SeaCat
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Well yesterday I received a pleasant surprise.
My parents, when they came down from Mass this year, brought several large boxes of mine from their storage space in the Garage.
Yesterday they came by our place to visit, and delivered these same boxes.
Looking at these boxes, and the markings on them, I could see the had been packed in 1987 when I was returning from Germany. They hadn't been opened since.
Out of these boxes apeared a full set of WedgeWood China I had won in a game of chance. Several pieces of Cut Crystal. (A square Decanter. Six Schnapps Glasses, six Wine Glasses, multiple figurines, two Candle Stick Holders, a Candy Dish and several Vases.) 30 Beer Mugs that somehow found their way into my possesion. (Which tells me there is also a box or three up there with another 50 Beer Glasses.) These are all "Marked" with the Beer Makers Logo, or the Logo of the Bar they were serving that beer in.
Two of the smaller boxes contained books and documents that I had collected over there. All of them of historic interest, and all at that time highly illegal in Germany.
The smallest box was made of wood and somehow didn't seem familiar. It was well made yet of a very plain style. Not something I would collect. Somehow my father seemed highly interested in my reaction to this box. It was strangely heavy, much heavier than I would have expected from a box 8 inches thick by 12 inches wide by 24 inches long. When I opened it I suddenly understood my fathers interest. Somehow, somewhere he had gotten his hands on two "Lugers". The first, the one on the top, is an original Walther P-08. The one on the bottom is is a high quality reproduction complete with two spare magazines. (Both of them are in working order.)
Oh this was indeed a pleasant surprise. All of this has signifigance to me.
I still have half a dozen large boxes in my parents garage, stuff I couldn't bring down when I moved to Florida. I still have a box filled with Beer Glasses as well as many more pieces of Crystal. In a couple of large boxes are all my metal working materials including crucibles and burners as well as mold holders and frames. One day I'll get these back and have a place to play with them.
Cat
My parents, when they came down from Mass this year, brought several large boxes of mine from their storage space in the Garage.
Yesterday they came by our place to visit, and delivered these same boxes.
Looking at these boxes, and the markings on them, I could see the had been packed in 1987 when I was returning from Germany. They hadn't been opened since.
Out of these boxes apeared a full set of WedgeWood China I had won in a game of chance. Several pieces of Cut Crystal. (A square Decanter. Six Schnapps Glasses, six Wine Glasses, multiple figurines, two Candle Stick Holders, a Candy Dish and several Vases.) 30 Beer Mugs that somehow found their way into my possesion. (Which tells me there is also a box or three up there with another 50 Beer Glasses.) These are all "Marked" with the Beer Makers Logo, or the Logo of the Bar they were serving that beer in.
Two of the smaller boxes contained books and documents that I had collected over there. All of them of historic interest, and all at that time highly illegal in Germany.
The smallest box was made of wood and somehow didn't seem familiar. It was well made yet of a very plain style. Not something I would collect. Somehow my father seemed highly interested in my reaction to this box. It was strangely heavy, much heavier than I would have expected from a box 8 inches thick by 12 inches wide by 24 inches long. When I opened it I suddenly understood my fathers interest. Somehow, somewhere he had gotten his hands on two "Lugers". The first, the one on the top, is an original Walther P-08. The one on the bottom is is a high quality reproduction complete with two spare magazines. (Both of them are in working order.)
Oh this was indeed a pleasant surprise. All of this has signifigance to me.
I still have half a dozen large boxes in my parents garage, stuff I couldn't bring down when I moved to Florida. I still have a box filled with Beer Glasses as well as many more pieces of Crystal. In a couple of large boxes are all my metal working materials including crucibles and burners as well as mold holders and frames. One day I'll get these back and have a place to play with them.
Cat
