Lost: One old metal greek chess set
I dunno if anyone else has ever had this. Something comes up that causes you to think of something you've not seen for years. You spend hours looking for it, and it's obviously not there any more.
Well various things stacked up, and I went raiding for an old chess board this morning. I knew where I'd seen it, and it's actually still there. However, this brought about a search for my old chess pieces. You see, I used to have two sets of pieces, and one board. One set fitted inside the board (it's a reasonably bulky smart board. It also folds in half with the board surface on the outside and pieces on the inside, which is actually what I wanted for this exercise), and the other was loose. Both sets have a history, the loose set I bought around 17 years ago in Greece. I seem to recall they cost about £15-£20 at the time, but they're a very nice metal chess set, and they inspired me to learn how to play chess.
Can I find them? I expected them to be either with my board or with one of mothers (my mother owns more chess sets than I care to count), but they're neither. I've now looked most places they might be, and can't find them. In fact, they're one of a list of things I can't find, which makes me think I've lost a box of stuff somewhere. But I've no idea where, if I knew that, they wouldn't be lost.
I don't think I've seen them in the last 10 years, possibly longer. That's half the problem, it's been so long.
Well various things stacked up, and I went raiding for an old chess board this morning. I knew where I'd seen it, and it's actually still there. However, this brought about a search for my old chess pieces. You see, I used to have two sets of pieces, and one board. One set fitted inside the board (it's a reasonably bulky smart board. It also folds in half with the board surface on the outside and pieces on the inside, which is actually what I wanted for this exercise), and the other was loose. Both sets have a history, the loose set I bought around 17 years ago in Greece. I seem to recall they cost about £15-£20 at the time, but they're a very nice metal chess set, and they inspired me to learn how to play chess.
Can I find them? I expected them to be either with my board or with one of mothers (my mother owns more chess sets than I care to count), but they're neither. I've now looked most places they might be, and can't find them. In fact, they're one of a list of things I can't find, which makes me think I've lost a box of stuff somewhere. But I've no idea where, if I knew that, they wouldn't be lost.
I don't think I've seen them in the last 10 years, possibly longer. That's half the problem, it's been so long.