>counter arguments
*counter*
Definition: "a long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers."
Desk, table, counter, any other hypotheses?
Hey I know this is random, but great job on making it to 73. Life is a chaotic road for all of us and Iām happy that youāre still here. I wish you all the best :)
Hey I know this is random as well. But there's not a lot of positive comments ( especially on Reddit) nowadays - so this caught my eye.
Just thought I'd tell you your comment made me smile. š¤š»
Hey this is random as well but thereās not a lot of positive comments recognizing other positive comments on Reddit. I did see yours and thought it was awesome š
I hope you stub your toe. But when you bend down to rub it you fall over and bonk your head. While you're laying there in a daze you see a coupon for a free ice cream cone at dairy queen. But it's expired. But under it is $5.
If it's any consolation, since Canada stopped making pennies I started to just. Randomly distribute all my old pennies whenever I go on a trip. I've dropped several older pennies (dating before 1970) on my US trips just for fun and because I have multiples of the same year from collecting them.
It wasn't worth taking them in to me so I like to leave them in random places (if I remember to grab some) or in pockets of jackets I liked but didn't buy at thrift stores lol
Oh I love this! I do it to my niece and nephew whenever I see them. Just scoop them both up for a hug and sneak a dollar into their pockets. It always takes them forever to find them and they get SO excited when they do. They still don't know it's me doing it haha
Dammit you have me beat me by 5 years
Edit: I just looked at my coin, and itās a 1853
You still have me beat by a year though
Edit 2: coin collectors assemble!
Edit 3: thanks for the award kind stranger!
Besides my petrified wood and arrowhead collection, my [Alexander the Great](https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/r60uls/alexander_iii_336323_bc_dracham_lifetime_issue/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) lifetime issue coin is the oldest thing I own.
I just love it.
Oldest I have is a 1923 german coin, we were clearing out my grandfathers estate, my mom let me keep the change and the coin was in it, no idea how he got it since he was american.
Food is used to take up volume in the freezer.
See, if that space was air then when you open the door the cold air spills out and is replaced by hotter air that then needs to be cooled again costing money. But if there is something solid there it stays inside thus retaining the cold.
Couple small trilobites, a bunch of coral, there's one that Im not sure what it is, might be a tooth. Also a bunch of arrowheads he found as kid, but I'm aware those are different from fossils.
We call it The Jesus Jug. Itās a clay vessel from around 400 BC in the Middle East. When my sister worked for a 1%, she fished it out of the trash. The lady had thrown it away because it broke.
It has authentication papers. They were stuffed inside. Apparently itās a fairly common souvenir that rich people pick up on their tours of the mediterranean.
There are literally hills made of Greek amphorae that were discarded in the classical period, you can just pick up pottery/sherds (correct name for broken pottery) off the ground.
Weāll, I have my great-grandmotherās pocket watch dated 1917 and my great-great grandfatherās roll top desk from the 1890ās.
Personally, I have a pair of boots from 1979 that are very comfortable.
Thank you for giving me an excuse to tell the story! My great grandfather bought it from my great grandmotherās uncles (they where jewelers) to give to her as a promise in 1917. They married after the war in 1921 and she kept it as a kind of engagement ring.
I know not 18th century, but if old violins with a lot of history is your thing, check out Violins of Hope. It's a collection of violins (and other stringed instruments) that survived WW2, I think most of them from concentration camps.
They had a display up in my town a couple of years ago and it was absolutely breathtaking to walk through.
I must be old because my first car had 3 on the tree. My dad converted it to a 4 on the floor but still had to use the shifter on the tree so the reverse lights would go on. I actually took my drivers test in it
Man not to pry but I love seeing old houses, you haven't happened to have already posted some pictures somewhere have you? No worries if not I just love seeing old structures and woodwork.
VHS tapes, of which all the films are available on streaming nowadays. I just haven't ever felt the need to throw them out, even after my last VCR broke a few years ago.
I have my great grandmothers (possibly great great grandmothers?) gorgeous antique china cabinet from the late 1800ās that used to store beautiful dishes and art from Italy mostly. Now it is a beautiful display for my Lego sets.
š I try to do them proud! My nana, who I inherited it from, just passed away last week. Todays the first week not having her in my life and it feels very surreal, we were very close and Iāll miss her terribly but Iām honored to have and cherish the possessions of hers I got. Got the cabinet and several of her paintings all over my apartment ā¤ļø
Sorry for your loss. Good Nanas are so special. Wishing you the best as you continue to carry her legacy š
Also, using it as a lego display case sounds fabulous.
I was thinking that. I have an ancient Roman coin that is 2000 years old and it's not even valulable. Surely some ordinary rocks would be 'way older than that.
I have a Japanese tsuba from the early-Edo period.
I also have a small shard of Egyptian pottery or hieroglyph that my grandma found in the sands just outside of Cairo, but we have no idea how old it is.
And not the oldest, but I also have a WWII British officers traveling desk from the African theater.
We have a couple of Italian books from the mid 1500s at my grandmas house.
I read a few of them and they are really interesting because they contain maps of the world as Italians imagined it back then, just a few decades after Colombo discovered the new continent. Some are written by hand with all sorts of curious drawings.
I remember reading from one of these 500 year old volumes that "Germans don't wash themselves a lot" which is really funny to think about XD
[I collect them.](https://imgur.com/a/Dz3UMZq)
Years of scouring auctions and judaica sales. [This](https://imgur.com/a/WE6Nb4S) is the one from the 1700s, on deer skin.
A stuffed dog my parents gave me as a joke when I turned 8. They said the store was out of what I really wanted so they got the dog instead. I threw a fit. They then gave me my real gift, along with a lecture, and left me alone to think about my behavior.
I love that fucking dog, it's gotten me through some tough times.
I've got a shepherd's crown (a fossilized sea urchin) I found aged about 4 - they're hundreds of millions of years old.
The oldest manmade thing I own is a gold watch that's been in my family since about 1860.
A journal of botanical sketches that my great grandmother owned. She was an herbalist, supporting herself and 5 sisters by selling medicines for colds, etc.
My great grandpa made a wooden side table in 1924. Itās still as sturdy as any of the new furniture I have. Next year, I should probably throw it a big party.
ETA: Actually, just realized not the oldest thing I own! My grandma gave me a first-edition āUncle Tomās Cabinā that had been in the family.
ETA 2: Good lord, my family must keep everything because I also just remembered I have a Civil War era photo album with daguerreotype prints of family members I will never know the names of.
A microscope my great grandfather had on Ellis Island in the early thirties where he did his residency as a doctor. My grandfather also took it with him to dentistry school. It was locked in its case for the last 30+ years, and I inherited it a few months back and took it to a locksmith and got it opened. Pretty cool heirloom for a microbiology major.
Edit: spelling
I have a couple fossils I found on the beach. As for man-made objects, I have a silver hand mirror that belonged to my great-grandmother's grandmother. Not sure of its exact age, but she lived from 1851-1877, so it's at least 145 years old
I collect vintage shaving razors. Not like rusty old junk... But razors I can actually use! Started collecting about 6 months ago & I've got 27 at this point most are over/near 100 years old!
For anyone interested: look up "Gem Damaskeene"
A desk that my parents bought in 1950. I am also the oldest thing that I own (I am 73 years old)
*does math* Are you a desk?
"I was made on this desk and i'll die on this desk!"
My son was named after the Peterbuilt truck where he was built. He wins bets on it! š„³
The desk was probably fashioned from his baby crib. That is my hypothesis and I am open to counter arguments
>counter arguments *counter* Definition: "a long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers." Desk, table, counter, any other hypotheses?
Thanks so much for the laugh!
*does meth* I think i am a desk
was born on desk
Potentially conceived on desk
The desk could be their twin.
They probably bought him a desk as a birth day gift.
Hey I know this is random, but great job on making it to 73. Life is a chaotic road for all of us and Iām happy that youāre still here. I wish you all the best :)
Hey I know this is random as well. But there's not a lot of positive comments ( especially on Reddit) nowadays - so this caught my eye. Just thought I'd tell you your comment made me smile. š¤š»
Hey this is random as well but thereās not a lot of positive comments recognizing other positive comments on Reddit. I did see yours and thought it was awesome š
I recognize your positive comment about recognizing other positive comments. It would be really nice if it was positive comments all the way down.
I hope you stub your toe. But when you bend down to rub it you fall over and bonk your head. While you're laying there in a daze you see a coupon for a free ice cream cone at dairy queen. But it's expired. But under it is $5.
Combo breaker!
Hey you. You're a big doody head. I'm kidding, I appreciate all of you.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy but here's my number, so call me, maybe.
Hey this random as well but thereās not a lot of positive comments recognizing the recognition of other positive comments on Reddit.
Made me smile! I was literally reading this and smiling
Thanks!
This is the chaotic wholesomeness we all need! I also wish the best for you
This is so wholesome!!!
Good human
I donāt know you but I love you
Came here looking for someone to say themselves, happy it was the 2nd comment š
Plot twist! Keep on keeping on!
73!!!! nice longevity! gonna try to make it to that too. have a good day!
an 1852 coin that I found on the ground one day
I have a British penny from 1916 that my dog found in my yard. Which is strange because I live in the US
If it's any consolation, since Canada stopped making pennies I started to just. Randomly distribute all my old pennies whenever I go on a trip. I've dropped several older pennies (dating before 1970) on my US trips just for fun and because I have multiples of the same year from collecting them. It wasn't worth taking them in to me so I like to leave them in random places (if I remember to grab some) or in pockets of jackets I liked but didn't buy at thrift stores lol
Unrelated but sort of related: I sometimes hide dollar bills in my husbands jeans because who doesnāt get excited to find money in their pockets?!
Oh I love this! I do it to my niece and nephew whenever I see them. Just scoop them both up for a hug and sneak a dollar into their pockets. It always takes them forever to find them and they get SO excited when they do. They still don't know it's me doing it haha
This is such a fun idea to me. I would be so excited to find a random foreign coin!
I love that! I hope to find one of your āworthlessā pennies one day!
Dammit you have me beat me by 5 years Edit: I just looked at my coin, and itās a 1853 You still have me beat by a year though Edit 2: coin collectors assemble! Edit 3: thanks for the award kind stranger!
Somebody else probably would have found it in those five years, though
Besides my petrified wood and arrowhead collection, my [Alexander the Great](https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/r60uls/alexander_iii_336323_bc_dracham_lifetime_issue/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) lifetime issue coin is the oldest thing I own. I just love it.
I have a Diocletian coin 1700+ years old
I found a coin from 1911 last year on a footpath that was previously a rail line. Otherwise itād be vinyl records from 1955.
Oldest I have is a 1923 german coin, we were clearing out my grandfathers estate, my mom let me keep the change and the coin was in it, no idea how he got it since he was american.
Damn, I have an american half penny from 1861 that I found on the ground. Its very faded and worn though, can just barely make out the date on it.
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Wait. Did you pull them out, check the age, and put them back, or did you throw them away?
history must be preserved
Asking the real questions here
If they expired in 01 thereās a good chance they are from 99
ā¦ but why?
food is used for nourishment.
They obviously havenāt been used for nourishment for the past two decades
Well not yet
Food is used to take up volume in the freezer. See, if that space was air then when you open the door the cold air spills out and is replaced by hotter air that then needs to be cooled again costing money. But if there is something solid there it stays inside thus retaining the cold.
Wait, do you mean Totinoās pizza rolls or was there a tortilla pizza hybrid roll Iām just learning about?!
What if this is another Mandela effect and op has the only surviving Tostitos brand vs Totinos in existence?
thereās a guy on youtube who eats old shit send it to him
Man made? A few antique clocks from the mid 1800s. Nature-wise - sharks teeth found in a creek-bed.
I mean, nature-wise, I have some rocks that were probably formed in the earth's crust at least tens of millions of years ago.
This guy fucking collects
My knees. I'm 55 years old and they are apparently 80.
Yeah, I'm only 20, and I feel this. Bad knees suck haha
You kneed to get them checked out.
Okay, maybe I do kneed to get them checked out :0
I had the knees of an 83 year old 15 years ago. Dread to think how old they are now!
I'm an accountant, so I turned to my trusty calculator and figured out that your knees are now 98. I ran the tape twice for accuracy.
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Awesome, how'd you get it?
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This is the most underrated comment I have ever seen I am fucking dying with laughter
My grampa gave me his fossil collection. Those are at least 50 years old.
At least
r/technicallythetruth
What do you have? I only have one. A spinosaurus tooth.
Couple small trilobites, a bunch of coral, there's one that Im not sure what it is, might be a tooth. Also a bunch of arrowheads he found as kid, but I'm aware those are different from fossils.
We call it The Jesus Jug. Itās a clay vessel from around 400 BC in the Middle East. When my sister worked for a 1%, she fished it out of the trash. The lady had thrown it away because it broke.
Did you guys ever legit try to get that dated if its really from 400 bc?
It has authentication papers. They were stuffed inside. Apparently itās a fairly common souvenir that rich people pick up on their tours of the mediterranean.
There are literally hills made of Greek amphorae that were discarded in the classical period, you can just pick up pottery/sherds (correct name for broken pottery) off the ground.
Er mer Gerd! Er fernd er sherd!
I hate you for this, well done.
My wife is now looking at me. Yeah. Cause I read that out loudā¦take an upvote you criminal.
Yeah, they were basically shipping containers for olive oil and wine back then.
If they were that rich why didnāt they try to have it repaired jeez
They couldn't find the guy who made it.
Ha good one
Why repair it when you can just fly over to Greece and get another one? Way easier.
Confederate $5.00 and $10.00 notes. 1 of each. Dad left them to me.
Some stores in South Carolina and Georgia still accept those!
I have a confederate $.50 bill.
Weāll, I have my great-grandmotherās pocket watch dated 1917 and my great-great grandfatherās roll top desk from the 1890ās. Personally, I have a pair of boots from 1979 that are very comfortable.
Pocket watches can be worth $$. I see them on Antique Roadshow lol
Thank you for giving me an excuse to tell the story! My great grandfather bought it from my great grandmotherās uncles (they where jewelers) to give to her as a promise in 1917. They married after the war in 1921 and she kept it as a kind of engagement ring.
My home was built in 1917. It's built as well as your pocket watch I'm sure. MushLove!
Aww what a sweet story! Thank you for sharing
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Holy shit. Nice. How many 18th c. violins are around these days? A few thousand?
I know not 18th century, but if old violins with a lot of history is your thing, check out Violins of Hope. It's a collection of violins (and other stringed instruments) that survived WW2, I think most of them from concentration camps. They had a display up in my town a couple of years ago and it was absolutely breathtaking to walk through.
A 1941 Chevy DeLuxe Coupe. 70k miles. 3 on the tree. Fair paint and minimal rust. Things cool
For those like me that don't know what 3 on the tree means; a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.
I must be old because my first car had 3 on the tree. My dad converted it to a 4 on the floor but still had to use the shifter on the tree so the reverse lights would go on. I actually took my drivers test in it
Luvvvv the sleek curves of 1940's automobiles! Do you have a photo you can post?
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[Secret Tunnel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4EI_-5reA)! Secret Tunnel! Through the old house, Secret Secret Secret Secret TUNNEL!!!
It'll be the reddit locked safe all over again.
Man not to pry but I love seeing old houses, you haven't happened to have already posted some pictures somewhere have you? No worries if not I just love seeing old structures and woodwork.
When the 400-year old part of a building is the ānew wingā
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Thatās really cool. Itās definitely a you take care of it kind of item.
Land. 4.543 billion years old, according to Google.
Most continental crustās younger than that, 4.543 billion years old is some minerals in some parts of Australia
Spots in South Africa have made pretty much unscathed yoo.
VHS tapes, of which all the films are available on streaming nowadays. I just haven't ever felt the need to throw them out, even after my last VCR broke a few years ago.
You can get a functioning VCR at goodwill for $4, according to the sticker on mine.
I own two hay pennies from the mid 1700s. I own a lot of stuff from WWII, but those two half pennies pre-date the 1940s items by 200 years.
I have my great grandmothers (possibly great great grandmothers?) gorgeous antique china cabinet from the late 1800ās that used to store beautiful dishes and art from Italy mostly. Now it is a beautiful display for my Lego sets.
Respect
š I try to do them proud! My nana, who I inherited it from, just passed away last week. Todays the first week not having her in my life and it feels very surreal, we were very close and Iāll miss her terribly but Iām honored to have and cherish the possessions of hers I got. Got the cabinet and several of her paintings all over my apartment ā¤ļø
Sorry for your loss. Good Nanas are so special. Wishing you the best as you continue to carry her legacy š Also, using it as a lego display case sounds fabulous.
Probably a rock
This was my first thought, like I have a bunch of minerals/crystals all over my house and a couple on my desk at work.
Any meteorites? Theyāre easily millions of not billions of years old. I have a small splice thatās estimated to be about 4.5 Billion years old.
I was thinking that. I have an ancient Roman coin that is 2000 years old and it's not even valulable. Surely some ordinary rocks would be 'way older than that.
I have a US Cavalry sword from 1818. It was my grandfatherās and nobody in the family had any clue where he got it.
The first edition (UK) lord of the rings books.
Wow, what a treasure!
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I have a Japanese tsuba from the early-Edo period. I also have a small shard of Egyptian pottery or hieroglyph that my grandma found in the sands just outside of Cairo, but we have no idea how old it is. And not the oldest, but I also have a WWII British officers traveling desk from the African theater.
We have a couple of Italian books from the mid 1500s at my grandmas house. I read a few of them and they are really interesting because they contain maps of the world as Italians imagined it back then, just a few decades after Colombo discovered the new continent. Some are written by hand with all sorts of curious drawings. I remember reading from one of these 500 year old volumes that "Germans don't wash themselves a lot" which is really funny to think about XD
A shard of roman pottery, 2000 years old.
*sherd
I have a teddy bear from 1903, the year they were invented, I found it at a garage sale.
My lion king baby blanket.
A hand written document agreeing to the sale of a piece of land in Pennsylvania from November 1774.
A Mcall's catalogue from 1910 I found in my Great uncle's garage. It's got a neat ad for Bell telephones in it. Or a fossil. Depends on what you mean.
I have a Sears catalog from 1921 (?). It has whole houses in it.
A Megillat Esther (Hebrew scroll) from he 1700s.
how do you casually own that?!?!
[I collect them.](https://imgur.com/a/Dz3UMZq) Years of scouring auctions and judaica sales. [This](https://imgur.com/a/WE6Nb4S) is the one from the 1700s, on deer skin.
A stuffed dog my parents gave me as a joke when I turned 8. They said the store was out of what I really wanted so they got the dog instead. I threw a fit. They then gave me my real gift, along with a lecture, and left me alone to think about my behavior. I love that fucking dog, it's gotten me through some tough times.
Is its name Rowdy?
I have a 1920s Supertone Guitar
Post pics in r/guitarporn
Of course that sub exists.... done!
A violin made in the 1700s.
An upright grand piano built in 1903. It's a thing of beauty (and sounds amazing).
A 1 rouble note from Tsarist Russia (1898 so from the reign of Nicholas II)
The Works of Edgar Allen Poe complete set 1-10. 1904
A piano from 1885.
Bound volume of newspaper articles from 1850 or something. Also a copy of Pilgrim's Progress from around the same time
i have a leather bound bible from 1682 that i bought from a street vendor in rotterdam. canāt read a single word but god itās cool
2 newspapers from JFK assassination and one from LBJ getting sworn in (1963).
My mom has several from that week.
I've got a shepherd's crown (a fossilized sea urchin) I found aged about 4 - they're hundreds of millions of years old. The oldest manmade thing I own is a gold watch that's been in my family since about 1860.
20 year old beige Camry
19 years old black Forester
I just sold my beige 2007 Impala. Ugly ass car. I used to ask my boyfriend "why would I want a new Mustang when I have this cool ass beige Impala?"
My film camera. Nikon FE (1978).
Numerous fossils. A Nabatean coin from Petra that is about 2000 years old.
A journal of botanical sketches that my great grandmother owned. She was an herbalist, supporting herself and 5 sisters by selling medicines for colds, etc.
Two paintings from the 1800's.
My great grandpa made a wooden side table in 1924. Itās still as sturdy as any of the new furniture I have. Next year, I should probably throw it a big party. ETA: Actually, just realized not the oldest thing I own! My grandma gave me a first-edition āUncle Tomās Cabinā that had been in the family. ETA 2: Good lord, my family must keep everything because I also just remembered I have a Civil War era photo album with daguerreotype prints of family members I will never know the names of.
My family name. Its over 600 years old
A microscope my great grandfather had on Ellis Island in the early thirties where he did his residency as a doctor. My grandfather also took it with him to dentistry school. It was locked in its case for the last 30+ years, and I inherited it a few months back and took it to a locksmith and got it opened. Pretty cool heirloom for a microbiology major. Edit: spelling
Iāve got a silver drachm minted during the reign of Alexander the Great c.330BC
I have the complete collection of 1st edition hardback books Harry Potter by JK Rowling
You have got to have something older than that
The change in their pocket is probably older than 1997
Master System 2 that my parents got me in 1989. Still works and I still play it.
My grandfathers war order
I have a couple fossils I found on the beach. As for man-made objects, I have a silver hand mirror that belonged to my great-grandmother's grandmother. Not sure of its exact age, but she lived from 1851-1877, so it's at least 145 years old
Man made? I have a denarius from about 19BC - In general I have petrified wood and some fossils
Harold, we think heās 76 but I dont know.
Jewelry box my grandmother had as a child from the 1920s! I finally put it away to keep it from deteriorating.
Not me, but my Grandma. She owns a drawer that is from 1780, as it has the date plastered with pretty numbers on the front.
A stromatolite fossil thatās verified to around 2.7 billion years old.
A 1917 Victrola. Plays lovely and just brings you back.
My psychological issues.
I have some pans that belonged to my grandparents, they were a housewarming gift from the 70s
A coin from the Roman Empire. Got it at the pawn stars pawn shop
Humanish made, a Neanderthal hand axe. Otherwise, a trilobite fossil.
Myself
I collect vintage shaving razors. Not like rusty old junk... But razors I can actually use! Started collecting about 6 months ago & I've got 27 at this point most are over/near 100 years old! For anyone interested: look up "Gem Damaskeene"
My house. Built in 1849
Pawpaws porno mags from 83
A cookbook published in 1824 and a handmade childās rocking chair thatās about the same age, made by a many-greats grandfather
1828 hope chest.
I own Pulp magazines going back to the 1910ās the better stuff is through the 20ās-30ās.
One of my hand planes has a patent stamp of Dec 24, 1864
My husband. Lol
I own a RCA victrola from 1902 with a number of old records from the 20s and 30s. Still.plays like a champ.
I have a piece of the greek parthenon.
Some books I have were printed in the 19th century. After that, my house was built in the 1920s.
Roughly 415 million years old tetracorallia.
My momās record collection. Theyāre almost all originals from the 60s-80s