Whatsit?

I apologize for this pic.  I had a "moment" while I was taking pics of stuff at the booth on Saturday and ended up shooting video of several items, rather than still photos.  I had already placed this one when I realized my mistake and didn't want to move it out again.  (Lazy junker.)

I think you can see all the features I'm going to point out.

My question is, what is this table used for?  It's got a gray cracked ice laminate top. (Which is one of those features that I always go right for!)  The feet on the bottom are different--one is curved, while the other is right-angled.  Finally, there's that odd handle thing on the end.  Only one end.  There's no spot on the other end where one would have been if it had fallen off.

I'm thinking that the end thing might mean it's for some kind of sewing or mending, but annot work it out in my head.

Anyone know?  Let me know in comments.

I only paid a dollar for it and it's already sold.  I got a good profit out of it, but, if I ever find another one, I want to be able to put something on the tag besides "Odd Little Table."

I call 'em as I see 'em.

Thanks.  Y'all are great.

Boxed up

This is the "greatest find ever" I was hinting at yesterday.  I got it at what was billed as an estate sale, but was really an antique mall vendor dumping her wares.

They're old ticket boxes from Churchill Downs that the clerks would use to organize the payouts and such.  Each slot is numbered for use with each of the days races.  They're all worn and patinaed and wonderful.  The smaller black one on top is missing the slots inside, but it has the addition of the hardware to hold the key for the lock.  Not a very good security system, it seems to me.

Of course, nowadays, all that stuff is done with computers.  No need for awesome boxes.

Aren't they cool?

I asked the woman how much they were and she said they were 20 each (!) but she'll go to ten each if I got more than one.  Something possessed me at that moment, and I asked what she would do for all of them.  We go back and forth a bit and finally settle on a number that makes us both happy.  It was a good deal to be sure, but I'm used to walking away with a whole lot more stuff when I pay that much.

Part of me is going "What a great find!" but another part is saying "What have I done?'  I try to never second guess myself when I buy, but I also feel like I'm starting to play at a higher level than I've been doing.    I just don't want to get too full of myself and make a mistake.

Still, Derby time is the right time of year to have something like this for sale.  I need to get these puppies on Craigslist.

What do you think?  Did I do good?  Or am I going to lose my shirt?

And, now, for no reason whatsoever, I present...

BUDDHA!

BUDDHA NIPPLES!

BUDDHA NAVEL!

Also, Buddha Nostrils.

And Buddha Ear Holes.

If you look up through the hole in the Buddha Bottom---did I really just write that--you can see the light from the nose and ears.

If you blow into the hole on the Buddha Bottom--I can't wait to see what that will do to my Google hits--air comes out the nose and ears.

This has been your Buddha Exploration Moment of the Day.

PS Buddha really likes the colored lip gloss.  I think he totally rocks it!