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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 289031, member: 78"]Hi Mansons,</p><p> You have reminded me of something with your comment on upbringing. When I graduated from high school in the 1954 a distant relative whom I never got to meet gave me a present. It was a 10 Karat gold Zippo lighter. I used that lighter for years until I quit smoking for the first time. I was living in New Jersey at the time I quit. I decided to squirrel away my gold lighter and sterling cigarette holder. I pried up a board in my spare bedroom floor and stashed the items. After a couple of years I forgot about them. When I left my family and moved out I was not thinking of the treasure. After a few months I wrote to my ex and asked if she would be so kind as to send me my Grams Christmas ornaments. She did all smashed in a shoe box. I realized then she was still angry so I did not mention the smoking items. About six months later she sold the house and moved. It was too late to recover my stash. To this day I wanted to go and visit the house and ask the owner if I could pry up a floor board and recover my treasures.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 289031, member: 78"]Hi Mansons, You have reminded me of something with your comment on upbringing. When I graduated from high school in the 1954 a distant relative whom I never got to meet gave me a present. It was a 10 Karat gold Zippo lighter. I used that lighter for years until I quit smoking for the first time. I was living in New Jersey at the time I quit. I decided to squirrel away my gold lighter and sterling cigarette holder. I pried up a board in my spare bedroom floor and stashed the items. After a couple of years I forgot about them. When I left my family and moved out I was not thinking of the treasure. After a few months I wrote to my ex and asked if she would be so kind as to send me my Grams Christmas ornaments. She did all smashed in a shoe box. I realized then she was still angry so I did not mention the smoking items. About six months later she sold the house and moved. It was too late to recover my stash. To this day I wanted to go and visit the house and ask the owner if I could pry up a floor board and recover my treasures.:eek::eek::eek: greg[/QUOTE]
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