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As you already know, my husband is the king of free. He can’t pass up anything, no matter how useless…. as long as he doesn’t have to pay for it.
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This has driven me nuts for years and I have never, ever! felt the need to join him in his obsession.
Until last week.
When I saw this on our local Facebook page:
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Pre-Covid our plan was to replace all the flooring in our home. (Post Covid? Holy crap, I don’t want strange people in my house!) Along with that plan would have come long overdue new furniture, to include coffee tables. So since the plan went out the window with the plague, I thought why not? This looks good… and it might be a nice interim fix.
I should have known.
When the husband lifted it out of the truck? It jiggled…. and never even made it into the house. What an utter piece of junk! Fake wood, loose glass and legs so unsteady dropping a napkin on it would probably cause it to collapse.
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Out it went, in front of our house.
How bad was it?
The damn thing was there for a week and though lots of people looked, no one wanted it.
Next stop?
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The recycle center.
Where I left it…. and my desire to ever pick up anything marked free again.
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WOW!!!! Call the papers–hubby didn’t put it in the barn?!?/1/
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No. Which shows you how truly awful it was….
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It looks so nice too. Shame.
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I know! Very disappointing…..
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I wouldn’t be surprised if your husband hasn’t had several similar experiences where he picks up something just because it’s free and realizes even he doesn’t want it. It’s all part of the junk collecting game.
Whose way is better is something I’ll leave to you.
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Well, I learned my lesson that’s for sure.
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At least it isn’t currently in your barn.
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Even the husband didn’t want it…. so you know it was bad.
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I am thinking of the term “white trash” but realize it is politically inappropriate and just a tiny joke.
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That is what I think when I see things by the side of the road. Leave it alone.
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Oops. Well, in all fairness, it looked nice!
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Fool me once, right?
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Exactly.
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With husband’s skill at fixing things, you should’ve given him a chance to repair it. What’s the worse that could happen?
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I shudder to think….
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I ended up with an awful coffee table the same way. A friend saw it in front of someone’s house and decided I wanted a paint-stained foldout table for some reason…
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And you didn’t? How odd…
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My friend has “boundary issues”…
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I would have stripped it for the legs.
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Because that’s just what we need, a bit more metal to sit and rust. Nope. Nope. Nope!
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Same here. I NEED legs for the bits of wood I can’t burn because they are too pretty…
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