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jewelry that contain rubies that are offered by merchants at www.TIAS .com

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This story is a reprint from 2003:

The Jar It's sad, but this is not all that uncommon. After your read the story
post your ideas to the online bulletin board at: http://www.auct
onbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=16&31

Once a week I treat myself to a trip to the Goodwill store in my hometown
after work.  Some weeks are better than others, you never know what you will
find.  One particular day, I came across a beautiful apothecary-type jar,
ivory in color with gold-gilt leaves around it.  I'm not a big fan of
glassware, mostly because it is more of a hassle to store and pack when sold. 
I went past the jar, then went back to it.  No, keep moving I told myself.
Before I checked out, I returned to the aisle the jar was in. For some reason
I decided to buy it.  When I got home, I put the jar on my entertainment
center where it has caught the attention of everyone who stops by.  I had
tried a few times to open the jar, but it would not budge.

A girlfriend stopped by one night, and she tried to open the jar for me. 
Suddenly, she had a ghastlyook on her face.  She shook the jar and said "I
think you are sporting somebody's Grama on your entertainment center!" The jar
is a cremation urn!!  My family is really creeped out by it, but what bothers
me is how it ended up at a thrift store!  I feel a tie to this jar, just
because I think nobody should be forgotten.  It will have a place in my home
for as long as I live!!  (Much to the dismay of my husband & kids).  What
would you do?  Bonny P.
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