Desk on a station wagon

This is the culmination of another great LK s&b night.

I am running for the airport in a half hour, so I don't have time to do it full justice in words. But I will summarize:

- denny and I driving along Gerrard
- emmajane and mel behind us in emma's car
- abruptly, i honk the horn, pull over and there he is...Invincible, my dream desk
- really, the desk is "Invincible" brand, solid steel, older than I am and exactly what I was hoping to find for my office. beside the curb, waiting for the garbage truck.
- wouldn't fit in the subaru
- wouldn't fit in the golf
- denny calls her darling husband, who drives over with his stn wagon and as you see, the desk made it home

special features include the original "smile" labatt blue sticker on the front, the left side compartment, which has a pullout shelf for my typewriter (!) -- will actually hold the printer, if it'll fit. and a little steel label that says "invincible" on the front. desk was made in manitowoc, WI. and there's a little brass plate that says JWT and a code number. if you ask me, at one point, this desk was in the J Walter Thompson advertising offices and now it's in my backyard till i clean it up, polish the metal, degrease it, lube the mechanisms and somehow get the bugger in our tiny house.

MASSIVE THANKS to ken, denny, emmajane and mel for not only tolerating my obsession, but totally enabling it. you guys!


p.s. photo courtesy the ever-prepared Emmajane [were you a girl scout, Emma?]