We spent the afternoon with Geert Drenth and Rika. Geert is, by day, an insurance agent. By night and weekends, he is, among many things, a magician (illusionist), and collector. His collection includes bank notes, coins, napkins, stamps, shopping cart tokens; but his greatest collection is a collection of absolutely anything that has to do with cards. If it has hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, he collects it. Ties, card decks, casino chips, bedsheets, pajamas, jigsaw puzzles, tea sets, candles, ash trays, matches, soap, candy, cigarette lighters, clay smoking pipes, fine china, shot glasses, beer mugs, photos, record albums (33 1/3 and 45), floor tile, umbrellas, silk banners, pantihose, . . . . . .; absolutely anything that has to do with cards, he collects. I would guess he probably has over 100,000 different items, all neatly catalogued, displayed and stored. He calls himself "crazy", and in his own wonderful delightful way, he is. Don't change what ain't broke. The two photos include Rika and Geert, with Ilona, Marcia, and Mike with, as you can see, playing card hats!!!!!
We are heading, tomorrow, to Denmark, by train. We may not have an update for a couple of days.
Dag (bye).
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