Joy
The horseshoe was probably German Original equipment. : >

Lots of Germans have horseshoes attached to their grills etc,

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> Date:    Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:33:09 -0500
> From:    Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures
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> Oh, and as for weird stuff in that crack just left of the seat - Karl
> M. and I found a real horseshoe here, when we cleared everything out
> for him to install my propex heater.  Also a lot of bits of junk,
> toys, pencils, money.  But the horseshoe was pretty weird!  I did not
> keep it for good luck - gave it to Karl, who said he'd recycle it.
>
> Is it still Friday back there in the US somewhere?  Yeah, it's Friday
> in Hawaii, isn't it?