Things that go THUMP in the night…

Things that go THUMP in the night… was Originally Posted on September 5, 2003 by lavarock

Last night I drove up to the Kroger store and there nearby, is a dumpster for magazines. The thing has a horrible appetite.. it eat every magazine I fed it, and I fed it good! “A luau of learning”. A luau is defined as “An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment”. For a dumpster, traditional food is things you don’t want, and I guess I really wanted these magazines, but it was time for us to part.

I had been hoarding copies of Popular Electronics and Radio Electronics for maybe 10 or 15 tears. (THUMP) Also into the metal box went copies of Readers Digest… (THUMP, THUMP). Yes, I guess I could have found a place to donate them so others could enjoy the reading, but (THUMP), being perhaps the most widely read (THUMP) magazine in the free world, (THUMP), the dumpster gets my copies.

None of these magazines bring much on the open Ebay market, but other book, which I almost threw out, seem to carry a high premium!

I am a gold prospector and part of my membership is a book of areas where there is gold. You must be a member of the club to use these areas, but someone was willing to pay $26 for a copy of this years book! I also have a service manual for my 1990 Camaro that appears to be worth over $10. I was going to donate that to the buyer of my car, but now I have second thoughts.

I seem to be making a bit better progress on the house, but still have at least a week before I can call the agent. I “say” a week, when I probably mean two or more, but sometimes I like to fool myself, just for the amusement

You know, when I post these blogs, I must choose a category for them. I choose BUSINESS, because this is supposed to be about me moving to Hawaii to start a coffee farm. However, lately, all I talk about is packing, and that seems more like a HOBBY. A hobby has ALSO been defined as “A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one’s attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.” Perhaps it is time for a re-classification?