Took a pic of my old firetruck when I was a kid as part of picture taking challenge and it sparked an idea for a topic. My old firetruck still hangs in my parents garage. They have kept it all this time. Do you have any items from your childhood to share? Or perhaps something old you have picked up along the way?
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My oldest possession is my piano.
It’s been passed down several generations.
I left it in my grandmother’s house because I think something is wrong with it,
Like it has bad vibes.
I don’t think I’ll ever move it into my house,
But it belongs to me and it’s wicked old.
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Probably my doll. My parents gave it to me when I was 3 years old. I loved it so much. It looked like me!
I still have it.
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I also have a vanity, mirror and dresser that are a hundred years old or so.
They’re in my bedroom right now.
It kind of freaks me out to think of all that mirror has seen,
But it doesn’t give me the creeps like the piano.
So I took it in my house and use it.
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Not to take over this thread,
But I’m remembering all sorts of old stuff I have.
I have a ring set (engagement and wedding ring) that’s super old.
It was my great-great grandmother’s.
I won’t wear it even though it’s a much larger diamond than my engagement ring.
It also has a sketchy history, like the piano.
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Im not sure i mostly have a lot of drums. Theyre not that that old. I have an old parking meter but it is not that old. I probably and actually do not really own any old stuff. 60s or 70s yes i had an old snare drum from 39 but sold it.
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A table that one of my grandfather’s acquaintances made and gave to my grandfather in the 1970’s.
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The oldest thing i have is probably my bible. ive been homeless several times so had to start over but have this still.
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I don’t know if it’s my oldest, but it’s one of my most prized. A sewing kit for US army soldiers in WWII
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I had a stuffed dog when I was 5 years old. I carried it with me everywhere I went. My sisters threw it in a swimming pool to get back at me for something and it kind of made it discolored. I gave away, threw away or sold 90% of my possessions in my last 5 moves but I still have that dog sitting in my closet. I’ve given away, thrown away and sold a lot of stuff over the years. Now everything I own could fit in a few boxes.
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my aunt gave me a chess set from mexico when I was 12…i still have it…
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The oldest possession I have is a WWII Russian infantry entrenching tool (small shovel).
Oldest personal item is a picture of my Mom from about 1962. She looks beautiful 
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A bowl back mandolin. Still plays. I wish I would.
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I have an uncensored copy of “Sons and Lovers” by D.H. Lawerance. It isn’t a first edition, so it isn’t valuable, but maybe someday I can find a drunk English Lit. student and sell it to them for a handsome profit. This book is rated as the ninth best novel written in the 20th Century, and it was first published in a censored form. The publishing of an uncensored copy of this book has been long awaited in the literary world. My copy isn’t valuable, though. I checked.
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My wife.
-ba-dum-tsh-
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I also still have the Lord of the Rings trilogy books that I bought myself and read when I was in third grade. .
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here it is. made it when i was 21 or 22. in like 2004. it used to have a flip top box but a friend made it fall off the fridge.
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I have an old book somewhere at my parents. Generational. Its from 1898 i think. Very old book with black and white photos
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