COnfessions of a MAD Antique Dealer

The day started with a miserable witch..and not the one in the photo a few days aso. This was a real one...A living  breathing Russian witch....she has played innumerable games before....fighting with my paying customers, had me hold things  and never come back, and wanted me to disassemble a huge breakfront store display, which takes 3 hours, drive it to WAYNE.....reassemble it....in her home and THEN PAY ME not before, I know her.she would find fault and not pay...She put a deposit on thigns SAT and was supposed to pay today..and then renegged finding fault..and there was nothing at all wrong.Then she started in with a mirror.....and found fault..and then wanted to buy a mirror marked SOLD to another customer....and got mad when I wouldnt accept a higher price. I asked her what part of SOLD doesnt she understand...

Sat I had given her a nice live plant that has been here for five years as a gift..now I am so mad at myself for giving that witch anything...one of my plants that we have taken care of for years.....I finally gave her her deposit back and told her never ever to come back to either of my stores. The she continued to say she wanted the mirror that was sold and would pay more...and I pointed to the store and said GET OUT....and you know, I didnt loose my dignity..and I didnt say GET THE FUCK OUT..you (fillin the blanks for this one)....Just get out.. I wish I knew the RUssian word for witch......

MR Stiky foot was here for 7 hours on SAT, Seven hours that past week on Wednesday, and today only 6 hours. He behaved very well today....and he was here when the two women were driving me crazy with the choice of andirons. They had Eddie measure them each a few times...and surprise, they were the same size, five minutes later, as they were 5 min  before....Then they asked questions: Will they melt in the fireplace., can they be taken all part, etc. I remained calm. They were old and fragile. THE WOMEN< not the andirons..and I didnt want to scream and scare them to death. It really wouldnt look good in the newspaper, that I screamed so loud it scared an old lady to death......but you know, it could be a reverse headline..OLD LADY ANNOYS ANTIQUE DEALER TO DEATH..or antique dealer committs sucicide being driven to distraction by women almsot 100 years old.

Check out this cute little China doll.. Adorable in face and personality....She and her mother visits almost every week...and finally I decided to capture her beauty on the blog.

I was originally thinking of calling this BLOG, "OUT ON A TANGENT", but maybe I might use that name for the title of my autobiography, if I ever write one.  It seems I pick one topic to write about, and often, one thing leads toanother, and a discussion of finding million year old Dinasaurs in China, where the people use the bones for soup, or Viagra Supplements....the discussion can suddenly become sexual....from the mention of Viagra, or a discussion of linguistics...lets say Yiddish from the word "saurus" in Dinosaur...becuase Saurus or tstoris in Yiddish means "trouble"..and then we can go back to entertainment history....when Burt Reynolds was dating the older Dinah Shore and their relatonship had problems....he had DINAH Sauros.......and you see how one can go on writing things....one thing leads to another,,,,,,but you know, life is very much like this going out on a linguistic tangent.  YOu start with something...in one place, and you never know where it is going to lead you. So, each one of  us can really say we are on an adventure....and if we keep our minds and eyes wide open....and look in all directions, it can be a wonderful adventure.....and all of your are my trravelmates.

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