CARDBOARD SIGN SAYS YARD SALE

MAY 22, 2012 - CARDBOARD SIGN SAYS YARD SALE

Yard-sale shoppers will be out along Highway 25 this Memorial Day weekend in search of bargains at the 100-Mile Yard Sale, but MoDOT is concerned about safety, and will have message boards up along the highway to alert drivers of traffic congestion and promote safe driving. The sale is along the road from Jackson to Kennett, with multiple sales and traffic around many towns on the route…be cautious, DO NOT STOP IN THE ROAD… pull off to a safe stopping area.   For more information and a map to the route visit 25yardsale.com/.

Hurricane Audra’s Almanac:

How to yard sale shop:

1)  Plan:  decide when you will go, then check the classifieds and Craigslist

2)  Gather your supplies:  cash, grocery bags, newpaper, snacks, drink

3)  Decide and map your route

4)  Buying:  define your budget for certain items

5)  If you are looking for furniture, etc, take a bigger vehicle

6)  Take the kids/grandkids: teach them value and decide whether it’s worth it

7)  Don’t buy for others—not without a text message photo

8)  Sing-a-long with the radio  in the car—make it fun!

Trivia:  Where did the “garage sale” originate?  Hint: French word

The word "rummage" is said to come from the French "arrumage" --to pack with cargo – [circa 1520–30;  aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage,  equivalent to arrum ( er ) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age –age] and the concept of rummage sale seems to have developed when ships' captains sold excess and unclaimed cargo on the wharves.  It is not too great a stretch to get from rummage sales on the wharves to the idea of a private garage sale when a family was moving or just feeling overwhelmed by all the junk it had accumulated. The classic garage sale began as people started moving to suburbs in large numbers in the post-WWII period, when they actually had garages and yards available for the purpose of selling all the things they did not need or had just grown weary of moving around in the garage.

Most of all--have fun with the family!