Serendipity Sunday - Pickup Trucks

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Marshall Enterprises

Serendipity Sunday – Trucks

 

This will be an odd post, but then, again, I am a little odd.

 

I noticed something yesterday whilst mowing the front yard.  The person to the left of me has a white pickup truck.  I have a white pickup truck.  The guy across the street and to the right has a black pickup, the guy two doors down has a black pickup.  The guy right across the street has a red pickup and two doors down from him, the neighbor has a red pickup.

rons rustic birdhouses 

Odd, that six people within less than a block all have just three colors of trucks, let alone that they all have pickup trucks.

 

We live in the country….everyone needs a pickup truck.  I think it is a clause in the neighborhood, that you have to have one, or get one shortly after moving in….LOL!

 

BTW, our little neighborhood that hasn’t had a new neighbor in ten years now has three new ones all within four houses of ours!  I guess that means that we are getting old….all of us.

 

I don’t know if this is serendipitous, but it sure feels like it to me.

 

 

Best, Ron

Comments (19)

Rob Thomas
Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN
Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Ron ...I guess you just can't go wrong with RED!

I hope you have a great night in MN!

Sep 21, 2014 07:25 AM
Suzanne McLaughlin
Sabinske & Associates, Inc. (Albertville, St. Michael) - Saint Michael, MN
Sabinske & Associates, Realtor

Living in the country certainly has its perks....and requirements....you guys are so funny!

Sep 21, 2014 07:51 AM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I like this 'odd' post. Keep up the great work. 
I know about country living, and it is easier when you have a pickup truck. 

Sep 21, 2014 07:58 AM
Ron Marshall
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

I think it would be fun to take them all out in Randy's field and have a little race or two!

Sep 21, 2014 08:34 AM
Don Sabinske
Don Sabinske, Sabinske & Associates Inc. - Zimmerman, MN
Sabinske & Associates Inc.

In our neighborhood, SUVs prevail.  I guess it's a matter of economics, and kids!!

Sep 21, 2014 08:47 AM
Sandy Padula and Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Lend Smart Mortgage, Llc. - Carlsbad, CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Bill: "The times, they be a changin'",  as Bob Dylan sang.  Now any man worth his 'salt' knows that not only does a white pick-up truck go faster, but it's also easier to keep clean! Have a great day

Sep 21, 2014 08:49 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

My family has grey cars... all of us.  I think my husband started it, then my daughter got a grey Volvo, two grey 4 runners, I've had two grey Highlanders and he's on his second grey truck.  I really don't notice what my neighbors drive.  I'll have to do that next time I walk the dogs.

Sep 21, 2014 08:58 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
New Hampshire Home Stager

That's funny!  Now if they are all the same brand pickup truck your neighborhood should do a commercial!

Sep 21, 2014 09:26 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Ron - When I lived up in the mountains, I had a pick-up truck. To blend in, I had a short broom sticking up from one of the holes in the truck bed walls and a carpenters level in the gun rack, but I wasn't fooling anyone.

Sep 21, 2014 09:48 AM
Sharon & Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette, IN - Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette homes for sale

Gosh, Ron our neighborhood must be a little stuffy as I was asked not to park my pickup truck out front of our house on our half of the private drive!  :(

Sep 21, 2014 10:09 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles Pasadena 818.516.4393

Hi Ron -- any post that uses the word whilst will get a LIKE from me.

Maybe it's the dynamics of country living that is reflected in the vehicle of choice in your neighborhood.  I notice in my condo complex a similarity of cars as well - colors as well as models.  

 

Sep 21, 2014 12:11 PM
Florida Tolbert Team Keller Williams Advantage
Keller Williams Advantage III Realty in Lake Nona - Orlando, FL
Keller Williams Land Luxury Division Specialist

Yep I think that fits Debbie Reynolds requirements for posts in this group. 

Sep 21, 2014 03:01 PM
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
Good Company Real Estate - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

My next door neighbor has the exact same truck as mine, and is the same color as well. We purchased them at almost the same exact time as well - without knowing each of us were even buying a new vehicle.

Sep 21, 2014 04:21 PM
Roy Kelley
Realty Group Referrals - Gaithersburg, MD

We have only one pickup truck on our block. And that neighbor uses his truck to pull a trailer for their motorcycles.

Sep 21, 2014 10:30 PM
Debbie Malone
Londeree's Real Estate & Property Management - Lynchburg, VA
From Lynchburg To The Lake (434) 546-0369

Hi Ron, Having the same truck colors in such a small area is an oddity. My husbands pickup is gray and I don't recall seeing any other trucks in our neighborhood. Living out in the country, I'm glad we have it.

Sep 22, 2014 12:22 PM
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

There is a country song about that says something about girls loving a guy with a pickup truck :)  We are stuck with an SUV and car for now.  When we retire we'll need a pickup to pull our RV across this beautiful land.

Sep 23, 2014 09:08 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

My husband has a red pickup truck and always buys red for the last 20 years. I agree that that is a strange occurence in your neighborhood. 

 

Sep 23, 2014 02:26 PM
Dana Hollish Hill
Hollish Hill Group, JPAR Stellar Living - Bethesda, MD
REALTOR * Broker * Coach

I'll read your "odd" posts anytime. It reminds my of a few of the neighborhoods I've lived in myself. 

Oct 03, 2014 04:21 AM
Ron Marshall
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

There's a new pickup in the neighborhood....a Dodge that is driving all the guys crazy!

Jan 17, 2015 07:56 AM

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