Nice to hear from you again, Paul.

That sounds indeed like a great day looking at old but interesting stuff. Yesterday's trash is tomorrow's treasure. Not exactly trash what you've been going through but still, it's amazing what people throw away. I remember reading in the paper years ago about a guy going through a trashcan and ending up with a genuine Ching Dynasty vase. True or fiction...I don't know.

And then there's my own story. It should've been a from rags to riches story. Alas, it didn't turn out that way. I was a lad of 15 or 16 and had read in the newspaper about a jeweler who, when opening his car door, laid a package in brown paper on the roof of his car. He got in and drove off with the package still on his car roof. Someone found it and took it to the police station. Turned out to be jewels worth a lot of money. Now, a couple days after I'd read that story I was walking home when -lo and behold, there was a brown paper package right in front of my feet. Quick glance left and right. Darn, a neighbor was looking at me. But I'd found that package and I was going to have it. Just didn't want him to know it. No way was I going to share the contents with anyone. So I pretended to tie my shoe laces, quickly grabbed the package and hid it in my coat. Walked home, went up straight to my bedroom, locked the door and slowly untied the package. Eyes closed. I wanted this to be a real surpise. Yeehaw! I was going to be rich! And I became four dead mice richer that day.

Regards

Taike



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