Best of theBubbler Moments- Share Yours!

[AlumniClub]

Has anything funny, crazy or amazing happened because of your membership on theBubbler? I've been saving this story to share on our 10 year anniversary.
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Last year I purchased someone's first communion certificate at Goodwill. I like religious artifacts and stuff with people's names on it, so this was a perfect addition to my collection of stuff. It had a name on it, and was dated 1934. It makes me feel bad when I see what is probably a family heirloom at Goodwill, so I give these things a home. The certificate hung in our dining room with some of my other Catholic relics.

Shortly after buying the certificate, I responded to a theBubbler poll about how I collect old "junk." I closed my post with, "If you're out there Paul S., I have your communion certificate from the 30's!"

A few months ago, we got an email through theBubbler's contact form from a member that said Paul S. was her father! She had been doing a search on him and found my post! I emailed her with the name and date on the certificate and asked if she could identify anything else, like the church and location of the communion.

She emailed back with the exact church and location on the certificate! She also gave me her father's birth date, which matched a 1934 communion! I couldn't believe it, I had her father's communion certificate. Somehow it ended up at Goodwill, as so many family artifacts do. She is in Missouri now, where her father passed in 2000.

I mailed the certificate to her and now it is back with the family... all because of a little response on a poll! I definitely shushed some of my own family members that make fun of my odd junk collection! Just call me the "Junk Wisperer!"

[keith]

Scoring tickets to see Springsteen on theBubbler was cool. So was getting free drywall from a couple of miles away and learning the Member getting rid of it was my local bartendress.

It's fun giving away cards to theBubbler and finding out people already know about it (often because 'some guy at a bar' gave their spouse a card already).

Selling a boat through theBubbler was satisfying. So was helping friends and clients sell stuff here.

I'd have to say the biggest kick was our first campout. It was like sharing a campfire with 17 old friends I met for the first time.

Hope everyone has some of the fun for the next 10 years!

Regards,
Keith

[dgridley]

Friendly bump of an old thread in need of replies

[pk]

Not sure why I never really noticed this before but what a great story Kris!

I will still say that the best thing ever was the ad I answered that I found on the Bubbler for Savannah Cats! The listing said they had 3 they needed to find homes for.

I answered the ad and after several long phone conversations I knew I had to have one of the cats. As it turns out a friend of mine came with me to meet the husband with the cats near Madison and we took all 3 cats. One for my family, one for her family and the last one went to a yet another friend.

Our cat has turned out to be a great bubbly joy to us!

If I didn't answer the bubbler ad we would not have our Kojo today.