Americans spend millions of dollars each year on motorcycles and motorcycle accessories. I can truthfully say my contribution to the motorcycle economy is right around zero, unless $1 yard sale purchases such as this colorful scarf are included in the tally.
Beware Y2K! – Computers will shut down! – Utility companies will go offline! – Cities will go dark at the stroke of midnight! – The Y2K hype was something on par with that of the coming of Comet Kohoutek. In case you’ve forgotten, Kohoutek was similarly overhyped by the media in 1973 as “the comet of the century,” which of course it wasn’t.
Year 2000 souvenirs are generally not valuable, however, this is one of the few hats I have seen, and it even has a digital countdown clock built in. Shouldn’t it have had a flashlight too?
Apparently there is because here is a patch to prove it.
If I had known about Point of Sale University, I wouldn’t even have questioned it:
Back in the day, Avon anything was a hot collectible. Not so much anymore. This is one of the more interesting of the Avon After Shaves. The name is Weekend Decision Maker, for obvious reasons. The bottle is lined around the outside with choices for weekend activities. Most involve leisurely pursuits such as fishing, golf, ball games, and the like. The man of the house makes his weekend “decision” by spinning the reclining gent on the top of the bottle and watching where his pointer finger ends up. For the record, there is a 1 in 12 chance that roofing tools might be in order for the weekend. 
That was my response to my siblings when they saw me snatch this up from the $5 table at the local flea market, and asked me incredulously if I thought it had any real value, more than $5.The eBay bidders must have thought so too when they pushed the bidding to $125. It’s always nice to be right, at least once in a while.






