More "not new" at The Foundry Buffalo

These mirrors are created by a gentleman who also works at Buffalo ReUse doing "green" demolition of buildings. With green demolition, as much of the building as possible is salvaged for resale at Buffalo ReUse (went there today, more about that in a future post). The reddish mirror is made from flooring at an old John Deere factory. The ones I liked were made with wood that still included bark. I think the spaces at The Foundry are free, or very low cost. They prefer neighborhood (East side), women/minority, and/or low-income individuals, but anyone can apply and if there is space, you have a good chance of getting it.

Everything at TheFoundryBuffalo.org appeared "not new."

All the member's cubbies appeared to be made from reclaimed materials. The doors were all hung in the same style (shown), eliminating need for "swing clearance." Here you can see the hanging mechanism was rigged together from old stuff. I believe this is the door to the cubby of the lady who raises llamas. She uses her space to clean, card, spin and loom the wool. Pretty neat. Check out The Foundry website for info on events that are open to the public.

Is it the snowstorm that will cost me a bundle...or my own stupidity?

While I didn't buy anything, today likely cost me a lot of money. I got caught in the snow and foolishly soldiered on, spinning my wheels (oh, that horrible smell of burning rubber) when I should have just given up. I put on expensive, new snow tires in October. At least one of them is likely to be useless now. Not to mention that I might have killed my engine and/or transmission (why would my brake like come on when I have the pedal to the metal in 2nd gear?).
If I had just abandoned the car about a 1/2 mile from home, I likely could have walked the rest of the way. But, no, I kept pushing my car to the limits and still didn't make it home (left the car about 8 doors down...so I got close, but that would still be no comfort if I'm going to have to spend hundreds of dollars in tires/repairs). The snow was so deep, my car was acting like a plow, forming a snowbank in front of me that the offspring then had to get out and kick out of the way about every 15 feet. Now, I'm kicking myself. Stupid stupid, stupid me.