Graham Forsdyke's True Stories

ISMACS International
International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

True Story Number 1 -- Little Betty
He needed a present for his little sister ...
True Story Number 2 -- Martha
“Oh, no,” he replied, “... we're an antiques shop ...”
True Story Number 3 -- The Idiot
I always try to set up a little rapport with the vendor ...
True Story Number 4 -- The True Collector
He'd obviously not washed or shaved for days ...
True Story Number 5 -- The People's Republic
... we were nearly knocked off our feet by three pit-bull terriers making an escape bid ...
True Story Number 6 -- Coming to Visit
... and then he collapsed completely ...
True Story Number 7 -- Queen Bess
Maybe it was worth breakfast, after all ...
True Story Number 8 -- Joe
... the memory of a love story that failed to bloom until an old man died ...
True Story Number 9 -- 911
... My friend's husband had to display her, in one piece and not bleeding ...
True Story Number 10 -- 800 Pound Sewing Machine
A deal is a deal ... but he's still not getting that motorcycle!

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