Hopefully, One Woman's Toys are NOT Another Man's Treasures

Hick has been hard at work with his Storage Unit Empire. I smelled smoke a few minutes ago, and sent him a text to see if he'd set our grounds on fire. Like that time he decided to burn off the dead grass during the winter, and the fire line headed toward our cedar-sided house, the cats and dogs waiting patiently for mice to shoot out of the smoke. Today he replied, "No. I'm burning, but only my pile is on fire." I guess he cleaned out a lot of non-treasures.

Yesterday, while I was at the table enjoying our bargain lunch with my favorite gambling aunt, Hick sent me a cryptic text.

"I started cleaning the one I knew was going to be the worst one whole truckload of junk and probably one more this afternoon found a couple of interesting things I'll tell you later about."

Huh. Don't know why he made me wait. Not that the suspense was killing me. Later he said, "This one must have belonged to a woman. I found about 50 movie DVDs. And a bunch of her panties. And...toys. She apparently really liked her toys!"

EEWWW!

"Please tell me you threw them away!" I can never be sure with Hick. He's fascinated by the most unsavory things sometimes. And he didn't answer right away. So I kept repeating it. This made me think it was like when he stalls during an argument. I KNOW that he's lying. And he finally said that yes, he threw them away. YUCK! I felt like I needed a shower just hearing that tale.

Anyhoo...today he sent me two more pictures.

This one looks kind of trashy. Maybe that explains the smoke I smelled wafting through the concrete walls of my dark basement lair. Zooming in, I see some things that might be promising in this one. Is that red thingy a tool cart? And a shop vac, maybe? I kind of like the magazine rack, even with a broken handle. Surely my Sweet Baboo knows how to repair such things. Somebody wasn't taking very good care of that guitar! The upside-down end table is a bit gaudy for my tastes, though. Oh, no! I see LADY SHOES! Great big lady shoes! Maybe this is the one with the toys. And maybe it wasn't a lady at all! I think I'd be wearing gloves if I was handling this stuff.

The other picture is of treasures already loaded into Hick's truck. You'd think he could follow a simple instruction, right? And take a picture of each shed before he digs into it? Just to show all of you, who might like to play along like you're on one of those "reality" shows. Like, would you bid on that shed, or not? And then I could tell you what was inside.

Hick says these cardboard-barrel-looking containers are FULL OF HOT WHEELS CARS! Still in the packages! Of course. Who would have that many loose Hot Wheels cars? Hick is planning to sort them (another time-consuming chore!) into bundles of five cars, and sell them at the auction like he's seen other guys do. Somebody will want ONE of them, and buy them to get that one.

I hope Hick takes a shower when he comes in. He said one unit was full of mostly old food stuff. And mouse turds.