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Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 1073
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 11:40 am: | 
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Believe it or not, I'm looking for a desk for the home office I've set up in my basement. I don't want to spend more than around $100 and don't need anything big or elaborate.
Please keep the jokes to a minuimum, K? |
composerjohn
Citizen
Username: Composerjohn
Post Number: 696
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 11:42 am: |
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Gatica™
Citizen
Username: Katracho
Post Number: 267
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 11:50 am: |
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Is this karma, or is this ironic?
What goes around comes around?
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Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 1074
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 11:51 am: |
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OK funnyman, that's enough for one day! |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6730
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 11:54 am: |
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Nah, you're gonna hear about this for awhile.
Maybe Mem will sell you half a desk?
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ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 1061
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:03 pm: |
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I seem to recall someone trying to sell a desk on MOL a few months back. Maybe you could......oh, wait a minute..... |
Case
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Username: Case
Post Number: 1094
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:06 pm: |
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Yeah, who WAS that? I'm really embarassed that I can't remember: seems like I should know who the seller was... I must have read two dozen messages on that topic.
Its tough to get old... |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12427
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:10 pm: |
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How's your son, Jay!?
Check the Star Ledger on Thursdays for estate sale announcements. They are the best source for stuff like this. I got a really nice desk for $40 at an estate sale.
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Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 10622
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:11 pm: |
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There are a lot of desks for sale in the classified area of MOL. Sometimes they don't sell quickly. Well I remember a few months ago, there was this desk that...........
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12430
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:20 pm: |
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Also, my wife got a great desk at the Salvation Army in Irvington.
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Jennifer Pickett
Citizen
Username: Jpickett
Post Number: 163
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:45 pm: |
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One of my roommates once made a desk out of two black two-drawer metal file cabinets topped with a door (flat, of course). Once you stain the door, it makes a nice top, and the doorknob and lock holes are perfect for the wires to go through! I bought my small all-wood desk at Target. It is blond wood, mission-style, they still sell it new for around $100. It has a matching hutch and printer stand. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 974
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:49 pm: |
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Jay,
This may not work for you, but...
I mounted a 2x4 to the wall to act as a brace to prevent bowing, and used 3/4" plywood, cut to my demanding specifications, over two short filing cabinets.
The desktop is secured to both the brace and the cabinets, and was finished with polyurethane.
It worked for me. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 975
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:55 pm: |
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Jay,
If you want the desk to be free-standing, Jennifer's door suggestion would be a better idea than the plywood.
TomR |
Lydia
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Username: Lydial
Post Number: 1661
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 1:59 pm: |
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Jay,
I have a really nice old-ish ('50's) wooden teacher's desk.
Sturdy as all get-out, attractive and simple.
Stats: top: 30" X 50"
height: 32"
has two nice-sized wooden drawers with the original wooden pulls.
The top unscrews from the legs so it can fit into a mini-van, definitely could be strapped to the top of a station wagon and driven slooowly home.
PL me
Lydia
It's yours for $100 - cash and carry. |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 10625
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 2:40 pm: |
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http://www.maplewoodonline.com/classifiedads/zoom.php?qs1=29044047uacrus44
Maybe it is still available?
I had a door desk when I was in school. The problem was with a hollow core door it wasn't very rigid. If you go that route I would suggest a solid core door, but they are much more expensive. |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3016
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 3:02 pm: |
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Man, you have real guts to post this one on MOL! My hat is off to you!!!
Oh, and this time, make sure it is a desk that you can easily get rid of later on. |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1732
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 3:30 pm: |
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this is one of the funniest threads I've read in a while!
thanks Jay!! |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 595
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 4:49 pm: |
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I had to check three times to see who the originator of this thread was....
Thanks for a Friday afternoon diversion!!! |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 2996
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 4:59 pm: |
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Ya know, sometimes you can adapt a used infant's changing table into a desk...oh wait..
It's the other way around. HAHAHAHAHHA |
Flik Chik
Citizen
Username: Flikchik
Post Number: 176
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:46 pm: |
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I just got a new desk from Gothic Cabinet Craft - Really nice all wood desk with hutch.
It will be delivered at home on the 25th. |
Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 1075
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:59 pm: |
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I love you guys!!!!!!!!! 
I feel like we are a little community. I'm almost tempted to invite you all over for coffee, but I think it might freak out my wife. I'm a little confused by the last post, Flik Chik. Are you buying me a desk?
Thanks eveyone. (Tom, I like your new picture)
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marken
Citizen
Username: Marken
Post Number: 247
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 6:25 pm: |
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The desk Bob K posted is still available. If you are interested, PL me. |
Tully Mars
Citizen
Username: Tullymars
Post Number: 16
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 9:58 pm: |
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Check www.freecycle.org
It's a great site that allows people to get rid of stuff that they don't want but is still in good working condition. There are regional sites all over NJ. Great place... I've gotten and gotten rid of many things there. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3926
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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Doesn't Jay have a desk he's been trying to get rid of? Oh never mind... |
Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 1076
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 8:30 am: |
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Your just getting that NOW, Aunty? That was the whole irony of this thread. My desk is long gone, now I'm in need of a smaller one and...and....oh, never mind! |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4837
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 12:56 pm: |
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Jay too funny..... |
oots
Citizen
Username: Oots
Post Number: 364
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:39 pm: |
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Jay
If this is a serious request, I have a large wooded desk that is in a few pieces in my basement-you can have it-free. send a pl if interested-it is in decent shape.
oots |
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