Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Загадка (A Mystery!)

The other day I came home to the strangest package I have ever received--a package with a thousand stamps!



A package from Russia! From someone I don't know!

The package was very light. At first I thought it contained a used Chuck Berry CD I had recently purchased-- From St. Louie to Frisco.


Nope-- but I was on the right track. Opening the package was a delicate operation. Two pieces a foam, and in between them a sort of sheer plastic envelope. And inside that-- a soviet era record sleeve.



But no record! Or so I thought. Instead of a record I found the X-rays of two healthy looking hands.


I "crowd" sourced this on Facebook. "Look what I received!" And it was Chuck Berry friend Carmelo Genovese (Read About Him HERE) who sent me a YouTube that explained things.

And sure enough, you can see that the two hands look like the hands of a DJ manipulating a record!


And not just any record--a Chuck Berry record! You Never Can Tell! You can see Chuck's name in this shot if you look closely near the thumbs.


My greatest thanks to whoever sent this! There is a return address. It might take a while to find something anywhere near as cool, but it will arrive there someday!


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