MARCH 12 2011 2010 - JACKSONVILLE FL: Made a command decision - of sorts - today. I had to visit the bank to get a cashier's check to take care of a dead horse (in case you are wondering, it does not involve an animal).
I figured that I would visit a few pawn shops afterwards, just to see what was up for sale. Hey, in these hard financial times, people pawn a lot of good stuff. Case in point, one pawn shop had a silver professional model Alto Saxophone that they were selling for $240. Obviously their appraisers misjudged the value of the instrument because they could have gotten a minimum of $1200 for it, but I was not going to tell them that. I walked into this one pawn shop - a cash america pawn shop - and noticed they were selling 25 inch televisions for $50. These were analog TVs that were previously owned by one of the local hotels.
I could not resist the urge, especially when I consider that I have not had an actual television for more than a year. I ended up buying a 3 year old Phillips TV. After factoring in the cost of the analog to digital converter and the over thre air antenna, I spent a total of $95 for a television that is in very good shape.
Yeah, I know you are thinking that the simplest things in life seem to impress me, and you are right. All too often do we become enthralled with the superficial things in life. I personally thing that it is the little things that mean the most. For some, a TV is nothing much, but for me, it is one more step closer to the normalization of my life. It is a beautiful thing.
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