American Pickers

[RAT900]

This show is great!!

[Speedbag]

Yes it is.

[RAT900]

I love it when they extract old bikes and motorcycles from barns and bushes...

I am totally strung out on the series but boy do they meet some odd folks...

a rusty Maytag on the front lawn is like a lighthouse or a homing beacon to them <laughing>

[Speedbag]

Every time they go onto a piece of property that's stuffed to the gills with junk, all I can think about is how much it's gonna suck for the person who inherits it all. 

[dropstharockalot]

I watched that show once, but it's too much like being at work - one of the functions I perfom for the Town I work for is nuisance and litter enforcement.  I'm in court with one hoarder or another every month.

The novelty of finding one or two cool things in a mountain of crap wears off pretty darn quickly.

[RAT900]

I could see where it could wear thin for you....

I like studying the people they meet...there are true collectors and there are broke-brained hoarders

always a crap shoot if they are one or the other or some hybrid....willing to part with stuff or if they take an offer for something as a direct stab at their mortality

[il d00d]

American Pickers is not bad.  Seems like they are a little conniving once they find someone's stash.  There is a lot of disingenuous back slapping that occurs in the process of "picking" someone's stuff. 

Something I have noticed about TV programming general though - it  has become formulaic.  For example:

   Hoarders
+ better taste
----------------
American Pickers

Or

   Antiques Road Show
+ Hundred Dollar bills
-----------------
Pawn Stars

   Alaska
+ Film Crew
-----------------
  TLC


America's Got Talent = YouTube - the internet

... and so on.

[ducrider45]

Im amazed by how much they know about some of that stuff. I love to see all of the old bikes they find.

[SacDuc]

I don't have a TV in my house so I've never seen this show. My question is: Are the pickers the regular kind or are they also grinners, lovers and sinners?

sac

[RAT900]

I think they are actually your garden variety ass and nose types

[Speedbag]

+1

[ducpainter]

I think they are actually your garden variety ass and nose types

They are, after all...

on tv.

[lethe]

I'm a hoarder 
There is no good reason that I have a pallet of worthless cylinder heads and a bunch fairly garden variety engines stuffed away in the corners of the garage.

[Speedbag]

Um, in my experience spare engines tend to come in handy sooner or later down the road....

[lethe]

Um, in my experience spare engines tend to come in handy sooner or later down the road....

not ones with next to no hope at ever running again
Besides, 2 examples are a Ford 351M and a Ford 400. Only a good choice for rebuild if you want something less common than a 302 (have one of those too)