[78-L] Average age

The RCMP spies dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Nov 11 19:19:51 PST 2010


What strange code is this? Are receiving my e-mails Steven. Hmm. Kenneth, what 
is the frequency? No, that was that nut job Rather. Hmmm..

Destroy your computer before reading this.

On 11/11/2010 10:16 PM, Darrell Lehman wrote:
> Are receiving my e-mails Steven?
>
> best, Darrell
> ========================================================
> Steven wrote:
>> From: David Breneman
>> --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Steven<stevenc at interlinks.net>   wrote:
>>
>>>> No "antiques" among my furniture or appliances,
>>>> though...
>>>>
>>> I have a beautiful moderne style 1030s sofa I'm waiting to
>>>
>> get recovered.  Unfortunately, re-upholstering an old piece
>> of nice furniture costs more than buying a mediocre piece
>> of new furniture.  In a few years I'll get it done.  It will
>> be worth the wait.
>>
>>>
>> I used to have...and used for 20-odd years...a mid-20's sofa
>> upholstered in wool "mohair." I bought it back in Illinois at a
>> farm auction (for $5, IIRC)...it had been covered with "slip
>> covers" during its existence, so the original upholstery
>> was still in perfect condition. Sadly, wear, tear and hungry
>> moths effectively destroyed it; my plans were to have it
>> restored (the mohair is now sold for automobile restoration).
>> It was the "high point" of my living room when it was still
>> in good shape...!
>>
>> Back in those days I owned an old half-ton pickup; I used
>> to frequent farm auctions around central Illinois. This was
>> back in the sixties...and only victorian items were thought
>> to be "antiques!" I bought a number of twenties pieces,
>> usually for next to nothing, so my house was of the same
>> era as ny records...!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>> _______________________________________________


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