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lunng disease/ caanc er Make Me An Offer!

I’ve decided shopping
with Carol around is like
hunting with a game war-
den! To her, everything on
the shelf is an extinct ani-
mal that should be left
untouched in its environ-
ment. Whereas I’m the big
game hunter, eager, drool-
ing in fact, for my next
big (or little) purchase.
We’ve spent the last few
weekends cleaning out
the closets, the garage,
etc. and in general getting
rid of, in Carol’s words —
“What do you mean, you forgot where you
just plain junk. We even parked? You’re shopping online.”
got our grandkids in on
the action, making our
house a miniature Chuck E. Cheese, with Papa Charles paying them with raffle
tickets for each toy they were willing to donate to our “give away” pile.
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But where some might see organization, I only see a void that makes me itch
to fill it once again. And now I have the luxury of Offer Up, the online mobile
marketplace for sellers and buyers. Some people binge watch Game of Thrones
in Lung Health
… I binge watch Offer Up, or as Carol likes to call it —Impulsivity Meets
Stupidity. It used to be the ring of the cash register that lit me up, and now it’s
Thursday,, Oct oberr 26 · 6:000-9:00 p.m. the chime of Offer Up.
Has every purchase worked out perfectly? Probably not, especially when size
Cohenn Pavilion, Kraviis Center is important. For example, this weekend we were in the market for a new desk
and lo and behold … a desk appeared on Offer Up. Well, you know the etch-
ing on your car side mirror: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” In
the case of Offer Up, merchandise in the pictures may be smaller, significantly
smaller, than they appear. And despite Carol’s repeated admonitions to ask for
Featuredd Speaker: dimensions, I have to admit I am now the not-so proud owner of two desks,
which if pushed together might almost hold my computer
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$b@-m‹ and multiple monitors. So hopefully the next chime I
hear will be someone wanting to purchase two com-
pact desks for very small people.
authorr f of “Sicck Girl Speaks” Notice to all sellers: Carol will be out of town
during the Labor Day sales this year. So it will be

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of course, Offer Up. Start listing.
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