Successful Day at Dayton

We had a good day at Dayton today. I found a few things on my shopping list, for prices even better than I expected. I was able to find four of the five things that Debbie asked me to keep an eye out for. My friend Brian had a good time today too. I enjoyed seeing my friends, and I even stopped by my cousin's RV. Our group from the Shenandoah Valley got together for dinner tonight, and we had a great time. But best of all, I came across a real treasure in the flea market today! Fantastic treasure! An unbelievable find. Something that I paid $15 for, even though the guy was selling them for $10, because I felt very badly about taking advantage of someone who apparently didn't realize what he was selling. What is it? You'll have to wait a day or two to see the picture. One man's trash is another man's treasure. This thing, to me, is real treasure. I couldn't pass it up. Even though I paid $15 for it, I won't sell it now for $500, or even more. Sure, it cost thousands of dollars new, and the machine it requires in order to be of use to someone costs tens of thousands more, and of course I don't have that machine nor the money. (Those machines may not even exist anymore.) But hey, it's a real antique, and is something to show my students how things were in my generation. (I honestly used a couple of these at a job I once had!) Even though it can't operate, its antique nature makes it treasure for me! I'm gleeful, exuberant, and overjoyed that I found it. I can't wait to show my Dad!