What's the oddest thing you have laying around your house..
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perfectcircle1
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I was sooooo waiting for that
Bob R
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I have one of the propeller blades (just one blade) off of a P3 Orion that crashed at NALF Crows Landing, California in 1990. They were practicing for an upcoming airshow. They were doing an obstacle approach to a short field landing and pranged it in a little hard. 
Someday, haven't we all said that a few times, I will make a clock out of it.
bob
Someday, haven't we all said that a few times, I will make a clock out of it.
bob
J. R. WEEMS
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No photo, but I have an ashtray from I believe a Model T-- 
105mm recoilless rifle casing and a sperm whale tooth....
labworm
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Been laying around in a closet for probably 30 years.
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mg357
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I thumb size figurine of a shepherd with the words long life written on the bottom of it. It was given to me by my 102 year old Aunt Mabel shortly before her death.
"And please don't say your wife "
Shucks....I've had the same one for 48 years this Tues....
JIM...................
Shucks....I've had the same one for 48 years this Tues....
JIM...................
Oddest thing laying around the house??
Oh, that would be me.
Oh, that would be me.
shouldazagged
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Well, I had a couple that were quite odd, but gave them away.
One was a digital Pet Rock. It had a USB cable.
The other was a green plastic cucumber pickle. When you pressed a little button on the side, so help me, the damn thing yodeled.
I also have a brick given to me by my sister that bears the legend "FEITP". Stands for "Forget 'em, it's their problem".
My favorite actual collector piece was given to me by my brother. It's a brass lensatic compass, dated 1942, made to be issued to British Army officers. Weighs about half a pound, built like a safe.
Don't know if it was issued or not, but it's seen a lot of service somewhere.
I also have a lovely puukko, made (sheath and all) by Juka Hankkala, one of the two or three best knifemakers in Finland. A high school classmate who lives in Finland now gave it to me.
One was a digital Pet Rock. It had a USB cable.
The other was a green plastic cucumber pickle. When you pressed a little button on the side, so help me, the damn thing yodeled.
I also have a brick given to me by my sister that bears the legend "FEITP". Stands for "Forget 'em, it's their problem".
My favorite actual collector piece was given to me by my brother. It's a brass lensatic compass, dated 1942, made to be issued to British Army officers. Weighs about half a pound, built like a safe.
Don't know if it was issued or not, but it's seen a lot of service somewhere.
I also have a lovely puukko, made (sheath and all) by Juka Hankkala, one of the two or three best knifemakers in Finland. A high school classmate who lives in Finland now gave it to me.
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This 3/4" Cube; I have never seen another and don't know who did it. snagged it off the internet auction site a number of years ago.
Someone took the time and effort to program and mill it from a solid block of aluminum and have it anodized. The inside is actually milled free and is loose within the cage.
Someone took the time and effort to program and mill it from a solid block of aluminum and have it anodized. The inside is actually milled free and is loose within the cage.
shouldazagged
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Wow, very nice!
LVSteve
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My dad's ashes were hanging around in a plastic transport container for a few months before I spread them in the desert on his birthday.
I have a LOT of odd stuff in this house. One piece that I can mention is a desk model of a F-111.. in RAF colours. Somebody here may work out how I came by that.
I have a LOT of odd stuff in this house. One piece that I can mention is a desk model of a F-111.. in RAF colours. Somebody here may work out how I came by that.
I have a chunk of rock supposedly brought back from China for me. It is a piece of the Great Wall. Who knows if it is a bit of original construction or some modern rebuild. My wife says she don't know where it is. 
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No pix available but--im guessing the oddest thing laying around the house is my Cat Shasta. Now if she were looking at my typing this? she would be planning on some revenge sometime during the coming night. Other than Shasta--the oddest items are probably my WWII British 25 pounder Artillery Shell casing-and a WWII US Navy 40?mm pom pom gun round. For the Navy folks here-forgive me for my interpretation of what that weapon is called 
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Now if she were looking at my typing this? she would be planning on some revenge sometime during the coming night. Other than Shasta--the oddest items are probably my WWII British 25 pounder Artillery Shell casing-and a WWII US Navy 40?mm pom pom gun round. For the Navy folks here-forgive me for my interpretation of what that weapon is called )
Turtle coprolite, 40,000,000 years old. Not all that rare, but I'll bet you don't have one. Got some other coprolites, too. For some reason, they are among the most inexpensive fossils (unless you go out and find your own). Got some puppy poop too, but it has a way to go before it's fossilized.
Curta "pepper mill" calculator, a mechanical digital device. Unless you are an old rally driver, you probably don't have one of those either.
A brick of Troy Lady Special Edition CCI Mini-Mags, .22lr. "Choot 'em!" These are almost unobtainable; I paid a premium price to get them.
A typescript of a play purportedly by Lenny Bruce, entitled "Punish Me, Father".
Curta "pepper mill" calculator, a mechanical digital device. Unless you are an old rally driver, you probably don't have one of those either.
A brick of Troy Lady Special Edition CCI Mini-Mags, .22lr. "Choot 'em!" These are almost unobtainable; I paid a premium price to get them.
A typescript of a play purportedly by Lenny Bruce, entitled "Punish Me, Father".
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perfectcircle1
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Some great and weird things you guys have but an ejection seat is so cool. Get a pic up man!
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