The summer between my sophomore and junior year of high school, I moved to Japan. And, seeing how I didn’t know anyone, and there wasn’t a whole lot going on where I could meet people, I spent pretty much all my time working.

The fruit of that summer of work was a nice component stereo system. It was top of the line. The speakers were probably four feet tall, and had a fifteen inch subwoofer in them. I delighted in that system. When I moved off for college it stayed in my room, and when I’d go home for vacations it was always happy to be played again.

And now I hear of a garage sale my dad had. And the stereo is gone. And, the part that really hurts is that it is gone for $50. sigh