Hi CJ!
Finally someone acknowledges this extraordinary time capsule on here.
Flabbergasted at the lack of responses TBH. I thought I might have let a cat out of a bag or something similarly catastrophic.
I think the condition of the fuel tin and the condition of the box were the most striking things!
It's as though he just got it down at the local hardware store among the many others on the shelf. The way he tossed it around on the table and opened it added to this.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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