Things that make you Sweat: Part One
The thermostat on my car reads 103 degrees and my work clothes are clinging to me like sticky rice and sushi. The last 3 days have been hot and sweaty- and who among us doesn’t enjoy a good sweaty night now and again (take the couple on the Today Show this morning who had 101 straight days of booty… seriously, how can I get in on that???).
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Neighborcop who will from this point be known as Neighborcop and Poolshark ( I wanted to call her 8-Ball but I guess 8-Ball is thug-slang for cocaine so ‘Poolshark’ it is) participated in a yard sale sponsored by the county.
If you live in a single-family home then you know that you can open your garage any old time you want to and sell your crap to your unsuspecting neighbors walking their mutt up and down your block. Those of us living in a condo have to search or beg to get in on the elusive yard sale which, not surprisingly , is back in vogue in these tougher economic times.
So Saturday morning the 3 of us pack our respective vehicles (mine with a soy latte) and head over to a parking structure that for one Saturday a month is converted in to a “swap meet”, to borrow Mr. Wii’s phrase. We set up in two parking spots ($20/each space) and no sooner did we have our things out then we were attacked by the Guatemalans who practically cleaned us out by 7:35 am. Problem is that the sale went until 1:00pm. There were several high-points to the day among them was listening to Neighborcop negotiate in Spanish, the dirty –water dogs that Neighborcop and Poolshark ate and the part where our Bed-Bath-and Beyond portable clothes rack toppled onto a car parked next to us… twice.
I was already hearing my conversation with State Farm.
Me: I’ve been in an accident
State Farm: Sucks to be you. What happened?
Me: In an effort to sell my skinny-clothes for $1/ shirt I did $700 worth of damage to the El Camino parked next to me.
State Farm: That’s soooo not under your policy.
The obvious question is why we didn’t just take our things to salvation army and claim the tax deduction.
I like to think it’s because we were trying to give back to the community.
Isn’t it ironical that KC is mild, partly sunny, and low 80′s? Usually there is some suffering going on here by now.