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Imma hustler baby.
I won’t even pretend to know anything about strip clubs, so let’s turn again to Yelp for guidance on Larry Flint’s Huster Club: “There were some ‘ladies’ who were definitely questionable. I felt it as a evil joke by Larry to throw in some men in dresses pre-op for his own kicks. There was even this one woman working the pole who had to be at least 50 – was fairly gross…she worked it out though – work it sista!” Sounds awesome! This Craigslister is giving away about 500 passes to the club, with no expiration date. While admission is usually $20-$25, it should be noted that you can also print a free pass from the club’s site. If the Hustler Club is too Manhattan for you, you could always keep it local with BK strip clubs.
[via Gothamist]
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VCR nostalgia is a thing, even if some of us consider VCRs to be among the worst technologies ever made obsolete, right up there with pagers and Windows 97. But whatever weird fetish you have for glitchy, jumpy movies — or maybe an art project that involves these things — this Craigslister has three working VCRs and about 30 tapes to give you. Might we suggest an art exhibit called something like “Tracking tracking: The Fuzzy Line of Mortality?”
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This freebie is so good, you might lose your head.
This description of a bunch of leftover special effects supplies doesn’t mean much to those of us not in the movie/heavy makeup engineering biz, but an industry insider informs us the stuff is handy “if somebody out there was making a zombie movie, or needed to make an exploding head, a la Scanners, they could use this.” The ad says it comes with everything you need for casting and making molds and latex pieces, including 2 pounds of Algiform brand alginate slow compound, 7-10 pounds casting plaster and 1 gallon of Alcone brand liquid latex, flesh color. So there you go! Explode heads, for free!
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Relics from Conan the Librarian.
File this one under the Crap That Costs A Lot At the Artisanal Flea Market That You Can Get for Free drawer: A Park Sloper is giving away “a few bags full” of 3×5 cards from an old library card catalog. There’s lots of these, so you can feel free to take as many or as few as you need for your crafty art project or whatnot. BONUS: they’re from a Jewish library, so some of the cards have Hebrew on them too. Odds are these would be at least a buck a pop from that guy with the table full of antique crap at the flea.
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Why would you need a complete set of 50-year-old encyclopedias? Because where else are you going to turn when the sum of all human knowledge GOES DARK AGAIN?! Someone in Park Slope is giving away this 24-volume, excellent condition set of Encyclopedia Britannica’s 1957 edition, with many color plates of maps and illustrations. “A fascinating time capsule, but still has considerable information that remains valid and relevant today,” the owner says. Hey, they make nice apartment decor too, or at least something to prop up your new Amy Grant framed poster.
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100 tennis balls, up for grabs, for whatever reason. Perfect for dog lovers, tennis fans, jugglers, people who need some cushioning on the bottom of those walker things, artists (pictured), wall-ball enthusiasts, or whatever. Did you guys ever play wall ball in school? Man, those were the days, when you could actually peg someone with hard rubber and the gym teacher just nodded. Imagine how fun throwing 100 balls at someone would be.
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We just can’t seem to let the 90s go here in Brooklyn: from Saved By the Bell House parties to 90s singalongs to the glorious resurgence of flannel as an acceptable body covering, it all feels a little Generation X redux. So why hide it? You love all those Reality Biting, Daria-watchin’, Seattle-worshipin’ days of two decades ago, and now it’s time to make sure all your apartment visitors know it. A Craigslister is giving away five full-size posters and about 15 smaler ones than featuring Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Nirvana, Scott Weiland, Wayne’s World, Skid Row, Layne Staley, Anthony Kiedis, Soundgarden, Skid Row and Slaughter. They’re mostly in good condition except for a few tack holes and whatever residual grunginess of the 90s is still attached.
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rats off to ya!
What turns you from a run-of-the-mill rat enthusiast into a true rat lurver? I’d guess it’s probably a lot like with drug use: it’s the procurement and maintenance of official paraphernalia that separates the pros from the amateurs. If you so choose to cross this line, take note: a Craigslister on the border of Bushwick and Queens lost their beloved pet rat last week, so now they’re giving away a 10-gallon aquarium, unused animal bedding, unused lab blocks (food), some chew sticks and a water bottle cage. The owner says they’d prefer it go to a good home, which probably means the kind of home free of rodent infestation. Hey, wait, I … oof. But maybe you can turn your pestenemies into your Pest Friends Forever?
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Thrift is kinky
What says “I lurve you” to that special brokester in your heart more than some well-meaning thriftiness? And what says well-meaning thrift more than … slightly used sex games? An unidentified Greenpointer on Craigslist today is giving away their collection of sexcapades, which includes Lovers’ Lotto Game, I.O.U. The Game of Hidden Pleasures, Sexual Coupons and (for some reason) refrigerator magnets. Contact at your own risk, because, as with anything on Craigslist these days, PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
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Greenpoint curbside, photo by Flickr user mugsniffer
As if fears of secondhand bed bugs weren’t enough, the Daily News reported yesterday about a Park Slope man hit with a $100 fine after leaving his dresser curbside in hopes some other Brooklynite in need would pick it up. Gothamist follows up: not only is it illegal to leave bulk trash when it’s not a regularly scheduled trash day, you could also land a $100 fine for picking up that curbside lamp, table or dresser. And if you try to load it into a car, you could face a staggering $2,000 fine. ”I feel like the system of putting furniture on the street for others is a deep-rooted part of Park Slope culture,” the fine victim vented in a Park Slope parents forum, according to the Daily News. So if you’re worried about being taxed for your attempted benevolence, you can turn to Brooklyn FreeCycle or ye olde Craigslist freebies section. Or if you just want to get rid of it ASAP, there’s plenty of ways to do that too.
