Oddest thing laying around the house??
Oh, that would be me.
Oh, that would be me.
What's the oddest thing you have laying around your house..
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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!
Something that you won't find in every home.
A Do-Nothing-Machine..............you turn the handle and it just goes round & round........
A Do-Nothing-Machine..............you turn the handle and it just goes round & round........
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The Wikipedia article contains the history, which is fascinating. The calculator was designed by a prisoner at Buchenwald. After the war, he escaped to Austria and was able to get it produced.
Curta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I knew none of this as a wannabe rally driver. As kids we used to read about them in Road and Track and just thought they were the coolest devices ever. My stepfather bought this Curta in the '70s, after my rally interest had waned, and gave it to me some years later. I have extracted dozens of square roots, but never used it to navigate a rally. For me, the Curta is an icon of some of my youthful enthusiams.
shouldazagged
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I've seen that device marketed as an "Executive Bravo Sierra Grinder".
Of course, many of the executives I've worked for were kind of do-nothing types as well.
Picked this guy up at a gator farm in the desert in southern Colorado because my little girl was fascinated with it.
No photo but I also have my Great Grandfather's Mathematics book "Primary Elements of Algebra for Common Schools and Academies by Joseph Ray. Written 1866, printed ??? and a price of 66 cents penciled in. My Great Grandfather Henry A. Sceva signed his name in it dated Dec 4th, 1894 and again in the back plate Feb 1895. His Sister, my Great Great Aunt Essie Sceva wrote and dated it Feb 13, 1985. I'll tell you; Math was just as tough then.
model70hunter
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Is she afraid she may sit in it and it might send her through the roof.
model70hunter
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I have my Dad's WW 2 things. A Nazi ring, an Italian Beret, the compass he used in the North African campaign. They sit in a 20 MM ammo box where he kept all his "treasures".
That's it. I remember that he finalized his design in one of the camps, but not that it was Buchenwald. Fascinating story. Thanks for the info!
J. R. WEEMS
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This solid brass disk came out of a closed gun shop in Montana a long-- time ago. About 8 inches around and a 1/4" thick.
At least it's not.......
I could be a leg lamp.
I tend to accumulate objects that are a bit out of the ordinary. There's a lot of it around here but this one happened to already in my Photobucket account. I use this as a reading light in my home office.
I can't say my wife was overjoyed when I drug it home.
Regards.
Bob
I could be a leg lamp.
Not as cool as some posted here, but I've got an ugly, 5lb piece of coral that I dug out of the Carribean while on vacation 49 years ago. I've carried it from house to house since I was 8 years old. At this point, I've had it longer than anything else....
Bullzaye
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So...are you looking to sell??? Seriously, what good is it doing you in your garage? I could be interested.
I will work on getting a decent pic posted soon.
Tim
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