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Our first year with a table at the Friends of the Merrill SF and Anime Flea Market was a roaring success, by which I mean we had a few small sales and one sale big enough to cover not only the fee for the table, and the various drinks and sandwiches consumed over the course of the day, but also dinner and a taxi home afterwards.

Andrew had several enjoyable conversations with customers and other sellers, as well as one or two that made him appreciate the patience of those who work in retail daily. Most memorable -- the lady who bought a toy dinosaur for her somewhere-on-the-spectrum nephew, went on about how sweet but "weird" the kid is; and then spent five to ten minutes describing in detail how difficult it is to find a bike wheel in exactly the right size and showing off her emergency home-made tool kit.