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The shop gets a makeover
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:34 pm
by muskrat man
So, we're cruisin down the road and see a yardsale right? We mosey on up there and nose around a little to see if they've got anything good. The usual questions of "do you have any pellet guns, archery equipment or pocket knives?" They said No. So we end up getting a pair of vice grips, a nice overhead flourescent light and a nice flourescent table lamp. And there sits this nice big metal desk, with a price tag of $3, now i've been trying to hunt one of these up for my primary work area, but with yardsale season just starting up we hadn't found one yet. We bought it, but we don't have a truck. We've got a litle Plymouth colt nicknamed "the blue winged teal", and we've just bought a desk that's the size of the car! We've hauled alot of stuff on the ol' girl, shes got 125K and still runs like a top. So, we roll it up onto the trunk, strap her down and creep 25 miles back to the homestead to unload it. Was afraid we might flip over going up a big hill on the way home. Shoulda seen the looks we got

People gawking and point fingers, shaking thier heads and laughing. But let'em laugh, I'm the one with a new shop desk

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:44 pm
by Diligence
Great find MM! I love yard sale "junk"....nothing but treasures if you ask me.
BUT...I would jhave looked twice too. Are those really just black rubber tie downs?

...good thing it wasn't windy, you could have ended up in Kansas.
J
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:19 pm
by muskrat man
Diligence wrote:Great find MM! I love yard sale "junk"....nothing but treasures if you ask me.
BUT...I would jhave looked twice too. Are those really just black rubber tie downs?

...good thing it wasn't windy, you could have ended up in Kansas.
J
Yep, just rubber ties. i'm glad it wasn't windy too

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:04 pm
by justold52
Good find MM and that thin wide drawer will get a lot of use.
In all it looks like it was a good but unsafe journey.
OO to be young and foolish again.

I miss those old days.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:22 pm
by MITCH RAPP

Muskrat; WOW! I'am glad they didn't also have an 8 foot couch for
sale!

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:02 pm
by agteacher2
Hey MM,
There might be a joke in this somewhere. You might be a redneck if .....

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:13 pm
by orvet
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:23 am
by knowtracks
Every old scooter trash knows that you can strap anything on with enough bungies.
