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7/18/2009
2:00:47 pm EDT
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There's Gnome Business Like A Good Old Business
Author: Rosemary McLeod, Sunday Star Times Source: Stuff (NZ)
Title: THERE'S GNOME BUSINESS LIKE A GOOD OLD BUSINESS
Something there is that does not love a gnome, and that something lurks in Otaki.
I was sad to see, last week, the image of an 80-year-old chap clutching the last remains of his precious gnome collection and factory, after an arson attack there. It was a soot-blackened gnome fellow, this survivor, moulded with a container suitable for a small cactus, and the chap looked for all the world, bearded as he was, like the model for the quirky product he held. Such things had earned him a modest living in his old age. It was a mean trick that was played on him, and whoever did it is a scoundrel.
Arthur Ray had devoted the past decade to making gnomes and other garden ornaments, and lost his entire collection of 450 rubber and fibreglass moulds in the deliberately lit fire.
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| Some Losses Deeper Than Others... | Jul 21st. at 10:00:25 am EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
A collection is more than just things gathered up, it is a way of life. Whether it be dolls, rocks, books-- or Gnomes, each piece is a memory or a personal milestone. To see anything destroyed after one has spent a lifetime collecting it, is a heartbreaking experience for any collector. It's bad enough when a storm tears a place apart and destroys one's collection in the process, but it is even worse when it is lost through a malicious act. Then, it becomes more personal, far more mournful.
I sincerely hope that they catch the person or people that did this,and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. It might bring closure since it can't bring back what is lost. I also hope he can rebuild, but somehow, even if he can, nothing will be the same ever again, and that is sadder yet.
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| It's Sad | Jul 21st. at 3:29:55 am EDT
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Katmandu (elba, Alabama) - Email Me
I hope they find the person (s) that did this and rightly punish them. Maybe make them confront the old man and hear his story. Let them see what they've really done. As someone who has made things by hand, I know that it hurts when you put that much effort into things only to have them get messed up.
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| Sad | Jul 19th. at 12:11:06 pm EDT
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Blackwolf (Clive, Alberta) - Email Me
I really feel for this man. He put his heart into his bussiness and some dumb@## comes along and does this horridle thing. I hope that they find the person who did this and that they get the maxium sentence. It doesn't matter if you like gnomes or not, it matters that this mans livelyhood was ruthlessly taken away.
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