26th July 2018
Today was the day when offers of free furniture were received. This could go ways, either good or crap. The first was good. Kelli had a call from a friend that several pieces of furniture, including a Queen sized sleigh shape bed frame. Mention something free to Kelli, and she’s dressed with her hair done in record time. So we set off towards the north side looking for the address. The GPS on her phone is so slow, it takes a while to kick in, and even then it is reluctant to give out information. It is more likely to tell you when you’ve missed a turn. However despite that, we managed to find the place. It was down a short track littered with bomb craters, or that’s was what it felt like. I’m so glad we put new shock absorbers on the truck, because we sure needed them.
In these out-of-the -world places there is alway a collection of dead vehicles, and this place was now exception, probably all with wrecked suspension, or the means of transport from previous people enticed by the offer of free furniture, that were never seen again…….Ooh! I never thought of that.
Fortunately we survived, and had to make two trips collect everything. The bed frame is monstrous, there is enough wood to build a Viking long ship, and if it doesn’t sell, it would look spectacular set adrift, and burning on the lake.
At the opposite end of the scale is the crap. We headed off towards Zeeland, the town where God would live if he needed a place on Earth. Kelli had responded to a offer of a mirror, thinking it would be carved out of heaven wood and bathed in haloed sunlight, but instead it was made of plastic, so is destined to go to the bottom of the drive.
Whilst we were driving Kelli asked me what we should price the heavy dining bench at. I’m not particularly good at doing this, and in the past have guessed really high. “You have to understand that these people are Dutch ( translated as being as tight as a gnat’s chuff) The won’t pay high prices” said Kelli.
So with a little pressure I blurted out “165!”
Her mouth opened wide in exaggerated surprise. That’s exactly what I was thinking” we both high five’d each other.
Another Lifetime to go 