Would you be pi##ed?

[911 Rod]

Remodeling and the wife decided she didn't like the dining room table.
Very heavy. 4' x 4'. Extends to 4' x 8'. Nothing fancy.
Put it on Kijiji for $50 as there are a ton for sale.

Gave up after a couple of weeks and put it on the front lawn free.

The renters next door grabbed it and put it in the lake for a makeshift dock.

At first I was pissed because I thought a family with little money could use it.

Should I be?

[Baz]

What's a wife?

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by Baz

What's a wife?

A wife is someone that spends $60,000 on a kitchen renovation because you want a new fishing boat. (and end up with a 23 year old one because you ran out of money. Boat, not wife)

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

Should I be?

Nope. Let it go.

[sc_rufctr]

"Should I be?" - No ... Move along.

Life's too short to worry about stuff like that. The best thing you can do is learn from it.

[Evans, Marv]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Nope. Let it go.

Yep. You put it out on the front lawn for anybody to take for whatever purpose they wanted to use it for.

[vash]

yea, i'm pissed you live by a lake and i dont.

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

"Should I be?" - No ... Move along.

Life's too short to worry about stuff like that. The best thing you can do is learn from it.

Ya. That's what I'm trying to do.
Next time I'll put on the sign for a family and not firewood. lol

[vash]

be happy you dont have to deal with it any more.

[fintstone]

I would be angry too...but, that is just a waste of energy. You should have taken it to Goodwill and gotten a receipt for your taxes assuming they do that in Canada). Anyone that would spend a few bucks for it and drive it home would likely use it as a table...but you would not know otherwise...or care.

[GH85Carrera]

Large dining room tables are like fine china, no one really wants them. They were big for the boomers and the generations that followed just don't care. Look at fine antique furniture prices. Only the very best of the best museum quality pieces are still valuable. The rest is just an old piece of furniture. "Just get something brand new from Ikea".

[vash]

to be honest, i get more annoyed when my neighbors put out the FREE pile/. it looks so junky.

and seriously, what is that STAIN on the mattress? and what hell did that poor couch have to endure??

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Nobody wants big pieces of furniture because they’re expensive and a giant PITA to move. Most people move every 4-5 years now. It’s way easier to have simple, small-ish things.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Large dining room tables are like fine china, no one really wants them. They were big for the boomers and the generations that followed just don't care. Look at fine antique furniture prices. Only the very best of the best museum quality pieces are still valuable. The rest is just an old piece of furniture. "Just get something brand new from Ikea".

Agree. My wife and I will visit a few used furniture stores just to kill a few hours on a Saturday and there are things in there that no one will ever buy. Entertainment center wall units and china cabinets. Who wants that crap?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I would be happy it left my front lawn.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I would be happy it left my front lawn.

There it is...you, uh, put it basically in the street.

As a friend of mine once said when someone inquired where our obnoxious when tippsey buddy was headed: "It is not important where he goes, only that he goes."

My wife and I are planning our move from the farm in a few years and the amount of furniture we'll try and find a home for could dock the Queen Mary.

[NutmegCarrera]

Take a walk through your (house, dwelling, apartment, compound, estate, you fill in the noun) and think about how it would look without the stuff you just keep because you feel obligated.
Life is too short to feel guilty about what you should have gotten rid of. You might even feel more at peace when less cluttered.
I wish I could completely subscribe to the philosophy, and I tend to get hung up on what I ‘might’ need sometime (which I try to limit to the garage & basement).

[911 Rod]

Thanks guys.
Wise words.
I'll let it go.
All I need is a dock beer and all will be good. I'll take a pic of the table dock. Country getto.

[Mike80911]

I always like to see anything I no longer need and cant sell be used by someone else no matter what they use it for. Repurposing the table is just as good as them using it for a table. It did not end up in the trash and you got rid of it. Sounds like a win all around

[911 Rod]

This weekend I pulled a skid out of the middle of the lake.
The table will be out there as well after our next storm.