Friday yard sale. They offered a broad array of broken, useless items, the man and his elderly father. Although pure Georgia country folk there was something odd about their general sense on bon ami. The tables of crap stretched on and on, and so, rather than search through it all I asked about possible musical instruments for sale, whereupon the son (about 45) rose from his lawn chair and led me to the end of a row of junk and pointed out a lovely little Jaymar childs piano which I purchased on the spot for $3. Just beyond the piano I noticed a table on fire and jokingly inquired how much that item might cost me. The son laughed then said, You can have it for free once the death ray is done with it. He then explained that he incinerates lots of things---mostly stumps---with his home made death ray, which was, essentially a giant magnifying glass that he had mounted onto a swivel frame so it could be aimed. When I asked how he made it he grinned and said, Big screen TV. Theres three screens. You take the screen in the middle out. Thats the one you can make death rays from. Got the idea from that fella---whats his name….uh, Achimedes? He thought this idea up, not me, cept he didnt have no TVs to work with. Gotta love yard those sales where inventors of antiquity are topics of passing conversation.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:13:11 +0000
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