On a Whim

Have you ever, on a whim, bid on something on eBay or at a silent auction thinking, “Why not? I’ll probably be outbid anyway”?

So have we, only we weren’t outbid. It all started last August when we flew out to Salt Lake City to visit my sister, Sarah, who’s wrapping up her PhD at the University of Utah. While browsing antique and vintage shops on 300th Street, Ken and I came across a killer 6′ wood plane propeller in a tiny mom and pop vintage shop. Ken has always been fascinated by flying and has gradually been logging flight hours over the past 10 years towards a private pilots license. Needless to say, the propeller caught his eye and we seriously considered buying it, but had no idea how we’d get it back to Minneapolis, so we ended up passing on it.

4 months later and still thinking about that propeller, Ken jumped on eBay one mundane Thursday night, and did a keyword search for vintage propellers. What came up was a sweet 1947 wood plane propeller with graphic red prop tips. On a whim, we decided to throw in a bid, fully expecting to be outbid. (The last several things I’ve bid on, I was outbid at the last second every. single.  time.) A short 24 hours later, we got an email from eBay with the message “Congratulations, it’s all yours.” And so we had a good laugh and began brainstorming what to do with our new find. Check back tomorrow to see what we did with it!