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May 15Liked by David Weir

One of my such things is the silver and crystal music box my husband to be gave me for high school graduation. It needs to be replated, but the patina just goes with the years.

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Perfect example!

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It’s fascinating how little things like old coins or currency can hold such emotional power. I have several small keepsakes of that sort that are far more valuable to me than objects worth 100 times as much.

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It always perplexes me when old people become overly acquisitive,

You can't take it with you.

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Oh OK. I knew your name was familiar to me in that context.

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David, I think we may have been colleagues at California Magazine for a couple of years in the early '80s. Were you there then?

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Hi Mary. I was bureau chief in SF for California from 1989-1991.

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