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Re: MY BUY OF THE CENTURY
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:41:28 GMT
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John Carroll wrote:
> What is a boot fair? is that like a flea market?[1] I've never seen any
> LEGO at any Flea Markets around here (Pittsburgh) but I haven't really been
> searching hard. Anyone else got a good Flea market (boot fair?) stories?
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> John
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> [1] Flea Market DEF: (IMOW) a place where independent vendors (junk
> dealers/book sellers/toy collectors) rent space to set up their wares and
> sell to a bunch of people who wonder around looking for rare deals or just
> random crap. (a really stupid name. Boot fair sounds like it may have
> evolved from a market where shoes and boots were sold where as I don't think
> that anyone wants to buy fleas)
I think "boot fair" comes from brits selling things out of the boot
(trunk) of their car. With that perspective, it seems like it's
something like a flea market (or the tailgating area of a hamfest
[amateur radio gathering]).
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| (...) Wow Congrats . . . What is a boot fair? is that like a flea market?[1] I've never seen any LEGO at any Flea Markets around here (Pittsburgh) but I haven't really been searching hard. Anyone else got a good Flea market (boot fair?) stories? (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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