[Jewelry making - Article 00213] - Re: [Orchid] Strange Customer Requests

[Marty Hykin]

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    Daniel Spirer's story about the MIT guy who needed the weird goggles
    reminded me of a time back about 1965 in Provincetown, MA when old
    Antonio came into our shop. The three of us in the shared workspace
    included a musical instrument repairman, a jeweler, and a builder -
    an odd combination, I know, but maybe that's why Antonio came to us
    first. He was accompanied by his ancient basset hound, Snuffy, who
    suffered from a condition called "haw" This is a sort of drooping of
    the lower eyelids. You can understand the name if you look in a
    mirror and see the shape your mouth assumes when saying the word
    "haw." The result of this condition is that when the low-slung beast
    accompanied Anthony on his daily walks through the woods, his
    eyeballs would accumulate collections of dust and fragments of bark,
    twigs, bugs and whatever fell into the gaping space behind the lower
    eyelid. Anthony asked us if we could make a set of goggles for
    Snuffy that would protect his eyes. 

    Truthfully I can't remember how the problem was solved, but I know
    it was done somehow. Anyway I didn't do it. All I do remember clearly
    is the utter puzzlement with which we three geniuses all examined the
    long-suffering Snuffy's remarkable head and face. All those
    shapeless, loose folds, floppy earflaps, slippery slobbering jowls,
    dangly bits and all the other endearing qualities that characterize
    the basset hound breed. He smelled kind of memorable too, I recall.
    One of the few times in my life when the word "impossible" was the
    first thing that came to mind. But I did find a deeper respect for
    Antonio. I was touched by his caring and compassion for his dear
    companion and for his creative persistence in searching for a
    solution 

    Marty Hykin, in Victoria, where folks are somewhat stunned by that
    large shining object in the sky.
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