Ever wished you could be the proud owner of a 5,000 square foot inflatable paint ball arena? Maybe screaming at teenagers during online games of "Call of Duty" has become dull and you're looking for a closer approximation of real combat.
Well, good news: This week officials at Fort Meade will be happy to sell you everything you need to hold your own paintball tournament. They'll even offer to sell you a trailer to drive your new purchase to somewhere that is lacking a safe space for teams of opposing warriors to shoot pellets of paint at one another.
In fact, at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation office's upcoming warehouse sale there's quite a few odd items that officials have determined are surplus to requirements that they're now trying to unload on the public.
If paintball isn't your thing, there's a rock climbing setup on offer, or a pair of red canoes. There's just about everything you might need to start a hot dog stand — think of all the money you could make outside Orioles games — or a fried chicken place.
If all that sounds depressingly self-explanatory, how about a mysterious-sounding "Curio, Octogon Shape (Cherrywood)?"
The sales are a feature of life on military bases across the country and help put money into the accounts of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation offices, which run programs for service members and their families.
The items at the Fort Meade sale will be available for inspection on Wednesday. The sale opens to active duty military personnel on Thursday and then to the general public Friday.
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