Ralph's Models in Bottles [SIV428]
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- 1/14/16: 88-year-old Ralph Preston has been building model ships in bottles since the tender age of eight. After joining the Navy in WWII, Ralph sailed on real vessels and later spent 30 years teaching math at Saint Michael's College. Over his lifetime, Ralph has produced about 15 highly intricate miniatures including boats and planes. Eva visited him at his South Burlington home and workshop to see what keeps this unique native Vermonter afloat.
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Music: Phil Spitalny, "Anchors Aweigh"
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I had the honor of meeting Ralph at Carbur's restaurant where I was a waitress in the late eighties . He was a regular customer. His stories, kindness, accomplishments, and modesty touched me indelibly. Amazingly, he gave my husband and me a small ship in a bottle that he had made when we got married. I have treasured this wedding gift for thirty years, as I treasure Ralph.
Magnificent!
Very nice video Ralph. I also build my ships outside the bottle, dis-assemble them and rebuild it inside the bottle piece by piece.
awesome
I just had the most random and luminescent experience I’ve ever had. A caretaker of Ralph’s engaged me immediately exiting the door of my apartment. She had so many great things to say about him. Can you get us together please?
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