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Originally Posted by Hartley
... So I will put it away in a safe place with a 3X5 card telling my history with it, so when I get run over by a bus my kids will know what it really is and not throw it out..
Hartley
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I finally had to come clean with my family. I once called home informing my wife that I needed $2000 to fix the transmission. This was 1996, before internet banking become what it is today. She goes to the bank and makes the deposit.
Years later, after the divorce, I told by oldest son, "Before you were born, I called home having your mom send me some money. In my closet is a 1911 Cogswell & Harrison Sandhurst, 12 bore, 2 3/4" chamber in excellent condition. There was nothing wrong with the cars transmission".
I always feared my family would sell the items for the same price I told them they cost. But I never complained when she wanted new shoes or a hand bag she wore or used once.
She kept the shoes, I got more closet space and all the stuff in the attic.