Happy 4th
Went to the flea market and Mr. and Mrs. Smith with mom yesterday.
Good movie.
The flea market sure is different. While it used to be like a giant yard sale it is now mass commercialism. Stands decorated with ornate things to entrance the buyer inside, and not a cheap thing in site. when I was young it was a place to take kids, you could usually find a toy or something to keep them entertained. Now I would take a kid as punishment.
And then the people... gone are the days when bargain hunters would roam the aisles. I swear they should almost ask your net yearly income before allowing you in. I heard one person come out and declare that they got a deal on something (a rug I think) at $500.
Whoa. I don't have that kind of money. and that seemed typical. Maybe the merchants are still paying for stand decoration.
We found one seller in a back corner selling odds and ends like the good old days. Those ladies were bored. What's worse is that they seemed to know how hopeless the situation was. They were watching the traffic, and I heard one use the word yuppie. The really sad thing was the undercurrent in the tone. It told me that they already knew that the person wouldn't even glance at the stand.
I think I may stick to the flea market in Albuquerque from now on. It's mass commercailism, but different. At least you'd be willing to take your kids and buy them a cheap toy. It's also just more interesting anymore. There is cheap crap from china next to neat hand made stuff. and of course the yard sale stuff. It's not designed for tourists... and that's the way I like my flea markets.
So trader joes... good luck with the tourists, because I doubt that this Santa fe resident will be back anytime soon.
In other news I have a picture of a genius for you. Now the only way that I have altered the pic is to blur out the plates. The genius is not in the turn lane, and was not creeping up on the light. No he really did sit there the whole time. If you look at the bottom left corner you'll see the stop line for that lane.
And I was safe while taking the pic, I was the passenger.
The sad thing is that this is common. Oh and the person in the car on the right came from behind us and stopped up there... we had been sitting on the stop line for some time when genius no. 2 decided that he is willing to risk life and car to get ahead of a faster car. (Yes, we had passed him earlier)
Finally... these train tracks are in use. At least one train per day, and not always at the same time.
Picture is above this, had to make a seperate post for it since the add image button wasn't working for me. Probably because my connection speed today is slow.
Good movie.
The flea market sure is different. While it used to be like a giant yard sale it is now mass commercialism. Stands decorated with ornate things to entrance the buyer inside, and not a cheap thing in site. when I was young it was a place to take kids, you could usually find a toy or something to keep them entertained. Now I would take a kid as punishment.
And then the people... gone are the days when bargain hunters would roam the aisles. I swear they should almost ask your net yearly income before allowing you in. I heard one person come out and declare that they got a deal on something (a rug I think) at $500.
Whoa. I don't have that kind of money. and that seemed typical. Maybe the merchants are still paying for stand decoration.
We found one seller in a back corner selling odds and ends like the good old days. Those ladies were bored. What's worse is that they seemed to know how hopeless the situation was. They were watching the traffic, and I heard one use the word yuppie. The really sad thing was the undercurrent in the tone. It told me that they already knew that the person wouldn't even glance at the stand.
I think I may stick to the flea market in Albuquerque from now on. It's mass commercailism, but different. At least you'd be willing to take your kids and buy them a cheap toy. It's also just more interesting anymore. There is cheap crap from china next to neat hand made stuff. and of course the yard sale stuff. It's not designed for tourists... and that's the way I like my flea markets.
So trader joes... good luck with the tourists, because I doubt that this Santa fe resident will be back anytime soon.
In other news I have a picture of a genius for you. Now the only way that I have altered the pic is to blur out the plates. The genius is not in the turn lane, and was not creeping up on the light. No he really did sit there the whole time. If you look at the bottom left corner you'll see the stop line for that lane.
And I was safe while taking the pic, I was the passenger.
The sad thing is that this is common. Oh and the person in the car on the right came from behind us and stopped up there... we had been sitting on the stop line for some time when genius no. 2 decided that he is willing to risk life and car to get ahead of a faster car. (Yes, we had passed him earlier)
Finally... these train tracks are in use. At least one train per day, and not always at the same time.
Picture is above this, had to make a seperate post for it since the add image button wasn't working for me. Probably because my connection speed today is slow.
posted by Phoenixwaller | 10:16 AM
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