Today's My Lucky Day ...
Have you ever heard about a friend's friend or maybe a brother-in-law of a cousin or some other obscure person who went to a flea market and bought a $2.00 painting that turned out to be worth $20,000? Or, how about the woman who bought a piece of costume jewelry that turned out to be real diamonds? The finder is always someone remote. It always happens to someone else - never you or me. Then one day, I got a call from a buddy who was a little short on cash but had assembled quite a collection of high-end watches. He had to sell them off quickly. He said I had my choice of Rolex, Patek Phillipe, Hublot, Omega, Piaget, or Corum. He claimed his favorite was a Rolex Daytona and he would let me have it for $500. The year was 1985. $500 for a watch (of any kind) was way out of my league but he was desperate and I wanted to help him out. I soon became the proud owner of that Daytona. But, I didn't treat it any differently than I would a Timex. Sometimes I'd forget and even we