Curioser and Curioser ... or very mixed grill at lunch time

[kinzel]

Mixed grill indeed ...

What was Hitler's dinnerware doing in Maine?

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=74402

Meanwhile, I have less than 30 items in the living room to pack and ship.
I am, however, out of some of the supplies and tomorrow is going to be a hard day to coordinate things ... so I assume the last of the actual pre-orders of Liaden Universe Companion(r) Number Two will get out Monday.

Your book is very likely in the mail if you haven't got it already, though, since yesterday we took the largest lot yet to the PO... to the tune of a whopping big postage bill... and some disgruntled fellow patrons who would prefer me not to mail when it's their day to go to the post office.

Rolanni, Mozart, and Scrabble: your living room should return Monday, too.

Comments

Re: I really don't understand collectors

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

We have in our living room a table that once belonged to H.L. Mencken; we use it most days and we have it because, above all else, it is a very fine table. I'm not sure if it was built and crafted for him or if he simply bought it.

That it once graced the home of the Bard of Baltimore is a wonder and and a marvel; that it was rescued from ignominy as a plant table for heedless clericals... that is the rest of the story....

The oldest thing I own... is a tektite. I don't know who it was built for, either.

Re: I really don't understand collectors

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

But you see, those I understand. My wife's little collection of Swarovski (sp?) crystal critters and funny little mice from the place in Concord - they are cute. Old tables and desks and such are utilitarian but also beautiful, and some have history attached (such as your Mencken table). But dishes that belonged to Hitler? I'll bet they aren't even particularly attractive.

It's a bit like our recent visit to the Imperial treasures on exhibit in Nara - these are apparently national treasures, on display one week each year. But my wife looked at one of them and said, "that's just an old scrap of cloth." She was not impressed with the lineage of the displays.

Of course, we're all growing spoiled by the TV - where a scrap of cloth would be digitally remastered into a full bolt, with coloring and such restored. Somehow we expect our museum displays to conform, and are disappointed at the continuing simplicity of such relics.

A tektite - I'm sure it could tell a tale of wonder, if it were so inclined.

Thanks for your time.