Whilst Hazel and I were out on our usual trip to the surrounding countryside, and driving through a small village, not far from Lanark, we noticed the sign. Car Boot Sale, Coffee and Tea.
It was mid afternoon and it did not take us long to discover that we had arrived at the tail end of the sale, about half a dozen cars were left, we strolled around and looked at the, frankly, junk on sale.
"Everything a £1" he said.
A young couple sitting in the boot of their car with their sales table scattered with odds and ends in front of them. I walked over for a closer inspection of their wares, " No thanks", I said.
"How about this" he said, offering a Yamaha portasoundPSS-140, an electric organ. "Does it work?" I asked. "Listen to this", he said.
The young lady came to the table and she bent over the organ, selected from the "voice bank" and entered the number, selected and pressed a button from the rhythm choices, switched on the auto accomp and synchronised start.
Her fingers fairly danced over the keyboard and serenity crossed the face of her companion, eventually she finished, he looked at me, "Wasn't that wonderful?", he asked.
"I didn't hear anything", I said, "there is no electricity, it's not plugged in".
"But I remember it from when she played it at home", he said.
Of course I bought it. Some ones junk is another persons treasure.
08/11/07 @ 03:29