Late Tales Of Dunedin - One American Dream Too Far For Alice ......

Eric and Alice had put a flea market and/or a cheeky, real life garage sale or two on their list of "would like to dos" on their all American Bucket List, but as time went on and without local knowledge, they soon came to reason that they may not have been meant to be .....

..... however, while they were at Clearwater Beach an opportunity neither of them had actually thought would unveil itself, did ...... much to poor Alice's disquiet, to wit Dumpster Diving!!!! 

As they were walking from said beach, between hotels, Eric's interest was piqued when he noticed a gentleman coming from one of the hotels and throw what looked like a couple of quite nice looking cushions into an aforementioned dumpster.

Well, Eric reasoned, it would have been rude not to have a look wouldn't it? I believe, it took all of Alice's potent, womanly wiles to persuade Eric that, much as he'd oft mentioned his curiosity for dumpster diving in the past, perhaps it wasn't such a good idea while they were in foreign climes. What if, once in, he couldn't get himself back out? What it he got buried in an avalanche of discarded hotel detritus? What if she couldn't manage to pull him out herself? What if no one heard her plaintiff cries for help?  

In the end, Eric came to his senses, no matter how tempting the urge to put another tick on his American Wish List was, he couldn't put the ever fragrant Alice through the angst and anguish of even the tiniest dive. If he'd been on his own, well, that would have been an entirely different kettle of fish, he'd have probably been in there like Flynn!!!!!  What is he like?