Last week, there was a community garage sale in our subdivision. Ellie and I had a bunch of stuff to get rid of, but we didn't want to sit there all day and haggle with people. So, we decided to put it all out on our lawn with a sign that said "free stuff." This free stuff included: two damaged lamps, a broken lawnmower, and a freezer that may or may have worked. Best of all, there were three dirty, rusty, orange and green, 1970's-era kitchen chairs. I put signs on the stuff detailing its condition and then went inside.
Ellie was skeptical that anyone would want all this broken, rusty, damaged stuff, especially the kitchen chairs. She mocked me saying, "If anybody takes that stuff, I'll eat my hat."
Twenty minutes later, we looked out the window and what did we see? Our lawn was empty. Nothing was left. Zip. Nada. Everything had been taken before 9:00 -- even the old kitchen chairs! It made me feel like we will never have to haul away anything again. We could put out a sack of dirty diapers with a sign that says "free" and people will come take it.
Getting people to haul away your junk? $100.
More storage space in our shed? $200.
Being right while your wife was wrong? Priceless.
2 comments:
"we looked out the window and what did we see?"
popcorn popping on the apricot tree?
and i call dibs on that sack of dirty diapers.
being right with your wife being wrong. That is definitely priceless. But only because it rarely happens!
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