Mar 13, 2010 18:13
Saturday morning. Sue & I headed off to a couple of garage sales. Fun stuff for a Sat morning. We probably went to 6 of them. I only bought a couple of brand new headphones for my ipod (I'd been looking around for suitable ones that didn't cost an arm and a leg, these were .50 each, and are perfect!) Sue bought some artists paints, and a beautiful Balinese table runner. However, the best thing about garage sales are some of the characters you meet. Today was no exception. First, there was the Canadian gentleman that we bought the earphones & paints from, who was a real character who gave us an early morning laugh. Then there was the lady who was trying to sell the "security" screen door, that had to be 30 odd years old for $80, but advised it had no key, and had NEVER had one. Mmmmm, great security. But the best by far, was the trio selling stuff that I am sure they'd picked up at the kerbside rubbish collection. We had a very, very quick look at the junk, and had just decided to depart quickly, when the lady advised us that the tv they were all looking at (not switched on) was the original tv of one of the Hells Angels members(???) One of the men said, "We thought we could get it to work, but it doesn't...BUT it DID belong to a Hell's Angel" WTF??? So we took a closer look at the "trio", the lady sounded like she was slurring, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt, until I realised she was drinking something green looking out of a margarita glass. Yep, she was p*^^#d!!! We hightailed it out of there as fast as we could.
Lunch time we met up with some old mates *****waves to Karen & Shorty*****, and had a lovely long lunch with them at a surf club. It's really funny to have a conversation with someone you haven't spoken to for near 12 months, and to realise that they know more about what you've been up to than you do yourself (they've been following LJ).
Well I've written more than I intended so I won't weigh you down with pics. I'll do another entry shortly with photos of yesterdays trip to Brisbane.
Have a great weekend everyone.
garage sales,
karen & shorty,
kev & sue