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MARRIAGE AND A VEGETABLE: Husband loses wedding ring; finds it around carrot

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Bad Münstereifel, GERMANY VIJAY SHAH     The website Gemstars reports today the story of a man in Germany who lost his wedding ring, only to find it in a place he never expected to discover it in. The 82-year-old, a keen gardener, was said to have been in his yard in the small town of Bad Münstereifel a few years ago, when he found to his horror that his wedding band had slipped from his finger and gone missing. Fearful for any possible impact losing the jewellery would have on his marriage, he searched everywhere for it, but to … Continue reading MARRIAGE AND A VEGETABLE: Husband loses wedding ring; finds it around carrot

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PHOTO MOMENT: Fortune cookie earrings

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  A set of earrings featuring charms influenced by the popular Chinese restaurant snacks known as fortune cookies. Produced by Tamara Lance of the U.S. artisan jewellers Musing Tree Studios, the earrings are finished with rounded ceramic beads evocative of Ming porcelain vases and flat beads of turquoise howlite. SOURCES/IMAGE CREDIT: Half-Eaten Mind, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/halfeatenmind First Night Design, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/FirstNightArt Musing Tree Studios, Twitter, Twitter Inc. https://twitter.com/musingtree “Chinese Fortune Cookie Earrings, Good Fortune Jewelry, Chinese Takeout Earrings, Chinese Earrings, Asian Jewelry.” – Tamara Lance and Musing Tree Studios via Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/294317593/chinese-fortune-cookie-earrings-good?utm_source=etsyfu&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api   Continue reading PHOTO MOMENT: Fortune cookie earrings

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SUITS ME, SUITS YOU: A mail-order company for Asian clothes

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By Vijay Shah Here at the Half-Eaten Mind, we receive our fair share of junk mail through the post. Clothes charity leaflets, double glazing, letters addressed to ‘The Occupier’ imploring us to put our modest terraced up for sale. And takeaway leaflets. We get a lot of those here. One morning after breakfast, when I wasn’t feeling particularly peckish to begin with, I was about to leave for the day job, when I noticed this yellow and red piece of glossy paper jammed in the duster of the house letterhole. Here we go again, another damn pizza leaflet. I’ll just … Continue reading SUITS ME, SUITS YOU: A mail-order company for Asian clothes