an |[sup]_[/sup]
That way, you can put double the amount of novels in a standard bookshelf, and still see most of the titles. My father in law has this, and it looks really neat.
[QUOTE=Maastricht]
Sattua, how about making a wooden elevation in your shelves, one book deep, about half a books height? It would be just two wooden planks fastended together like an |[sup]_[/sup]
That way, you can put double the amount of novels in a standard bookshelf, and still see most of the titles. My father in law has this, and it looks really neat.
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hmm…
Diceman, you could also try a bead shop. I’m sure Detroit must have a bunch of them. They sell all kinds of cordage by the foot; I’m guessing you’ve got waxed cotton, which is pretty inexpensive. I bet you could even sweet-talk the girl behind the counter into putting a clasp on it for you. Couple of bucks tops.
I am beginning to think that chocolate-covered ginger Altoids exist only in legend. Even the Altoids website doesn’t list them, but I hear Dopers - who, evidently, live in Fairyland - talking about how delicious they are all the time.
I want my sweet sweet fairy candy, dammit!
[QUOTE=PunditLisa]
The other day my co-worker asked me to order some more earmuffs for his ear buds. (You know, those little colored spongy things that cover the buds.) None of the office product stores carried them. I located them at RadioShack.com and they had them for less than $5 but they wanted me to pay $6 to ship them! I bet they weighed 5 ounces. I finally just went to my local Radio Shack and got a pair. $4.50 for 2 sets. What a freaking rip-off.
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Your know, you could’ve gone to a 99 Cents store and just bought a $1.50 pair of cheap ear buds that includes the earmuffs. (And could’ve thrown away the cheap earphones in front of the cashier.)
But those things aways come off and get lost anyway. I don’t even bother to use them.
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin]
I am beginning to think that chocolate-covered ginger Altoids exist only in legend. Even the Altoids website doesn’t list them, but I hear Dopers - who, evidently, live in Fairyland - talking about how delicious they are all the time.
I want my sweet sweet fairy candy, dammit!
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Same thing here. All I ever see besides peppermint is cinnamon.
Sattua - I hate those bookcases! You’d think someone, somewhere would realize the need for paperback bookshelves but no luck. I ended up finding a place that could cut wood for me, bought a 4’x8’x3/4" bit of plywood, gave them my plan, took the pieces home and made my own!
However, I’ve since discovered that DVD shelves work really well for paperbacks (that’s the thing sitting on top of my bookcase - a little two shelf dealie from IKEA). I’ve seen ones similar to this on sale a few times at local media stores.
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin]
I want my sweet sweet fairy candy, dammit!
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Those are regulated by the Illuminati. Get in good with them, and you’ll get your fairy candy.
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin]
I am beginning to think that chocolate-covered ginger Altoids exist only in legend. Even the Altoids website doesn’t list them
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This one does.
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin]
I am beginning to think that chocolate-covered ginger Altoids exist only in legend. Even the Altoids website doesn’t list them, but I hear Dopers - who, evidently, live in Fairyland - talking about how delicious they are all the time.
I want my sweet sweet fairy candy, dammit!
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All of my local groceries are lousy with them in every checkout line. If you can lay your hands on some cans of fake salisbury steaks we could talk trade.
::: bookmarks the link to the frame store from up-thread with plans of purchasing on my next payday :::
[QUOTE=C3]
I’ve been looking everywhere for glass spray bottles. I don’t think they make them. I make my own cleaning products and I wanted something a little more aesthetically pleasing than the crappy plastic bottles I’ve been using. I thought it would nice to get some glass ones and paint the outsides, but no luck.
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Would this work?
Oh, what timing. I was thinking of starting a Pit thread about mine.
Bloody boot laces. Simple nylon 12-eyelet-length laces. Why can’t you find these things just about anywhere?
Army/Navy? Nope.
Shoe stores? Nah.
Hot Topic - Where they sell Goddam boots? NO!
What in Hell do I have to do to get some stinkin’ boot laces? I searched for so long I can’t even wear the boots anymore because the original laces will snap if I try to tie them.
If I’m reduced to the Internet to search for worthless nylon boot laces I’m going to flip out.
[QUOTE=Gorgon Heap]
Bloody boot laces. Simple nylon 12-eyelet-length laces. Why can’t you find these things just about anywhere?
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Have you tried a shoe repair shop?
[QUOTE=Diceman]
tiger lily: I know what you mean. I live in an apartment, and furniture that’s appropriately scaled to an apartment is pretty hard to find. I’ve been looking for a table to sit between my two living room chairs. I’d like one that’s narrow, but with a drawer in the front. My parents have a table that’s pretty much exactly what I’d like, but it came from a store that’s no longer in business. I can’t seem to find another table like it at any of the local furniture stores. I’m currently using a really rickety table that came in a kit from Target or WalMart or some place like that.
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It’s a bedside table, but if the wood matches what you’re looking for, it could work. I think you could get away without putting the door on, too, if you don’t want it (though there might be some premade holes on the inside that you’d be able to see.
As for a coffee table, we were looking for something long and narrow, and ended up buying this shoe rack . One side is slightly less accessible on the top than the other due to a support beam, but it is evenly stained on all sides and works great for us. All the cubby holes are great in an apartment - somewhere to put the phone book, magazines, a couple baskets of things you need all the time (pens, paper, batteries, remote controls, etc).
Right now I can’t think of anything I need and can’t find, but I have an odd urge to go to Ikea and just see what I come home with (life is evil… I work 5 minutes from Ikea!)
[QUOTE=MannyL]
Would this work?
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Thanks, but those are too small…the largest one is only 6 oz. I want to use it for what is essentially Windex, so I need something that’s about 32 fl oz.
The cards for the 90’s edition of Trivial Pursuit. I haven’t checked in a couple of months, but the last time I did, nowhere to be found!
Thai Chili flavored tuna- I found this about a year ago and once in a while I find it again but never when I really want it.
For all the coffee table searchers, this is what we have in our tiny apartment (the larger one). It’s a really sturdy piece of furniture (it withstands constant beatings with matchbox cars), plus it provides extra storage. We keep all our pictures, mementos, keepsakes, etc. in there.
