Hither
First we went to Saint Clair Shores the extreme northeast Detroit suburb to pick up a dishwasher.
Thither
Then we went to a suburb of Pontiac to pick up a sofa.
Yon
Then we dropped off the sofa at the home of the college buddy who had brokered the arrangement with Southern Belle. That was ten miles, round-trip.
Back to Thither
Then we went back to Thither to load up on household goods.
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| Looking off the terrace of the "cabin" across the lake |
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| Some other "cabins" to the west of where we were collecting furniture |
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| Even the high-rent districts have some commercial properties that have been long vacant. The sun-faded sign says "IGA" if you look hard enough. |
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| The 18' trailer. Southern Belle drove. God-bless country-girls! |
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| Parked beneath the deck of SB and HH's new home. |
We left at 8AM and I was dropped off at 5:00PM. The kids are driving to Corunna to pick up a bedframe while Mrs ERJ and I unwind by watching Quicksilver.
My wife, back in the tree service days, could drive any truck with our tandem axle trailer AND back it up. Maybe that's part of the reason I 've kept for over 48 years...I think, maybe, there was somtin else too.
ReplyDeleteGood for SB and HH for getting furnishings, instead of buying everything. We watch Craigslist locally, just for entertainment, and you could easily outfit a whole house at no cost. Most of it is beautiful, undamaged stuff.
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As we were getting ready to leave, I pointed at the cabin next door (2500 square-foot footprint, two-story plus walk-out basement, 1920s construction) and fished around: "What is that worth, $2 million?"
DeleteThe gentleman, who was about my age, shrugged. "Maybe. Maybe a little more."
The furniture was well constructed, solid wood but it was not "luxury" brand-names. The artwork was mostly painted by his mother. He had a bottle of muscle-relaxant out on the counter, it was a pint of R&R Canadian. He drove a Honda.
Old money doesn't buy things to impress other people. They buy...if they buy...based on how they perceive the value.
Pictures of my childhood: both St Clair Shores and "suburb" of Pontiac - LO perhaps? but lots of lakes nearby - (though I never heard of any town near Pontiac being referred to as a suburb; at least, not of Pontiac.)
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