Talked to DD's. Have 2 committed to going out tomorrow morning with mom to garage sale! Not really looking for too much, except for clothes for them and maybe some stuff for the lawn/garden. Been looking for two years for a bicycle pump for DH.
Got an exciting freebie today. I have been inspired by lots of you on the site to hang clothes, but my neighborhood is too snooty to allow clothes lines. So I was going to look into buying 2 racks I could set on the deck. Lo and behold walking past the neighbors garbage today on the way home from the bus stop - a drying rack. Quickly trash picked it and ran. Can't figure out how to put it up, its probably broken. Will put hubby on it to jerry-rig it to usefulness!
Good luck to everyone having sales tomorrow! I will let you know if I find any treasures!
Garage Sales and Trash Picking
May 6th, 2006 at 02:57 am
May 6th, 2006 at 04:17 am 1146889041
I've got a local hardware store, that I can take something in and the staff will ask if I need a certain thing, or could they jerry rig it?? Love that!!
Anyone know where this term started?? I grew up with it, probably heard it as often as please & thank you!
May 6th, 2006 at 08:00 am 1146902414
Okay, I looked it up, jerry-rig is a derivation of jury-rig.
From jury-rig, jury-rigging, improvised rigging on a ship, modeled on jury-mast, temporary mast, perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, help, from aider, to help.
Also: a temporary fix.
May 6th, 2006 at 11:22 pm 1146957729
One suggestion: think gifts at garage sales. You might be surprised that there are items you can give at Christmas or birthdays. yeah, it's a little early, but I'd rather spend two doillars in May than twenty in December.