On my way to St Hives I met a man with seven Hives...

[Dannyalcatraz]

LOL! Y'got me!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Life is truly weird.

A few months ago, I brought 2 rings I designed back to the jeweler who I commissioned to do the work for some repairs. They were stolen out of his office on a long weekend. Because they were in his bench safe and not his main safe, they weren't covered by his insurance. He ft bad, but this guy is a buddy, so I wasn't about to get pissed with him about it. Instead, we started talking about remaking them.

Then 2 weeks ago, he got word a jeweler buddy of his (in Mississippi) had died...and he was asked to handle part of the estate.

There, in a bunch of stuff his buddy had bought in an inventory closeout was one of my rings! It had been pawned in Amarillo before his buddy had gotten it in the closeout sale.

The odds against the ring finding it's way into the hands of the man who made it- and thus, back to me- are simply astronomical!

OK- it ain't winning the lottery, but I'll take it!

That is Awsome! Now maybe the other will show up!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I doubt it- the one still missing was white gold with a large sea-green tourmaline- it was one of my strongest designs and that color combo would make it an easy sell for the fence...assuming he didn't just have it melted down.

The one I recovered was a more...idiosyncratic...design with more unusual materials. They might not have even known what the hell it was.

 

[Scott DeWar]

the missing one is probbly lost in the great gold sales craze of the present economic depression.

 

[megamania]

Not based on the audience's reaction to his Chicago opening show. people left screaming how they wanted a refund.

 

[Relique du Madde]

It didn't help that he trolled the crowd during the performance and decided not to make the show into a biographical performance like he originally pitched it as being.

 

[megamania]

I'm sure his parents are proud of him and his goddesses just the same.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My aunt- a Katrina evacuee- just got back into D/FW tonight after spending the weekend in New Orleans celebrating the wedding of her middle son- who has been a grumpy old man since age 8- to a nice young lady.

Aaaaaaaand tonight we're having Severe Thunderstorms and even a couple of Tornadoes passing through the region.

While I'm concerned & prepped- I've got the TV on, have a flashlight at hand, etc.- I KNOW she's freaking out.

 

[Scott DeWar]

huh. i usually sleep through tornados.

 

[Bold or Stupid]

I sneakily live in a country that doesn't get regular extreme weather. Just lots of rain.