crawfobj
10-25-2011, 12:11 AM
I've watched and drooled over pb and tin scores you guys have come up with for a while, and I finally came up with one of my own, from an unlikely source - my dad's garage.
My brother, sister and I flew to surprise my folks for a visit. My dad has been recovering from major back surgery since March, and the recovery and being cooped up has been tough on both of them. As a bonus, I took my 5yr old son and had him ring their doorbell while the rest of us hid. The look on their faces was priceless!!!
We did a bunch of chores for them - helped them get a car to replace their old one, got them a new TV and upgraded them to a DVR, replaced the dishwasher, engine maintenance on their other car, lawnmower, and snowblower, yardwork, and a BUNCH of cleanout in their garage. We also got to tour the Harley Museum as a family too - good stuff!
Among the stuff in the garage was a box of medals that my dad had picked up in a church cleanout. What was now in his way turned out to be THIRTY SIX POUNDS of PURE PEWTER. He kept a few to make coasters out of and let me have the rest. A medium flat rate box to get them home, and I now have this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-twLYvGSSquE/TqY1hTMAOXI/AAAAAAAAANA/CA32MYJ8wI4/s800/Pewter.jpg
:drinks::drinks:
(BTW, that's a Mihec .452-200 gr hollow point for size reference.)
My brother, sister and I flew to surprise my folks for a visit. My dad has been recovering from major back surgery since March, and the recovery and being cooped up has been tough on both of them. As a bonus, I took my 5yr old son and had him ring their doorbell while the rest of us hid. The look on their faces was priceless!!!
We did a bunch of chores for them - helped them get a car to replace their old one, got them a new TV and upgraded them to a DVR, replaced the dishwasher, engine maintenance on their other car, lawnmower, and snowblower, yardwork, and a BUNCH of cleanout in their garage. We also got to tour the Harley Museum as a family too - good stuff!
Among the stuff in the garage was a box of medals that my dad had picked up in a church cleanout. What was now in his way turned out to be THIRTY SIX POUNDS of PURE PEWTER. He kept a few to make coasters out of and let me have the rest. A medium flat rate box to get them home, and I now have this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-twLYvGSSquE/TqY1hTMAOXI/AAAAAAAAANA/CA32MYJ8wI4/s800/Pewter.jpg
:drinks::drinks:
(BTW, that's a Mihec .452-200 gr hollow point for size reference.)