Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 29, 2010
December 28, 2010
December 30, 2010
Transcript:
Alice: Why did Grandma give you an epergne? Mom: I'll bet she found it in her house and didn't want it. Grandma's house is stuffed to the rafters with things she doesn't want, or even know that she has. Alice: Petey says the lost treasure of the Incas is somewhere in the back of her kitchen drawer. Mom: Or in the basement in a box marked "roller skates."
I’ve promised my mother that when she dies, I’ll move into the house and take at least a year to sell her stuff… in her case, it is organized chaos. The basement is full floor to rafter with little pathways between the boxes, but she has an inventory of it all in excel with purchase price and value (as of the last time she priced it which could have been 20 years ago!). She also keeps a file of comparable items sold on ebay in a handy-dany 3 ring binder… I think my dad hides cash under the floor boards. I’m going to have to rip appart the house and sell stuff one bleeep thing at a time… then, maybe, I can actually retire on all that stuff! No way I’ll be able to retire on my salary! (ok, I make a good amount, but retirement is expensive!)