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  1. I am cleaning our attic storage, and found some mysterious things.

    First, a brief case full of magnetic tapes of some bands albums and several sheets of paper cataloguing the bands, their albums etc. Potentially somebody could be interested in this?

    Second, old Christmas ornaments, old rugs.

    Third, a bird nest behind some old piles of planks and doors.

    #cleaning #OldStuff

  2. I am cleaning our attic storage, and found some mysterious things.

    First, a brief case full of magnetic tapes of some bands albums and several sheets of paper cataloguing the bands, their albums etc. Potentially somebody could be interested in this?

    Second, old Christmas ornaments, old rugs.

    Third, a bird nest behind some old piles of planks and doors.

    #cleaning #OldStuff

  3. I am cleaning our attic storage, and found some mysterious things.

    First, a brief case full of magnetic tapes of some bands albums and several sheets of paper cataloguing the bands, their albums etc. Potentially somebody could be interested in this?

    Second, old Christmas ornaments, old rugs.

    Third, a bird nest behind some old piles of planks and doors.

    #cleaning #OldStuff

  4. I am cleaning our attic storage, and found some mysterious things.

    First, a brief case full of magnetic tapes of some bands albums and several sheets of paper cataloguing the bands, their albums etc. Potentially somebody could be interested in this?

    Second, old Christmas ornaments, old rugs.

    Third, a bird nest behind some old piles of planks and doors.

    #cleaning #OldStuff

  5. I am cleaning our attic storage, and found some mysterious things.

    First, a brief case full of magnetic tapes of some bands albums and several sheets of paper cataloguing the bands, their albums etc. Potentially somebody could be interested in this?

    Second, old Christmas ornaments, old rugs.

    Third, a bird nest behind some old piles of planks and doors.

    #cleaning #OldStuff

  6. Today's amazing #OldStuff find was this video distribution stuff including CRT rack mounted monitors under a theatre in Manchester

  7. Today's amazing #OldStuff find was this video distribution stuff including CRT rack mounted monitors under a theatre in Manchester

  8. Today's amazing #OldStuff find was this video distribution stuff including CRT rack mounted monitors under a theatre in Manchester

  9. Today's amazing #OldStuff find was this video distribution stuff including CRT rack mounted monitors under a theatre in Manchester

  10. @dfx Ich habe hier (71739) noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮💾💿🖥️
    #WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk

  11. @dfx Ich habe hier (71739) noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮💾💿🖥️
    #WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk

  12. @dfx Ich habe hier (71739) noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮💾💿🖥️
    #WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk

  13. @dfx Ich habe hier (71739) noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮💾💿🖥️
    #WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk

  14. @dfx Ich habe hier (71739) noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮💾💿🖥️
    #WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk

  15. Today I welcomed this table into my home and I think it's great for several reasons:
    - exactly the right size
    - fits in perfectly with my 70's/80's/90’s thriftstore look
    - sturdy, real wood
    - has rounded corners so it hurts less when you bump into it
    - nice drawer for my painting brushes
    - it was for free (yay!)
    - previous owners were happy they didn't have to trash it

    #table #furniture #oldstuff #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle

  16. Today I welcomed this table into my home and I think it's great for several reasons:
    - exactly the right size
    - fits in perfectly with my 70's/80's/90’s thriftstore look
    - sturdy, real wood
    - has rounded corners so it hurts less when you bump into it
    - nice drawer for my painting brushes
    - it was for free (yay!)
    - previous owners were happy they didn't have to trash it

    #table #furniture #oldstuff #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle

  17. Is anyone in the business of replicating old playing card decks?

    I have this set I brought for £3 at an antique store a few years back. This set is from around 1901 to 1910 as that is when Edward VII ruled, so it is over 110 years old.

    I have a replica 1860s set too a big difference between the 1800s deck, this one and modern era decks is the corner numbers. 1800s decks had no numbers. The numbers on this one are smaller than modern ones.

    #cards #cardgames #history #vintage #oldstuff

  18. Is anyone in the business of replicating old playing card decks?

    I have this set I brought for £3 at an antique store a few years back. This set is from around 1901 to 1910 as that is when Edward VII ruled, so it is over 110 years old.

    I have a replica 1860s set too a big difference between the 1800s deck, this one and modern era decks is the corner numbers. 1800s decks had no numbers. The numbers on this one are smaller than modern ones.

    #cards #cardgames #history #vintage #oldstuff

  19. Is anyone in the business of replicating old playing card decks?

    I have this set I brought for £3 at an antique store a few years back. This set is from around 1901 to 1910 as that is when Edward VII ruled, so it is over 110 years old.

    I have a replica 1860s set too a big difference between the 1800s deck, this one and modern era decks is the corner numbers. 1800s decks had no numbers. The numbers on this one are smaller than modern ones.

    #cards #cardgames #history #vintage #oldstuff

  20. Is anyone in the business of replicating old playing card decks?

    I have this set I brought for £3 at an antique store a few years back. This set is from around 1901 to 1910 as that is when Edward VII ruled, so it is over 110 years old.

    I have a replica 1860s set too a big difference between the 1800s deck, this one and modern era decks is the corner numbers. 1800s decks had no numbers. The numbers on this one are smaller than modern ones.

    #cards #cardgames #history #vintage #oldstuff

  21. Is anyone in the business of replicating old playing card decks?

    I have this set I brought for £3 at an antique store a few years back. This set is from around 1901 to 1910 as that is when Edward VII ruled, so it is over 110 years old.

    I have a replica 1860s set too a big difference between the 1800s deck, this one and modern era decks is the corner numbers. 1800s decks had no numbers. The numbers on this one are smaller than modern ones.

    #cards #cardgames #history #vintage #oldstuff

  22. The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co., founded in 1842, revolutionized threshers by building steam-powered machines out of steel, instead of wood.

    vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/

    I know literally nothing about farm machinery but these ghosts of the farming past can be found at the Rimbey farm museum, which is a favourite stopping over point for my many road trips to northern Alberta to visit family.

    I tried to find info on this model online but couldn't confirm what type of engine this one was running on.

    The first photo shows "Old Abe," a bald eagle who was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War.

    Old Abe has a very interesting and lengthy Wikipedia page dedicated to him. That bird lived a full life!

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Abe

    #photography #oldstuff #vintage #farmmachinery #history

  23. Is that…fake stained glass?

    Yes, I think it is. A slanted little church building in Aldersyde, with a slight attitude and a guard bird on its roof.

    #photography #churches #oldstuff #abandonedbuildings #wednesday #Alberta

  24. #OldStuff
    #FreeWriting
    #20YearsAgo

    Honor

    He couldn't get the vision of that night out of his mind. The look of pure terror in her eyes, the sound of her pleas for mercy. But the worst was the blood. It had been everywhere, and he had been told to stay under the bed and wait. That was all he knew how to do. When it had been all over, when the sounds of her screams had stopped echoing in that small bedroom he had held onto her tightly.

    Now all he could do was get revenge. It was all he had left, nothing mattered now. He had looked everywhere for the man who had done it, taken the only person he had from him. The young boy held on to the lead pipe he had and saw the bastard. He was with a bunch of other guys, but that didn't matter. As long as that bastard paid for what he had done.
    He ran at the guy, screaming as he swung the lead pipe at his knees. It connected, bringing the man down hard. He swung hard aiming for the man's head, only to have his wrist caught in the crushing grip of one of the other guys. He fought back, but he was smaller then them and weaker. That didn't stop him from trying.

    “Fuck, that little bastard busted my fucking knee!” the man said.

    “Little kids got some bite to him,” one of the thugs said.

    “Think we should take care of him?” said another.
    A gunshot rang out in the night, drawing all their attention. The boy hadn't noticed the faces of anyone except the focus of his revenge. All the men around him looked Japanese to him. He didn't care about the language they were using. An older man walked out, obviously someone who commanded the respect of the others. The way he held himself seemed to force the boy to share in that respect.

    The man, obviously Japanese, kneeled in front of the boy. He asked, “What's your name?”

    “Marcus Jackson,” the boy said. The older man looked him over. The kid was dirty, had dark hair falling in front of green eyes. He seemed to be of European decent, but the thing that caught the attention of the older man was the look in those green eyes.

    “Why do you do this?”

    “He took my sister from me,” was Marcus answer.

    That was the look, the look of revenge. That it was fostered in one so young was not something the older man liked. He stood and spoke to the other men in Japanese. Marcus didn't know what was said but the thugs let him go. The older man then walked towards his sisters killer. Marcus couldn't understand the exchange. He did understand it when the Older man backhanded the younger.

    “What will you do when you have taken your revenge on this man?”

    Marcus just said, “It doesn't matter, just so long as she can rest in peace.”

    The older man nodded, “And what was her name?”

    “Mirium.”

    The older man nodded again, then reached into his coat and took out a small gun. He held it out to Marcus and said, “Here, use this. Take your revenge on this man. Let Mirium rest in peace knowing her killer was brought to justice.”

    The other man started yelling in Japanese, only to be ignored by the thugs who had helped him moments before. Marcus took the gun from the man and pointed it at his sisters killer. All he could think of as he heard the shouts from the man on his knees were Mirium's unanswered cries for help.

    He pulled the trigger, and struck the man dead in the center of his chest. His grip was tight on the gun as the gravity of what he had done settled in. The older man placed his hand on the barrel of the gun and slowly lowered it. He took it from the boy and replaced it inside his jacket.

    “You have defended the honor of your family this day. Do not feel remorse for what you have done,” the man said. He waved his hand at the other men, signaling for them to leave.

  25. #Writing
    #OldStuff

    So, I am going through my old writings as I work on my sites. I plan to repost them on the pages under the dates I originally created them as possible.

    I am thinking of sharing some of them here if only just so I can see what some may think as I do.

  26. Getting Rid of Old Shit

    I’m lightening the load.

    Photo by Beth Macdonald on Unsplash

    Don’t think for one second that getting rid of old shit is easy for me. I do find all kinds of reasons to keep stuff around, but life events sometimes insist on your making the decision to get rid of shit.

    My divorce was such an event. I had to part with a lot of things I had accumulated over the years. It made no sense to try to stuff them into an apartment. That huge rolling toolbox that I had bought and was sitting in my garage? Gone. That hydraulic jack I used to jack our vehicles and was also sitting in my garage. Gone, too. I just did not have the space for this stuff.

    “You could have put them into storage!”

    Let me tell you about storage. I have put things in storage for a limited time when I lived with my ex-wife, and a few times before that. However, this is not a long term solution.

    Why?

    You pay for the space that you use, even if the items you put there are not being used. This cost can accumulate to a point where you’re paying more in storage fees than what the items are worth.

    You also need to think about depreciation and deterioration of the items you put in storage. Not all storage spaces are climate-controlled. A storage facility can suffer damage from the weather, just as a home can. At any rate, even if no environmental disaster happens, the things that are in storage are likely to depreciate over time.

    Finally, if you need to move around, the items you have in storage also need to be moved. I’ve moved twice since my divorce. I’m likely to move again. How many times do you want to pay for movers to move that antique chair that you are not using before you decide that you’ve paid enough?

    Let’s go over the other options.

    Keep It Or Toss It

    You can decide to keep things. I’m probably still keeping more than I should, but I’m doing much better than I used to about getting rid of things.

    I have two computers that came with me in the divorce. At the time, I was not in a mindset to evaluate whether to take them with me or not, so with me, they came. However, they were built by myself in 2015. That’s rather old, and they no longer serve any real purpose. One was a home server. It has been replaced by smaller computers. The other one was a gaming desktop, and I no longer game. Out they go.

    This is a good illustration that changing circumstances can render desirable belongings, undesirable. Getting those computers made eminent sense at the time. Now, they just use up space, and they would use up effort or money when I move again. Better get rid of them.

    As I’m going through my stuff, I find things that are technically still functional. I used to be of the opinion that I should keep all things that are still functional, but my opinion has evolved. I know have a test: if I ever need this item, am I going to know where to look to retrieve it? For instance, a pencil. I rarely use pencils these days, but if I do need one, will I remember to go look into this specific box to find it? If the answer is no, then I get rid of it.

    I’m getting rid of a lot of things with this simple test. There’s no point to keep something just in case if I’m not going to remember where it is when I need it.

    Sell Or Give It

    There are things that I have that I am going to try to sell, but, truth be told, I’m not really fond of being a seller. I don’t like haggling. In some cases, I’d be at a loss to figure out shipping. I reserve selling for big ticket items. I do have a few.

    The other option is to give items away to someone who wants them. I have a few items I’m offering for free.

    Recycle It Or Trash it

    If I want to get rid of it, but all other options fail, then I am left with recycling it, or trashing it. I have a few items lined up for recycling. Unfortunately, I also have some items that are going to be trashed. There are some items I’ve been advertising some items for months with no takers. I am patient, but my patience is not infinite.

    So there you have it. That’s how I get rid of old shit.

    #AutisticWriters #items #moving #objects #OldStuff #YourAutisticLife

  27. Found my bible... yes I just realised I have a bible (it has a note saying my grandparents gave it to me in 2005 when I was like 4).

    It's kinda old. I found out from the publisher's mark that it was made between 1913 and 1945. It has these music sheets in the back which has a date of 1925 🤔🤔

    #religion #bible #oldstuff

  28. Repurposing an old AppleTV. Used an ancient Apple Remote from an iBook to access it because the stock remote has a dead battery! 😂 #Apple #OldStuff #StillWorks #AppleTV

  29. Repurposing an old AppleTV. Used an ancient Apple Remote from an iBook to access it because the stock remote has a dead battery! 😂 #Apple #OldStuff #StillWorks #AppleTV

  30. Repurposing an old AppleTV. Used an ancient Apple Remote from an iBook to access it because the stock remote has a dead battery! 😂 #Apple #OldStuff #StillWorks #AppleTV

  31. Repurposing an old AppleTV. Used an ancient Apple Remote from an iBook to access it because the stock remote has a dead battery! 😂 #Apple #OldStuff #StillWorks #AppleTV

  32. Repurposing an old AppleTV. Used an ancient Apple Remote from an iBook to access it because the stock remote has a dead battery! 😂 #Apple #OldStuff #StillWorks #AppleTV

  33. Caro F
    @Caro

    🐲 #Dragonvale addict 🐲

    🐈‍⬛ Wouldn't mind a #cat with thumbs 🐈‍⬛

    🌍 Cares for the #environment 🏝

    🏺Enjoys material culture. Especially #oldstuff #boost #altext #follow #followfriday