Sunday, January 13, 2013

A New Heirloom?

New Bern, NC

Dave gave me a neat coffee mug for Christmas.  At first, I though he was fond of this mug because of its clever carabiner clip/handle.  That allows you to hang it on the strap of a backpack, or on the lifeline of a pitching sailboat.  Cool.

After using it a bit, I realized that it is much more.   This Stanley brand cup is made with the same materials and same design principles as my beloved thermos.  I blogged before about my thermos.  I even said that when I die I would like my ashes to be stuffed in my thermos and thrown in the sea.  This Stanley cup will last a lifetime.

To be sure, I don't have enough remaining in this lifetime to make this cup as beat up and worn as my thermos.  I have nearly 1 million miles of travel logged on the thermos.  I'll never come close with the cup.  Nevertheless, I guess this cup is destined to become a new Mills family heirloom.  Heck, I could even will it back to Dave when I die.  He has his own Stanley cup, but he could hang mine on the wall or pass it on to his son Bobby.




1 comment:

  1. Mine had a hard plastic bottom that would "slip sliding away" all over the place. I first glued some Rubbermaid shelf liner rubber stuff that did not hold up. Then I used a old mouse pad that did the trick.

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