Mike Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Walt Disney World seems to have worked its magic on a Massachusetts couple who accidentally threw away three platinum and diamond wedding rings. While tidying up their villa as they prepared to leave the park late last week, Paul Campanale dumped a cardboard bowl, not knowing the container inside it held his wife Karen's engagement, wedding and five-year-anniversary rings. Park employees warned the couple from Worcester, Mass., that recovering the jewelry was all but impossible. So on Friday, the Campanales and their two children loaded onto a Magical Express bus and headed to the airport. Back at the Wilderness Lodge resort, executive housekeeper Drew Weaver realized that trash from the Campanales' villa hadn't reached the industrial-size compactor yet. He and seven other volunteers donned protective clothing, emptied a parking lot bin and waded through bag after bag of rubbish to find the rings. And they did. Paul Campanale, 37, a chemist, received the good news on his cell phone and Weaver met the family to deliver the rings. Karen Campanale, 35, a teacher, said she was shocked by the find. "That's not the first time we've gone through trash - oh, no," Weaver said. "We don't always find things. Many times we come up empty. But we didn't this time." Copyright© 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 5 year anniversary ring? Boy, has she got him whipped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Can you imagine the deep doo-doo this man would have been in had they not found the rings? [smaller]I have an anniversary band [/smaller] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 I always knew you were a strong woman, Crystal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 is it just me being old fashioned, or are those rings supposed to never come off your finger in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 I never take mine off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 I don't take my wedding band and engagement ring off, either. I'm not a big jewelry person, so I'm afraid if I take them off, I'll lose them. Elvy, don't feel ashamed about your anniversary ring. You are a working Mom that birthed two lovely children...you DESERVE an anniversary band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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