Treasure Hunting

WARNING: The novel being discussed in this post is slightly absurd, with odd scenarios and sarcastic humor. But it’s about a thrift shop owner and how the items in his store hold souls, so I thought it would be neat to share. End warning.

I picked this novel by Christopher Moore up a few weeks ago and didn’t think to post about it until today. It’s about a man named Charlie who owns a thrift shop. His wife passes away unexpectedly and he becomes involved in a new sideline business of retrieving the souls of the dead or dying to protect them from the forces of the underworld. In other words, he becomes “Death.”

You folks are thinking “So Liz,… why are you telling us about this? It sounds kinda creepy!”

Well, you’re right. That kind of plot does sound a little creepy. But the book is written with enough humility and sarcastic humor to make it a really fun read. And the concept of how souls move about Earth is pretty nifty.

The concept is that a soul goes along with a person until they die. It’s then attached to an object that person really cared for when they lived. The person is then re-born, and goes along life without a soul until they reach the point in their new life where they died in the last one. Then they pick their soul up and do it all over again.

Charlie - the thrift shop owner - is responsible for making sure that the ’soul-items’ get safely from one person to the next. This is an ideal job for him since he owns a thrift shop and sees people’s formally cherished and used possessions come and go. And thus, he is “Death.”

See,… it’s not that creepy.

Can you think of any one object that you’ve loved and would like to see in the after-life?

We’ve all found things we’re proud of… maybe it was more “meant to be” then we know.

Either way, this is a fun book and it makes you appreciate a thrift shop a whole lot more!

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Well folks, we’ve seen gas prices increase and milk prices increase,… it should be no surprise that Fisher F75’s prices are going to increase also.

The good news is that the price isn’t going up for no good reason. This machine will feature better weather proofing and a re-designed handle for better comfort. From what I understand there will be no changes to the circuitry, and anyone who has purchased an F75 recently can contact Fisher for an upgrade. It will be $50.00 plus shipping fees to get your metal detector there and back, and due to the high volume of upgrades, expect to have a back-up machine running full time for a good amount of time after you send it out.

As for the new price, the F75 was right around $900.00, and now will cost as low as $1,029.00 from Kellyco.

Here’s what Kellyco’s website has to say about the Fisher F75: Due to the unusually heavy demand for the F75 the factory is trying it’s very best to produce enough to fill a very large number of back orders. Turns out that the F75 is a great metal detector in all functions and all uses. The F75 is out performing other high end detectors. We strongly recommend you place your order NOW so you will be one of the first to get delivery of our large back order. We will not charge your credit card or process any other payments until we ship the F75 to you. If you wait to order you might have a long time to wait before you get your hands on this outstanding unit.

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