Yes, the Crosbys are at it again. Craigslist and eBay, baby! I’m not sure where all the junk comes from that accumulates in our garage, but I had had it “up to here!” and the electronic garage sale commenced last night.
I told my dear husband (the one who’s been HAD ~ Hockey Attachment Disorder) “SURELY, we should be able to sell some hockey equipment or sticks!” Seriously, there are four full bags of equipment and at least 15 ice sticks and a bazillion street sticks. He agreed and sauntered off to his lair. He returned shortly with two sticks in hand. They looked new… well, slightly used.. and I inquired (because inquiring minds want to know!) “How much can we sell them for?” It was a normal conversation right up until that point. No eyes bulging. No rapid breathing. Then he answered… “I think we could get about $150 for this red one…. it’s not available in stores yet…. and $120 for this silver one.” Now the eye bulging and rapid breathing began. When I regained conciousness, many questions were running amuck in my mind. “WHAT?!?” Did he steal them? Did we PAY that much???? How much stuff does he have in the garage that is worth over $100 a piece? I started envisioning nice, new patio furniture in brown and lime green stripes…. a day at the spa with the heated stones on my spine….
A story came forth….. Austin had been eyeing this silver Bauer Vapor X60 stick with Stick’um-dimple-grip (whatever!) for months and when he broke one of his previously used sticks he had enough money to buy it used. So, after a practice Rick and Aus went into the suck zone store and were perusing the sticks. They found these two aforementioned sticks that were practice-used by Phoenix Coyotes players and were engraved for them…. Lepisto and Lombardi. (Whoever they are!) Then God stepped into the hockey stick store… and shut off the electricity. Standing in the dark, Austin asked the salesman, “Can we still buy these?” Come to find out the register was electronic…. and obviously wouldn’t work. I’m not sure if the guy needed a sale to stay employed or what, but he offered, “If you have cash, you can have both sticks for $40.” Total…. $20 each!
At that moment I’m shocked that my husband didn’t go into coronary stress for the pure joy of the moment. The sticks were purchased and stashed in the hockey cave (where my van should be) until such a time as this. I do hope some other member of the male species who has HAD will come across the ebay auctions and salivate on his keyboard while typing in his bid so the joy keeps being spread around.
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