Arne wrote:Joseph, you are the man. knock-down table, wicker basket, and a cooler with a handle that locks the lid... I haven't seen one of those for many years..... very nice.
Thanks Arne - I'm a sucker for the classics.
The cooler is an eBay find. I've seen these old coolers go for upwards of $70 in good shape but this one some woman had painted with a country-esque farm scene including a barn, a farmer's wife in a bonnet and some ducks, kinda like they do to old saw blades. What is up with that? Anyway, since she had destroyed the collector's value I got it for about ten bucks, stripped it and was halfway through restoring it when I took it on this trip. I have since repainted the red "7-Up" logo and it functions as a cooler, albeit a very inefficient one - they were only meant for picnic use anyway. Kate has had a red Coca-Cola one for years in the kitchen. It has too much rust to restore to an actual working cooler so we keep dry cat food in it.
Joseph