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StarSong said:
Do you think it was the same deal as the person who thought the old newspapers were free - that the price didn't show up in the ad?

Speaking of which, did you end up selling those?
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I have no idea what he saw or though he saw in my ad. Although saying, "I had hoped you'd give it to me." hinted he did know there was a cost.
I still have the newspapers, too.
 

debodun said:
I just got the shaft from someone that actually showed up. He wanted my antique wind-up Victrola. I advertised it at $50. It's in working condition, too. He and his buddy lifted it up and started walking out and I said, "That's $50?" He looked confused and said he didn't have any money and thought I would give it to him. I gave him something all right, then sent him packing! Now I have to move it back where it was.

What's going on with all these people - they never show up or think I'm giving away antiques? Why do they assume things are free when the ad clearly states a price?

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That is odd, that people think you are giving away things that you advertised with price included. Around here, my "free" sign leads to people coming to the door to ask if they may take the free item. So I changed the sign to "Free - please take this away". I don't sell anything, I just give it a thrift store or someone who needs it. (That remark was definitely not a criticism of you. I'm just too chatty.)
 

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GeorgiaXplant said:
@StarSong How about disposable cameras? The guests will have memories of the shower and the mother-to-be. They can be had for about $5 each at Walmart...kind of pricey for 25 guests, though.

Or if you have a good picture of the guest of honor, make 25 copies and get 25 small ceramic frames from the dollar store to put the pix in.

I just got home from work so my brain isn't working very well...
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People have cell phone cameras in their pockets - if I give them disposable cameras I've also given them a job and an expense to get the photos developed. I'd hate to add to anyone's clutter, so picture frames are out, too.
Kaila said:
@StarSong I don't know how you'd do with giving the edible gifts, even as scrumptious as pumpkin loaves, with many differing foods they eat and do not eat....
My idea is to have a table of things they could choose from, near the exit area? Some of the pumpkin loaves, and something else?
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Good point. I'll bear that in mind.
 
Today, I got to meet a neighbor. She came to the door with a baby seat. Dog was going nuts because she kept ringing the doorbell. I was able to put him in my daughter's room.

She is 70 years old, lives about 4 houses down, and has been fully vaccinated, including the booster. Someone told her we had a baby here, so she had the baby seat to give to me. Really friendly woman; I liked her. It quite cheered me up. Not that I was despondent, but talking with her was a lot more fun that doing dishes and wondering where I put my box cutter when I organized it into a place I will never forget because it was so logical.

Once everything is back to normal, I can't wait to meet the neighbors. Many of them are seniors who have lived in their houses for decades. They are friendly people.

BTW, the only "baby" here is my dog. I have no idea why the neighbors thought we had a baby here. I just pointed to my very short (it's not grown in yet) grey hair and she got the message.

The other good thing is that the caps for where air goes in car tires came in the mail. My daughter put air in the tires a few days ago and noticed two of the caps were gone. I guess they are generic, because she just ordered them without doing any research. Anyway, she worked from home this week because she was afraid of getting a flat during her 40 mile round trip to work. Out here, it takes from an hour to a few hours to get road service. The population in the town in which her university is located is 3,507.
 
Irwin said:
Well, the guy was a no-show for noon and he texted me that he'd be here at 1:00, which was 11 minutes ago. And I haven't had my nap, so I'm not in a good mood. I'm going to give him another 20 minutes and then just assume he's wasting my time.
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This is why I hate selling things. Lots of eager interest and then come the no-shows. It's not worth the aggravation to me.
 
Knight said:
Practicing hammerology.

There are no screws to separate the screen from the back so hammerology is the method used to remove & destroy the hard drive in a laptop my wife no longer wants.
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This is the method my DD wants to use on several 20+-year-old computers taking up storage space in a closet because DSIL just can't seem to get around to wiping the hard drives. Whenever she mentions it, DSIL says he's "going to" wipe them. Mmhmm. This has been going on for years.

I once used hammerology on a fire alarm that would not shut up. There was no fire. It just decided in the middle of the night to go rogue. After being waked up and trying to silence the damned thing, I took it out to the patio and attacked. You'd think that stupid thing would just give up the ghost, but nooooo. It just kept going and going like the Energizer bunny. Took a good 10-15 minutes to destroy it:mad:
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
This is the method my DD wants to use on several 20+-year-old computers taking up storage space in a closet because DSIL just can't seem to get around to wiping the hard drives. Whenever she mentions it, DSIL says he's "going to" wipe them. Mmhmm. This has been going on for years.

I once used hammerology on a fire alarm that would not shut up. There was no fire. It just decided in the middle of the night to go rogue. After being waked up and trying to silence the damned thing, I took it out to the patio and attacked. You'd think that stupid thing would just give up the ghost, but nooooo. It just kept going and going like the Energizer bunny. Took a good 10-15 minutes to destroy it:mad:
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reminds me of this....

 
Pinky said:
@StarSong
I like your idea of small pumpkin loaves .. how about pumpkin cookies? Anything pumpkin would be good. You certainly are doing enough for this event. It ought to be very enjoyable, albeit, a lot of work on your part .. but, somehow, I think you are used to it - and can handle it :)
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I've seen some pumpkin loaves being made w/pudding on my f/b page.....sounds good!
 
My niece came by today for a visit. She lives down south, so I don't get to see her very often.
She's married w/a cute little family.

Anyway, she helped me hang a few pictures I had laying around. Then, her mother came by (my brother's first wife), she lives over in Nevada now. We had a nice visit, reminiscing, and walking my backyard checking out the trees, etc.

Many a BBQ and parties held in that backyard.........
 
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