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04/22/2004: "Numbers Game"

Rummage is the season when I have most of my contact with the media. The Intrepid Photographer comes around two or three times, putting together eyecatching-compositions for the weekly, and stray reporters from the local and regional papers come in and talk to the head. There was one hanging around for the longest time the other day, while the head was trying to sort clothing and keep an eye on her grandson. Reporter left and came back later in the afternoon, with questions of the statistical variety. Was it all right to say we're the largest rummage sale in New Jersey? How much stuff do we get? How much money do we make for the nurses? How much space do we use? I was going by and offered some numbers in an authoritative tone -- I do know how much money we make, but I haven't a clue on the acreage -- and may be quoted. Now I'll have to pace the place off and see if I am even in the ballpark.