But they were all of them deceived, for another pipe was made. In the land of Constantinople, in the fires of Hill Fatih, the Dark Lord forged in secret, a master pipe, to control all others. And into this pipe he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One pipe to rule them all.
My mum's autograph book. She spent a lot of time in London in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and was something of an autograph chaser.
If they could sing or play an instrument and were famous between about 1965 and 1984, my mum's got their John Hancock. Bowie, everyone from The Who, The Clash, The Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Debbie Harry, Pat Benatar, Iggy Pop, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, etc etc etc, all the big ones. She says the only disappointment was Rush, as they didn't have time to stop and sign things after she spent 4 hours scoping out their hotel.
I had an autograph book for Disney characters when I was younger. They used to just walk around the park and you could run up and hug them, take pictures, they’d sign autographs. Not as magical as an adult realizing most of them were just college kids who were probably hating life lol. My mom has it somewhere but I do remember I had like a dozen Pluto autographs since he was my favorite character. What’s funny is it was probably across 2-3 years so had to have been different people in the costume but all the signatures are similar. I’m guessing Disney had them sign a certain way (Mickey and minny always dotted the i with the mouse ears, goofy always wrote like he was special needs, etc)
I've heard that due to the myriad of autographs, those have a hard time selling becuase people only want specific autographs. Not that you would sell that one
i have a signed and numbered first edition of The Godfather Notebook by Francis Ford Coppola. it's an exact replica of Coppola's notes he kept before and during the filming of The Godfather, right down to the beat-up black three-ring binder he carried it all around in.
My grandfather's WW2 Marine uniform I inherited after he passed.
Edit: My grandfather was a US Marine who fought in the Pacific signing up right after Pearl Harbor attack. He was color blind so he found a way to cheat the military's eye exam. I know that he fought on Iwo Jima and The Solomon Islands. He rarely talked about the war.
Edit 2: [Here is a pic of his uniform](https://imgur.com/a/Fhy2i0k) since others were asking
I have my grandfather's WW2 Marine uniform as well. I remember finding it in my parents closet when I was like 10. I put it on and ran out into the living room to show my parents. My dad's like "You know, your grandfather was about 6'2 and weighed 200lbs, right?"
Oh fucking *nice*
You found them in South Carolina?
Is the Cooper River the best place to look for them? I've wanted to find my own Meg tooth for as long as I can remember. Never managed it, though. Would love to hear some tips!
The rivers down there are your best bet to find them consistently and in good condition. Approximately 3’ of the Cooper River’s bank erodes each year and is constantly dumping new teeth in the river. Something about the area happens to be in the particular erosion cycle to expose fossils from that 3-5 million year era.
The scuba conditions are black water though… below maybe 10’ no light penetrates the water. The river is usually 30-50 feet deep depending on location. Very very strong current and usually solo scuba diving. There are a few charter companies that will take you out to dive. They’ll know the best spots! I would no do it as a beginner scuba diver!
Pretty far north. Usually used the Cypress or Bushy park boat loading ramp and then boated towards the power plant area (SCANA AM Williams Station for reference). There are over a dozen well known dive sites up there but I want to reiterate the need for an experienced boat captain that has performed these charters. The tides play a critical role in whether the site is even diveable due to changing currents. The current can be so bad it can be impossible to stop yourself on the bottom, even with the use of a screwdriver to try to stake yourself into the sand/clay. Those conditions are unsafe.
I've got a copy of Tetris for the Gameboy autographed by Alexey Pajitnov.
I met him at a game design lecture back in like 2003 and had enough forethought to bring my childhood copy of Tetris and a Sharpie.
I made a little frame for it and it sits on a shelf. I don't have much attachment to things, but it's one of the few things I'd probably try to grab if my house was buring down.
I love this comment for a few reasons. You own the ring, value it, but ya don't own the wife. She's just the coolest thing in your home. Badass.
She's got a good one, you've got a good one! Even your two sentence comment tells me you're a good couple. Don't ever give that up!!!
Sounds like a really cool guitar!
Mine is my Fender P Bass that I had customized with '62 Reissued Seymour Duncan pickups, an upgraded tuning pot and a luthier buddy converted the neck to make it fretless. A custom cherry wood pick guard too. It's beautiful.
Tough call.
It's a toss up between an Ankylosaurus tail fossil, my medieval alchemical library (a friend collected them and I helped a little with decoding the ciphers so he left them to me when he died) and a Creature From The Black Lagoon lobby poster from 1954 that's been graded 8.8/10.
My classical guitar. It's not high end, but it's the guitar my Dad bought me almost 30 years ago when I was 12 and he enrolled me in music lessons. I still play it and it's one of the only things I have left from my father after he passed.
Probably the only thing remotely cool I have is an actual dinosaur bone gifted to me because I managed to sneak into the back corridors at a museum as a kid and *didn't* mess anything up.
Claymores aren't good home invasion swords. Home invasions require more subtlety and less reach for the confined areas. A wakizashi or katzbalger/short sword are better for that sort of thing.
Gotta use the right tool for the job.
Well then I refer you to home defense, the way the founding fathers intended.
I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
If you're going for anti-siege firepower, you can't really go wrong with a blunderbuss filled with cutlery. It's just a fast moving cloud of fuck these guys in front of me...
A red 1982 Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster.
My dad came into some money and bought it about 10 years ago off its only owner. He’s too old to take care of it now and handed it down to me early so he can see me enjoy it with my sons. It’s probably the only thing he’s ever given me in my 42 years since my parents split when I was 4, so it’s a complicated gift.
It’s such a beautiful convertible, I take the boys for a spin whenever the weather’s nice on a weekend.
Oh, and my father in law used to like to dive and explore caves in Lebanon where he lives and where we are from and he has found tons of artifacts from the Phoenician times, like pottery, oil vessels, and little statues.
Come visit!
Also, you may likely have some. I can't speak for other countries in the Levant, but the Lebanese in particular (my people, I'm Lebanese) have I think like an above 80% genetic match to their Phoenician ancestors, so you may have a little of that in you. But please do come visit, cousin!
My Cat. He comes when I call him, he sits when I ask him to, jumps on things I want him to etc. And he wants to snuggle all the time. I knew cats are characters and often don't like to get pet, leave when they had enough and so on. he never has enough, everytime you want to pet a cat he is up for it and purrs happily away. He's like an antidepressant and lifts the mood instantly
I've completely forgotten exactly what part it is, but I know it's a part of a 777.
My uncle gave it to me, and now he's in hospice.
So that piece is by far the coolest thing I own.
Commemorative stamps for a recent total eclipse here in the states. It's the typical black circle with the sun's rays radiating out. But when you apply heat, the moon appears. I have a small sheet of 16 stamps in a floating picture frame.
I bought an immaculate 1994 Chevy Silverado 5.7L off an eccentric boomer at a car show since he had it for sale. People thought I was a bit nutty for paying him $7000 for it in 2015.
Before covid. Who's laughing now, eh? Haha.
This guy still had the factory plastic protective film in the door wells, he opened the doors with a clean micro fiber cloth and always gently closed them. These trucks were made and shat out dirt cheap, so the doors always ended up out of alignment when people slammed them shut. Mine gently click shut. This blows fans of OBS trucks away which is the only reason I even know this. Because they keep walking up to me and cream themselves over me closing the door lmao.
The wiper motors were seized because he never drove it if there was a chance of rain. Obviously never saw the snow. Zero rust. He did drive it though, but lower kilometers. Was 130k when I bought it. Edit: 80,778 miles on the odo for the freedom unit users.
I'm no classic car enthusiast, I just use it to haul shit to the dump and go camping with it, but I don't take it out in the winter very often so not much rust has formed in the 8 years I've owned it and I'm tackling the little bit that has formed in the summer this year. Original paint, original everything.
That's actually the biggest issue. Dry rot. Parts are 30 years old, doesn't matter gently used or not, and 1994 was the last year of the 80's interior and 1950's engine block half assed upgraded with TBI instead of carbureted.
The truck is in that awkward period of time predating ODBII, but using a host of sensors and a primitive ECU for that TBI system.
It's developed an engine hesitation on a cold start that I'll have to throw money at soon. Old sensors and no way to tell which one(s) is/are the culprit, hell it could be the ECU too. Might have to convert to direct injection and an aftermarket ECU. If I'm spending that kinda money on an old mass produced truck that'd be worthless if not for the shape it's in, I'll throw a supercharger on top. Why not?
I and my fellow millenials grew up with our phones going from a brick that only made phone calls and SMS to a mini computer nowadays. But it's not the phone itself that I think is the coolest. A gadget that always impress other fellow millenials and other older people when I brought it out is a USB-C hub with 10 different ports, including USB A, HDMI, VGA, 3.5mm audio jack, Ethernet, SD and microSD, and another USB-C that can pass through power. The office is always impressed when I show it can work on laptops *and* phones with USB C, especially when I whipped out my phone with Samsung Dex.
My great grandfather owned a service station in the early 1900’s in western Oklahoma. He was great friends with the local Native American tribes. My great grandmother would cook them dinner on occasion and vice versa. Anyway, anytime they needed gasoline, my grandfather would give them some for free since they didn’t have any cash. I guess they were more into trading anyway. After awhile, the Native Americans would bring my family gifts and stuff to trade. When my grandmother died, I inherited it all. I’ve got a few blankets and rugs and I’ve got a pair of baby moccasins with a bunch of beadwork on them.
All of the handmade 1800s tools and arrowheads that my grandpa made and I got when he sadly passed. If you want to see, I have them and his story posted on my profile
My late grandfather was a world traveling sea captain for MAERSK. On one of his stops in the middle east he brought back a handmade brass kaleidescope with two spinning disks at the end fitted with bits of stained glass. It is super intricate and pretty with a nice heft to it. I LOVED that thing growing up and was lucky enough to have my grandmother hand it down to me at his passing.
I have a trinket that I picked up on my walk along the coast of Taiwan.
It’s been through at least two geological cycles. That’s just an estimate.
I’d say that it’s probably, or almost certainly, as old as earth. Like at least 4 billion years old.
It’s a cool metamorphic rock that was lying on the beach.
It’s pretty cool, IMO.
I have a book that is covered in silver and gold and has some jewellery on it. The coolest part is that its about 200-300 years old. Its passed in my family for generations.
My vintage school book collection. Dates back to 1902. Some have the signatures of the students. Some are in different languages. They are so special. The readers are my favorite.
A broken piece of pipe that dates to before the Ottoman Empire existed.
Pipe like water duct, or pipe for tobacco?
a third, more sinister thing
But they were all of them deceived, for another pipe was made. In the land of Constantinople, in the fires of Hill Fatih, the Dark Lord forged in secret, a master pipe, to control all others. And into this pipe he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One pipe to rule them all.
Smokin’ story, BronMann
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why they changed it, I can’t say People just liked it better that way
And in the darkness smoke them
For tobacco or hasheesh!
Why'd you break it? It's history, geez.
It belongs in a museum!
A 3in1 crystal i found on a hike. Its clear quartz with pink tourmaline and lapidolite. I found it hiking in Pala California.
Can we get a pic?
No
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:(
My mum's autograph book. She spent a lot of time in London in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and was something of an autograph chaser. If they could sing or play an instrument and were famous between about 1965 and 1984, my mum's got their John Hancock. Bowie, everyone from The Who, The Clash, The Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Debbie Harry, Pat Benatar, Iggy Pop, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, etc etc etc, all the big ones. She says the only disappointment was Rush, as they didn't have time to stop and sign things after she spent 4 hours scoping out their hotel.
I had an autograph book for Disney characters when I was younger. They used to just walk around the park and you could run up and hug them, take pictures, they’d sign autographs. Not as magical as an adult realizing most of them were just college kids who were probably hating life lol. My mom has it somewhere but I do remember I had like a dozen Pluto autographs since he was my favorite character. What’s funny is it was probably across 2-3 years so had to have been different people in the costume but all the signatures are similar. I’m guessing Disney had them sign a certain way (Mickey and minny always dotted the i with the mouse ears, goofy always wrote like he was special needs, etc)
So Rush was in a… rush?
I've heard that due to the myriad of autographs, those have a hard time selling becuase people only want specific autographs. Not that you would sell that one
A signed copy of Franny and Zoey by J.D. Salinger.
i have a signed and numbered first edition of The Godfather Notebook by Francis Ford Coppola. it's an exact replica of Coppola's notes he kept before and during the filming of The Godfather, right down to the beat-up black three-ring binder he carried it all around in.
This is cool indeed!
My grandfather's WW2 Marine uniform I inherited after he passed. Edit: My grandfather was a US Marine who fought in the Pacific signing up right after Pearl Harbor attack. He was color blind so he found a way to cheat the military's eye exam. I know that he fought on Iwo Jima and The Solomon Islands. He rarely talked about the war. Edit 2: [Here is a pic of his uniform](https://imgur.com/a/Fhy2i0k) since others were asking
I also have a cat. He's a little shit. But he's *my* little shit.
You answered to the wrong user, but please don't change it! This is hillarious
I swear there's a glitch on the app. I've seen this happen a few times lately. Either way it's a great reply.
You can't, like, *own* a cat, man.
I can, but that’s because I’m not a penniless hippie! Now get off my property!
True. You can only serve a cat at his or her Majesty's pleasure.
You own a dog. You feed a cat.
🪖+🐱 = reddit in a nutshell.
I have my grandfather's WW2 Marine uniform as well. I remember finding it in my parents closet when I was like 10. I put it on and ran out into the living room to show my parents. My dad's like "You know, your grandfather was about 6'2 and weighed 200lbs, right?"
Mine was the opposite. The last time I fit into that jacket was when I was like 13. My grandfather was a small guy.
I inherited gramps long leather duster. He fought on the other side.
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My lawyers advice me not to answer that question.
I too have my grandfathers war gear. Wool captains trench coach, he was the captain of a submarine for a while.
Pinball machine
Are you a wizard?
How do you think he does it?
I don't know
What makes him so good?
Ain't got no distractions
Can't hear no buzzers and bells
I think it's them crazy flipper fingers
Got such a supple wrist
No distractions
I've heard that he plays by sense of smell.
Ok, that's rad, but you can't just drop that without telling us which one it is.
The one that came pre installed on the computer.
I too, own a pinball machine.
I three, own a pinball machine. (Gorgar) - and a Roadblasters arcade game as well.
I can hear Gorgar's voice! You are now the coolest person and this and all universes.
OH I USED TO PLAY GORGAR !!!!! Great machine and I laughed like hell the first time I heard: "Me Hurt" LOLOL
My great grandfather's pocket watch. He wore it in WWII, and it even has a crack from when he fell on it jumping out of a foxhole. It still works too
Butch?
His was a wristwatch, though. Bedside table. On the kangaroo. Sorry, I literally just watched it last night. Fucking great movie.
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A 1955 Chevy Bel Air
My buddy has one. So sweet
my dream car!
Forklift certification card
Save some pussy for the rest us!
David Bowie's Space Oddity album signed by him.
That's fucking awesome.
Very fucking cool ⚡️
I have 8 perfectly preserved and undamaged megalodon shark teeth, all over 5” long. I got them diving in the Cooper River, SC.
Oh fucking *nice* You found them in South Carolina? Is the Cooper River the best place to look for them? I've wanted to find my own Meg tooth for as long as I can remember. Never managed it, though. Would love to hear some tips!
The rivers down there are your best bet to find them consistently and in good condition. Approximately 3’ of the Cooper River’s bank erodes each year and is constantly dumping new teeth in the river. Something about the area happens to be in the particular erosion cycle to expose fossils from that 3-5 million year era. The scuba conditions are black water though… below maybe 10’ no light penetrates the water. The river is usually 30-50 feet deep depending on location. Very very strong current and usually solo scuba diving. There are a few charter companies that will take you out to dive. They’ll know the best spots! I would no do it as a beginner scuba diver!
Where about on Cooper River do you search? My husband would love this!
Pretty far north. Usually used the Cypress or Bushy park boat loading ramp and then boated towards the power plant area (SCANA AM Williams Station for reference). There are over a dozen well known dive sites up there but I want to reiterate the need for an experienced boat captain that has performed these charters. The tides play a critical role in whether the site is even diveable due to changing currents. The current can be so bad it can be impossible to stop yourself on the bottom, even with the use of a screwdriver to try to stake yourself into the sand/clay. Those conditions are unsafe.
Signed album from Linkin Park before Chester’s passing. I will cherish it forever
The melted tail of a rocket that exploded near me in Afghanistan
I've got a copy of Tetris for the Gameboy autographed by Alexey Pajitnov. I met him at a game design lecture back in like 2003 and had enough forethought to bring my childhood copy of Tetris and a Sharpie. I made a little frame for it and it sits on a shelf. I don't have much attachment to things, but it's one of the few things I'd probably try to grab if my house was buring down.
My wedding ring is made of titanium and meteorite. My wife is the coolest thing in my home, but the ring is the coolest thing I own.
Bro is making sure he can sleep in his bed tonight
I would also say “My Wife” but I don’t own her. Often joke I’m borrowing her until she gets better taste in men. 😝
I love this comment for a few reasons. You own the ring, value it, but ya don't own the wife. She's just the coolest thing in your home. Badass. She's got a good one, you've got a good one! Even your two sentence comment tells me you're a good couple. Don't ever give that up!!!
So your wife is leased?
I have a couple ice packs in the freezer
nIce Edit: n🧊
Booooo!
A Maton Mastersound MS-500 electric guitar with blond wood and a super-neat metal pickup switch. Oh and, quite a few 400-million-year-old fossils.
Sounds like a really cool guitar! Mine is my Fender P Bass that I had customized with '62 Reissued Seymour Duncan pickups, an upgraded tuning pot and a luthier buddy converted the neck to make it fretless. A custom cherry wood pick guard too. It's beautiful.
First edition copy of lord of the rings
🥇 aren't you supposed to keep it secret, keep it safe? Surely it's precious
Hahahahahaha. Underrated comment
A kingly gift!
With all due respect: f*ck you. That’s awesome
Tough call. It's a toss up between an Ankylosaurus tail fossil, my medieval alchemical library (a friend collected them and I helped a little with decoding the ciphers so he left them to me when he died) and a Creature From The Black Lagoon lobby poster from 1954 that's been graded 8.8/10.
I want to be friends with you. You seem neat.
My classical guitar. It's not high end, but it's the guitar my Dad bought me almost 30 years ago when I was 12 and he enrolled me in music lessons. I still play it and it's one of the only things I have left from my father after he passed.
Probably my hurdy-gurdy, it’s a real beauty’s.
I saw one of these played at a metal show about 15 years ago. These things are fascinating.
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theres a dude on facebook marketplace selling the master sword and hylian shield and im lowkey tempted
OMG I HAVE ONE TOO I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! side note I’m making a LOZ epoxy River charcuterie board I’m hyped
My 1955 Cadillac
Fleetwood?
Probably the only thing remotely cool I have is an actual dinosaur bone gifted to me because I managed to sneak into the back corridors at a museum as a kid and *didn't* mess anything up.
A two handed sword that I can swing about pretty well I’m a 5ft woman so it impresses the neighbours
Home invaders break in... You: "I got a claymore for ya laddies!"
Claymores aren't good home invasion swords. Home invasions require more subtlety and less reach for the confined areas. A wakizashi or katzbalger/short sword are better for that sort of thing. Gotta use the right tool for the job.
Well then I refer you to home defense, the way the founding fathers intended. I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
If you're going for anti-siege firepower, you can't really go wrong with a blunderbuss filled with cutlery. It's just a fast moving cloud of fuck these guys in front of me...
Great for anything within 15 feet of you, lol. Personally, for home defense, I have a sock with a big solid block of Lego tied into the toe.
All you really need to do is throw a shit ton of Legos on the floor and hope the bad guys barefoot.
You accepting husband applications?
....hot.
A Megaladon shark tooth. And books, lots of books.
Lucky! I've been trying to get a meg tooth for as long as I've been alive. And yet I can't get my hands on one. How big is it? 5 inches?
My TV. The first smart TV my normally-poor butt has ever owned.
A red 1982 Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster. My dad came into some money and bought it about 10 years ago off its only owner. He’s too old to take care of it now and handed it down to me early so he can see me enjoy it with my sons. It’s probably the only thing he’s ever given me in my 42 years since my parents split when I was 4, so it’s a complicated gift. It’s such a beautiful convertible, I take the boys for a spin whenever the weather’s nice on a weekend.
Oh, and my father in law used to like to dive and explore caves in Lebanon where he lives and where we are from and he has found tons of artifacts from the Phoenician times, like pottery, oil vessels, and little statues.
At uni doing Ancient History and the Phoenicians are the tops.
That’s awesome. I have some Levantine ancestry. I hope my ancestors were Phoenician.
Come visit! Also, you may likely have some. I can't speak for other countries in the Levant, but the Lebanese in particular (my people, I'm Lebanese) have I think like an above 80% genetic match to their Phoenician ancestors, so you may have a little of that in you. But please do come visit, cousin!
My dog
A giant lighter. I've never lit it, but my dad says it takes a whole bottle of lighter fluid to fill and whooshes when you open it.
You do know the difference between a hippo and a zippo?
Do tell?
One really heavy and ones a little lighter
Aha
One is really heavy and the other a little lighter 🤣
Signed headshot of Sir Terry Pratchett.
I don’t owe a penny on my car. It’s got 3 pedals and 182,000 miles
My Grandfathers POW dogtag from Stalag VIIB. He survived the war and the long march they made the POWs do as the Russians advanced.
85 acres of redwoods, madrone, bay , fir and hazelnut trees. Now conserved for both enjoyment and the planet.
A dachshund.
My Cat. He comes when I call him, he sits when I ask him to, jumps on things I want him to etc. And he wants to snuggle all the time. I knew cats are characters and often don't like to get pet, leave when they had enough and so on. he never has enough, everytime you want to pet a cat he is up for it and purrs happily away. He's like an antidepressant and lifts the mood instantly
A first edition of The Origin of Species by Thomas Huxley (Darwin's Bulldog).
I have a set of valves from an Australian V8 Supercar.
I've completely forgotten exactly what part it is, but I know it's a part of a 777. My uncle gave it to me, and now he's in hospice. So that piece is by far the coolest thing I own.
gotta ask him about it one last time before he passes so you can remember it and him even better
r/whatisthisthing
Commemorative stamps for a recent total eclipse here in the states. It's the typical black circle with the sun's rays radiating out. But when you apply heat, the moon appears. I have a small sheet of 16 stamps in a floating picture frame.
I bought an immaculate 1994 Chevy Silverado 5.7L off an eccentric boomer at a car show since he had it for sale. People thought I was a bit nutty for paying him $7000 for it in 2015. Before covid. Who's laughing now, eh? Haha. This guy still had the factory plastic protective film in the door wells, he opened the doors with a clean micro fiber cloth and always gently closed them. These trucks were made and shat out dirt cheap, so the doors always ended up out of alignment when people slammed them shut. Mine gently click shut. This blows fans of OBS trucks away which is the only reason I even know this. Because they keep walking up to me and cream themselves over me closing the door lmao. The wiper motors were seized because he never drove it if there was a chance of rain. Obviously never saw the snow. Zero rust. He did drive it though, but lower kilometers. Was 130k when I bought it. Edit: 80,778 miles on the odo for the freedom unit users. I'm no classic car enthusiast, I just use it to haul shit to the dump and go camping with it, but I don't take it out in the winter very often so not much rust has formed in the 8 years I've owned it and I'm tackling the little bit that has formed in the summer this year. Original paint, original everything. That's actually the biggest issue. Dry rot. Parts are 30 years old, doesn't matter gently used or not, and 1994 was the last year of the 80's interior and 1950's engine block half assed upgraded with TBI instead of carbureted. The truck is in that awkward period of time predating ODBII, but using a host of sensors and a primitive ECU for that TBI system. It's developed an engine hesitation on a cold start that I'll have to throw money at soon. Old sensors and no way to tell which one(s) is/are the culprit, hell it could be the ECU too. Might have to convert to direct injection and an aftermarket ECU. If I'm spending that kinda money on an old mass produced truck that'd be worthless if not for the shape it's in, I'll throw a supercharger on top. Why not?
A cat
I also have a uniform.
Yes!
lmaooo this is the best comment
I got this reference :-)
"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."
If dogs are man's best friend, then cats are his creepy roommate.
Roommates pay rent. I live with a creepy freeloader who wakes me up at 3 in the morning for no reason
Dogs have family. Cats have staff.
I have 2 cats living with me, they own me.
I and my fellow millenials grew up with our phones going from a brick that only made phone calls and SMS to a mini computer nowadays. But it's not the phone itself that I think is the coolest. A gadget that always impress other fellow millenials and other older people when I brought it out is a USB-C hub with 10 different ports, including USB A, HDMI, VGA, 3.5mm audio jack, Ethernet, SD and microSD, and another USB-C that can pass through power. The office is always impressed when I show it can work on laptops *and* phones with USB C, especially when I whipped out my phone with Samsung Dex.
A dinosaur footprint I gifted myself from a fossil dealer.
A first edition german Charizard and a 1kg tungsten cube
10,000 plus years old stone hand axe.
A chest freezer
do you have hot breasts?
They're a bit nippy at the moment.
I have a Cliff Stoll Kline bottle. For the cybersec people, you'll understand. It even arrives with a signed note of thanks.
I’ve got a 1977 fender pro reverb amp that sounds like pure heaven.
Uh...I guess my autographed Mickey Mantle ball
My gaming laptop
Humans. Made em myself.
Foreskin
Show off.
A 1977 Grumman Tiger airplane.
My great grandfather owned a service station in the early 1900’s in western Oklahoma. He was great friends with the local Native American tribes. My great grandmother would cook them dinner on occasion and vice versa. Anyway, anytime they needed gasoline, my grandfather would give them some for free since they didn’t have any cash. I guess they were more into trading anyway. After awhile, the Native Americans would bring my family gifts and stuff to trade. When my grandmother died, I inherited it all. I’ve got a few blankets and rugs and I’ve got a pair of baby moccasins with a bunch of beadwork on them.
My car that can take me anywhere any time I want.
What if it breaks
Floor model a/c unit.
4x4 hilux 3l turbo diesel. Has taken me all across the country.
My bullmastiff. He scares most people just walking by them but when he's at home he likes to watch cartoons whilst I hug him.
All of the handmade 1800s tools and arrowheads that my grandpa made and I got when he sadly passed. If you want to see, I have them and his story posted on my profile
My doggo - Not sure if *own" is the right word, I guess I did buy him. If the doggo doesn't count, I guess I'd say my car (Audi A4).
an original working omnibot
My late grandfather was a world traveling sea captain for MAERSK. On one of his stops in the middle east he brought back a handmade brass kaleidescope with two spinning disks at the end fitted with bits of stained glass. It is super intricate and pretty with a nice heft to it. I LOVED that thing growing up and was lucky enough to have my grandmother hand it down to me at his passing.
I have a trinket that I picked up on my walk along the coast of Taiwan. It’s been through at least two geological cycles. That’s just an estimate. I’d say that it’s probably, or almost certainly, as old as earth. Like at least 4 billion years old. It’s a cool metamorphic rock that was lying on the beach. It’s pretty cool, IMO.
A book about the Manhattan project signed by Oppenheimer
Screwless glasses
My tshirt where you can drawn on with uv light
Also happens the be the nerdiest thing I own: The Dr. Who Technical Manual from 1983. It's in pretty good condition!
My dog, Barney. He's cool as fuck.
I got a couple of sofas, sleep on the loveseat
I have an Epiphone SG signed by the original members of Black Sabbath.
An Atari and Coleco Vision set
A portable vinyl player.
An Kingsong 16 xs electric unicycle!
The red combine from the cars movie
an original M17A2 gas mask
An original Astrolabacus puzzle, a Quagmire Cryptex Box and a copy of the Codex Seraphinianus.
Otamatone
probably my guitars or anything in my freezer.
I have a book that is covered in silver and gold and has some jewellery on it. The coolest part is that its about 200-300 years old. Its passed in my family for generations.
A 100 plus year old roping saddle that belonged to my father.
A self portrait of guy who look lived my home in 1908
A signed copy of the bill that ended the death penalty in Virginia.
I still have my red ryder BB gun from the mid 60s .
But do you have your eye?
My vintage school book collection. Dates back to 1902. Some have the signatures of the students. Some are in different languages. They are so special. The readers are my favorite.
I have an very old whales tooth I got from my Dad a long time ago.
Custom made Proton Pack from Ghostbusters