Older but Prettier      by Tom Woodard   We have a dear old friend from Tennessee, in his mid 70's, who is in the antiques business and who carries and sells the very finest primitives and country pieces.He's a wonderful Christian man, and a perfect gentleman. One day at the Lakewood 400 Antiques Show, in Cumming, Georgia (just above Atlanta), a blue haired lady stepped into his booth and began to pick apart a beautiful old solid cherry Country Sheraton chest of drawers, pointing out every insignificant little flaw she could find. Now, our friend has his limits (as I suppose do we all) and after a few minutes of this, having long since determined that the lady did not come to buy, but only to show off her knowledge, he finally said "Well Ma'am, this piece is a lot older than you are, but it ain't got near as many wrinkles." End of story!      Copyright 2008 by Tom Woodard      Back to Index Musings & Memories             Also see Antiques FAQs

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