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Dundee Stu

That scary man's back!

25 March 2005

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I've made my first sale on eBay. Well, actually, if I am to be completely honest, I made a sale on Liam's behalf - he managed to sell a Harry Potter book that he never read (he was never into it). I have some stuff up too - mostly unwanted gifts that I have received in the past. It would seem, though, that I am not the only person who doesn't want any of them - there is a whole world of people out there who have no interest in purchasing unused and unwanted Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue or Lisa Stansfield CDs (that's a hint, by the way). I've had a good rummage about the house and the outhouses for things that I could sell. All the time I had it in my head the cliche that one person's rubbish is another person's gold - and a trawl through eBay almost had me convinced of the truth of this. However, all I could find was rubbish that the council would charge me money to take away! I was thinking about selling some of my 1980s 12-inch singles and LPs - you know, the embarassing stuff that you find lurking in the deepest recesses of the hall cupboard. Someone told me that there was a bit of a craze for old Electropop and New Romantic vinyl by club DJs - I'm not so sure about that (although I was somewhat surprised to discover that Depeche Mode had become huge - I have their first LPs and 12" singles!). So anyway, it doesn't look as if I'm about to make my fortune selling on the internet, so I'll just have to resort to the good old fashioned way, by buying lots of lottery tickets. While I'm gone, I'll leave you with this rather awful picture of me on my university ID card. If you save it as a wallpaper, and play classical music, your children will not come within 100 yards of your computer - so my ugly mug at least has some uses!

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Ana Carloto O'Shea09-Sep-2005 16:53
So you work in the ISCTE?? Wow!! Well, I figured that is not really normal for Scottish people to write Portuguese so well, but... Muito bem sim senhor :))
Gail Davison27-Mar-2005 10:24
I too have a stack of Depeche Mode vinyl but I couldn't sell those. Nice SP idea.
Ian Clowes26-Mar-2005 23:34
A garage and loft to clear - car boot and ebay too. Anyone offer me lots of money for an Amstrad ppc (luggable green screen). If I really drink too uch one ight I'll post my student ID from 1973! Long hair and all.....
John Finlayson26-Mar-2005 14:42
You can find all sorts on Ebay, some great bargains though. My first sale was a mirror which cost me more to package than I got for it ! A lesson learned !
Guest 26-Mar-2005 06:41
If I open the windows will it stop other peoples kids coming near my house?
Elaine (etfitz)26-Mar-2005 03:26
Too funny!
Karen Leaf26-Mar-2005 02:47
LOL, enjoy, Stu.
Gayle P. Clement26-Mar-2005 02:43
Fun photo and funnier narrative :-)
laine8226-Mar-2005 01:30
If I wanted to hear Kylie sing I'd buy a Budgie :>(
You may be sorry about selling the H.P. one day, especially if it's not been opened.
Guest 25-Mar-2005 22:19
Craptastic! EBay's a worry for sure!
Guest 25-Mar-2005 21:56
Good to balance things up with a sale.
northstar3725-Mar-2005 21:38
I would but it might traumatise them :-0
Johan Toll25-Mar-2005 21:06
Very interesting photo, I like the details and focus, very sharp image.
Susanne25-Mar-2005 20:48
Enjoy your weekend and nice SP. My shots on IDs always look horrifying, but yours is actually ..nice.
Guest 25-Mar-2005 19:57
How you wander in and out of the country is beyond me :P lol
Dave (doon the road) 25-Mar-2005 19:10
Err I forgot - your a translater - Can you translate this?
"The concept of technique in the culture industry is only in name identical with technique in works of art. In the latter, technique is concerned with the internal organization of the object itself, with its inner logic. In contrast, the technique of the culture industry is, from the beginning, one of distribution and mechanical reproduction, and therefore always remains external to its object. The culture industry finds ideological support precisely in so far as it carefully shields itself from the full potential of the techniques contained in its products. It lives parasitically from the extra-artistic technique of the material production of goods, without regard for the obligation to the internal artistic whole implied by its functionality, but also without concern for the laws of form demanded by aesthetic autonomy." Theodor Adorno
JeremyGood25-Mar-2005 19:09
Clever SP.
Dave (doon the road) 25-Mar-2005 19:02
Hi Stu, I still keep an eye oot fur youse down the toon - I want tay get a good likenes of you. See Ya.
Robin Reid25-Mar-2005 19:02
LOL...
Guest 25-Mar-2005 19:02
Car boot sales are good for selling the old LP's.
Zak25-Mar-2005 17:14
yeh, who are/is depeche mode? Lp's too, what are they? ;-)
jypsee25-Mar-2005 16:03
who's depeche mode?
Herb 25-Mar-2005 15:28
What a great idea..LOL