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American Pickers

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 20th, 2012

American Pickers is really cool show which first premiered on the History Channel in January of 2010. The show follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz who travel the country in a van looking for antiques and treasure. They are helped by their dedicated friend and fellow employee, Danielle Colby-Cushman. In addition to helping Mike and Frank to earn money, Danielle is a fashion designer, and a burlesque dancer. Danielle at one time owned and skated in an all lady roller derby team, called the Big Mouth Mickies. She had to quit after suffering injuries. Before the show premiered, Danielle and Mike were friends for over ten years. She came on board when the show debuted on the History Channel.

Danielle is a fashion designer, and a burlesque dancer. Danielle at one time owned and skated in an all lady roller derby team, called the Big Mouth Mickies. She is also into Burlesque, and as you can see, she loves tattoos.

We have had several questions regarding the show, and we have done our best to provide the answers:

Darrell Sheets Storage Wars

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 19th, 2012

He is quite the character. That’s what makes him so fun to watch. Darrell “The Gambler” Sheets, is one of the the most successful of the bunch on Storage Wars. He has been attending storage unit auctions for years. And he has made a lot of money while enjoying every minute of it. There is a great deal of tension between Darrell and Dave Hester, the man who always says “YUUUP!” when he throws out his bids. Dave wears hats with “YUUUP!” written on the front, and has some “YUUUP!” trucks he drives as well. There is definitely a rivalry between them and it appears that they don’t really like each other off screen as well.

Darrell Sheets has found many interesting items in storage units, including a $130,000 comic book collection, and a dead body wrapped in plastic.

Over the years, Darrell has had several big scores. In 1991, Darrell won a storage unit for a whopping $2700 that just so happened to have an old comic book collection inside of it. Darrell took the comic books to an expert who informed him that he just became the proud owner of a collection of comic books that was ranked in the top ten of most valuable of all time. Imagine how he felt when he learned the good news! Darrell ended up selling the comic book collection to a private collector for a whopping $130,000.

Barry Weiss Storage Wars

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 18th, 2012

Many people have become big fans of Barry Weiss of Storage Wars. Barry has been in the storage auction business for over 40 years. He is a collector of antiques, starting out at the young age of 15. Buying items from storage unit auctions as well as other places is actually a hobby of his. He likes to find interesting things of value.

Barry Weiss with his
skeleton gloves and custom made glasses.

And he is quite good at what he does. Barry is an avid classic car and motorcycle collector. In several episodes, we have seen Barry drive in on a 1955 Harley Davidson, a 997 Bimota DB3 Mantra motorcycle, a 70′s Chevy Van, and a 1957 Ford Ranchero. He is definitely the envy of car collectors all over the USA. Other cars that Barry Weiss owns and are sometimes seen on the show are:

Storage Wars – Highland Anxiety

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 17th, 2012

This episode of Storage Wars was filmed in Highland, California. The first unit of the day appeared to have mostly junk in it. It was a small, 5×10. Everybody who examined it really was not too interested. Darrell Sheets noticed something in the back of the unit that looked like a bowl. It caught his attention and he decided that he wanted to take a risk on this seemingly worthless unit. When the bidding ended, Darrell prevailed with a winning bid of $165. When he inspected the unit with his son, Brandon Sheets, the bowl that initially caught Darrell’s attention turned out to be a flight helmet. Then Darrell found another flight helmet and a flight suit. He estimated it to be worth about $1000. They took the items to an expert who identified the helmets and flight suit as a Russian made pilot suit from the cold war. He said that in 2001, the suit would have fetched as much as $4000, but since then, many of these suits have flooded the market, and because of this, it was worth approximately $400.

Be sure to tune into Storage Wars each Tuesday evening on A&E television. Consult your local channel guide for showtimes.

The second unit of the show was also mostly junk. It looked like left over items from a garage sale that went bad. Jarrod Schulz liked the unit, but his wife, Brandi Passante told him not to bid on it. She did not like it at all. As usual, Jarrod blew Brandi off and he ended up winning the unit for $200. When they inspected the unit, they found

RFK Jr.’s Wife is Dead at 52

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 16th, 2012

Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was found dead in her home in New York today. She was 52 years old. Mary Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were married in 1994, and they separated in 2010. They have four children together, and she is RFK’s second wife.

Mary Kennedy was found dead in her New York home today. She was 52 years old.

In May of 2010, Mary was charged with driving under the influence, three days after Robert F. Kennedy filed for divorce. On Thursday, the Medical Examiner’s office released a statement indicating that the cause of death was an apparent suicide, due to hanging.

USA Spends More Per Person Than European Socialist Countries

Posted by Deke Rivers on May 16th, 2012

Is the USA becoming one huge welfare state? The chart below shows that the United States spends $20k per person. Italy came in second with nearly $17k, Spain in third with $13k, Greece at $12.5k, and Portugal at $10.2k.

It’s obvious that the huge spending on social programs is dragging the USA deeper and deeper into dept.

According to the chart, this "Includes spending from federal, state, and local government," and "2011 general government expenditures per person, in nominal U.S. dollars."

The chart was released by the Republican Senate Budget Committee and is based on figures from the (IMF) International Monetary Fund. As the United States population is getting close to an approximate a 50/50 split of earners vs. benefits recipients, it will be interesting to see if