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BEWARE THE YSP What is the YSP you ask? YSP stands for the dreaded new menace that is invading Chesterfield County, Virginia. They stop at nothing to make your weekend fun non-existent. They would take a lost Kitten away from a crying child. They would not allow Rover to come back home. They would end world peace as we know it. The last part is probably an overstatement but I digress. Let me start from the beginning. I am 43 years old. (you can applaud at this part because my Mom didnt think I would last past 21 because of my driving..Sorry, that is another post for later) I have lived in Chesterfield county most of my life. I have visited the whole county from Jeff Davis Turnpike to Route 711, From Pear Orchard to Chippenham Parkway and further out. I have traveled mostly every road in this great county. But until this past weekend, I never came across the Mean-spirited YSP Every weekend usually from the Middle of April till the end of September, My wife and I rid the family van of evidence of why I have no savings (KIDS) and plot our hunt for what we call THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY. This is kind of like the search for the Holy Grail or where are the lost sound tacks of Eddie and the Cruisers but it is still a mission that we partake. We do this as our getaway time. Our WE time. Where we as a couple bond over the law of Haggling. Yes, I said it, I haggle If there was ever a need for an addiction support group, for me it would be YSA Yard Sales Annonymous. Hi, My name is Tony, and I am a Yard Sale Addict. I enjoy getting peoples stuff for less. It brings me joy. My wife and I compete to see who can beat the other for the best stuff for the lowest price. I must say, In the 15 years I have been married, I have never won (Husbands, side note, repeat after me, I have never won against my wife). Now, Where was I, Oh Yes. Tony, what does all this have to do with the dreaded vermin invading Chesterfield County? I thought you would never ask. THE YSP stands for the Yard Sale Police. These are the people who volunteer for Chesterfield County Cleaning crew. They are not to be confused with the CSC. CSC is the I screwed up and must do Community service so do not hit me as I pick up trash on the side of the road crew. I had the misfortune of running into one of them this weekend. When I said run into, I did not mean with my car but had to talk. This is what happened. My Mother-in-law was having a large yard sale this weekend. My job, with my wife as co-pilot, was to put up the yard sale signs. We plotted our course and set sail to hurry and get them up. We must have put them in great locations because mother-in-law called back after we were half way done saying, Hurry back, the yard is full of customers. On the way, I noticed a short woman with a ball cap and a hammer admiring my placement of one of the many signs. I thought she was getting ready to write down the address of the sale she she could find the DEAL OF THE CENTURY. I watched as she then ripped our sign off the telephone pole and proceed to fold it lke a note to pass to someone in class. It was like slow-motion. She kind of had a glimmer in her eye like the Grinch as he pulled out a christmas bulb out of the tree. I will admit, I was hurt, How could she, I thought. What gives her the right to stop Fun and Money making. I asked my wife to stop so I could find out why and what was going on. As I spoke to the lady, I was in my I play a lawyer in TV mode. I said What gives you the right to take down my signs Her response still burns me to this day. It is illegal to hang signs on public street sign posts and electrical poles. but I have been doing it for years, It has not hurt anyone, Most of the posts I put my signs on looked worse than a Cross during the Roman Crucifixion days She did not appreciate my analogy or my Fake lawyer imitation. She gave me back my sign and got back into her Prius and drove off. That was it. She killed Christmas for me. So be aware because I also saw her remove a lost kitten sign and a Found dog sign so it really is not just Yard Sales she is targeting. So the moral of the story is put the signs on a stake and put in the ground or make a sandwich board from now on to advertise direction to your yard sales. Thank You for reading and other placement ideas or advertising ideas would be appreciated. This has been an opinion public service announcement from Pence Collision. The views and opinions expressed are not endorsed or agreed to by the larger corporation.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:48:19 +0000

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