Look what I found!

Mistaking a valuable item as being worthless may or may not happen to everyone, but it most certainly happened to a 70 year old woman living in Northumberland, UK. People embark on the much-hated house cleaning, hoping to get rid of old things while making space for new ones. The majority of the time, people can find lost items from the past, some of which might hold sentimental value. She was about to discard a piece of jewelry when her neighbor convinced her to get it appraised. She was unable to fully recall when and where she had bought the gem, though she was fond of going to garage sales. She had found the stone lying in a box along with her wedding band and some other low-value costume jewelry. She easily mistook it for being a knockoff and dismissed it as worthless. To her surprise, it turned out to be an off-the-scale diamond and one of the largest ones the auctioneer had ever seen. According to him, this is the most expensive diamond he has ever held in his hands. “The colour, the purity, the size… it is unusual to find a 34-carat diamond.” So now she has a $2 million diamond to sell.

 

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Is anyone else having problems with their spellchecker?
Mine keeps correcting into weird things. Like changing “my” into “me”, “money” into “gold pieces” and the letter x into “here be treasure.” It’s a pirate copy.

THE ECONOMY IS SO BAD THAT….

  • My neighbor got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
  • Facebook laid off 25 Congressmen.
  • A picture is now only worth 200 words.

I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Hotline. I got a call center in Afghanistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck!

 

November 11th Birthdays

1962 – Demi Moore, 1961 – Uldouz Wallace, 1993 – Camille Hyde, 1964 – Calista Flockhart
1994 – Tye Sheridan, 1960 – Stanley Tucci, 1971 – David DeLuise, 1922 – Kurt Vonnegut

 

A diamond in the bin