I'm a big fan of Antiques Roadshow. It's the kind of TV program that is both entertaining and informative. It's history too. It's hard for me to realize that there are people who are not fascinated by a 300 year old piece of furniture, a book Ben Franklin published or a What about letters from the Civil War, turn of the century toys or a menu from the Titanic? I've been trying to get tickets to the program for three years now, but it's by lottery only and you have to have more luck than fascinating objects for appraisal. Just missed again this year. I'm told that about 100,000 folks apply for 3000 tickets, so it's a real crapshoot. Still, I keep thinking what I might have taken to the show. Aside from a wonderful old watercolor painting of a young African American girl in a yellow bonnet I bought about 40 years ago in a Texas antique store, the remaining 4 objects would be up for grabs. My wife's family has a relative wo is famous for his oi