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Friday July 9, 2010 My large backpack had been repaired. I headed out to Thrifty Outfitters at Midwest Mountaineering to pick it up.

On my way to the bus stop, I was attacked by a yard sale. Spent a horrendous $1.50.

I'd bought the backpack at a yard sale for $5; the repairs were $12. A new pack the same size would probably cost between $200 and $300.

From there to Steeple People thrift store, then across the street to the Wedge coop.
And then home.

***From the online_books LiveJournal feed:
A Week in the Future (Spence)

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0603381h.html
A Week in the Future (originally serialized in The Centennial Magazine, 1888-1889), by Catherine Helen Spence (HTML at Gutenberg Australia)

***Public Release: 9-Jul-2010
Farmers in the "texting capital" of the world -- the Philippines -- will soon have nutrient management advice tailored specifically to their rice crops delivered to their mobile phones.
Contact: Sophie Clayton
s.clayton@cgiar.org
63-917-552-6082
International Rice Research Institute
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/irri-ftg070810.php