Mighty Favog Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 A couple of months ago, the lady living across the street from me passed away. She was a bad diabetic and succumbed when her insulin pump failed. We, in the neighborhood, knew for a long time that she was a hoarder. The outside of her house looked good and reasonably well kept considering. The inside barely had a six inches pathway to walk around. The 2-car garage had things falling out of it when the door was opened and the basement had enough food for Armageddon. So, her two sons were in town to clear out and donate what they could. The rest just went into the first two (of five) 25ft (?) dumpsters. The donated stuff went to Good-Will, SVDP, etc. Some of the surrounding neighbors would come over and ask about certain things such as kitchen furniture, riding law mowers, etc. But, I was offered her tool box and its contents in the basement for a C-note. Not the best quality box and certainly not as good as the one I have (and that's not saying much). So, after looking through it we got it over to my basement that night where I let it sit till the next night. It took a few hours to go through it and see what I could still use. When I was made the offer at first, I didn't want it. I said I didn't want a bunch of orphaned sockets and single 100-year old wrenches. Screwdrivers, hammers and pliers were a different matter. I'm now letting my wife's two sons go through what's left. Not sure what I'll do with that after they do. Which comes to this.....looks like there were a few surgical instruments in there too. I can only identify the cartilage scalpels and maybe a retractor on the left. Possibly a probe in the middle. But what are those two on the right?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, Mighty Favog said: The 2-car garage had things falling out of it when the door was opened When did you visit me? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 16, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2017 Very strange, I can't watch those hoarding shows on Tv, it's crazy, we have to much "stuff" but nothing like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallpoul Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Punch Biopsy tools, I guess on the right, but incomplete. I've seen similar old tools before. The green tape at the bottom, indicates they used to be sterilized after each usage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Estate sales are worth checking out these days. I can say i knew a "Hoarder" for a few years I "Had" a mining buddy who flew under the guise of "Morman". 5 years i knew this guy, when his double car garage got full, he built a three car garage in his backyard. now also full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 4/16/2017 at 10:45 AM, Mighty Favog said: But what are those two on the right?? Shrimp cocktail forks..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 17 minutes ago, jimjimbo said: Shrimp cocktail forks..... Shrimp drink alcohol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 http://www.food.com/recipe/drunken-shrimp-108000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 17, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Mighty Favog said: 1 hour ago, jimjimbo said: Shrimp cocktail forks..... Shrimp drink alcohol? They are really tiny forks because they have tiny hands, alcohol they tend to only do it on the weekends, mostly. Add more butter and garlic and it's almost like BBQ shrimp, which require no BBQ......never understood why they named it that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 17, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 4/16/2017 at 10:19 AM, pallpoul said: Punch Biopsy tools That just sounds terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 On 4/17/2017 at 0:24 PM, dtel said: That just sounds terrible. You got that right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 3 hours ago, jimjimbo said: You got that right.... yep, makes my skin crawl a bit, reading that these were found in a garage. ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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