Unexpected Good FortuneTravelling through Seattle a good 15 years ago, I remembered an old friend I used to blow up Action Men with. We were bored, nothing to lose , so I looked him up in the phonebook. He was the only one of that name in there. "Come and stay," goes he.
Me and my mates were living in a car at that point so a bed was a novelty. After searching for a while, we rock up to a very posh mansion on Puget Sound with its own Helipad. "Come flying," goes he.
Has your luck held out recently?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 18:43)
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We got burgled! Woo!In 1999, as an amateur photographer with no budget, I had a fairly huge collection of very knackered, but good quality second hand gear, that I'd paid next to nothing for.
We'd just moved to one of the less salubrious parts of Swansea, and so we'd decided we really should sort out our insurance. We decided that a 'new for old' policy would be a good idea.
Anyway. Four weeks after moving, and sorting out insurance for the first time, someone kicked our door in, and stole my camera gear.
The insurance lady was round the next day, and helped me fill in the appropriate forms.
Bearing in mind that I'd paid a total of about *200 for four complete 35mm setups, I was nicely impressed when the cheque for *4500 dropped through the letterbox three days later, to replace my (good but) old gear with fancy new stuff.
Thanks burglars. If you'd like to do it again, there's a tenner in it for you.
(, Fri 15 Sep 2006, 12:47, Reply)
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