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Italian_Stallion

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Adrian is having a yard sale today. I'm not enthused. It's actually coming to an end. There have been lots of old guys, including one wearing a Subway Series hat. We've sold some stuff. Some people come and look and then leave without even saying a word. I find it offensive. It's as if they're saying that we suck and our stuff sucks. If I ever end up at a yard sale, I'll remember that feeling of dejection and buy something. I mean, what's 25 cents? Buy a book. If you don't like it, burn it for heat.

I think our big score today is about $100. It hardly seems worth the work. After all, I woke up at 4 a.m. to the sound of the alarm clock and again at 6:30 when Adrian suggested that I go outside and move a table or have my man parts rearranged. It was my choice.

Probably the worst part is that I have nothing to sell. The yard is littered with toys and children's clothing. I didn't realize how much I've neglected myself. I just always think of the kids and Adrian first, I guess. I sacrifice. I knew this, but I didn't quite understand how pathetic I am until Adrian mentioned that we might do this again next week and that we had more stuff in the house.

A guy asked me what all I had to sell, I couldn't think of ****. I have boxes and boxes of baseball cards and an iMac that doesn't work. I have a USB floppy disk drive. My guess is that anyone younger that 15 won't even know what it is. I bought a used laptop three years ago for $500. I bought an exercise bike for $100 last fall and a weight bench and weights last winter for about $100. Other than that, I can't think of anything I've bought in quite some time.

To hell with the kids, I'm going shopping with our $100.
 
If I go to a yard sale and don't see anything I want, I'm not buying something just to make you happy.
 
John said:
If I go to a yard sale and don't see anything I want, I'm not buying something just to make you happy.

me either. and i don't talk to the ****ers if all they have is a bunch of ****.
 
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leo1 said:
John said:
If I go to a yard sale and don't see anything I want, I'm not buying something just to make you happy.

me either. and i don't talk to the ****ers if all they have is a bunch of ****.

Yeah, put your good **** out there next time, then we'll talk.
 
forever_town said:
Pretty soon, the only things we can afford are what we find at yard sales.

And the really wealthy can go to Wal-Mart.

Had one yard sale about 20 years ago and came out with around $1000.
 
sportschick said:
I need to have a yard sale, but I'm too lazy. Plus I don't want people I don't know touching my soon-to-be-ex stuff.
Bring it here. We're having one in two weeks and what you don't see won't bother you.
 
Chipped bowl is a dime.

Bowlegged woman: "I'll give you a nickel for this."
Me: "It's a dime. You can't pay a dime?"
Ms. 6Toe: "We'll take a nickel."

****ing ****ers. I put out a plastic bowl for a dime or a 6-year old shirt for a dollar and you want to ****ING HAGGLE WITH ME over a nickel or four bits?

The Zubaz pants do sound nice. A Benjamin should cover two or three patterns for you.
 
I had to look into those pants. I remember those from the late 1980s. I always thought they looked ridiculous. I'm going to buy a few T-shirts. Tight ones to show off the big muscles I have developed.
 
Mrs. Novelist is a schmoozer, and she'll engage anyone who walks up in converstation, at least when we have yard sales. They usually are compelled to buy something. Me, I can't stand the whole yard sale culture.
 
I've got Dolphins Zubaz pants. If the wife ever gets rid of those, we're history.
 
Italian_Stallion said:
We finished the day with a whopping $145. We still have tons of crap.

now even you are admitting that you suck and your stuff sucks.
 

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