Re: OT - Question for people outside the USA

June 9, 2001

Not sure about other countries, but sounds like one of those 'only in

America' things, where we invite people over to tell us how worthless our

stuff is. ;-)

HJ

----- Original Message -----

> What I am wondering is, is this exclusively an American thing, or is it

done

> elsewhere too? I'm not even sure if they do it in Canada. But I know

here

> they are as common as dandelions.

June 9, 2001

I live in England

Unfortunately it doesn't happen here as much as i would like.

It might occur more often in rural areas but here in the city, no. For a

start, we don't have garages as all the streets around here are terraced.

That is rows of houses all joined together that you walk right out onto the

street.

Today however, i have been at a table top sale. Our school is trying to

raise money to re-lay the playground. We invited people to come along and

hire a table then they can sell whatever they want and keep the proceeds. It

has been quite a nice day. It rained a couple of times but not too much. We

had 11 tables, that means that the school made a guaranteed profit of £55.

We also had some people that didn't want a table but wanted to help so they

just donated £5 to school.

I hired a table for me and the kids. they had a bit at the end for their

stuff and when anyone wanted to buy anything from the kids stuff, they just

gave the money to them.

I made £15 myself and the children each made £5. I call that a good day. We

sold the biggest items which means we didn't have to carry those home. I

don't have a car which is the only draw-back.

Jen

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