My father passed before the pandemic. One item I have of his that I remember he always had on his key chain. Was this pocket screwdriver. Any one else have an item that’s simple but a little odd?
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I have seen a lot of those little 4 way screwdrivers with the Sears or Craftsman name on it. I have one that came Craftsman tool set my parents gave me about 40 years ago. I can see it being handy to carry daily.
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I smell like a Christmas pudding
I made this dice for my Mother when I was at school about 50 years ago; I gave it to her and forgot all about it. After she passed away in 2020 I found it amongst her posessions and now I treasure it.
My dad carried one for years, maybe still does. I think he got it when he was working at Sears. Wow, just did the math, I guess that would have been almost 60 years ago.
I found one in my Grandfather's junk drawer when I was around 10. Its been on my keychain for the last 40 some years, mine has Sears stamped on it.
Picked this rather unusual very Rare Antique Victorian Wine Carafe quite a few years ago 
never seen another like it.
never seen another like it.A nice Thing
If it Quacks like a duck? It must be a Quack THING?
NO, I am never trying it, one might do an injury to oneself
If it Quacks like a duck? It must be a Quack THING?
NO, I am never trying it, one might do an injury to oneself
I have a couple of electrotherapy machines somewhere. From memory one has a glass jar lead acid battery inside.A nice Thing
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NO, I am never trying it, one might do an injury to oneself
Todays old things purchase. A few vintage pond yachts. Might fix one up on the weekend to take sailing with the kid.
Not odd at all. It used to be common place to see one on a keychain.
EVERYone NEEDS an Electric Comb ..... why hell, even I've got one
hmmm, if you not got a Electric Comb.... maybe you NEED a Doo-Hickey, everyone should have a Doo-Hickey, no?
Bonus points if you can tell me what they are?
I would not leave that lying round ..... I'm likely to knock it off ... errr I mean borrow it, like
Another recent find. A pair of antique lignum vitae lawn bowls.
I have a small piece of fence that was once part of the former iron curtain that divided Germany (and Europe).
I took it off a few months after the border had opened, must have been the summer of 1990.
Below is a picture at the same spot taken by me as a young boy in the summer of 1988, facing a GDR border pole from West-Germany and just behind it, the actual iron curtain.
Who would have thought that just two years later I could simply walk into East-Germany and cut off a piece of fence!
Nice thread!
I took it off a few months after the border had opened, must have been the summer of 1990.
Below is a picture at the same spot taken by me as a young boy in the summer of 1988, facing a GDR border pole from West-Germany and just behind it, the actual iron curtain.
Who would have thought that just two years later I could simply walk into East-Germany and cut off a piece of fence!
Nice thread!
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My wife has something old she keeps around.
I'd post a pic, but I don't do selfies.
I'd post a pic, but I don't do selfies.
Yet another thing Phil and I have in common. I have taken to telling people, "I just make sure my key works in the front door."
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Here is the absolute oldest thing I will ever have. My father was a linen salesman, his territory covered central and southern Ohio. A customer of his discovered a mastodon skeleton while excavating a gravel pit on his property. My dad was there and the owner offered him a piece of the tusk, he placed it in this jar where it has remained. It was used for many school projects as a point of reference for history and biology.
class.
I was born "The Golden Child" sole hair to the family fortune, so me dear ole Maw kept me first hospital tag
{i bet they used jute string too}
{i bet they used jute string too}
