What on earth are we going to do with Vince?
When we lived in KY, we had a decent sized dining room table at our house in the country and a smaller dining table at the house in town. When we moved to MO, even though the house was big, the dining and breakfast rooms were so small. We ended up not bringing our big table and put the smaller table from the house in town in the dining room and bought a small square table for the breakfast room.
Here, the dining area and family room are one big room so we could put any size table in that we wanted. We used the bigger table and stuck the little square table in the sewing room.
Look what he came home with yesterday. He bought it at an auction. A table and 4 chairs. Why? Don’t ask me! The table top needs to be refinished. He says he will use it in his shop. Really?
He’s proud of it and it’s going in the shop so . . I’ll just keep on knitting and not say a word! Really! 🙂
Doe in Mi says
Never can have to many tables and chairs. LOLOLOL
Sherry V. says
LOL! If he plans on using the table in the shop maybe the top doesn’t have to be refinished — just put a table cloth on and you are good to go!
My DH has been buying all kinds of things that he plans on using in his boat — which he can’t register because the person that he bought it from didn’t have the original bill of sale (it was an Estate situation) . . . so there sits the boat, with brand new oars, on a brand new trailer (which we have to pay registration costs for) with a brand new cover, with the brand new, high-tech, heavy duty lock and chain, in the driveway. That doesn’t include the brand new seats and not 1, but 2, brand new motors that are in the basement (together with the 3 brand new life jackets for when he & his buddies go fishing).
And the boat can not leave the property because it is not registered. . . .. .
Wanna trade?????? ROFLOL
JudyL says
No! Do not want to trade! 🙂
Sherry V. says
Actually, neither do I. . . . but I just wish he’d figure out how to get the boat registered so he would go fishing & I wouldn’t have to hear about how much he wants to go fishing! LOL
liz says
Hmm – there should be a hull id number (HIN) that is embedded in the fiberglass on the stern of the boat. It usually id’s the year built, model number etc. He may be able to contact the boat builder and get the original value of the boat and the state may be willing to accept the original value with the bill of sale from the estate. Your hubby may have to tow the boat to the DMV or tag agency for them to verify the HIN or it may just need to have a notary come to the lot to verify the HIN. Good luck!
liz says
Oh – I should say that, in Oklahoma, the state usually takes the original value of the car/boat and depreciates it for tax purposes, not what you bought the boat for. Of course, disclaimer, with classic cars and stuff they may take the higher depreciated value or sale price.
Sherry V. says
Liz, that’s the problem. . . there is no VIN number & NJ Motor Vehicles can’t understand that. It’s gotten to be almost comical at this point.
Denise in PA says
Judy, if you figure out what to do with Vince, let me know so I can do the same thing with my husband! I feel you pain!
Karen Langseth says
I have taken away the checkbook and credit cards, he only gets cash each month, when the cash is gone no more until the next month. It works most of the time.
JudyL says
That wouldn’t work so well since he earns the paycheck and he’s the one who pays all the bills.
Kristen says
Maybe he considers it his “stash.” 🙂
Ranch Wife says
We are going to love him and hug him…well YOU are anyway. 🙂 …and build a storage shed. Then you can send him to my house because I have a dresser I don’t need. 🙂
Donna in KS says
Waving hands, waving, waving like crazy……can I have the chairs? Somehow, we came out with a nice table to be used for a friend to sew at or for board games downstairs. But no extra chairs! How did that happen? Vince can have the table; I NEED the chairs!! LOL Give him an xtra hug and tell him who it’s from and she wants his chairs!
Alma says
Donna,
I think the chairs should stay in Texas- right around my daughters table! LOL.
Her chairs are just like that, but need replaced.
Cathi in Texas says
Consider yourself lucky. My husband buys old cars, pours $$$ into them, drives them til they die. Right now he has a’65 VW bug & a ’68 Chevy with a brand new paint job. Neither are running right now.
Mary C in WA says
LOL, He’s not wearing his Green shirt! The Table looks nicer than the chairs. They don’t really match. I like the pedestal on it. He could always look for more sewing machines at Auctions for you…
JudyL says
They’ll be just fine for his shop and for what he paid, he got a great deal. He’s happy so I’m happy.
liz says
Maybe Vince is planning to put the table and chairs by the garden/chicken houses or even just in the covered parking area. Does he have some of those pop-up cabana-style tents that he’s planning to put out back?
Shade and a place to sit is important….but you already know that!
Kathleen says
Those are Tell City chairs with a reed back. They were going for $400 apiece when I was looking for one to complete my mother’s set within the past year.
Mary Ann Parker says
That table is probably Heywood Wakefield maple and worth more than he paid for it! I bought a similar set in 1964 and it is still in use.
KatieQ says
Maybe he needs the table so he can work on the quilt he was planning to make.
Sheryl says
I need that set for the barn! I’m having to use a card table and folding chairs in the kitchen.