Not talking about the guttering but the gear you carry with you. Near as I reckon, apart from a few books the oldest thing I own is a coffee table I have been dragging around since about 81.
Oh wait, I have a teddy bear from childhood but not going to count that.
There are many objects that have not yet been dated though I know they will be either 20,000 years or older.
However I do have an Australian red cedar cabinet stamped by the commonwealth in April 1876
AwesomeO said:
Not talking about the guttering but the gear you carry with you. Near as I reckon, apart from a few books the oldest thing I own is a coffee table I have been dragging around since about 81.Oh wait, I have a teddy bear from childhood but not going to count that.
My grandfathers ring. It is engraved with his initials. I was named after him so we share the same initials. He died when I was aged about 7, and left it to me. My parents gave it to me as a surprise gift when I turned 18.
I’ve got a piano that has been in the family forever, certainly 19th century.
You can see the marks where the candle holders were removed and a coverup attempted.
Okely dokely, if we are going to go down that route I could mention a few things at my place. It was in retrospect a badly worded question. The question was inspired by discussion of books and the realisation that apart from a few books and a coffee table that everything else has been replaced. Women, cars, fridges, wallets, jeans. The one constant in my life for most of my life has been a beat up coffee table.
I was thinking gear that you actually purchased and own, hence I disregard my teddy bear.
The house is probably the oldest thing we have, 1920
We do have some lead beating tools, but i don’t think they are quite that old
one of these
but my house is 1887.
AwesomeO said:
Okely dokely, if we are going to go down that route I could mention a few things at my place. It was in retrospect a badly worded question. The question was inspired by discussion of books and the realisation that apart from a few books and a coffee table that everything else has been replaced. Women, cars, fridges, wallets, jeans. The one constant in my life for most of my life has been a beat up coffee table.I was thinking gear that you actually purchased and own, hence I disregard my teddy bear.
in that case, the toolbox i bought age 12.
(although i have the plates that were taken out of my arm age 9 if that counts)
AwesomeO said:
I was thinking gear that you actually purchased and own, hence I disregard my teddy bear.
Ah ok… good question.
I have a soldering iron that still works. One of the first things I bought with my own money.
Apart from that, I still have the fishing rod I was given as a birthday present when I was in grade 3. Didn’t buy it myself, obviously.
I’ve got an ooyurka that is inexplicable to to all known research.
JudgeMental said:
one of these
but my house is 1887.
A blue box with a question mark on it is pretty modern, though they may have appeared on early television game shows.
I think he means the items that have been longest in your own possession.
I still have the microscope that I received as a birthday present, aged ten.
As for antiques, most of the stuff I currently own is 19th century, but I do have a pewter bowl that’s probably 1790s. I’ve had earlier stuff years ago but sold it.
AwesomeO said:
Not talking about the guttering but the gear you carry with you. Near as I reckon, apart from a few books the oldest thing I own is a coffee table I have been dragging around since about 81.Oh wait, I have a teddy bear from childhood but not going to count that.
Oops I have some fossils as well, but in my mind I don’t count them as I only purchased them a few years ago.
A better question would have been which bit of domestic or personal crap have you been moving from house to house since forever.
Bubblecar said:
I think he means the items that have been longest in your own possession.I still have the microscope that I received as a birthday present, aged ten.
As for antiques, most of the stuff I currently own is 19th century, but I do have a pewter bowl that’s probably 1790s. I’ve had earlier stuff years ago but sold it.
Thank you, that is what I meant.
If only I still had them, my various Lego kits I saved my pocket money for. Not sure what happened to them. Eventually they all just went into the general family Lego collection. I think my brother may have inherited it all and taken it with him when he moved out, but I don’t know for sure.
Bubblecar said:
I think he means the items that have been longest in your own possession.I still have the microscope that I received as a birthday present, aged ten.
As for antiques, most of the stuff I currently own is 19th century, but I do have a pewter bowl that’s probably 1790s. I’ve had earlier stuff years ago but sold it.
longest in my possession could only be things that came with me from my family home. one of these is an old greenkeepers mower. with a Villiers teacup size motor. There are quite few old tools though.
party_pants said:
If only I still had them, my various Lego kits I saved my pocket money for. Not sure what happened to them. Eventually they all just went into the general family Lego collection. I think my brother may have inherited it all and taken it with him when he moved out, but I don’t know for sure.
all my lego and childhood hot wheels cars (those that aren’t lostin the backyard sandpit) have all gone to my nephews…
it’s ok though, i’ve restarted a collection :)
I have an old photo albumn that contains class photos from grade 1.
AwesomeO said:
Oops I have some fossils as well, but in my mind I don’t count them as I only purchased them a few years ago.A better question would have been which bit of domestic or personal crap have you been moving from house to house since forever.
I have an old cast iron heater that is enameled. in perfect working order .. if anyone can lift it onto a ute and take it away.
party_pants said:
I have an old photo albumn that contains class photos from grade 1.
My mum keeps all that gear
stumpy_seahorse said:
party_pants said:
If only I still had them, my various Lego kits I saved my pocket money for. Not sure what happened to them. Eventually they all just went into the general family Lego collection. I think my brother may have inherited it all and taken it with him when he moved out, but I don’t know for sure.
all my lego and childhood hot wheels cars (those that aren’t lostin the backyard sandpit) have all gone to my nephews…
it’s ok though, i’ve restarted a collection :)
Me to. Though not a true collectionist, I buy one when shopping and take it out of its packet and put it on a shelf to get dusty. Probably got over three hundred of them.
party_pants said:
I have an old photo albumn that contains class photos from grade 1.
I have cases of the family photos going back to early 20th century Ukraine etc. Plus various books that have been in the family since the 19th century.
stumpy_seahorse said:
party_pants said:
I have an old photo albumn that contains class photos from grade 1.
My mum keeps all that gear
When my Mum died, Dad did a big cleanout of the house. I got all my old school reports, even my old vaccination certificates, even a couple of old paintings i did as a kid – things i never knew my Mum kept.
But they have only been on my possession for a couple of years.
probably a penknife i found on santorini in 1980. sitting right in front of me atm. and a buddha i got in bali on the way home. also in front of me.
Actually doing the rule of 10 eyeball count probably closer to 500.
AwesomeO said:
stumpy_seahorse said:
party_pants said:
If only I still had them, my various Lego kits I saved my pocket money for. Not sure what happened to them. Eventually they all just went into the general family Lego collection. I think my brother may have inherited it all and taken it with him when he moved out, but I don’t know for sure.
all my lego and childhood hot wheels cars (those that aren’t lostin the backyard sandpit) have all gone to my nephews…
it’s ok though, i’ve restarted a collection :)
Me to. Though not a true collectionist, I buy one when shopping and take it out of its packet and put it on a shelf to get dusty. Probably got over three hundred of them.
same here,any that look interesting,or have a good paint design i collect.
(but i am anal over them, the cars are all arranged in year the real car was produced order.
Same as my bathurst/ATCC winner collection which ae still in boxes
ahhhh no. a glow plug aero engine i got when i was about 14. sitting on the shelf above me.
I’ve still got Dad himself in a suitcase in the sunroom (the package of his ashes, which we still haven’t got around to scattering).
The thing that has been carted from home to home, is a coffe table sized book printed by the War Memorial during WW2.
It has a heap of actual photos and text mainly from WW1 and a few bits from WW2, put out as a rallying call I suspect. One of the photos is of the ill fated HMAS Sydney.
JudgeMental said:
probably a penknife i found on santorini in 1980. sitting right in front of me atm. and a buddha i got in bali on the way home. also in front of me.
I had a glass I found in the snow in munich, I pointed this to a housemate a while back and it was accidently on purpose smashed the next day – I don’t have housemates now – they are Trojan horses
I was going to say some glass eyes I stole from a morgue but that kind of thing is frowned upon these days
Still have most of my school exercise books dating from my school days in England.
Bubblecar said:
Still have most of my school exercise books dating from my school days in England.
One including an exciting Dalek story I wrote and illustrated in 1965, aged 5 or 6.
Me, probably.
stumpy_seahorse said:
party_pants said:
If only I still had them, my various Lego kits I saved my pocket money for. Not sure what happened to them. Eventually they all just went into the general family Lego collection. I think my brother may have inherited it all and taken it with him when he moved out, but I don’t know for sure.
all my lego and childhood hot wheels cars (those that aren’t lostin the backyard sandpit) have all gone to my nephews…
it’s ok though, i’ve restarted a collection :)
Froome – out!
party_pants said:
Froome – out!
Fred Wong
JudgeMental said:
one of these
but my house is 1887.
Your’s is older than mine.
Mine was built in 1891 or 92.
This little cottage is 1880s, according to the landlady.
sibeen said:
Your’s is older than mine.
Mine was built in 1891 or 92.
Aren’t you near the airport?
The original owners must have been pissed when they invented aircraft and decided to build an airport nearby. There goes the quaint sleepy village.
party_pants said:
sibeen said:Your’s is older than mine.
Mine was built in 1891 or 92.
Aren’t you near the airport?
I’m a couple of kilometres from Essendon airport. About 15 ks from tullamarine.
Bubblecar said:
Still have most of my school exercise books dating from my school days in England.
I have a 2 maps from the late 1500’s
Obviously I’m the sentimental one. I have some of my childhood books, including readers. And a gold cross that my grandfather found on the beach at Apollo Bay and gave to me. I definitely had that at primary school age.
If you want a serious sentimentalist, my mother has a box in the top of her wardrobe with some clothes and papers about my older sister, who died in 1960 at the age of 3 years. She has shown me the dresses, many years ago. I’m not sure what we’ll do with them when Mum dies. It’s only a little box. I don’t remember my sister and my siblings were born after she died.
So basically, most items of ‘domestic crap’ worth keeping have been acquired once past childhood, scattered with random mementos of childhood, and the occasional heirlooms.
I believe I still have a handfull of tools I acquired when I started my apprenticeship. (Along with some childhood crap and an heirloom or two.)
Carmen_Sandiego said:
I believe I still have a handfull of tools I acquired when I started my apprenticeship. (Along with some childhood crap and an heirloom or two.)
Hang on to that left handed screwdriver, mate, it will be worth a shyte load some day.
Much of my kitchen stuff is second hand. We hand things around the family. I have baking tins from my great aunt, enamel dishes from my grandmother, various utensils from my Mum. I’ve never moved on to silicone bakeware, so my stuff is old metal stuff. I’m a bit chary of one bread tin which might well have been a home made one and it might conceivably be lead solder on it. But it is only used occasionally so I doubt I am poisoning us very fast with it.
Books would be the things for me. I can’t often part with a book. There are probably thousands in the house. Including my textbooks from university.
I also have some vinyl that I saved my pocket money to buy. “Hair” and some others. Haven’t got a turntable at present, but maybe one day we’ll remedy that and listen to them again.
buffy said:
Much of my kitchen stuff is second hand. We hand things around the family. I have baking tins from my great aunt, enamel dishes from my grandmother, various utensils from my Mum. I’ve never moved on to silicone bakeware, so my stuff is old metal stuff. I’m a bit chary of one bread tin which might well have been a home made one and it might conceivably be lead solder on it. But it is only used occasionally so I doubt I am poisoning us very fast with it.
Books would be the things for me. I can’t often part with a book. There are probably thousands in the house. Including my textbooks from university.
I also have some vinyl that I saved my pocket money to buy. “Hair” and some others. Haven’t got a turntable at present, but maybe one day we’ll remedy that and listen to them again.
I sold some of my vinyls the other week because a bloke offered me $500
What a great thread curve!
Really got me thinking.
It’d be hard to nail down the exact oldest thing, probably jewellery from my great grandmother?
My most treasured antique pieces are the tools and chest from my grandfather. The old timber cutter’s saws and forged screwdrivers and chisels are nice.
I restored a pedal church organ that is from the late 1800s and I have just inherited a chaise lounge probably same era.
My antique GPO phones are probably 1940s.
Like I said, really got me thinking.
AwesomeO said:
I was thinking gear that you actually purchased and own, hence I disregard my teddy bear.
I that case it would be all the tools, both carpentry and mechanic, that I have been collecting since I was 16.
Still have original Sidcrome socket set and some Stanley wood planes.
The oldest things I have, I collected from the Tanami Desert last year. They are several small pieces of 1.75 billion-year-old sandstone showing beautifully preserved, fossilised sand-ripples.
The oldest thing that I know I purchased, and I know where it is, is the LP “The Pentangle” purchased in 1968.
Michael V said:
The oldest things I have, I collected from the Tanami Desert last year. They are several small pieces of 1.75 billion-year-old sandstone showing beautifully preserved, fossilised sand-ripples.
How do you date fossilised sand ripples?
The Rev Dodgson said:
How do you date fossilised sand ripples?
Count the washed up thongs.
stumps some be quite old
maybe 30+ years
but the carbon dates way back i’m told
same as little old me it appears
and in my departed lad’s treasures
all in neat patterned wooden chests
be artillary shells and dummy projectiles
WW2 and after I guess
I didn’t date them personally, but looked up Geoscience Australia’s records for the rock unit. They could be as young as 1.64 billion years, but 1.75 Ga is easier to remember and fits into the published age range for the Gardiner Sandstone. Detrital zircon Pb/U dating was used. At some stage someone will date the authigenic xenotime in the base of the unit, I would imagine.
http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=7009
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
The oldest things I have, I collected from the Tanami Desert last year. They are several small pieces of 1.75 billion-year-old sandstone showing beautifully preserved, fossilised sand-ripples.
How do you date fossilised sand ripples?
You buy flowers or a part of the Bilby fence on the first date.
Oldest thing in your home? me, at nearly 74.
74!!!!
Skeptic Pete said:
74!!!!
Shussh Skeppy, sposed to be a secret.
Let’s see, I still use my grandmother’s pruning saw, and I saw an identical one a few days ago in an antique shop.
Have a framed licentiate music certificate of mrs m’s grandmother from 1916.
We’re not much into antiques. I was recently posted copies of two family photos from the late 1800s.
On the other hand, the “family register” began on the 17 Feb 1737. The version I have is a photocopy of a hand-copy made in 1845.
Herodotus was writing circa 430 BC, not an original of course.
Brother in law has a genuine iron age horse in his home.