earlier this afternoon i was putting my shoes on to go out to the shop and clean out a spot for the shaper i am picking up tomorrow and my sister called wanting to borrow an extension cord .
i was going outside anyway so i hopped in my car and started on my way to her house .
about a half mile away i noticed an old guy struggling with a big square lump on a furniture dolly heading to the curb .
always happy for an excuse to delay dealing with my sister i pulled up , hopped out of the car and asked the old fella if he needed a hand . looking pretty grateful he took me up on my offer .
so i took hold of the dolly and was pretty darn surprised when i realized that what ever was under the blanket weighed about 500 lbs .
a minute or two later i had it down at the curb where he wanted it and he pulled the blanket off .
to my surprise there was a very nice looking napoleon wood stove hidden underneath it . not intending to be a serious buyer i casually asked how much he was asking for it .
his reply was .... absolutely nothing . being a bit skeptical the first question that popped out of my pie hole was ,.. well whats wrong with it ?
he laughed and said , nothing . i am to old to cut wood and the wife wants it out of the house , so out of the house it goes .
not wanting to be slow on the draw i asked if we could wheel it back up to the house for 20 minutes while i went after a truck .
a half hour later with the aid of a couple 2x10's and his dolly i had it loaded up , strapped down and ready to be on my way .
while i was profusely thanking him he mention that he had 16 feet of double wall stainless chimney pipe on the backside of the house that i was welcome to come back and get in a week or two once he had a chance to take it down and close up the hole in the wall .
by this time i am a bit over whelmed with how nice the guy was and i was practically begging him to take something for the stove and chimney pipe .
laughing at me a bit he kept refusing , and then as i was starting up the truck to go he says to hold up a second he has a couple more things that go with the stove .
he then comes out of the garage with a card board box and a chainsaw as he is casually tossing them in the back of the truck his only words was .. now just close your trap and take it . i'm to old to pull the rope to start it and i'm to retired to be bothered with selling it .
so now i have a very nice stove for my shop to replace my 55 gallon barrel stove .
and a very nice 50 cc dolmar chain saw to take the load off the elcheapo $129 poulan saw i have been using since my shop got broken into .
about an hour after i got it home i had the barrel stove out and iin the yard for a burn barrel and a fire roaring in the new napoleon .
gosh it sure is gonna be nice to have a stove that dont have to worry about burning my shop down with ,
and the new saw sure will be nice to re-cut about 8 cords of wood to fit in the new stove .
yea ... best week ever .
now to go do some cleaning and take my sister her extension cord
i was going outside anyway so i hopped in my car and started on my way to her house .
about a half mile away i noticed an old guy struggling with a big square lump on a furniture dolly heading to the curb .
always happy for an excuse to delay dealing with my sister i pulled up , hopped out of the car and asked the old fella if he needed a hand . looking pretty grateful he took me up on my offer .
so i took hold of the dolly and was pretty darn surprised when i realized that what ever was under the blanket weighed about 500 lbs .
a minute or two later i had it down at the curb where he wanted it and he pulled the blanket off .
to my surprise there was a very nice looking napoleon wood stove hidden underneath it . not intending to be a serious buyer i casually asked how much he was asking for it .
his reply was .... absolutely nothing . being a bit skeptical the first question that popped out of my pie hole was ,.. well whats wrong with it ?
he laughed and said , nothing . i am to old to cut wood and the wife wants it out of the house , so out of the house it goes .
not wanting to be slow on the draw i asked if we could wheel it back up to the house for 20 minutes while i went after a truck .
a half hour later with the aid of a couple 2x10's and his dolly i had it loaded up , strapped down and ready to be on my way .
while i was profusely thanking him he mention that he had 16 feet of double wall stainless chimney pipe on the backside of the house that i was welcome to come back and get in a week or two once he had a chance to take it down and close up the hole in the wall .
by this time i am a bit over whelmed with how nice the guy was and i was practically begging him to take something for the stove and chimney pipe .
laughing at me a bit he kept refusing , and then as i was starting up the truck to go he says to hold up a second he has a couple more things that go with the stove .
he then comes out of the garage with a card board box and a chainsaw as he is casually tossing them in the back of the truck his only words was .. now just close your trap and take it . i'm to old to pull the rope to start it and i'm to retired to be bothered with selling it .
so now i have a very nice stove for my shop to replace my 55 gallon barrel stove .
and a very nice 50 cc dolmar chain saw to take the load off the elcheapo $129 poulan saw i have been using since my shop got broken into .
about an hour after i got it home i had the barrel stove out and iin the yard for a burn barrel and a fire roaring in the new napoleon .
gosh it sure is gonna be nice to have a stove that dont have to worry about burning my shop down with ,
and the new saw sure will be nice to re-cut about 8 cords of wood to fit in the new stove .
yea ... best week ever .
now to go do some cleaning and take my sister her extension cord
