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<\/a><\/p>\nBut I just returned from a moving sale with all this loot: swivel recliner and hassock, seven-foot fiberglass step-ladder with paint shelf, wooden folding table, tin snips, two caulk guns, two rolls of self-adhesive drywall tape (unopened), gas can, large full bottle of Rain-X, super-duper adjustable drywall square, baby gate, two rugs, door mat, four-foot bubble level, never-used handmade afghan, doggie bistro, flexi-leash with scoop bag attachment, 100 feet of nylon rope (unopened), heavy-duty extension cord, hacksaw, etc. etc. etc.<\/p>\n
Oh yeah, and one beach chair with two attachable umbrellas. Looks ridiculous, I know, but those’ll come in handy for sitting outside on those<\/i> days when the weather can’t decide what to do.<\/p>\n
That doesn’t include the oak-base cafe table I haven’t yet brought inside and the giant dog kennel (big enough for a great Dane or great Pyrenees) that the folks having the sale are going to give me next week, along with any other dog stuff they turn up as they pack.<\/p>\n
And one good old metal 50s-vintage Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner (in then-fashionable aqua) that I almost forgot because it’s buried under all that other stuff in the photo. Works like a champ, too.<\/p>\n
Total cost $43.<\/p>\n
The sad part is that the sellers (nice people who used to own a business in town) are getting rid of all this stuff because they’ve lost their home and have to move into subsidized housing in civilization because of medical problems.<\/p>\n
The good part is that my champion garage-saling friend and I got an exclusive ramble through their house and shop ahead of their regular sale — and they’re holding a 22-foot aluminum extension ladder for me until I make up my mind whether I want it or not. If it were fiberglass, I’d snatch it in a second. Aluminum? Dunno.<\/p>\n
So what do you think? Should I go back and buy that extension ladder for $20?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My living room doesn’t normally look like this … But I just returned from a moving sale with all this loot: swivel recliner and hassock, seven-foot fiberglass step-ladder with paint shelf, wooden folding table, tin snips, two caulk guns, two rolls of self-adhesive drywall tape (unopened), gas can, large full bottle of Rain-X, super-duper adjustable drywall square, baby gate, two rugs, door mat, four-foot bubble level, never-used handmade afghan, doggie bistro, flexi-leash with scoop bag attachment, 100 feet of nylon rope (unopened), heavy-duty extension cord, hacksaw, etc. etc. etc. Oh yeah, and one beach chair with two attachable umbrellas. Looks…<\/p>\n