What's your oldest possession?

Yours, not someone elses that you have.

from JoeUser Forums
Because of the nature of things in life we do not get to hold on to many things from childhood, I was wondering what do you have? How old is it?

Mine is a piece of wood about 20 inches by 40 inches with a map of the United States drawn on it, by me when I was a cub scout

Age of me when done, 9 years old, age of my possession 50 years.
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
My own personal item it a little infant pillow I have had since I was born. It is still the most comforting item ever.(although it looks rough) It has had patches added over the years, but I still sleep with it *blush*
Age of my pillow 23 years
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
My oldest possesssion is the blanket I was bunddled up in just moments after I was born.
It is one of those blue thermal blankets. Of course it is no longer blue. It is more gray. It is also torn up a bit from various run-ins with the vaccume cleaner and the nieghbors dog.
In my possesion for 26 years.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, I threw away my yearbooks back in 96 when I sold my home...so the only thing I have
left is my baby book. It has a record of things I did at certain ages.
I think that's all I have of mine from years ago. An uncle of mine sent me a bible
from Montanna when I was 12, and last fall I gave to his only daughter ( her parents divorced
when she was a baby) as she had nothing from him.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
OMG they had trees when you were a kid Mod???
Seriosly though... I think the oldest thing I have is a dog tag issued to me when I was in the 1st Grade. We had to wear it around our neck. We had air raid drills in schools in those days...we had to get under our desks and put the dog tags in our mouths. Then, after the Russians bombed us, the Principal would be able to identify us from the dog tag and notify our parents. It has my fathers name on it and home address so he could be notified.
Any wonder why my generation is so screwed up? We actually believed the Principal....
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
2 by Janders
Saturday, July 09, 2005


My own personal item it a little infant pillow I have had since I was born. It is still the most comforting item ever.(although it looks rough) It has had patches added over the years, but I still sleep with it *blush*
Age of my pillow 23 years


very cool and very sweet...
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
3 by Brenda Holiday
Saturday, July 09, 2005


My oldest possesssion is the blanket I was bunddled up in just moments after I was born.
It is one of those blue thermal blankets. Of course it is no longer blue. It is more gray. It is also torn up a bit from various run-ins with the vaccume cleaner and the nieghbors dog.
In my possesion for 26 years.


wow from birth.. how super cool.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
4 by Trudygolightly
Saturday, July 09, 2005


Well, I threw away my yearbooks back in 96 when I sold my home...so the only thing I have
left is my baby book. It has a record of things I did at certain ages.
I think that's all I have of mine from years ago. An uncle of mine sent me a bible
from Montanna when I was 12, and last fall I gave to his only daughter ( her parents divorced
when she was a baby) as she had nothing from him.


having a baby book that is you, must be so nice, wish I had one.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
5 by Manopeace
Saturday, July 09, 2005


5 by Manopeace
Saturday, July 09, 2005


OMG they had trees when you were a kid Mod???
Seriosly though... I think the oldest thing I have is a dog tag issued to me when I was in the 1st Grade. We had to wear it around our neck. We had air raid drills in schools in those days...we had to get under our desks and put the dog tags in our mouths. Then, after the Russians bombed us, the Principal would be able to identify us from the dog tag and notify our parents. It has my fathers name on it and home address so he could be notified.
Any wonder why my generation is so screwed up? We actually believed the Principal....


i seem to remember those days...

I do not want to say I am old but when God said "let there be light" I was the electrician that did the wireing.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was the electrician that did the wireing.


and How many Jews did it take to screw in the light bulb?
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'd say it would have to be one of my old stuffed animals. I think the big brown bear that has the Commonwealth Games patch on it. The year it was in Edmonton so I'd say that was about 1978 or so I would have been 4, so it's 29 years old. I think I'm 33. Sounds silly but I consciously stopped keeping track when I hit 30. One neat thing we have that's super old is a receipt for the local paper here. When we moved in we moved an appliance and behind it was a paper receipt for the paper here from 1926. Like 80 years old or something. In pencil too. Our house was built in 1917 so it's kind of neat to see something like that. I'm a days-gone-past history buff so I enjoy imagining what life was like back then. I delivered the paper when I was younger so I could easily imagine some kid painstakingly filling in the receipt house after house week after week....Plus I enjoy thinking of how many people must have lived in our house before we ever bought it. It's fun thinking about the past.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
" I threw away my yearbooks back in 96 when I sold my home"
WHAT FOR? I can't imagine throwing away my history like that.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sadly, for various and sundry reasons, I possess nothing from my childhood but memories. I think maybe the oldest thing I own now is a pair of boots about 5 years old. Oh well, maybe my tattoos, one of which is over 20 years old.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mason:
I possess nothing from my childhood but memories.


That's one thing that can't be taken away from you by others I know it'd be great to have something, yet "things" are
part of the memory and you have memories. I hope your memories are good ones.
my mom used to burn our toys if we left them
on the floor, so many toys went up in smoke....
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Of all things, I have a rock I picked up in a riverbed in Colorado in 1967 or '68 when I was 6 or 7. It sits by my backdoor today.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Of all things, I have a rock I picked up in a riverbed in Colorado in 1967 or '68 when I was 6 or 7. It sits by my backdoor today.

No surprise. I had you pegged as a rock fan.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Reiki-HousePosted: Saturday, July 09, 2005I'd say it would have to be one of my old stuffed animals. I think the big brown bear that has the Commonwealth Games patch on it. The year it was in Edmonton so I'd say that was about 1978 or so I would have been 4, so it's 29 years old. I think I'm 33. Sounds silly but I consciously stopped keeping track when I hit 30. One neat thing we have that's super old is a receipt for the local paper here. When we moved in we moved an appliance and behind it was a paper receipt for the paper here from 1926. Like 80 years old or something. In pencil too. Our house was built in 1917 so it's kind of neat to see something like that. I'm a days-gone-past history buff so I enjoy imagining what life was like back then. I delivered the paper when I was younger so I could easily imagine some kid painstakingly filling in the receipt house after house week after week....Plus I enjoy thinking of how many people must have lived in our house before we ever bought it. It's fun thinking about the past.


very cool reiki and if i might add this is the most humane and human you have been to me.
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: MasonMPosted: Saturday, July 09, 2005Sadly, for various and sundry reasons, I possess nothing from my childhood but memories. I think maybe the oldest thing I own now is a pair of boots about 5 years old. Oh well, maybe my tattoos, one of which is over 20 years old.


memories my friend, memories, all I have is what I said , the rest for me is memories, some sweet, some not so sweet.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: ShovelheatPosted: Saturday, July 09, 2005Of all things, I have a rock I picked up in a riverbed in Colorado in 1967 or '68 when I was 6 or 7. It sits by my backdoor today.


Ahem! "rock" on brother..... lol
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oldest possession depends on how you view it.
The longest possession in my care has been my grandfather's watch.
The oldest possession in my immediate family is my mothers old dodge.
The oldest possession I have age wise is an intricately carved walking stick that I picked up from a married on relative. The museum puts it at over 750 years of age and has a goat, a lion and a virgin on it. It gives everyone the creeps.
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
The oldest possession i have is an old cribbage board that I took from home. It belonged to my grandfather first who gave it to his son, my dad. It is just wood with a metal top, with the word STONEY engarved on the metal. We all learned how to play cribbage on this board and it brings back memories of my dad coming home from the shoe shop, smelling of leather, and walking in the door with the first words out of his mouth when he saw me was, "you ready for your next lesson" We would sit for hours playing. Never once did he let me when against him. I think I was probably 14 when I finally won my first game against my dad. Now I play with my middle child Kelsey on the board and as of yet she has not won me, but she is coming close.

Thanks El for this article, t'is good to think of fond memories.. next time I am CA. I will bring this board and NOOOOOOOOOOOO I will not let you win! :}~~~~~
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
The oldest possession I have age wise is an intricately carved walking stick that I picked up from a married on relative. The museum puts it at over 750 years of age and has a goat, a lion and a virgin on it. It gives everyone the creeps.

Wow, sounds cool. One of my minor hobbies is collecting canes and walking sticks, which started back when I first starting having difficulty walking due to back problems. Do you know it's origin?
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
I just found two things older than the one I mentioned earlier...they were in a box of assorted papers that my mom kept for years...one was a printed card announcing my birth... the other was a bill from the hospital for my circumsism... oy the pain
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top
Navy Blanket.  I have had it 42 years now.