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LESSoN ELEVEN
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The Great American Garage Sale
Not long ago, Charles Erickson and his family decided to do some spring housecleaning. __ Sort through their possessions, they came up with some 1,500 old, __ want items -- all sorts of
things they wanted to get rid of. The Ericksons decided to do what a lot of other Americans are doing these days--have a garage sale. They posted homemade signs throughout the neighborhood,
ran an advertisement in the local newspaper, then set out the unwanted objects on the front yard of their home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and waited to see if any one would come. The
Ericksons neednt have worried. Eager buyers bought all but 50 of the items in one weekend, leaving the family $442 richer.
Garage sale, yard sale, basement sale -- whatever theyre called and wherever theyre held, Americans are having them in ever-increasing numbers.
The variety of things put up for sale is really wonderful -- dishes, books, used clothing, tools, tires, empty bottles, bicycles, furniture. A man in Atlanta, Georgia, even sold a full-size
replica of a 1931 Ford.
You wouldnt believe the stuff people will buy, says Mrs. Jerry McNeely of Houston, Texas, who has held two garage sales with friends. on the other hand, you wouldnt believe some of the
things people will put out to sell.
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