When I create a listing for eBay I like to give whatever it is that I'm selling, some context to the world it came from. If I have a known history for it I make a point of including in the listing in as much detail as I have. Most of the time I don't even know the last time someone had a particular plane in hand but I do know when it was made so I will include something about that time period or maybe a tiny slice of the manufacturer's story. I think that it gives the tool (mostly planes) historical context and interest. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s and 60s so I am a Baby Boomer. My father served during WWII though he never had to leave the country as his assignments
A very nice fellow wrote me a note via the website asking why I hadn't put together any recent blogs. He apparently enjoyed reading my drivel and wanted to make sure that I hadn't encountered an unfortunate issue that precluded my ability to put two or three words into a coherent sentence. As I wrote back to explain how busy I had been It dawned on me that since I've started writing these my frequency of posts has lessened. This is in no way reflective of my interests in writing nor some physical affliction that hinders my finger dexterity. It has almost everything to do with a lack of motivating topics from which to draw and a certain trepidation that what I write is truly drivel, interesti
