Whoever said life'd be easy? Do you remember anyone telling you this? If so, they lied. That in mind, the last few months have been all about putting VCC's (Veteran Crew Chief) estate in order. No small thing, and part of the process is getting the big metal barn ready for a country sale.
No. Easy. Task. Why? Because of the sheer magnitude of it all, so much stuff, and that's with the vehicles gone. I know, there's a moral here but I'll leave you to draw it. In the meanwhile, we pulled everything and laid it all out. Now it's ready to go.
As is the trash, and there's a lot, no kidding. To help with that I ordered a 20 yard dumpster only to find out today that the falsely named "Republic" wanted a $1000 for the privilege. What utter thieves. A morning of phoning around later and the same thing was secured for a third of the price.
Yet another moral. Do not submit to monopoly/cartel, asset-stripping price gouging, go local instead. Remember the slogan, solidarity and subsidiarity? That in mind, let's see how Farmers' Local #100 snaps up these deals, cash is king, obviously.
Cheers,
LSP
You know that if I was there, I'd be filling my trailer with stuff that while cool, I'd likely not need. I was spared the opportunity to spend money.
ReplyDeleteThere's still a week to the sale, LL. Swing by!
DeleteYeah, LL, I didn't get an invitation either. Dang.
ReplyDeleteA long-held belief (I know, Western superiority): On two specific days each year, Americans take our stuff to a designated pickup point in each state and territory. After two or three days of stuff piling up, military and civilian transport aircraft arrive and load up all the stuff. The aircraft fly to Third World countries and land, where paid local crews unload and pile up the cargo. Citizens of said Third World countries then take all the stuff and do as they will. In several weeks, the stuff will have become houses, shops, steel reclamation businesses, auto factories, and etc. In six months, the GDP of all Third World countries will have increased.
ReplyDeleteWWW, you're more than welcome To come over and snap up these great bargains.
ReplyDeleteNice work ! Nice barn too.
ReplyDeleteThe happiest day of my life was securing a good trash hauler. Not only does he do a wonderful job, but he's cute as all get out. He was just getting started when I latched onto him and in just a few years he's well on his way to being a multi-millionaire. No exaggeration. He does many jobs now in the 20k - 50k region (like tear downs, et al), owns a whole bunch of dump trucks, a host of bobcats, and all sorts of other important vehicles. He's still cute and still has time for me. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou are a good man LSP. If I were closer I’d lighten some of that barn treasure load.
ReplyDeleteWhat an uplifting story, Adrienne! And what a relief to find a good trash hauler. No kidding, I was relieved!
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats to your friend, nice one.
Wish you could, Paul!
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