Dave... there are items I "treasure" that are perceived as worthless and vice-versa, as I am sure you understand, and I'm also sure you have the same circumstances in your life, both present and past... Dakota would be a perfect example...
Below is a picture of a bottle of malt whisky that belonged to my late dad... the distillery closed in the 80's so it had a value... I could buy a "replacement" for circa £300 (nearly €400 or $500)... I chose to open it at the most recent reunion of 230 Squadron (I act as the editor for their newsletter). Historically, as they know, if it were not for their predecessors actions I would not be here, and the reason I do some of my research, and being in the final stages of a history of those events to try be published...
So, it made sense to me to raise a glass to the memory of those now passed, and to thank them for the lives they saved, and the lives that followed...
Tomorrow, 9/11/14, I'll be up at granddad's statue, just opposite a monster display of nearly 900K ceramic poppies in the moat of the Tower of London, for some other event now 100 years past,to pay my respects, then up to Whitehall to be at the Chindit Memorial for 1100, for a 60 second moment of silence for events that took place 70 years ago...
Now those are priceless moments...
ps... yes, I did pour them all...
