posted on August 29, 2010 05:39:37 AM new
This from Craigslist:
We had a lovely estate sale over the past two days in San Carlos.
If you attended, Thank You!
... for both your patronage and your kind words.
However, there was a photo album of black and white wedding photos
which the family wanted to keep.
It was on display next to the wedding dresses.
And has since gone missing.
They would like it back.
Please drop it off by the front door.
No questions asked.
If you do have the album, then you know where the sale was.
It means alot to them
Thank You!!
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I was at this sale, briefly. Since the "family" were the ones putting it on, you would think they'd have secured any beloved memorabilia ahead of time. And no, I didn't steal their wedding album. I suspect one of them sold it to someone and now another family member is having a hissy fit.
More heirs fighting over stuff...
I just love the way the poster coyly avoids posting the address. I guess they don't want those awful Craigslist people breaking in and stealing the rest of the crap.
posted on August 29, 2010 07:24:14 AM new
I was at an auction years ago. The auctioneer sold a ring to a young couple. Next thing I heard was a family member protesting the sale. Finally the auctioneer asked the couple if they would return the ring and he would give them back their money. The young lady said no. The now sobbing family members offered to double the offer. The YL said no again and she and he husband started walking toward there car with a pack of family members pleading behind them. The couple got into there car they and the ring went down the road.The buzz at the auction was the ring was valued a few 1000 dollars the couple bought it for less than 100 and the family didn't give a hoot about the ring they wanted the big bucks!
posted on August 29, 2010 08:10:32 AM new
Good for the couple,thats what an auction is all about.
Now when I first arrived in New Orleans,there is an old house up for auction.
It was an old house with no bathroom on first floor,no shower and belonged to an estate.
Many people come to watch and there was just one serious bidder,in fact he is the only bidder.
The children of the deceased owner came and talked about the good old days how they partied in NYC etc and looked forward to the proceeds of the sale.
The lonely bidder bidded against the lawyer and lost.
The children were disappointed and left with long faces.
The bidder later contacted the lawyer and bought the house at a price slightly higher than his final bid.
I think he got the house for around $120k.
During the bidding war,all of us just stood and watched,I was bitten by fleas and the couple next to me did not,and the explanation was that their liver secreted a certain substance which the fleas detest,is it true?
Do some folks really have a different liver?
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on August 29, 2010 11:07:48 AM new
I guess you have never been to New Orleans?
There are plenty of fleas in that city,I mean real fleas,some folks never seem to have a problem.
I have bombed my place many times and they said eggs are not killed as the shell protects them,so bomb again in 7 days when they hatch?
what seems effective is to use a small dish of water and light ,fleas are attracted to light and they drown in water.
Try it!
Now what does it have to do with chicken liver except they serve JAZZ brunch and chicken liver is on the menu!
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on August 29, 2010 04:42:19 PM new
On the topic of liver,do you know they have come up with a special PIG LIVER which could be used as an interim solution while the patient is waiting for a liver transplant?
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on August 30, 2010 09:05:31 AM new
5 degrees of separation from wedding albums to chicken livers?
I can't deal with this first thing Monday morning.
posted on August 30, 2010 09:53:27 AM new
Back on topic - it sounds like the family naively used the wedding album to show what the dress looked when worn and didn't pull it when the dress sold and/or the person handling the checkout didn't understand that the album was NFS...DUMB DUMB DUMB. Perhaps they thought the album went with the dress.
watchguy - my fault for introducing chickens to the conversation...sorry! I was trying to be cute but Hwahwa is having none of that!
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Mistakes like this happen all the time at sales. I heard one about Civil War Uniform that someone found in the attic and the cashier let them buy it only to find out later that the attic contents were not part of the sale!!
