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I get song idea while packing up things I sold on eBay - Tom Ray's Day 200625

I go through some of the pop-culture items I collect from the 1950s to the 1990s that I sold on eBay. I also impulse buy a laptop which was a mistake. I also get an idea for a new song to write for my band Lorenzo's Music. And I draw my daily webcomic.

Vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store 

Items I sold on eBay in this video:
  • Vintage Calling All Girls Digest 1960s
  • Vintage Scribbage Game 1968
  • Mother Goose Elf Illustrated Book 1967
  • Racko Card Game

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