Garage Sales

by mcradloffPlatteville, Wisconsin, USA

May 2014 610 Views 9 comments

Garage Sales

What will I see
When I get to the garage sales
I took a trip to Lancaster
About 17 miles from Platteville, Wisconsin
I saw this house, shed and car covered in words
I stopped to see what he had written
I could only stay for a short while as he came out with his dog
He doesn't like the president or dumb people
So I get to my first garage sale
The woman remembered me buying tapes a few years ago
I told her one tape of Shania Twain broke my tape player
Cost me 270 bucks to fix it
I bought some golf balls
A book about 10 men that will ruin your life
A stuffed snowman with a throw blanket
A chippette doll
A Darth Vader mask
Both for my great niece and nephew
A book about memorable moments on tv from All In The Family
To sports and other stories like the OJ Trial
A DVD on Ernest in the Army
Lots of fun people to meet
You just never know what you will find

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Posted: May 2014

About this poem:

Was lucky to have off work so I could go garage saling, hopefully next week will be the same as Platteville has their city wide garage sales.

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gnj4uBoston, Massachusetts USAMay 4, 2014

Hi, mcradloff,
You just never know what you will find…and certainly that is true. I passed by one on my way to the Mass Poetry Festival in Salem but, sadly, had no time to stop. I did wonder what I was passing up. Thanks for sharing your Garage Sales experience.

darkhorse555donegal, Donegal IrelandMay 4, 2014

really a delightful trip i enjoyed dear friend

online today!

lindsyjonesunknown, California USAMay 4, 2014

I am having fun doing this Mc since I retired and it is so full of life to see all the array of goods out there...

orientalkoruGlenella, Queensland AustraliaMay 4, 2014

enjoyable read Mc...we do our bit around here once in a blue moon...like you said you just never know what you will find...

fjamesj9701DunkinDonuts, Florida USAMay 4, 2014

I picked up original x men number 2, 5,6,7,8, 11 and 13, in one trip and another day a bunch of old vinyl records and a dart gun. The dart gun got me in trouble. Good stuff McRad…Jesse

mcradloffOPPlatteville, Wisconsin USAMay 18, 2014

gnj4u, thanks for your comment. I love the stuff I find at garage sales, still working on getting my holiday projector to work, but have till June before I start celebrating the 4th of July.

mcradloffOPPlatteville, Wisconsin USAMay 18, 2014

darkhorse555, thanks for your comment. It was a neat trip, especially the house, shed and car covered in writing. I stopped for about a few seconds to take pictures of the shed, but the guy was outside with his dog, so I didn't linger!

mcradloffOPPlatteville, Wisconsin USAMay 18, 2014

orientalkoru, thanks for reading my poem. Hope you find some neat stuff way over there too.

mcradloffOPPlatteville, Wisconsin USAMay 18, 2014

fjamesj9701, thanks for your comment. Since records are old technology I have gotten some really good buys too, prices on some records were a dime and a quarter. Cyndi Lauper's She So Unusual, Queen's Greatest Hits.