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Storage Wars
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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In that limbo of decompression between work and vacation I take some time to catch up on my recommended television - the series "Storage Wars" - oft recommended to me by a few people at work. Which is good, in it's fashion, silly characters and some awfully staged looking scenes, still it informs one of the value of things one never would have guessed, and expands one's horizons for searching for treasures...
Favorite character is Barry (by far), who's really into it for the love of the chase, then there's the whipped Jarrod and his whipping wife Brandi, the ass Darrell followed by the complete ass Dave...
Some interesting treasures, amusing viewing, otherwise completely ridiculous and strangely addicting. Inspiring...
behind the bar...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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And I caught your glance behind the bar - 10 years, is it? and a glance was enough. Pleasant enough husband and beautiful children, enough said, but searching for me on "Dogpile"? Really! I should be offended. What's the matter with Google? In Canada for long? Your accent, by the way, has faded to next to nothing - very good. And your husband sound's positively English. But it was good seeing you, I've been curious. And I see you've been too....
Antiques Roadshow - Rhino Cups worth 1 - 1.5 Million Dollars
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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What pains me is the countless items of similar appearance I myself have overlooked at garage sales and thrift shops.
The items, in this instance, consist of 5 16th & 17th Century carved cups out of rhinoceros horn, worth together between 1 and 1 and a half million dollars.
Link: 'Antiques Roadshow': Most Valuable Find Ever (Video), Item at Antiques Roadshow Breaks Appraisal Record (text), Google Image Search for Carved Rhinoceros Horn
Dumped Nazi Gold in Stolpsee Lake
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Lost
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From the Mail Online, a group of unidentified German Businessman are about to attempt searching Stolpsee Lake in Northern Germany for Nazi Gold rumored to have been dumped there during WW2.
Link: Adventurers search for dumped Nazi gold worth a billion pounds in German lake
Update: Israeli scours German Lake for Jewish Gold and, more generally, other rumored Nazi Treasure Hoards: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8689091/Nazi-looting-treasure-hunters-hope-to-turn-myths-into-reality.html
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