Some people develop love and like for old things. This is no doubt a good hobby. There is no guarantee we always will be on the profit side. Sometimes we will incur heavy loss also. But, the chances for the latter are less.
Yes. The price of the old ones will be half of the new ones. It is also true that most of the machinery will have good quality material wise than the new ones.
I had a good experience. I got Manual singer sewing machine which is of 60 years old. We were not using it. I wanted to use it. So took it to the servicing center. The mechanic was an expert. He just saw it and asked ‘WHY WAS IT KEPT IDLE FOR THE LAST 40 TO 50 YEARS”. I told him the reason He asked for the machine and was ready to pay Rs.6000/- as is where is a condition. I did not accept for that and got it repaired. Now it is perfect.
Similarly, the story of my St.Thomas Wall Clock which is really 150 years old. My grandfather purchased it in those British days.
I really enjoy to have them and take good care of the above two items.

Good article. We have in the States a similar location. We call these places Thrift stores. They are designed to raise funds for the homeless and needy. Rich people contribute to these centers and you can find clothes with the receipt tag with it in good conditions. Plus, if you do your homework right, you can find good antique items in which you can sell for a profit. My wife and I have shopped at these places and we have gotten good deals,especially with the clothes. These places are good because not only do you get super deals but your funds helps out those in need. It is a win-win deal!

Mr. Siva, those antique lovers look for profits and it towards old coins, paper money, stamp, antique furniture, etc.
Me, just for fun and own collection, not much for profit. Haha!
Singer manual sewing machine is always the best, I believe, especially those old one, with 50 years and older. If you have an older, with 70 years old, I believe your must have a very nice flowery stand. This is what I always looking for and admired to, but yet get one with me so far. Sigh!
St. Thomas brand clock, I have no idea on the brand, but I just bought a digital Telesonic wall clock at USD4, we repaired it , it can play music and with some lights on , my kids are very happy with it. I believe, a new one could cost up to USD150 at least.

Yes, take well care of those antique items with sweet memory.

@Caleb, it’s win-win deal, but I not really go for profits, but most of the retires and furniture manufacturers come here and buy for re-cond those furniture for resell for profit.

So it’s also International Book Giving Day yesterday , February 14. I didn’t know that. All I know is that it was Valentine’s day yesterday.

That being the International Book Giving Day, we can hit two birds in one two when we give the children books on Valentine’s day. It means it’s a gift for Valentine’s Day and for International Book Giving Day.

@Dina, good idea! Does the kid need to celebrate Valentine’s Day too? I thought this is only the festival for adults? 😛

Anyway, hope the public will donate some books to the kids too beside gifting some roses to their lovers.

Hope I can donate more books to the children whom needed them too next year. Keep my figure crossed.

it is hard to say that, but if that is life then we have to accept it, some can not offer life also to their kids, little better than more, and as human we always want more and more, and that keep life going, to learn is great, but some learn in the schools and university but they are rude, no manners, life is the best and biggest school. if they can not learn from schools then learn from life, its better school any way, you can not live without life learning, experience and communicating is the best school in the life ever absolutely, so accept what you have and try to reach the sky but if you could not its ok try some thing else, no body at all ever ever ever has all the life offers, some has this and some has that, some has bigger quantity from this and some has less from that. Its life and thats it

We must not be ashamed to act or talk as people of faith, to go public about our Christian convictions when necessary. Moreover, the devil stirs up persecutions against every person who becomes converted, in order to scare him or her and make him or her turn away. We have to speak the truth without worrying about what people will think of us.

Those are the reasons that attracted me to the site in the first place. There are many things we can do here to earn some change. Almost every thing you do will get you a little something, even logging in and that is a plus. There are sites where we take 2 days just to even get one cent and that is when we work hard enough.

I am hoping that this site will be the one for me to write and have fun reading blogs from everyone around here.

The greatest injustice is to tolerate the injustice itself. How long one should tolerate? Is there any limit for that? May or may not be. There is no hard and fast rule for this tolerance. But one should remember that the other is weak just because he is tolerating. The more one tolerates there is more danger for revolt. One should understand that before taking the course of insulting others.

Bullying is now being deliberated to have a stiffer penalty.

For those kids that were bullied, the parents are called and together with the parents of the bully, a talk is being done.

At least, through that talk, the parents of the bully will know what their son or daughter is doing at school and maybe counseling to the bully and the parents can be done, because somehow the bully has some underlying personal problem be it in the family or to his being.

Schools should really be vigilant on bullying because those bullied becomes the helpless victims that sometimes lead to their suicides.

I am using this washing machine for the past 12 years This is great. So far I never had any trouble. It was a Top Loader. When I purchased it was the only model available with drier. A good mechanism that made the work easy. The speed and other activities are perfect. The credit goes to my wife who maintains it perfectly following the instructions meticulously. I am damn bored of this washing machine as it is giving looking dull. When I expressed it to my wife she kept it in her mind. A week back I saw a new washing machine. I thought that it was really a new one.
But, wife got the cover totally replaced.
I really surprise why couldn’t I get this idea.
I never had an opportunity to go for a new one.

What do you mean by side by side type of refrigerator. Is it the one with just one door and when you open the freezer has also its own door inside?

My in-laws refrigerator has just “died” a few years ago. They said that it served them for more Than 35 years already. Wow, how’s that for durability of a refrigerator. It is the two door and no frost type of refrigerator. The brand is Hitachi.

After that one died, we used our refrigerator which is as old as our daughter who is now 26. However, lately, it has been making a lot of frost already. Besides its door has no magnet anymore. It’s by G.E. Though it could still be operational had it not been of too much frost already and the door has no more magnet to make it close.

Hubby’s Auntie who lives with us plans to buy a big new one when her lump sum from SSS will arrive.

I must agree that those Japan made refrigerators are really so durable.

I agree. No need for a friend if that friend only likes to be given something but never returns the kindness.

A friend is something that can make you feel lighter when you need to be comforted. She will be by your side to assist if ever you need assistance. No need to ask for her help, she should give it to you without the need to be asked.

Everyone I know in the U.S. right now is a little scared. They have a feeling that under Trump ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’. There are neighbourhoods they don’t drive through, they are staying off the road, and very conscious of where they are.

Consider who is the Attorney General of the US today.

There should be some attempts to walk away to avoid conflicts but there has to come a time when something needs to be said. There will be a lot of attacks but we’re given the tools to defend against such attacks. That’s what works for me. Be blessed.

All I know is that when one is being bullied or belittled, there is something in that person being bullied , that the bully is envying him/her for.

But when this thing happens never ever let it pass without reporting it to the principal or to your parents as the case may be.

As early as possible, the bully should be dealt with by an authority like the principal, so the parents will be called and the attitude of the bully be stopped.

We should never allow anybody to demean or to bully us.

Totally! Don’t let anyone feel you less of yourself, and yes to diversity! People are used to live up to the expectations by the society, but I really think we should not let others get into our nerves. We can’t please everybody and it really isn’t right to be mistreated just because we don’t fit into their standards. I hope you inspire victims of bullying to stand up for themselves and don’t let the bullies get in their way. Kudos!

You know the reason why people get others annoyed is because they feel threatened by them. Someone will not attack you with words when they know they won’t gain anything from you. But if they will benefit from that then you can be well assured that they will bully you. I see this thing usually with politicians where there are many other parties, everyone wants a piece of the pie, so what normally takes place is just the bashing of one another. One person will say all the bad things they would think of about the other person to make him look bad in the eyes of other people. They may even tell lies just to paint a bad picture of that person. It is a well know tactic and very many people are using it to get their way. Others may do it so that they feel good about themselves. Usually such people have a low self esteem, and so when they annoy others it makes them feel like they are in control and that they have done something good for themselves, not knowing that they are hurting others and themselves in the long run.

That is true

A lot of people will have a problem admitting they’re wrong due to pride. There’s some who have no problem expressing how wrong they are. There should be times when saying there’s been some mistakes made but doesn’t always occur. Be blessed.

OK! This post is going in my collection for world cuisine. 🙂

@Treatheyl Fox, hope you will able to try it out one day. You may get a ready one in container sold in the supermarket during the Chinese festival season too, by luck.

Lawyers should be involved when matters can not be solved by individuals. If there’s harassment, bullying, or threats then lawyers and authority need to be involved. There’s lawyers who will not take any money unless the lawyers win and they’ll work with clients who have cases which can produce some money. Lawyers have to eat. A lot of matters online require lawyers.

Get a laywer and sue me or something, I’m letting my fist go, left jab right jab knock out. Break laws because then whos going to make sure there is laws.