It's no secret that Hick likes a bargain. The best bargains are FREE! Anytime I see something that might interest Hick, I go out of my way to let him know.
I went to The Pony's house on Saturday, and saw something Hickworthy on the side street that is often torn up with water leaks. It's paved over again now, but still bumpy. Anyhoo... sitting on the curb across the street from The Pony's garage was
A SMALL CHEST FREEZER!
It even had FREE written on the front with a black marker. I figured Hick might want to know. Granted, this could be a broken freezer that somebody wanted to get rid of, without paying to take it to the landfill. Then again, it might work, and the people needed room for a newer freezer, or another appliance, or maybe they were remodeling and it didn't fit. I pushed aside thoughts (from watching too many How to Murder Your Wife shows) that this FREE freezer might contain dismembered body parts.
Anyhoo... Hick was working at his SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5). I sent a text.
"Free little freezer on Pony's side street."
"Ok might go by and see"
"Across from the garage."
There. My responsibility was over. Hick could go look at it on his way home. If it wasn't there, at least he knew where it HAD been, and could surmise that somebody else got it first.
We don't need a little freezer. We have one in the laundry room. I thought Hick might want it to sell. I'm sure he could get $5 out of it, heh, heh. Or he might give it to a buddy to sell. If it didn't work, Hick knows a lot about machines and motors, and could probably figure out if it was worth fixing. Or somebody might want to practice working on it.
After all my good-deediness, Hick decided not to drive by and look at it. He was driving A-Cad, since he'd played Santa that day. Not sure why Santa can't drive SilverRedO, but he always takes the car instead of the truck on those days. The freezer would probably have fit in A-Cad's rear, unless Hick had it already full of other "treasures."
This is the second of my offerings that Hick has turned down, the other being that wooden bed headboard. If he's not careful, my hoarder-enabling behavior might taper off to nothing, due to lack of rewards. I took Intro to Psychology!
Oh I would love a free mini freeze right now! Hopefully Hick gets wise and starts accepting your offerings again
ReplyDeleteI might need to check Hick's forehead for fever. It's really unlike him to turn down a FREE appliance.
DeleteThe only good fever is the Peggy Lee kind - so you're right to check him out!
DeleteThat's for sure not Hick's kind of fever, heh, heh.
DeleteHick knows.
ReplyDeleteYou could fill a set of encyclopedias with what Hick knows, but the section under Common Sense would have blank pages.
Delete😂😂😂🤣
DeleteI know a man like that!!
DeleteWe married different models of the same man, heh, heh!
DeleteI could use a small chest freezer, but have nowhere to put one.
ReplyDeleteI have space to put a small chest freezer, but can't use one. Even Steven continues to balance The Universe.
DeleteYou know what else you can do with a non-working freezer or fridge? You can grow worms! Hick could sell bait! Of course there is a story behind this. I suggested this to my very own "Hick" when a fridge died in the campground. He removed the door and laid it on its back, ordered the dirt that the worm people recommended. So far so good ..... then, for whatever stupidness possessed him, he drilled holes in the bottom!!! I was appalled and told him the worms would escape, and we wanted to sell them to fisher-people. He told me that this guy he knew told him the worms needed to get out to eat and that they would come back! I just looked at him and said, "You're an idiot!" He told me I would eat those words when we had thousands of worms to sell. That did not happen. Worms are not feral cats, after all!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! The worms "need to get out and eat!" Like it's so much trouble to dump a bucket of garbage in there for them.
DeleteThat's like when Hick thought he could keep a pet rabbit he got at the auction in the chicken pen. It dug under the fence within hours, and did not come to a good end.