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When you find something curious, do you investigate?
Tuesday, I dug into the mystery of a vintage gold Goldring fountain pen.
I became aware of fine writing instruments in my late 20s ✍️when a client gave me a gold & burgundy Montblanc pen & pencil set.
Over the years I’ve acquired some fancy rollerballs & fountain pens.✒️ They’re special, & I remember how I came to have them.
I’ve been spring cleaning, sorting through boxes, drawers & cubbies. As I decide what to keep, toss, ️recycle♻️ or donate, ️ I’m using “If in doubt, throw it out,” as a guide.
A German Goldring pen with an iridium nib turned up. ️ It was familiar. I figured it was a “garage sale” purchase.
I took it apart to clean it. As I slid open the pen barrel, I saw an odd component with a dolphin insignia. I didn’t know if it could be freed, but I got it out & inspected. On the flip side was a rubber stamp with the name, “George Xxxx.” ️ It showed his address in West Seattle near our store, Alki Surf Shop.
It was cool for a pen to have a built in stamp & blotter & I wondered if George was still around?
After a quick Google search of George’s name & address, the first hit was a property database . It suggested he’s probably either very old or no longer alive. I was curious, but not a stalker, so the search ended there. ♀️
Search engines like Whitepages, US Search & others find people & dig up contact information. ℹ️ There are search engines for finding email addresses, too. .
TO FIND A PHONE #, EMAIL OR ADDRESS ON GOOGLE, start by typing into search:
Name+City+phone
Name+City+email
Name+City+address
It’s freaky how easy it is to find people. But in the past, each year personal information was printed & distributed to everyone in something called the Phone Book☎️!
Have you ever tried to find an old friend? How did it go?
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PHOTOS/TAGS: In 2017 @dubaitara & @wcellis were in Seattle. She just celebrated a major birthday. Happy belated BD, Tara! #westseattle #SalishSea #elliotbay #Alkibeach #pugetsound; #Montblanc #montblancpen #writinginstruments #goldring #germany #fountainpens #mystery #alkisurfshop #lostandfound #googlepixel (at Alki Beach Park)
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Working on this blood star right now what’s your favourite sea star species?
The last week was an absolute treat. Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were spent anchored off Jericho Beach and at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, dancing our hearts out with great friends and music. Between Monday and yesterday we sailed to Tribune Bay on Hornby Island and back, sailing up-wind the whole time. Top speed: 7.5 knots. Couldn’t be more thankful for such a great week with great friends out on the Salish Sea. #explorebc #pnw #ilovebc #westcoast #sailing #salishsea #sailboat #summerfun #sailingupwind #funinthesun #beautifulbc #lovethiscoast #goplayoutside
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An Incredible Encounter with T137A “Jack”! To read this story (and more), follow the link in our bio.⠀
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#whaletales #2019 #killerwhale #orca #biggs #transient #storytelling #whales #whalewatching #whalesareawesome #getonaboat #explorebc #salishsea #orcalove #orcablog #orcastory #orcaphotography #killerwhalesofinstagram
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2021 was pretty rough but there were still some great #whaletales that happened. What was your favourite cetacean encounter of 2021?!⠀⠀
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#storytelling #whales #whaleblog #getonaboat #sharingiscaring #orca #killerwhale #2021 #whalestory #salishsea #explorebc #orcalove #cetaceanstory
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ICYMI: The Naming of Things this month looked at those tiny little cetaceans-the porpoise!⠀
Photo by @marcusw604⠀
#whaletales #namingofthings #finlessporpoise #porpoises #harbourporpoise #vaquita #porpoisetrivia #salishsea #explorebc #porpoisesareawesome #porpoiseblog #blog #porpoisestory #porpoisesofinstagram #spectacledporpoise #cetaceanstory
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An Incredible First Encounter with L124! To read this story (and more!), follow the link in our bio.⠀⠀
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This is an an encounter from January 2019⠀⠀
#whaletales #killerwhale #orca #srkw #salishsea #calf #whales #storytelling #getonaboat #whalewatching #whalesareawesome #orcalove #whaleblog #whalestory #orcasareawesome #orcaphotography #killerwhalesofinstagram
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