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Suck, suck, mega-suckity suck!
Apr. 6th, 2005 09:37 amI lost a friend of 25 years yesterday, he'd been with me since highschool. I didn't see him every day, but I saw him a huge amount during that time. We sometimes drifted and some time would pass before we were back together, but eventually we'd always be there for each other. He was there when I signed my mortgage, my first car loan, he was there for a lot of things.
And now he's gone. I doubt I'll ever see him again.
Sigh.
It's not quite as grim as it sounds, I lost a 12 karat gold Cross pen. It was quite special to me, I had it in my first job which started back in '79, and it was quite unique because the 12 karats weren't sold for long. They had 10s, 14 filled and 14 pure ($1,700 for a pen/pencil set), but few 12s.
And I had one.
Absolutely loved it. Wonderful action, great writing instrument. And I think it fell off my shirt as I pulled off a t-shirt at All About Books & Comics last night, I was wearing a polo and had it clipped on the neck, you get 10% off your purchase if you were the AAB&C tshirt when you make your purchase, so I pulled the shirt on when I went in and off when I came out.
I'm hoping it might have been found in the parking lot and turned in as lost, but I'm not holding my breath. And what really sucks is they don't open until 10am and I have a meeting at that time, so I can't call them for probably an hour after they open to ask them to check the parking lot.
Sigh.
At least this will provide an impetus to get my 14k pen repaired. My 14k pencil is fine, the pen siezed up and won't twist. That's another nice thing about Cross -- lifetime replacement, which was a concern for me regarding my 12 -- I wasn't sure if it broke again that they'd be able to replace it with another 12.
Oh, well. Life goes on. I will certainly miss him.
And now he's gone. I doubt I'll ever see him again.
Sigh.
It's not quite as grim as it sounds, I lost a 12 karat gold Cross pen. It was quite special to me, I had it in my first job which started back in '79, and it was quite unique because the 12 karats weren't sold for long. They had 10s, 14 filled and 14 pure ($1,700 for a pen/pencil set), but few 12s.
And I had one.
Absolutely loved it. Wonderful action, great writing instrument. And I think it fell off my shirt as I pulled off a t-shirt at All About Books & Comics last night, I was wearing a polo and had it clipped on the neck, you get 10% off your purchase if you were the AAB&C tshirt when you make your purchase, so I pulled the shirt on when I went in and off when I came out.
I'm hoping it might have been found in the parking lot and turned in as lost, but I'm not holding my breath. And what really sucks is they don't open until 10am and I have a meeting at that time, so I can't call them for probably an hour after they open to ask them to check the parking lot.
Sigh.
At least this will provide an impetus to get my 14k pen repaired. My 14k pencil is fine, the pen siezed up and won't twist. That's another nice thing about Cross -- lifetime replacement, which was a concern for me regarding my 12 -- I wasn't sure if it broke again that they'd be able to replace it with another 12.
Oh, well. Life goes on. I will certainly miss him.
