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YOU DO NOT NEED THAT.

September 13, 2008 by Lauren 17 Comments

First of all: Happy Belated Birthday to my nephew Jack!  September is just chock-full of birthdays, and we have terrible memories!

*sigh*  Lloyd has a problem.  Can someone please tell him that even if something is dirt cheap, if you don’t need it it is not a bargain.  We went to another surplus auction and I walked around with him at the beginning to look at the stuff.  We stopped at these two giant machines with rollers.

Lloyd: Hey! We had these at Metromail! (a college job where they packed junk mail) They’re for bundling things.  You put something in here and it automatically wraps it in strapping tape.
Lauren: I’m hungry.
Lloyd: I wonder if they work?
Lauren: I’m bored.
Lloyd: These are cool!
Lauren: I’m leaving.

I came back from shopping a couple of hours later to see this.

Two auction buddies.
Naturally I assumed that Lloyd was helping this guy learn how to use the guy’s new bundling machine. That Lloyd – so helpful. Then he turned around, saw me, and grinned a ‘you’re gonna kill me’ grin.

Lloyd: They were just two-fifty!
Lauren: I’m leaving.

Does anyone need Lloyd bundled and shipped to their house? I can do it automatically.

Filed Under: Gadget Tagged With: auction

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  1. Kitt says

    September 13, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    Um. What’s he planning to bundle?

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    • Lauren says

      September 14, 2008 at 6:46 am

      Exactly.

      Reply
    • Lloyd says

      September 14, 2008 at 6:48 am

      I’m glad you asked. Lauren didn’t even bother to do that. Now, normally, these machines have a huge roll of that thin yellow strapping plastic. But what if I took that out and replaced it with a huge roll of bacon! Think of it. At the touch of a button you could have anything wrapped in bacon. Burgers. Cookies. Yams. Best. Idea. Ever.

      Reply
  2. Brad says

    September 14, 2008 at 4:09 am

    Maybe you could reconfigure it into a bed. A bed that automatically tucks you in. That sounds AWESOME! Put it in my room. But leave a box cutter on the nightstand so I can get up in the morning.

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    • Lloyd says

      September 14, 2008 at 6:39 am

      Great idea. I have a friend who works for the TSA who says he knows where he can get ahold of as many box cutters as as we could possibly need.

      Reply
      • Christina says

        September 14, 2008 at 12:10 pm

        Then you could bundle box cutters….what fun, but how would you get them out,hmmmm……

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        • Lloyd says

          September 14, 2008 at 12:39 pm

          They would be self-opening bundles.

          Reply
  3. Deborah says

    September 14, 2008 at 6:50 am

    Two dollars and fifty cents or $250?

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      September 14, 2008 at 6:55 am

      Five bucks for the pair. I would have shot him if it had been $250.

      Reply
      • Lloyd says

        September 14, 2008 at 7:04 am

        It was actually $2.00 for BOTH of them! (But we couldn’t get one of them to work).

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        • Lauren says

          September 14, 2008 at 7:06 am

          Still not a bargain.

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  4. Karla says

    September 14, 2008 at 7:12 am

    Arron thinks you should bundle stacks of homework that you check during the weekend. Or bundle all your money. Either one.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      September 14, 2008 at 12:48 pm

      Hm. I didn’t think about bundling money. Maybe Lloyd’s not so crazy.

      Oh, wait. He is.

      Reply
  5. Gretchen says

    September 14, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    I feel your pain. My husband also went to an auction, also spent $2 but he got a framed photograph of Nike Zeus missiles. (nothing to do with shoes. I’m talking about large weapons.) At least it takes a bit less space in our home, but I don’t think I will be hanging that on a wall anytime soon. What is the attraction of auctions?

    Reply
  6. Beth Marshall says

    September 14, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Wow! Lloyd and Chris are alot alike.

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