My 1 dollar Table

My Sophomore year at NCSU I purchased my first piece of furniture for a new place that I was moving into my Junior year. After a spring semester camp out (camping out for basketball tickets was an experience that no NCSU student could miss) one of the guys in my dorm left a outdoor table at the location we were "camping out" for tickets. A mutual friend grabbed the table and took it back to his dorm room. For almost 2 months that friend kept reminding the owner of the table to come and pick up the table. After 2 months my friend decided he would sell the table to the highest bidder. Now this was a brand new outdoor plastic table. At the time the "origional" owner of the table had paid about $50 for the table. My friend gave the owner every possible chance to come and pick it up but he never did.

I knew that I was going to be getting an apartment and wanted an outdoor table. So i made sure that I was present when the "bidding" for the table started. Since my friend simply wanted the table out of his room he started the biding at 25 cents. After just a couple of bids, my "high" bid of 1 dollar won!

So I have had the table since the spring of 1999. I have had many many BBQ's with friends and this table has served as a perfect place for so many of my friends to gather around and enjoy hanging out. A couple of years ago my wife an I purchased a very nice metal table for our patio. We actually now have a true patio set (Yes I feel old just typing that).  Since then my 1 dollar table has spent it's time collapsed in the garage.

So my wife and I were cleaning out the garage this last weekend and decided that it was time to get rid of the 1 dollar table. Tonight I put the table out for the trash folks to pick up tomorrow. It is now a rather old table and no longer looks as bright and shiny as it did my Sophomore year. But it is still kind of sad to see it go. It was such a cool thing when I got it. Especially since I love sitting out with friends and grilling. To me the best time hanging out with friends (other than on the bike) is always hanging out in the back yard by the grill.

I am secretly hoping that someone spots it tonight and grabs it for themselves.

Thanks $1 table for all of the memories!

Table with snow: