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44 years later it still works. $197.76 is about $686.78 today according to the inflation calculator. The game cartridge was $29.97, so about $104 today.

EDIT. Consensus says it’s Wages Drive. Thanks for the help, everyone! r/DecaturGA is the best!!

First photo is an aerial map from 1955 (atlantatimemachine.com) and the map in photo 2 is from 1954. Photo 3 is a modern map. The curved street wasn’t named so I’m curious what it was called. It ran between Lawrenceville Highway and Valley Brook, now renamed North Valley Brook after I-78 was built in the late 60s. I think the Home Depot was built in the early to mid nineties.

I ordered a box full of used Pee-wee’s Playset figures. They were pretty dirty and all came clean after a light scrubbing in dish detergent. Well, except Chairry.

I was nervous about scrubbing too much since she’s covered in flocking that was already coming off her arms.

Any idea how to clean her without taking off more flocking? I gave her a short soak in some warm water and oxiclean, which helped a lot.

I watched a video where someone re-flocked the hair of a 1960s Ken doll and it doesn’t look too hard.

The stickpin is gone and there seems to be a starburst on the back

A few weeks ago I posted some art I made from old coupons and green stamps. Several folks asked about green stamps and today I found some of my mother’s folders and a brochure of some textiles the stamps could be redeemed for.

I tried looking them up and found people selling them. Not looking to sell, just curious.

Found in some old records

Angel Boy was from Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories.

I made this and named it Thrifty

Soooo much Chick-fil-A garbage!

We had a week of rain so I didn’t pick up trash for eight days. Over 21 pounds once I went back to DeTrashing.

It’s across the street from Goodwill and Home Depot. My friend was trying to shoot video in a hurry so it’s pretty blurry.

Lots of funny stories were told. Kevin Carlson, Ric Heitzman, George McGrath, Alison Mork, Christine Papalexis, and Wayne White

Folks:

I am always tired of all the extra political signs, especially in the right-of-way near polling places. I drive by the Cofer Library at the corner of Lavista Road / Lawrenceville Hwy / Old Norcross Road daily. When polling first started there were a ton of signs. Two days later they were gone! Yea! The next day there were about four of five. I removed them. For the last few weeks, there have been none. On Monday, there were about 40 new ones, mostly from one candidate. This time I called Code Enforcement for the City of Tucker. This morning they were ALL gone! Great job City of Tucker!

By the way, if you have a large item for trash pick-up, you must send an email requesting said pick-up. Most items are free. Just go to:

https://dekalbcountyga.gov/departments/public-works/sanitation/bulky-items-and-special-collections

and fill out the forms with photos. I have done this with some of my own items, as well as a few large items of my neighbors that I have seen sitting at the curb for over a week.

Lastly, if you see a street light malfunctioning, typically the new ones blink, go to this site:

https://www.georgiapower.com/about/grid-reliability/outage-information/report-street-light-outage.html

to report the outage. I am up to 29 reported and fixed street lights!

They have free shipping and good prices but I’ve never heard of them. I searched BBB and didn’t find any complaints.