Punishment

Nasty

Nasty

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I am so bored...

I am sitting in my garage supervising a garage sale. The sale is a grand thing in the hood...lots of folks have lots of stuff they don't want. I watch the folks come and go...mostly women, a few men. The sale was to open at 0900, the first ones (probably looking for dirt cheap to resell from the appaerance of the trucks they drive) show at 0700...as we were drinking coffee and setting up.

(Mostly stuff belonging to SWMBO...craft stuff and girlie things I don't want to know about)

You can tell the greedy ones...they have a gleem in their eye that says "$100...hah! Will you take $.50 for it?"

I guess a lot of folks do accept such lowballing...they keep asking.

Just for fun, I have put a few khukuris out...an AK Bowie, an M43, an old Chiruwa AK, a kerambit and a Tezdar, along with the 3 most likely Windlass swords the guys saw at the MWKK...all priced to sell ;)

It's funny to see folks faces when I say "Priced as marked..."

I am condemned to sit here for the next few hours...thanks God for my wireless laptop...

I will continue to comment as it progresses...

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Too bad I wasn't closer. I could play it off like I didn't know you and tell my wife, " Look! he's got H.I. knives out here. How often is that likely to happen, I mean, I have to get'em now."


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hehehe...you guys are missing it all right.

No, I won't take $.75 either...

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"What'll ya take for your weather?"

Neighbor had a moving sale 2 weeks ago- got a brand new Pack, Patrol, Combat and the big pack too with frame for $5.

He's a bud, ex-O.


Ad Astra
 
Would you take a couple of grand (cash) for that motorcycle in the garage? :D
 
Sorry DrDan...that wouldn't cover the chrome...

Folks keep walking up...and one gal is calling her MA friend inCali about the kerambit. Otherwise...is the slowest knife show I've ever been to.

Why didn't that little old lady in the walker want the AK Bowie?

Maybe she doesn't play HI Lawn Darts?

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I feel for you.....I hate garage sales. I know.....there must be something wrong with my wiring upstairs.....all women like garage sales, right?? :confused: :barf: :D I survived 3 and didn't even make enough to buy dinner, so now I just donate to the DAV truck and they pick it up for me. :rolleyes:
 
Well...I sold the old monitor missing the video plug for $10...

Day hasn't been a waste. :barf:

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I'm up for parole in 20 minutes...there *is* a God.

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Bri in Chi said:
I wouldn't want MY neighbors to know anything about my, uh, er...collection. :o
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Then don't make the mistake I did of sharpening a big khukuri in front of the window at night. Although it just looks like a mirror from the inside the people outside can see in quite clearly.

I met some of the neighbors for the first time when I organized a block-watch party a few years ago. I was surprised when they all knew me as "the crazed axe-murderer who lives on the corner." We all had a good chuckle about it.
 
I was more playing with the idea...marked a high price just to play with the bargain hunters.

I was giving demos with the AK Bowie while I was out there...ya know...that thing will chop the blazes out of limbs!

I also realized just what a fine trimming tool an HI kerambit is too...maybe this was just some time with them that I needed?

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Brian and Howard...too late. Remember that I have hosted the MWKK here the last two years...they know all about the big sharp things at my place!

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Well, was on vacation last week when you posted this, but I pity you in retrospect. We have a neighborhood garage sale day each year. It is by far, the most hated day in the neighborhood to me. The sale starts at 9:00am, but the crazed poeple with pick-ups show up around 7:30am. Glazed/crazed looks in their eyes. If you open your garage door to go to the grocery, or run an errand, they come up and ask if you have anything for sale. Heaven forbid you leave your garage door open during sale hours. Doing so invites continuing inquiries.

Soon, large numbers of folks show up and park on your lawn and clog up the streets looking for bargains. It is truly folly to try to drive anywhere during the peak garage sale hours. I have not once "surrendered" to putting up a table of items to sell. My kids have taken good advantage of the situation though. They group with their friends and set up a table selling coffee and cookies to the throng, hopefully taking some money out of these "bums" wallets.

Yeah...garage sales. I hate em'.

Jeff
 
LOL...thanks...never again! I will use my Khuks to destroy anything that needs to be sold first!

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so when the blades don't sell...gonna offer them on the exchange????? :rolleyes:
 
I can't explain why women love lawn sales. My wife is doing one next month with two friends. She does one every year, never even really makes any money and spends days getting ready. I'm happy to help her lug stuff, but when somebody pulls in, I go inside and let her deal with them.
 
I enjoy shopping garage sales, but I won't host one.

My latest find was a leather backpack that last saw use as a diaper bag. Free.

Nasty- Glad you survived yours.

Brian
 
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