06-11-2024, 08:33 AM
I paid for mine, the same day he proposed, a week after we met - I wasn't going to let fate get a chance to ruin my love at first sight experience! It was, or rather is - an antique cabochon sapphire surrounded by tiny rose cut diamonds set in a square Georgian setting, and cost $100 in 1975. And I loved it. My Mum took one look and called it a 'dress ring' which it was, but it was bigger than her diamond version, lol. I only took it off a few months ago, it has developed a sharp edge and the band was very thin, so it and the rings that over the years stacked with it sit safely on the bookcase by my bed. I wear the wide gold band it sat on, on the left and my grandfathers gold signet ring, engraving worn away on the other, matching weights, lol.
It still makes me smile, that clutch of old rings sitting there.
I bit the bullet yesterday and bought an electric blue Nordic Cruiser scooter, three years old, new batteries, that has better ground clearance than my Neo, and supposedly better suspension. Same sized motor, much fewer hours, none of them on the road and a very good price, taking the pressure off me having to get the Neo sold to top up savings. I am just hoping it turns out to be as good a machine as that scoot was. Being so much more recent a build though is a confidence booster for reliability, seeing I depend on it so much. Nerve wracking process, so I am glad it is done. Delivery Friday, so I might clean up the Neo and list it this weekend at a silly price and see if I can get a quick sale, otherwise I'll update the batteries and take my time.
It still makes me smile, that clutch of old rings sitting there.
I bit the bullet yesterday and bought an electric blue Nordic Cruiser scooter, three years old, new batteries, that has better ground clearance than my Neo, and supposedly better suspension. Same sized motor, much fewer hours, none of them on the road and a very good price, taking the pressure off me having to get the Neo sold to top up savings. I am just hoping it turns out to be as good a machine as that scoot was. Being so much more recent a build though is a confidence booster for reliability, seeing I depend on it so much. Nerve wracking process, so I am glad it is done. Delivery Friday, so I might clean up the Neo and list it this weekend at a silly price and see if I can get a quick sale, otherwise I'll update the batteries and take my time.