Post #480121 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:07 AM

• a drive-by looting, perhaps? :D No, but some photos of the hut display in the window would be nice.

Trav,
Absolutely right attitude. About leaving your name and number: In all my years of experience in the field (close to 17 now), I am afraid to report that that hardly ever happens. You can play the carefree, no pressure "call me when you feel like it" card, or beg them with the stern, heavy "you MUST call me if you ever decide to close and let go of the decor" plea --they never do. They don't keep your number, they forget, they don't wanna bother ...or they take you as a weirdo, as mentioned before. :)

All this does not mean one should not try, always! Success stories like Taboo Dan's Tropic Isle garage full of mug boxes shall be the inspiration for all urban archeologists to persist in their quest. And as you rightly pointed out, Trav, this not a quest for material goods, but for knowledge, since all these "artifacts" are worthless without their context. It is the stories that imbue them with mana.