Public Auction this Friday
26
January
1/26/2009:
Considering many Hoboken residents are feeling the crunch of the economic woes the country’s been facing – you might be interested in this week’s Public Auction, taking place on Friday, January 30th at 11am (in the court room / city council chambers of City Hall).
Bikes, cars, even a fire truck!
In addition to abandoned and unclaimed bicycles and cars – the city is also auctioning off “surplus equipment,” including some classic cop-style cars (“crown vics”), trucks and fire department vehicles. They have a 1987 Mack Fire Truck (bidding starts at $1000 for that one!) Imagine trying to park that sucker?
A total of 40 bikes, 15 city vehicles and 3 cars are available.
To read the official announcement, and where you can view the properties prior to bidding:
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January 26th 2009 - 15:31:44 |
Nothing would bring me greater joy than ownership of a firetruck.
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January 26th 2009 - 15:48:14 |
mooshu wrote:
If you win it, be sure you only park it on corners, so no one with a stop sign can see if any cars are oncoming.
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January 26th 2009 - 16:08:20 |
Uh-oh. 9 has made me even happier with the thought of what I could do with a firetruck!
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January 26th 2009 - 16:20:21 |
Just make sure you don’t leave your GPS in it.
Actually, I have another idea: Use it to move the car and the motorcycle owned by the douche lick who thinks he owns those parking spots on Bloomfield.
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January 26th 2009 - 16:25:54 |
O.k., 9. But only after I get to announce:
“Hi. My name is mooshu, and I own a firetruck.”
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January 26th 2009 - 17:42:04 |
I might be the only bidder for all of Hoboken. If my $1 top bid wins, I’m changing the name of the town to SexInTheCityRejects.
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January 26th 2009 - 18:19:22 |
N-ice, MR.
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January 26th 2009 - 19:44:24 |
A lot of screwball volunteer firemen buy fire trucks to restore and play with. And then there are groups that buy them to restore.And then there is a third group and they are rural fire depts that restore and use them.
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January 26th 2009 - 22:02:09 |
escaped68 wrote:
And then there’s Hoboken who would lease it from whoever they sold it to, but at a higher rate than what they sold it for.
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January 26th 2009 - 22:59:02 |
Re 9: Yup & I wish your “gravatar” was an “emoticon” I could add to the end of this post.
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