Blades of Cape Town
The best presents are the kind that betray one person’s deep understanding of another. My friend David gets me. And when it comes to gifts, he’s spot on. He’s clearly been paying attention all these years to who I am and what makes me happy. Anyway, David recently came back from an extended trip to South Africa, and the other day he presented me with an envelope containing these Sawzall blades. I think he said that he found them on the street in Cape town. Just sitting there. Who wouldn’t want them? I mean really, they are practically new for crying out loud. Well, I love them. The patina, the use, the fact that he just found them by the side of the road. All of it. Thanks Dave.
Friday 02.24.12 at 2:36 pm
Love them. I’ll always remember when I gave you a striped wooden chapati roller you said: “You know me so well.” That made me more than happy.
Tuesday 04.10.12 at 9:41 pm
Nice score! Now that IS a good friend! I love things like that, friends that really get you! I remember two summers ago when a few of the boys in my son’s Boy Scout Troop carried a “cool bug” back from a bike hike for me… such a great feeling… truly thoughtful.
Tom, NYC