"mechanized_robot" wrote in message
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There was a ~500 lb. anvil at back of a former blacksmith's shop turned
antique store here in New England. Once a year I would dutifully go in
and ask if they'd decided on a price for it. Once a year they tell me
they didn't know what it was worth & would not sell it until they could
determine the value. Eventually the shop went out of busines & the
anvil remained after they left. I played tag with the property owner
for 6 months and one day the place was bulldozed. Sadly, I have no idea
what happened to that anvil.


OH! that hurt. sad.
reminds me of my anvil story. i hope i haven't already posted this. years
ago i was working for a stage scenery guy, he was building scenery for
wagner's "das rheingold" (with the "anvil chorus"). the boss needed an
anvil, was looking/calling all over, very expensive prices, this kid who
worked there said his father had anvilS. one day he brought one in. i do
not know whether or not the kid informed his father. the boss bought it
from him (at a very low price) and sawed it in two with an abrasive cut off
saw and rigged it up so that when the guy in the play whacked it with a
hammer it fell apart in two. it made me sick to see that very nice anvil
sawed in two for a crappy small town production of this play.
hooray for happy anvil rescue stories!

b.w.