Apparently a local tradition. I've seen about six of these around the Tri-Cities. What's holding the box in place?
Day 137
Box-on-curb advertising
August 10th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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It’s hard to pound a stake in concrete…. so that’s creative!
Easy clean up after the yard sale…use for items not sold and going to charity! Too bad you don’t have extra space Ma!tt, you might have found some treasures!
Yeah for my first time being first!
Can’t wait for you to get to Oregon so my husband and I can meet you! Happy Travels these last few miles.
opps, MN Roxanne, I need to be briefer in my messages to be first! Congrats to you tho (-;
sorry you weren’t first…. I’d say it was a tie…. doesn’t matter to me…. I just love seeing all the new photos!!
Me too (-;
I couldn’t believe I was on line as he was posting them. I looked at one of the pics and it said posted 3 minutes ago…and I was so excited….Pretty cool
People here in Austin use boxes all the time to advertise garage/yard sales. They don’t fall over and if you put a rock in it, it stays put unless a really strong wind comes along.
still use old fashioned telephone poles by us..in Joisy. I like this style.
Jeff…maybe ya oughta tell your fellow Joisy-in’s about the box idea. You could be revolutionary! :)
Give my box signs or give me death!!! I will do it !!!
I’m afraid in Joisy the rocks and bricks would become projectiles for evil rather than good.
I can’t believe these people used 3 weights to hold down the box. Must have been a mighty windy corner!
Great alternative idea! At least an alternative to Alabama’s “nail it to the power pole” philosophy.
I believe it’s called ‘thinking outside the box’.
It’s illegal to attach anything to power or telephone poles in most places (I live in Washington), so this works and the people who have to climb those poles for a living don’t get cut or scraped by the nails or tacks.
This to me is the weirdest yard sale sign I’ve ever seen. Even though it is illegal and they do get taken down people still post them on the poles here. I’ve never seen anyone use a box. It’s to low to the ground how do you see it when driving? Most people here put their signs on their own little stake and put it into the ground. And then there’s always the balloons tied up in different spots. Anything to get someone’s attention to come to your sale. But a box is certainly new to me.
Only 6? Must have been a slow weekend. And believe me, they still post them on the poles a-plenty.