Cleaning out my husband's truck

            Jonathan bought a 1992 Ford Ranger for $1 about 15 years ago. He agreed at last to let it go – a donation to MPBN. I excavated the archeological layers today.  

            “Don’t just toss stuff. There’s valuable things in there,” he said.

            Jonathan’s valuable things kind of make me love him more.
 

• Bolts, screws, washers, ratchet set, staple gun, wrenches, screwdriver
• Coil of rusty wire
• 2 Pilot pens
• Band-aids, large Vaseline adhesive gauze
• 2 rusted ball-pump needles
• baseball cap, rag, quilted flannel shirt
• 2 blankets
• umbrella
• “Kitty Hawk” kite (bought with Sam on a 1997 family trip)
• Ace bandage
• Roll of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, N95 mask (score!)
• brake/washer/power steering fluid; oil
• sawzall and blades
• 2 machetes (“That’s where they were! I searched everywhere.”)
• sledge hammer, sledge head, mall head
• pry bar
• extendable dog leash
• camp chair
• Frisbee
• 2 bicycle pumps
• Maine gazetteer
• 6 tennis balls
• Wet bag of Golf balls/tees/pencils
• 2 random arcade tokens
• 3 coiled ropes
• Frisbee
• Roll of garbage bags (unused)
• $20.05 (now mine)
• $2 Canadian coin
• cassette tape: “Religious Heroes in Gilgamesh and The Dawn of History” (Oh yeah; that was a good one.”)

 
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