Gila, I had ELEVEN years of French in school, and I NEVER could speak a word! I could READ it and WRITE it, but I never could SPEAK it! My...
Yep, I think they're bark cloth, too!
In September of 1963, our "new" teacher for the year asked what each of us had done over our summer vacation... Albert, a boy in my class,...
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Oooo - you know what I always LOVED? I'm a sap when it comes to Christmas, so wine bottles with Christmas labels always grabbed my attention......
Yep, DRUM TABLE... My Mom has one. The finish is different from yours, but the shape/style is the same....
Gila, back in the long "years-ago" when I was a Girl Scout leader, I used to save wine corks for "projects"... (It's a bit embarrassing to admit...
Hmmm... movie quote? It sounds more like Bugs & Daffy!
OOAK = one of a kind... As if anybody else might make another one just like this (???) ;)
Oh, Chris - when it rains, it pours! One of these days, you WILL get what you're looking for! I'll be rooting for you! -C-
Komo - nope, just the 2nd best salmon I've ever had in my life - second only to fresh-caught in Alaska! p.s. poor Andre! He's probably wondering...
Gila - and I've eaten salmon there! and also: Bonjour, Andre!
Those are just tooooo cool! ...but can you imagine a kid today being intrigued/entertained - or anything else - by something like them?
I received a couple of these as a gift in the early to mid- 1990's. If I remember correctly, they came in those Chinese, silk-lined, fabric...
Crafters & artisans are doing quite a bit of this sort of thing these days, calling it repurposed or upcycled silverware. I haven't seen anything...
Walter, thank you so much! I really, really, REALLY appreciate your stopping by to comment! (You're sort of like royalty around here when it comes...
Yep, Davey, I knew that(!) I'm afraid I oversimplified in my original post! Jim was one of the 4,600 American railroad workers sent to Assam,...
Thank you ALL for your great input! I'm excited by the varying options given in the responses. Davey, no, Jim was NOT a POW. He was regular Army...
NOT an antique, but a Christmas photo sent to my late FIL in DEC 1944, while he was overseas during WWII. It's a photo of his eight cousins, all...
I've been posting lately in other parts of Antiquers about a stack of forgotten boxes I recently discovered in my garage. These boxes have been...
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