The search for baskets

Yesterday I was on a search for all the picnic baskets I could find for the wedding. I went to the untra cheap "Dig" in santa rosa. For those of you who might not know what that is, it is a salvation army where they dump all the clothes on the floor and you have to dig through stuff. That is why you get things so cheap. The non clothes stuff are put in bins and you dig though them.

Well the first bin on the top had it, the diamond, the jewel, the jem, THE ENLARGER!. That's right an enlarger in perfect condition. I snatched that bad boy with out thinking and looked for all of its parts. The enlarger was hindering my search so I went to the counter to pay for it so they could put it behind the counter. I was thinking "less than twenty dollars, less than twenty dollars". The cashier said, "hmmm, five bucks?" I literally welled up and almost cried, my hands shook and I gladly handed over the five bucks.

I went back to the search for the missing parts and found them all. Two lenses, no scratches. The bellows, in perfect condition, a paper frame, beakers, film cans, the works. My dark room in now nearly complete.

As a consequence, you people won't be hearing from me for the six to eight years or until the next elections!
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