Well I survived another worlds longest yard sale again this year. Was it hot this year? OF COURSE!! The good news is that there was a small breeze most of the time so it wasn't totally unbearable even though the temp got to around 99. This year I did the leg from Crossville, TN (I-40) to Cincinatti. So what sort of stuff do I buy at these sales? Just about anything you can think of including chips and dice of course. This year the first thing I bought was an old hand crank sewing machine for Cindy for $12. They normally go for $75-$100 so I got a good deal (not to mention an attaboy!) Both days I wore my "I BUY CASINO CHIPS" tee shirt and it got a lot of attention. In fact the one decent lot of chips I bought the dealer was chasing after me just becasue I had the shirt on. Didn't get any great chips but did get $24 in chips and tokens for $10. What else did I get? How about 6 tubes of toothpaste($1 each), 3 pounds of top name coffee for $7, 40 different type button type batteries for $3 (Did you ever buy one at wally world? They go for $3 each). A large box with hundreds of matchbooks for $3 (I needed at least 4 or 5 of the casino books). How about two pair of headphones for the grandkids? (Did you ever travel 12 hours with kids watching their DVD's with no headphones? Trust me - don't!). A 20 gallon aquarium with all of the extras for $8, also for the grandkids. Two very nice girly punchboards for $30. Coin tubes for the silver coins I get from yard sales. A silver strike and 1977 Canada $1 silver commemorative coin for $25. (OK I only broke even on this one. The seller misrepresented the coin. He said it was .999 fine and turns out there is only .375 OZ of silver in it. I didn't have a copy of the world coin value book with me. Solved that problem yesterday buy buying one online for $1.05 plus shipping!) I also got 1.25 OZ sterling jewelry for under $15. And the best buy (I think) was what looks like a Roseville number 321-9 console tray and a very nice Hull vase for $85. The Roseville only has the number on it which means it was made between 1931 and 1936 and even though I searched everything I could find online I could only find it in Blue and Brown, not the Green I have! The same with the Hull vase. I could find the pattern but not the same color. The Roseville should be worth at least $150 even in the current market. The Hull should be around $50. You just never know what you are going to find at the worlds longest yard sale.

Now for the contest part. The person closest to the right answer will get the new issue Sams Town chip shown. How many miles north of I-40 did I get after 5 hours of yard sales? Club members only, post your answer in the subject line and guess to the nearest 0.1 mile. Contest ends 6 PM tonite CDT so guess fast.