Day 634 of 1000
My buddy Warren of the Truth has a chance blog and lived together for several years when he was in college and I was a recent college grad working for a robotics and machine vision company in the mid-1980’s in Corvallis. We lived in a couple of places, but by far the best one was an apartment on Applegate Street in Philomath. It was there that we held the once in a lifetime Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative GatheringTM. That is a blog post for another time. What prompted me to write this post was an impulse purchase decision I made a couple of nights ago that brought on a LOT of good, but nostalgic, almost melancholic thoughts. It was a great time for the both of us. Warren was gathering some of the technical skills that culminated in a high-level computer consulting career and I was just starting my dive into the world of Machine Vision where I joyfully make my living thirty years later.
We lived in a fairly rundown apartment complex next to a working class couple who had two kids named Jimbob and Megan who were both under six years old. We had told them that Warren’s name was Mr. Bone and that my name was Sir. They were very sweet kids. Warren and I loved to talk and play with them. We had lots of visitors in those days. Jimbob and Megan impressed everyone with their politeness. Whenever we came home from school or work, the kids would run out yelling “Sir, Sir, Mr. Bone, Mr. Bone!” I would love to know what happened to them.
At that same time, someone tried to sell Warren a C Melody Sax for $200. He could not afford it at the time so he asked me if I wanted to buy it. On a whim, I said, “Yes”. We both loved to play the thing and took turns trying to figure the thing out. Warren is a lot more musical than I and did much better than I, but I loved it. When we moved out and went on to other things, the Sax disappeared. I never knew where it went, but always regretted not having it. I always told myself I would get another.
I was sitting in my room feeling sorry for myself with Lorena, Kelly, and Christian in California on Thursday evening. For some reason I got to thinking about the old C Melody Sax. I looked around on Amazon and eBay and found an Alto Sax that looked good, was cheap, and had pretty good reviews so I bought it. Eat your heart out Giles.