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[NewfoundlandFrog]

from my mother's boxes and found this...



That brings a tear or 2 even though he died in 1975.

[HFrog71]

NewfoundlandFrog, on 26 March 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

from my mother's boxes and found this...



That brings a tear or 2 even though he died in 1975.

Nice discovery.  Of course, today, there would be an Air Education and Training Command seal on the cup  (2 AF is now an AETC numbered AF headquartered at Keesler AFB, MS (Biloxi).

Since I retired, I have discarded box after box of cups, plaques, and other mementos.  

All I've kept for my heirs are official documents, decorations, and awards (big retirement gifts like the shadow box w/the US, TX and AF flags flown in my honor).  Didn't want to burden them with having to store a ton of stuff after I croak...or make them feel bad if they opted to toss it.

[RSF]

HFrog71, on 26 March 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Nice discovery.  Of course, today, there would be an Air Education and Training Command seal on the cup  (2 AF is now an AETC numbered AF headquartered at Keesler AFB, MS (Biloxi).

Since I retired, I have discarded box after box of cups, plaques, and other mementos.  

All I've kept for my heirs are official documents, decorations, and awards (big retirement gifts like the shadow box w/the US, TX and AF flags flown in my honor).  Didn't want to burden them with having to store a ton of stuff after I croak...or make them feel bad if they opted to toss it.

Eh....whaddyou know about all that......

[oldscribe]

HFrog71, on 26 March 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Nice discovery.  Of course, today, there would be an Air Education and Training Command seal on the cup  (2 AF is now an AETC numbered AF headquartered at Keesler AFB, MS (Biloxi).

Since I retired, I have discarded box after box of cups, plaques, and other mementos.  

All I've kept for my heirs are official documents, decorations, and awards (big retirement gifts like the shadow box w/the US, TX and AF flags flown in my honor).  Didn't want to burden them with having to store a ton of stuff after I croak...or make them feel bad if they opted to toss it.

We never throw anything away....kids gonna have a helluva cleanup job and estate sale one day.....did I mention looking through some stuff recently and coming upon letters my folks exchanged before marrying.....an edifying experience.

[weklfrog]

oldscribe, on 26 March 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

We never throw anything away....kids gonna have a helluva cleanup job and estate sale one day.....did I mention looking through some stuff recently and coming upon letters my folks exchanged before marrying.....an edifying experience.

My younger brother has proclaimed that having to go thru all the stuff in their basement when they are gone will be adequate payback for some of what their sons put them thru when they were younger.

[purpledawg]

Newf, I'm way more interested in the Portmerion canisters behind the cup! Do you have the whole set of dishes to go with the canisters? That's my pattern, too!

[NewfoundlandFrog]

purpledawg, on 26 March 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

Newf, I'm way more interested in the Portmerion canisters behind the cup! Do you have the whole set of dishes to go with the canisters? That's my pattern, too!

Yeah...there's a store nearby that specializes in Portmerion!

I'm sure an expert like you will notice there are two patterns there.

[purpledawg]

NewfoundlandFrog, on 26 March 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Yeah...there's a store nearby that specializes in Portmerion!

I'm sure an expert like you will notice there are two patterns there.

Yes, I did notice that. Botanic Garden and Variations. One of these days I'm going to have a chance to go to the Portmerion factory in the UK and buy everything I want.

[NewfoundlandFrog]

HFrog71, on 26 March 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

Nice discovery.  ...
All I've kept for my heirs are official documents,...

In that regard I have Hap Arnold's signature.

[NewfoundlandFrog]

NewfoundlandFrog, on 26 March 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Yeah...

Oh, I should have also said (a) that most of our stuff is the borderless Botanical Garden stuff and (b) yes we do have a lot of it--it is our everyday set of table dishes and also includes numerous pieces like mixing bowls, pie and oval baking pans, soup servers, canisters, etc.

I probably buy 10 pieces a year to replace breakage and/or add to the collection.

[purpledawg]

NewfoundlandFrog, on 27 March 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:

Oh, I should have also said (a) that most of our stuff is the borderless Botanical Garden stuff and (b) yes we do have a lot of it--it is our everyday set of table dishes and also includes numerous pieces like mixing bowls, pie and oval baking pans, soup servers, canisters, etc.

I probably buy 10 pieces a year to replace breakage and/or add to the collection.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but BG has a border on it, too...just not as busy as the other.

It's my everyday stuff also. We don't buy as much as you do. I get it from Mr. P-Dawg and sometimes from his mom for b-day and other gifts. I also find pieces now and then at the Goodwill stores. TJMaxx and Marshall's and those types of discounters sell it, too.

[oldscribe]

NewfoundlandFrog, on 27 March 2012 - 02:49 AM, said:

In that regard I have Hap Arnold's signature.

If Hap comes looking for it, we'll tell him where it is