Submitted by Lazarus on October 7, 2008 - 11:45pm.
The Avante Guardian wrote:
I once found a baseball hat with my brother's name in it at a lawn sale. Since my brother committed suicide, it means a lot to me.
Sorry to hear about your brother. Finding his hat that way is eerie. I mean, what are the odds? The odds that the hat survived to be held out without being just thrown away as garbage. The odds that it was put out for sale the very day you came along. The odds that you were even in the vicinity of the sale taking place. And the most staggering of all, the fact that you were looking for hats and even recognized it for what it was.
The Avante Guardian wrote:
I still live there in that rift, sometimes.
I think a lot of us still do, from time to time.
Yes. Its hard to describe, but every now and then it's like you are in another place and time despite knowing full well that nothing has really changed. Some places, like UBS' seem to foster that feeling more than other places.
"All But One" was a great comic story (Nice find Cap). I'm sure most people here have found copies of old childhood treasures while perusing UBS' or garage sales. Usually stuff you weren't looking for. Stuff you had long forgotten about. And then you get a little jolt when you see it and the memory comes back.
"All But One"
I once found a baseball hat with my brother's name in it at a lawn sale. Since my brother committed suicide, it means a lot to me.
Sorry to hear about your brother. Finding his hat that way is eerie. I mean, what are the odds? The odds that the hat survived to be held out without being just thrown away as garbage. The odds that it was put out for sale the very day you came along. The odds that you were even in the vicinity of the sale taking place. And the most staggering of all, the fact that you were looking for hats and even recognized it for what it was.
I still live there in that rift, sometimes.
I think a lot of us still do, from time to time.
Yes. Its hard to describe, but every now and then it's like you are in another place and time despite knowing full well that nothing has really changed. Some places, like UBS' seem to foster that feeling more than other places.
"All But One" was a great comic story (Nice find Cap). I'm sure most people here have found copies of old childhood treasures while perusing UBS' or garage sales. Usually stuff you weren't looking for. Stuff you had long forgotten about. And then you get a little jolt when you see it and the memory comes back.
~ Lazarus ~