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The oldest thing in your house.
2005-03-04, 6:38 PM #1
I asked my mum about what the oldest thing in the house is after watching the antiques roadshow. She showed me an old pocket-watch, and a picture of a distantish relative who died in world war one. She said there are probably other older things in the house, but she did not know what they were.

So, post some of the older things that are in your house.
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2005-03-04, 6:43 PM #2
Wow. An actually interesting Post Your...

I have no idea right now, but I'll ask my mum tomorrow.
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2005-03-04, 6:44 PM #3
In my house, we have a violin that was made sometime in the 1600's.

There are also some air that's some billions of years old.

And then there's the computer; it's far too old for its own good.
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2005-03-04, 6:44 PM #4
my dad.
2005-03-04, 6:45 PM #5
my cello is from 1714... thats all i can think of off the top of my head
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2005-03-04, 6:49 PM #6
Either my great-grandmother's antique apolstered chairs, or the 386 in the spare bedroom, not sure.
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2005-03-04, 7:00 PM #7
Probably my Amiga 600 buried in the loft.
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2005-03-04, 7:00 PM #8
Most likely the concrete that separates me from my neighbors... silly military dormitories.
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2005-03-04, 7:08 PM #9
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Originally posted by Genki
my cello is from 1714... thats all i can think of off the top of my head


why is it that so many people own old cellos, my new cello teacher, the lady who works at the desk at the music school where I learn cello who also takes cello lessons, they both have cellos over 100 years old.
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2005-03-04, 7:18 PM #10
Oooh, I thought of something else.... we have a fossil somewhere that's probably a couple hundred million years old.
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2005-03-04, 7:30 PM #11
because older cellos have GORGEOUS sound
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2005-03-04, 7:32 PM #12
Quote:
my dad.


I read this thread and I instantly knew I was going to post that. Weird. My dad is 52 (give or take a year or two), so he's old.
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2005-03-04, 7:58 PM #13
My parents have a few albums on vinyl that are pretty old. Oh, oh...there's a tattered, leather recliner that used to belong to my grandfather. Now that's old.
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2005-03-04, 8:11 PM #14
Probably some old 19th century photos.
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2005-03-04, 8:16 PM #15
Hmm, I have alot of pennies. Maybe one of them is from the 50s.

*shrug*

I couldn't care less about antiques.
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2005-03-04, 9:13 PM #16
Well, I have some Arias, mainly in Italian, and one by Faure. hmm, inside joke, I'm sorry.

probably my grandfather's purple heart, but I really couldn't say for sure.
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2005-03-04, 9:18 PM #17
I'd have to say the house itself. It's atleast 90 years old (and a mansion to boot).
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2005-03-04, 9:30 PM #18
I have an old grandfather clock you gotta wind up. Um...maybe some family trinkets I dont bother finding out about.
I can't think of anything to put here right now.
2005-03-04, 9:34 PM #19
i have a few coins from the 1800s

but as far as giving a specific year... i have a copy of Call of the Wild from 1906
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2005-03-04, 10:36 PM #20
Treasures of Science, History and Literature for the Study and the Fireside, Moses Folsom and J.D. O'Connor, Chicago: Moses Warren, 1879.

I bought this book for $10 at a school library book sale in 1999. Second edition, fully illustrated (one of my favorite illustrations is "The Victim of Alcohol" and shows a man lying face down with snakes and demons(?) attacking him). It has all kinds of weird, dated information. Here's a quote:
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How to Prevent Accidents.
1. Never sleep near charcoal; if drowsy at any work where charcoal fires are used, take the fresh air.
2. Never leave horses unhitched and without an attendant in the street.
3. Never throw orange, lemon or apple peel on the sidewalk, nor broken glass into the street.

It goes on like that for a while. It's a bit over 500 pages and covers topics from "How to read your Holy Bible within one year" to a chart listing how long it takes to digest various foods (so you can plan bathroom breaks during the work day).
2005-03-04, 10:43 PM #21
I hve a small oil vase, earthenware, completely intact, from around 900 BC - 400 BC, according to the archeological parchment that came with it. I had it dated, and it is authentic. It was unearthed near Jerusalem. I
2005-03-04, 10:53 PM #22
Some little ceramic figures from occupied Japan.

That's the oldest thing that comes to mind...

My great grandfather's revolver holster is probably pretty old..
2005-03-04, 11:40 PM #23
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2005-03-05, 1:32 AM #24
i have a bunch of books ranging from 1876 - 1930
also a couple of roman coins from about 30 ad or so
an lots of oooooold fossils, even a piece of dino poo :o
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2005-03-05, 6:23 AM #25
Some old photos from when my dad was young, and my granddad's air rifle from when he was a kid.
2005-03-05, 7:08 AM #26
Probably the house itself from around 1890 iirc... also have an old fashioned clothes mangle in the cellar which is probably as old as the house.
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2005-03-05, 7:38 AM #27
At this very moment, my housemate.
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2005-03-05, 7:45 AM #28
other than the structure itself, i think i'm the oldest thing in my house. i have a couple of old coins that i don't really care about but they're at my moms. my oldest boy and her are collecting them.
2005-03-05, 8:15 AM #29
Some sword.
2005-03-05, 8:18 AM #30
The house itself is about 400 years old. I don't think there is anything much older.
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2005-03-05, 8:32 AM #31
we've got some sword from the 1700s.

a rocking chair from the turn of the 20th century

some pocket watches that will be hitting the 100 mark soon.

some books and photographs from the 20s and 30s.
2005-03-05, 10:19 AM #32
I remember when we first moved into this house (about 13 years ago) there was a rusty old sword in the shed. Not quite sure what we did with it.
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2005-03-05, 10:25 AM #33
Our house is filled with antiques. Our dining room table is from the 1700s, we have tons of family photos and two gold watches from the early 1800s that are seriously pimp. One was a retirement gift from a railroad company, the other is worn down and belonged to our relative that was rich as poop. My dad is 55. We have 2 painting from the late 1700's about 5 from 1800's, we have a whole furniture set from the 1800's, marble chess set from the 1800s, I have a buddy lee doll in perfect condition, a cracked one was sold on ebay for $8,000. We have more junk from the 1800's than I can name off.
We've got a confederate officer's sword from the civil war, a flag from the civil war, and a gas mask from ww1.
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2005-03-05, 10:33 AM #34
* Goes outside and grabs some clumps of mud, brings them into the house *

Just some mud that's as old as the Earth.

Now I've got to clean all this sodding mess.
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2005-03-05, 12:27 PM #35
My grandfather's toy truck. It's about 70 years old.
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2005-03-05, 1:11 PM #36
Some pictures from the 19th century of my great great grandfather (really religous rabbi)..
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2005-03-05, 1:59 PM #37
A clock on the mantle piece
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2005-03-05, 2:55 PM #38
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why is it that so many people own old cellos, my new cello teacher, the lady who works at the desk at the music school where I learn cello who also takes cello lessons, they both have cellos over 100 years old.


In the 1600s, there was a mini ice age and the wood in trees grew much more slowly and densely than normal and instruments made from this wood produce a much better sound, Stradivarius most famously.
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2005-03-05, 3:11 PM #39
Probably my dad... or a violin my great gran made, it sounds different to other violins, it's a special violin, it's really really really professional sounding.
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2005-03-05, 3:46 PM #40
A roman coin that's about 2200 years old. Other than that, I have a whole lot of atoms that have been around since the beginning of time.
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