Rope Lights, 150-bulbs

Rope Lights, 150-bulbs. Red-white-blue. New in box $50. Call 848-5538.

Page D2 of the July 29 Bangor Daily News.

Preconceived notions: Someone cleaned out his/her attic.

Actually, he told me, it should read "Rope Light" because it is only one reel of light rope.

"We were going to put them on our gazebo, but we lost our gazebo — the wind blew it down," he said.

After just about every sentence, or half sentence, the older gentleman said "OK?"

"They're just like a rope, OK? They're not like regular lights. I bought them over at Mardens. OK? They had them at the mall, all lit up and it was beautiful, I thought gosh that would be good for my gazebo, but the gazebo blew down so I put an ad in the paper you know?"

I don't make this stuff up. This guy was great. Exactly what you'd expect. Older. His voice was kind, but sounded like he might be trying to hold a piece of gum between his lower lip and gums, causing him to slur his words and sound a little windy.

"One box, it comes on a reel, OK? 150 bulbs. It was over $100, but they had um on sale at Mardens for half price."