Fathers day has brought with it a surprising bag of interesting developments. In a search for a new book that my father had asked for, my cheapness and love of travel put me on the road instead of the internet to do my shopping. The cheapness factor seemed logical since it would save me shipping costs to just buy it in person, plus it helps local business to shop "live" rather than digitally. However, life has a way of spanking my ideas with cold reality. This book was just released the previous week. Apparently it takes the stores near me a week to stock one after release. So the first half of my week was spent driving about to nearby towns in search of the book, and of course scanning the roadside for bikes.
Rummage sales were rampant, and my first comment on this is people are getting stupid. I dare not count the number of garage sale signs that went nowhere. A huge sign by the highway, and a hand drawn arrow on a stop sign post a mile into the route is idiotic. Mark your sale right. keep the signs big, or at least consistent. The second comment is on honesty. If your sign says huge sale, it better have more than a card table full of crap from under your couch cushions. Some people honestly think they can sell garbage. One such moron had a box of cans. $2. Not aluminum cans, and even then it was overpriced, but a box of empty canned good cans, labels still attached. That is the laziest recycling I have ever seen.
