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“Sure, you can camp on the back forty this summer,” says Uncle Barney.
Adam and Eva have dreamed of country living for years. After splurging on tent, umbrellas, coolers, cots, and other essentials, their first night in the wild is June first.
On July first, Adam drives the hour back home to check on things and finds the mortgage company’s eviction notice tacked to the door.
Eva promised me she would keep the bills paid!
A search in the storage closet reveals four dozen *QVC-purchased purses.
Will Uncle Barney let us stay? More importantly, will he help me move the outhouse?
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*QVC is a home shopping television channel. Learn more about QVC here.
Although these are not funny situations, I am going to lighten the mood with a trailer for a hilarious Showtime series, “I Love That for You” (2022) which pokes fun at a QVC-like channel. I highly recommend this series!
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the illuminating host of Friday Fictioneers.
Tao Talk 
Well that will teach him not to monitor work output
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lol Thanks for reading, Neil.
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Yikes! That’s A LOT of purses. Hope Uncle Barney lets them stay.
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Lots of missed mortgage payments’ worth. I do also. Thanks, Alicia, for reading and your commment.
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You’re welcome. You wrote a good response to the prompt.
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I’d have a few words with Eva.
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I would also. How is she going to make this right?
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The moral of the story is stay away from QVC! :-)
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AMEN!
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Perhaps the loss would be converted to a new gain. Great take Li.
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Sadje, both you and I know that things happen the way they are supposed to happen. I think you’re right, something good is going to come out of the situation.
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Yes indeed I do believe that. And I’ve seen often in life that things that we dislike can produce results that are good for us.
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That is a lot of purses! But they have more things to worry about.
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But they were all so cute! ;) I can read her mind.
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lol…that sounds right!
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I think overspending is a bigger issue in society than we realise. She’s lucky if he doesn’t divorce her.
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I think you’re right, T. I wonder whose side of the couple the uncle is with…
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perhaps he can sell them at ebay and recoup some losses? just a thought. :)
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That would be good. An upper scale consignment shoppe might also work.
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It all went to hell in a handbasket quickly – only a month?
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Oh I think they’ve been headed in that direction awhile… Thanks, Liz!
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Four DOZEN purses? Yikes. I’ve always wondered how those TV sales shows stay alive, but I guess that’s why :)
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Yepper! :)
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I forgot about QVC. My grandmother used to buy stuff from there. Shopping can be an addiction, and more often than not, addictions will get us in trouble.
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I wondered if “the Q” was still around and was expecting it wasn’t, but yes, still going strong.
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Well I collect records, I’ve got far too many, but sometimes we need a crutch to lean on, and in this lady’s case it was QVC FFS!!!
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Records is one thing (I’ve got mostly CDs and MP3s these days) but purses?????? Maybe she can build them a winter dwelling with them so they don’t have to stay in the homeless shelter?
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Aren’t used luxury items the thing to sell for outragous prices right now? Maybe they can make a fortune with the purses…
Fun story, Lisa. Maybe Uncle Barney is nicer than that Jophiel fellow.
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Good point, Gabi! Maybe they will come out ahead and keep their place :)
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Dear Lisa,
A good thing they bought all the camping equipment, eh? Adam and Eva? Sounds kind of familiar. Sounds like they’re going on an extended camping trip. Love this take on the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, yes, indeed. Thank you very much.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Ouch. That’s not a great. No house to go back to. That’s not going to be a great conversation. She might get left there
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Not ideal for sure. Thanks for reading and your comment :)
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QVC must love her. Looks like they’ll be staying on the back forty indefinitely… Poor Adam.
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Yes on all. Thanks for reading :)
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Moving from a house into a tent – flat broke is not much fun, I expect.
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Maybe this will be Eva’s rock bottom? They’ve got a couple of months until cold weather to sort some things out. Thanks for reading, Jame.
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Adam seems like a great guy. I doubt I would’ve reacted the same.
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I hope things work out for them. Thanks for reading and your comment :)
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Kind of amazed that home shopping networks still exist. I mean, people can do a lot more financial damage to themselves more quickly on the internet.
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Did you watch the clip? I think those QVC shoppers are there for the personalized connection with the hosts as much as anything, and in the middle of a night of insomnia, who can lend a sympathetic ear and a kind word better? All it costs is giving them a few numbers off of a piece of plastic.
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Yes, please move that out house!
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:::: laughing out loud :::: Imagine what kind of dreams one would have while smelling that while asleep.
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