My husband has been doing some truck “remodeling” as of late. He took off the original bed of the truck and replaced it with a flat bed.
I know. I don’t really understand what I am talking about either. But that is not that point! The point is this: he needed to get rid of ye olde truck bed.
Ye olde truck bed has problems.
1) David is hard on a truck.
We have had this thing for 9 years and it has been with us through many a camping trip and wood cutting excursion. Plus, it helped us load all the lumber and trash from when we remodeled our old house.
The point? The point is this. The truck bed was dinged up.
2) The tail-gate no longer works and will randomly fall down. Sometimes, this is not a big deal. Other times, it can be problematic.
3) David enjoys stressing Teller out. I told him that I shall never be able to do errands in the truck from here on out. Because, guess what? If I ever have to get anything, I need to use something called a “tie-down.”
It is just all too much for me. So, I quit the truck. The end.
But now we need to dispose of said truck bed. Sure, we could just go chuck it in a dumpster, but who has the time? Or the muscles?
So had ourselves an idea. We said to ourselves:
“Let us put it on Craigslist! For Free!”
Within minutes, David’s phone starts to ring. Like a lot. Which begs the question, how many dollars could we have gotten for this apparently very desirable truck bed?
One can only wonder.
Apparently, when you put an ad on The Craigslist for a FREE truck bed, the crazies come out of the woodwork. So, without further ado, I shall present to you:
A Sampling of David’s Convos with The Crazies.
(Convos is short for conversations. Please, keep up.)
Convo Numero Uno
Crazy #1: Yeah. Just how beat up is this bed?
David: Well, I was pretty hard on it so the sides aren’t flat . . .
Crazy #1: Will you hold it for me?
David: Nope. First come, first served.
Crazy #1: Alright. I can come around mid afternoon.
David: No one will be home. You can just grab it.
(Interjection-I find this creepy. Thoughts?)
Convo Numero Dos
Crazy #2- Hey, do you still have your truck bed?
David: Yup. Someone might come and look at it tomorrow though.
Crazy #2:- Man, I really want it. Will you hold it for me?
David: Nope.
Crazy #2- That’s cool. Ok, well I got court in the morning, but I will call you when I get out, cool?
David: Sounds good.
(COURT! Hmmm . . . )
Convo Numero Tres
Crazy #3: Hey! I really need this truck bed! Still got it?
David: Yup.
Crazy #3: Yeah, well I had a bed that I used for a trailer, but it was parked next to my lean-to and the snow fell off the lean-to and it smashed my trailer. So I need a new one.
(Interjection: It’s ok. I don’t really know what a lean-to is, either. But David seems to know. He’s smart in the ways of the hillbilly.)
David: Alright.
Crazy #3: You live pretty far! Can you meet me halfway?
David: No.
Crazy #3: Alright. I really need this. I am gonna call around and see if someone will give me gas money. I’ll call you back.
David: Ok.
Convo Numero Quattro
Crazy #4: Hey! Are you the guy with the free truck bed?
David: Yup.
Crazy #4: What did you do? Take it off and put a flat bed on there?
David: Yup.
Crazy #4: Sweet, man.
David: Yup.
Crazy #4: My name is Ozzy. Do you know me?
David: Uh . . . nope.
Crazy #4: Alright. Cool, man! Talk to you later!
***
Question. What was the point of Ozzy’s phone call? And why should we know him? Inquiring minds want to know.
So, there you have it. Put something for free on Craigslist and you can become Mr. Popular in an instant!
That is all.
Ha! Those conversations are the best, yet surprisingly unsurprising.
“Can you meet me halfway?” Sure, because it’s not like it’s FREE, after all!
“He’s smart in the ways of the hillbilly”…PRICELESS!
The weirdness in Ruralville astounds me. Ozzie, however, sounds like a great guy. I picture him looking like that stoned hippie dude on “That 70’s Show”. You should invite him over for dinner. Take pictures for me and blog about it if you do, k?
Haha!!!!
This just made my day! I am a little disturbed that I can totally picture the people on the phone with David having those “convos”. We may or may not have those same types of people in our area of the country. We call them rednecks instead of hillbillys mainly because we don’t have any hills! 🙂
and this is why I don’t let my husband put MY number on Craigslist..
My son buys things off craigslist all the time. He says whenever you list something on craigslist, you have to put a price of at least $10, so crazy people won’t call you and have strange convos, er conversations. I am impressed by your spanish number words.
I bet you have all sorts of muscles, developed from your Frontier Womanly Ways. 😉
Remember that if The Crazies fall through.
ps. I wouldn’t want them traipsing around my home, either.
Dude, im guessing my husband has arrested every one of those crazies. Just saying. 🙂
Smart in the ways of the hillbilly-hilarious!!
Take it to the scrap metal place and get 50 bucks for it or more.
or make a flower planter out of it……..now that is hillbilly………keep piglets in it……turn it upside down and you have a shelter for the hens or chicks……come on Teller………..I cannot believe David didn’t think of something to do with it. Upside down and blocke up you can put firewood in it closer to the house door. 🙂 har har
Scary, those hillbillies!
I think I may have dated every one of those crazies back when I was a stupid teenager in the 70’s !! Lol
Craig’s List freaks me out man.
As much business as your husband conducts on it, I think in your corner of the world it should be “David’s List”