What's the oddest thing you have laying around your house..
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morich53
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I have a piece of the Berlin Wall some where in all my stuff. Was stationed there (72-77) and have to say, I really enjoyed the experience 
Gotta' go the Jack Benny Show is fixin' to come on.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Gotta' go the Jack Benny Show is fixin' to come on.
My brother has collected and restored (to working condition) antique radios for years. His living room is a small museum. He has the big main transceiver from a WWII PBY scout plane, but is now too ill to work on it much.
Your radio is a beauty!
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perfectcircle1
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Hahahaha this is too funny
Bullzaye
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I'm also a Tim, & I congratulate you on your dedication & fortitude! Moving that monster so that we on the Forum could see a pic of it...well done sir! And your wife really doesn't mind you having that in the house? Amazing!
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I went back & looked at your original post. You mentioned having four motorcycles, so I think you are not married & therefore there is no wife to object to the missile in your living room!
Haha...you are correct, sir! Never been married, been having too much fun, so far! I guess that is why I have the 4 motorcycles, a large gun safe in the living room, and 2 more gun safes in the den, plus a closet full of ammo (I realize there are some really fortunate guys who have these things, and lots more cool stuff, and have a wife who enjoys/appreciates them as well...hats off to them!) When I began collecting guns, back in the early 80's, my Mother kept saying to me, "You know, you're going to have to get rid of those when you get married!" My answer to her was always, "If some woman expects me to marry her, she'll have to take the whole package, not just the parts she wants to pick and choose!" I've had a couple of close calls, but haven't taken the plunge...yet.
Qball; said:Send it of to "Rick's Restorations" I'll bet he will have a blast restoring that one
I would very much like to see what he would be able to do with it, but I'm completely unwilling to spend the 1000's of dollars that he'd charge for the privilege!
perfectcircle1; said:
Thank you very much, sir. What do I win?
My friends have said I should have it mounted in my yard, pointed towards the street. It would be funny, but in my neighborhood, it would be gone within a week, if not sooner.
Smithhound; said:
I appreciate the kind offer. I really don't think I'd care to sell it...it's a memento of my youth, when I was working on the F-106. Besides...I'm still hoping to hear from member DR505 about selling his F-4 ejection seat...it'd look great next to the missile. However, one never knows...if you'd care to PM me, I'll keep the PM, and if it ever turns out that I decide to turn loose of it, I'd let you know.
Tim
tlay
US Veteran
My mother-n-law.
edslow
US Veteran
My WIFE 
Well since my wife and I are about twice as odd as the usual American family I have something else pretty odd laying around, maybe odder than that old Philco radio above. Here my second for being twice as odd. Great suncatchers once you clean them.
Cable and telegaph insulators. Some as old as the 1880s. The cable insulators are known as Mickey Mouses so it shouldn't be hard to figure which is which. The telegraph insulators are all pre WWII. Remember these? Don't see many anymore.
Cable and telegaph insulators. Some as old as the 1880s. The cable insulators are known as Mickey Mouses so it shouldn't be hard to figure which is which. The telegraph insulators are all pre WWII. Remember these? Don't see many anymore.
87supraman
US Veteran
I have a chunk of shrapnel I picked up while in Iraq. We had called for fire and I was lucky enough to find it once things cooled down.
V1 Rotate
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This drives my wife nuts. I have about 15 old bench and machinists vises, none of them restored, and some of them relatively unusual. This doesn't include the vises actually in service in the garage, basement, and on my movable cast grinder stand or set up to be used on my mill. The only Charles Parker I own has 4 inch wide jaws. No, none of them are for sale but I expect them to be the first thing to go when I die. They are all American made except for one Italian and one Brit. They are not valuable but good quality American vises are not cheap to buy any more used or new. I would post a picture but the last forum I did folks started to make fun of me. They make fun of the anvil collectors even more. Yes, people who don't use anvils actually collect them. Bill S
Nframecollector
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Man...................I'd like to see some anvil pictures. I've been looking at old anvils for years. I even have a book about them. Me, I collect old bullet moulds and precision measuring tools. And firearms too of course!
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perfectcircle1
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You win.......my envy
a neat sign found at a yard sale....not sure of its age
and an unusual stained bottle....is it just me, or does the image that appears when the bottle is turned upside down look like someone looking upwards???
and an unusual stained bottle....is it just me, or does the image that appears when the bottle is turned upside down look like someone looking upwards???
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NeoBuckeye
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I have a small collection of Kodak Brownie cameras, the art deco models look the nicest.
I have 2 of these Solex bikes = French pedal bikes with a 49cc 2 stroke engine mounted over the front tire.
I have one almost restored, and this one below, is a "barn find".
I never got to start this project with my father before he passed.
I have 2 of these Solex bikes = French pedal bikes with a 49cc 2 stroke engine mounted over the front tire.
I have one almost restored, and this one below, is a "barn find".
I never got to start this project with my father before he passed.
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perfectcircle1
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I have a small collection of Kodak Brownie cameras, the art deco models look the nicest.
I have 2 of these Solex bikes = French pedal bikes with a 49cc 2 stroke engine mounted over the front tire.
I have one almost restored, and this one below, is a "barn find".
I never got to start this project with my father before he passed.
That bike is super interesting. I think i might have seen one in a movie. Any more info on it?
Taurus627
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NeoBuckeye
Member
This is a model 3200, from about the early 50's.
Top speed is about 30 MPH. I have not rode mine under engine power yet.
I am not sure what I will do with it, I just thought I was a neat machine
Steve McQueen rode a later model Solex on the set of the movie "LeMans" but have been unable to copy a link to a picture from the Internet to post.
The Solex is still being produced, and a new one is about $1200.
mstuhr
Member
Boy I missed the boat!
Howdy,
I thought it said OLDEST!
I'm sitting here in the Stuhr museum surrounded by oil paintings of flying elephants with serpent heads on their trunks and dragonfly wings, framed poster of a presidential candidate naming "Bigfoot" as a VP hopeful, paper hats, fish themed whiskey decanter collection along with ceramic monkey and alligator collection (lots of em')
But my favorite is a remnant left over from childhood. It was a really nice 'Woody the Woodpecker" cookie jar. I'd say fifty years ago Woody was decapitated in a household accident. He stayed like that as a damaged but usable cookie jar up until the late 70's when a little brother and Incredible Hulk fan unwillingly provided a head transplant for the once damaged jar.
Good as new!
Thanks
Mike
Howdy,
I thought it said OLDEST!
I'm sitting here in the Stuhr museum surrounded by oil paintings of flying elephants with serpent heads on their trunks and dragonfly wings, framed poster of a presidential candidate naming "Bigfoot" as a VP hopeful, paper hats, fish themed whiskey decanter collection along with ceramic monkey and alligator collection (lots of em')
But my favorite is a remnant left over from childhood. It was a really nice 'Woody the Woodpecker" cookie jar. I'd say fifty years ago Woody was decapitated in a household accident. He stayed like that as a damaged but usable cookie jar up until the late 70's when a little brother and Incredible Hulk fan unwillingly provided a head transplant for the once damaged jar.
Good as new!
Thanks
Mike
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