If I only got $50.00 for them, better in my pocket than someone else�s.
Could not find anywhere that I could put up 'Ovens' or 'cook tops' for sale, but I accidently found myself (it was an accident honest!!!) looking at an old set of hanging scales for sale. I�ve been after a set of them for ages, but all the sets I�ve seen in the antique shops have been horrendously expensive or too modern.
The current price for the scales was $25.95 from a starting price of $22.00 and there was only about 20 minutes left until the end of the auction.
I should point out that I first logged on to E-Bay about 3 years ago and have never been back there since. I�ve never bought anything, or sold anything there and didn�t have a clue what to do.
I decided I wanted to bid though, so went through the motions, only to be told that I hadn�t logged in.
�Name and password please� it asked me.
�Haven�t a bloody clue� I told it back.
I tried a few names and passwords, but it didn�t like them.
I went through the �Forgot your password� link, but I didn�t even know the name I used.
After about 15 minutes I found a place to put in my email address, which it promptly said it didn�t recognize. I then tried one of my other (many) addresses and finally made it in.
�Password and user name has been sent to your e-mail address� it said.
Finally I get logged in with a few minutes to go and made a bid of $1.00 more than the current bidder.
A box immediately flashes up that says "You Lose" and the price has now gone up by $2.00 to $27.95.
This other bidding person (devious that she is) has an automatic bid going, whereby E-Bay bids for her, up to her set maximum.
I�d only moments before read about this and didn�t have a clue what her maximum was.
I tried again and got the same box YOU LOSE!! The bloody thing was mocking me and the price was now $29.95
�This could go on for ever� I thought to myself.
There were only seconds left until the close of bidding. I tried one more dollar.
"YOU LOSE" the box said.
I was pretty annoyed that she had got it at 30.95, they were worth a lot more than that.
I went back to the main page and had a look around. I couldn�t understand how she had got them at $30.95, when that was the amount that I had bid?
Backwards and forwards I went looking at different pages, when I eventually saw down the bottom that it was ME that was the winner and not her��
Nahhhh Nahhhhh Nerrrr Nerrrr Nerrrrrrrr��. Suck eggs LOSER!!!!
"Now what do I do�..???? "
The place they were at, was a town called Bungonia!!
I thought this must be some sort of joke. Who the hell names a town Bungonia???
It sounded like something out of Walt Disney�s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to me.
I looked it up on the net, found it does actually exist and it was located near Goulburn. That�s about 190 kilometers from here. A nice motor bike ride distance, if ever I saw one.
I�d been working late at work all week, so I thought �if I get a double shift on the Friday, I�ll take the Saturday off and pick it up then�.
I wrote to the owner (Nick) a top guy and asked him if that was OK with him. He was more than accommodating. Only too happy for me to come down there and drop in.
I sent the money to his bank account the next day.
Steve2 had just bought a new motor bike. He had always wanted a Harley and had just 'bit the bullet' and bought one. Unfortunately, since he had picked it up, it had rained nearly every day, so he really didn�t have a chance to have a good ride on it.
I saw him at work and asked him what he was doing on Saturday. He was day off as well and said he�d love to come along for the ride.
On the Friday I confirmed it with him and then thought "I wonder what Grant is up to?" I rang him and he said he would tag along as well. Then Steve2 gave Jimmy a ring to see if he wanted to come, which he did.
We all met at Steve2�s place and set off via McDonalds and the motorway to 'Outer Bungonia'. We travelled the fast route (pronounced 'ROOT' not 'ROWT') to get there via the freeway, with the intention of coming back the more scenic and slow way.
When we got there Nick was only too pleased to have a chat and show us round his house. He also has motorbike blood in him, mainly old British bikes. He also collects clocks and restores them as a hobby. The house looked like a clock shop and he had some real nice ones there too. He paints (pictures), restores furniture and has a sailing boat as well. A man of many talents.
Bungonia is nearly at the end of a 'dead end' country road. Of which at the very end, is the �Bungonia State Recreational Area�. Nick said there were some nice lookouts in the park, so we stopped in there after leaving his place and had a gander. From there we went via Goulburn (I needed fuel) to Marulan, where we stopped in a pub for lunch. Marulan like a lot of towns was by-passed by the new freeway. Now nice and quiet, we sat outside and fed ourselves.
From there we went back via Wingello and another lookout (in the Morton National Park), then Bundanoon, Exeter and a stop at Moss Vale for a rest.
It was a brilliant day (after the rain all week). A great day for an impromptu ride and we got back to Sydney in the evening.
P.S.
I still have the old appliances if anyone wants to buy them??
O.K. ... so they will look better once I've cleaned them up!
