Wooo-hooooooo!
G'day! After a patient wait of eleven or so months, my Schafer Silvertip take-down recurve arrived on Friday!
It was hard to concentrate on the job on Friday, with the knowledge that the delivery truck would be calling at home and leaving a note at some stage. At recess time, I went up to the staffroom for a cuppa, and one of the office ladies brought in a bouquet arrangement of a single sunflower, some ribbons and wrapping, and a couple of balloons - as well as a bow made of cane and fishing line! I knew instantly one of my workmate's was up to mischief! Christine's on maternity leave, and I suppose I deserved it for likening my waiting time to her pregnancy in terms of the anticipation and the emotions involved! Anyway, I soon called my wife (Simone), as she'd said that she'd pop past the house when she had a minute at work to check for delivery notes - she'd checked, but found nothing, or so she told me! I later found that she and my workmate had planned all this monkey business when they were at volunteer ambulance training the night before! A couple of hours later, my mate Shep the janitor brought in a big long box, and my hopes rose momentarily, but the box was too dodgy-looking - I opened it to find a bent bit of steel rod with some thin line as the string (the ratbags!). And, just as the lunch bell went, and I was dealing with the serious business of some upset students, Christine and Shep walked in to the classroom with a proper UPS box! I had it on my lap, so close yet so far! I didn't have time to open it, as I had to drive a busload of kids over for interschool sports for the afternoon! You can imagine the torture! Anyway, Shep promised to keep it under lock and key in his office, and at the end of the day (finally) I put my bike on the back of his ute, and he dropped me home, where I was able to open the box at last!
Here's a picture of the floral / balloon arrangement and the ersatz bows:
Here's a photo of the real box:
Topic: New Schafer Silvertip (Read 952 times)
