[Jewelry making - Article 00068] - Re: [Orchid] Finding lost diamonds

[John Burgess]

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    I too have a little diamond anecdote. (At the end free tissues will
    be available) 

    1945. She was on leave from HM. Army, from helping make and test
    sabotage weapons for undercover fighters. I was on leave from HM
    Royal Navy, from being chased by torpedoes, bombs, bullets and mines
    in the mediterranean. Lovely October evening, so I strayed with my
    love by the pure (?) crystal (?) Wanstead Park Lake. We sat under a
    chestnut tree, watching the full moon rise over the still water. I
    fumbled in my pocket and found The Ring. I'd had no money but
    borrowed enough off my father to buy the tiny 2 - 3 pointer diamond
    mounted in a 9 carat very slim shank. As I fumbled it onto her finger
    loud bells rang out across the water (I kid you not; the local
    bellringers practicing in the nearby church belfry) Time moved on (as
    it does) and we were married and living in a single room. One
    horrible, memorable day we hunted high and low for that miserable
    little diamond, with no luck, to Jean's great distress. Peter had
    arrived (as they do) and one day was playing with the sweeping broom
    ( as they do); when delightedly, Jean picked the sparkling morsel
    from the broom hairs and we had that miserable little diamond
    re-mounted in that skinny apology for a gold engagement ring. Then
    she vowed she would only wear it again on very special occasions. 

    She will be wearing it next on this June 24th for our DIAMOND
    wedding. 

    (The tissues are over there; help yourselves) 

    And the moral is?......... 

Cheers for now,
John Burgess; johnb AT ts.co.nz of Mapua, Nelson NZ
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