What's good TOO?
- Thread starter bowhunter1023
- Start date
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
Nope, thumbmaster allllll the way!!!!!
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
But do you have one of these?......
As many of you know, we recently moved into the house I grew up in (formidable year anyways). My parents left a bunch of stuff downstairs and we've spent the winter going through it. As a result, I've inherited some cool stuff. Today, we netted 3 cool items. One is a clay bowl that was found in the home my grandfather owned called the Sawyer Curtis home. It is among the oldest homes in the county with pre-1800 construction, was on the underground railroad and has a secret tunnel leading to the river, and one of the out buildings is the first post office in this county. Anyway, the bowl is dated to mid-1800s, not overly picture worthy, but very cool nonetheless.
The 2 items worth a photo are these.This tin was a gift of my dad's dad to my mom for her shadow box. It's a WWI or WWII era tin for 6mm .22 blanks. Made by Alfred Nobel's (Nobel Prize guy) company. Not all that valuable monetarily, but still cool to have.
This quilt is from the 1860-1870 time frame. It was made by my great-great-great grandmother on my dad's side. It's been rumored/suggested that the upper left panel that's blue is from a military/militia uniform. It's been in a sealed container for 3 decades. We happen to have a quilt rack in our room with one more space. I'm cleaning it and hanging it on the top rung. The other 3 quilts are heirlooms from our family. Makes a nice touch in the bedroom.
The 2 items worth a photo are these.This tin was a gift of my dad's dad to my mom for her shadow box. It's a WWI or WWII era tin for 6mm .22 blanks. Made by Alfred Nobel's (Nobel Prize guy) company. Not all that valuable monetarily, but still cool to have.
This quilt is from the 1860-1870 time frame. It was made by my great-great-great grandmother on my dad's side. It's been rumored/suggested that the upper left panel that's blue is from a military/militia uniform. It's been in a sealed container for 3 decades. We happen to have a quilt rack in our room with one more space. I'm cleaning it and hanging it on the top rung. The other 3 quilts are heirlooms from our family. Makes a nice touch in the bedroom.
This is also very dear to me. It's my great-grandfather's (mom's side) car wash bucket. He was a meticulous sort. Every year, he'd clean and paint all his hand tools with a silver paint. Every shovel, hoe, rake, etc. was painted that same silver. He was the kind of guy that would expect you to use the bucket, not sit it on a shelf. Eggs are a daily chore around these parts, so I think of him often thanks to this inheritance.
Very nice tributes. Great to see not all is lost from generation to generation. There are still a handful of us who appreciate where we came from.
That sparked a memory for me Jesse...it must’ve been around 1998’ when my grandpa handed me a $2 bill and told me to always keep it and I’d never be broke. He left us in 2003’ and I dread the day I need to change wallets as the time gets closer. She’s worn down and I haven’t pulled it out in years. (Talking about the $2 bill you weirdos) here it B.
There’s been a lot of cash in and out of this wallet over the years...this has never left for more then a story. Still ain’t broke grandpa! Thanks
There’s been a lot of cash in and out of this wallet over the years...this has never left for more then a story. Still ain’t broke grandpa! Thanks
Very cool! I have a little something similar myself. My dad's mom remarried a guy that I knew as Papaw Wayne growing up. I got a love of bird feeders and bird watching from him, but his heirlooms went to his family when he passed. My grandmother gave me the last $1 bill in his wallet when I was 10. It's in a frame that'll go up in my workshop. Obviously not valuable monetarily, but worth far more as a memory.
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
I have a friend who was real good friends with a guy from north central Pennsylvania. The guy tore a dollar bill in half and gave my friend half of it. Told him that he would always carry it in his wallet and that one half would be worth nothing without the other. Every once in a while when we were hunting in Pa, this guy would ask my friend if he still had the half dollar and he would pull it out of his wallet and show him. Well, the guy from Pa passed away, but my friend still carries that half dollar bill in his wallet.
That’s a hell of an idea! Maybe that’s what I’ll do with it. It obviously won’t last in its current resting place, and I’d hate to be broke.
- 599
- 66
Reminds me of my dad and one of his buddies. They were playing pool against each other in a bar one night somewhere close to 1985. They had each bet a $10 bill on the game. Well a fight broke out and everybody got thrown out of the place. Dad took the two 10s and traded them for a 20. He ripped that 20 in half and gave one half to his buddy and kept one. The first person who can't produce that half a bill has to give the other $50. To this day dad and his friend have that half bill in their wallets. Last I knew they checked was at a Christmas party two years ago.
Some will recognize the meaning of this coin, in a way it’s sorta like the bill torn in half but on a grander scale.....