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oh, i forgot to say that the house was a post WW2 pre-ranch. blegh. and she was a secretary. maiden aunt? she was catholic. i look for clues like that. S Holmes would be proud of me. he too would have been bemused by the book of morman in the garage.
and i also got a very old very large wooden tent prike. circus tent? huh?
now that i look at it, it is made of a 'broom handle',very well done, with a screw in the top for strength. now that is also a very interesting item. my she is a mystery!
coin? could have been a gift from a boss.
tent spike? well, that i have NO idea.

well, now i get the final bidder on the ashtray. she's from milwaukee and her maiden name is schuster(no relation).

but that is NOT why i am here.
more estate sale tales.
ooh, did i get a goodie today. sure, the mink bits are good cat toys. and the silverplate is pretty and that wooden trivate looks great in the kitchen.but today i think i found something to come close to the roman key i found. and they had no idea. how could they if they priced it at $5? now, i do not know much about coins, but i could tell i could trust the date on this baby. 1719?!? 1719!!! ooh, and 1/2 price today too! now, the 'words' had me a bit confused carol VI? ok charles. i get that. but where in the hell is BVR & Silesiœ? and whats ARCHID AVST DVX?
heck, whats RISAGHIHBREY?
ebay did have a 1715 coin with charles VI and he was wearing a morre warlike outfit. and it was in far better shape. mine MINE has a silver wire around it and made into a 'pendant'and quite worn, but it is almost 300 years old. i have newer coins that look worse.
so, does anybody out there know anything?
not that it matters. i ain't selling this. this is going on the wall. no nice of whoever to make that easy.
it is also 1 5/8 in diameter and no idea what it was worth then. if it's the holy roman empire, would it be a lira? OOH, i must e-mail my barefoot italian e-pal. maybe he knows.

my mom is SLOWLY going through my grandma's room. well, she finally found something other than newspapes. ooh, 40's/50's girlie cards STILL in the wrapper.wonder if she was hiding them from granpa.have yet to ebay them, BUT she also found a similar era glass ashtray? with schuster's milwaukee printed in the bottom.
i got a bid the 1st day. OK, i started at $1, BUT 3 people are watching the listing. HUH??? and i thought my collecting stuff was weird. and one bidder is from alabama and contacted me saying if she does GET IT, she may be puterless for a while due to Ivan the terrible.
alabama?
well, gotta wonder if i should see old schuster boxes.

of course the estate sale today was an OK sale. a little for ebay.old cards seem to sell. so i looked for the best old ones in the box at the sale. ANOTHER wooden spigot, but i promise to put it on ebaycause it has a label. and another meat tenderizer/cleaver. very 1800's looking and dear lord, what in the hell is still clinging? but then there is the one purchase for me. an old graf's soda crate. needed a little cleaning. but it is nice and dandy. and the price was even better. crate for $3 on the 1st day??? MINE!there was 3 other soda crates,but none had the cache as graf's. has a nice patina and damn it was heavy, so you know it's pretty old. certainly looks older than the assorted national beverage co. crates that i got at a rumage sale.
now, where shall i put the damn thing?

ok, a few hours late, but insomnia has it's benies.

18 more Bush weeks to go
18 Bush weeks to go
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georgie flying and taking coke?
18 more Bush weeks to go.