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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dean Anderson, post: 399707, member: 8327&quot;]My parents were hard core antiquers! We used&nbsp; to go on antiquing vacations all over the USA. Didn&#039;t matter what or where, if they found an antique shop, we stopped, period! Haha! From an early age we, my brother sister and I, learned to walk through these shops with our hands behind our backs. And if we got a little rambunctious, there was a heavy price to pay! Lol! I&#039;ve been in antique stores from east coast to west coast, from north to south with countless shops in the midwest. And any antique stores close to their house warranted at least 2 visits a week. Thankfully on the local trips, we weren&#039;t included for most of them. Unless both mom and dad both went. I can still recognize the names of many of the antiques having heard them talked about my entire childhood, but if I look at something today, probably couldn&#039;t tell you what it is. Walking around antique stores was one thing, but living in a house full of breakables was quite the other! There was 5 of us in a little, 1100 sq ft, post WWII brick ranch. And for a young boy with way too much energy, it seemed like Russian roulette at times, LOL! My parents weren&#039;t mean, but they were very strict. No roughhousing in the house at all, period! Occasionally something would get broken, but really not too often. But when something did get broken you knew what was going to happen when dad got home from work! Consequently, I spent as much time outdoors as possible to increase the odds of me <b>not </b>breaking something. Not complaining about my childhood, I didn&#039;t know any other. But now that my parents have had to move into a community and I&#039;m charged with emptying out the house and getting it ready to list, I sure don&#039;t feel any emotional attachment. A couple pieces for sure though, some that are now 2nd, 3rd or even 4th generation family items. But the over 100 lamps and fixtures, glassware and ceramics, furniture (including a very old pump organ), my dad&#039;s shop full of parts from his lamp shop, whatever the rest of the family leaves behind will be sold. So soon I may have items in the sell thread. At times I wished I had paid more attention, but to a kid more interested in frogs and such, antiques were just something to walk on eggshells around! I still think the stuff is cool and interesting, but just nowhere near the level my parents did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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