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General Discussion & Feedback => Just Chat! => Topic started by: Karen W. on 27/01/2007 19:40:29
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Well I have found a multitude of odd things, including baby booties from the 1800's belonging to very great grandparents who felt the need to pass them down through the centuries..LOL I have found odd collections of old cameras and photograpy stuff! Oh and yes a depressing box of war pictures smuggled home from one of me grand fathers, pictures of men beheaded and hung on spits as if for roasting.. (No Joke Horrifing)! Boxes full of hand kerchiefs that were embroideried with ititials Aunts Uncles, grandparents etc. I have found two old school slates early 1900's and old 1906 Kindergarten easil, with hand crancked rolled scrolling curriculum on it, from abcs to object identification.. Tons of ancient oil lamps, old small 2 ft tall gas furnaces.. Old school primers, late 1800's to early 60's. I have found and old copy of Cinderella that is 1906 or so..Hardback no less.. I lkie that one.. Old scrap books ancient postcards.. Old hats and clothing.. Oh Yes I found a very old sex manual.. LOL it was a riot!! LOL
OK Tell all.. WHen cleaning out family history, what skelletons have you found in your Closets????? LOL
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Wow..that's some cool memorabilia you have right there !!
We've only been in this house about fourteen years so the only thing we are liable to find is probably a guest who is still sobering up from our house warming pary !!.YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !!
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This is the house I grew up in since I was 6 years old.. I have three barns full of things each decendant has left me family are extreme pack rats, and geneology buffs.. LOL I think they thought that saving all that stuff that maybe someday their DNA could be used to resurrect them in all their glory... SO in the mean time I am the watch gaurd of their very souls.. LOL But Their souls are starting to take a toll on my soul... LOL Time to clean the closets..
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Girlie I would keep cleaning out stuff...it sounds like you have an interesting history locked up in your closet!!!!
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in closets barnes and sheds, I kid you not!!!! They kept everything..It has been an ongoing project for yearsThere have been times when I simply could not handle it anymore.. getting that way again...
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Karen.....I bet you have a lot of hidden treasure amongst all of that !!..it sounds like a veritable cornucopia of wonderful bric-a-brac !!..I would luff to go digging amongst it.....
mam...ewe probably have some real valuable items right there ...
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There are some cool things there but do I want to keep everything.. I can't even get into the doorway of one barn.. It is a sad state of affairs when I can't even store my own things because I have several generations of stuff. I have an old hard case suitcase from around the depression times, It is my grandmas.. She took it everywhere she went.. It has one case containing her baby pinkie fingernail that they clipped upon her death and my mom encased it inher suitcase which my Gran had I old Jar full of black dust and gold because they bought the rights two a mine and did alot of panning for several years. THen there is one very large Jar of maise, corn for planting as they were always farmers.. And they traveled where they had to to grow their food.. she kept it always.. I have the dousing rods still and tons of silly things... weird stuff I tell you!
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in closets barnes and sheds, I kid you not!!!! They kept everything..It has been an ongoing project for yearsThere have been times when I simply could not handle it anymore.. getting that way again...
Don't overdo it! But love to hear the new finds you find...keep us posted!!!
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you should see this old hand made picture frame and the old photo's inside of it. the glass is broken, I should take a picture and send it to Neil to post.. It is really cool, I think the frame is made from what seems to be folded leather, I believe... It is very cool, very old. You should see the three ancient huge photos in very old gawdy looing frames, gosh they look so staunch and stern.. wedding pics that don't seem happy.. but that's the way they stood for those old pics and then the big poof of flash from those ancient old cameras.. LOL! I have an old brownie amongst several others in my closet..LOL Some pretty funny older electronic ones also..
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oh, yeahhhhh! Send them to him, we want to see...girlie, you should pull something out everyday! We could have so much fun looking at it...
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That might be fun.. alot of funny stuff burried in this place...
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LOL I think it would be most fascinating!
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It's fasinating alright.. It could drive a body to drink!! I have literally been sorting for now on15 years with the exception of two I was where I just couldn't do anymore..right after my mom died..it was too much..
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Wow! 15 years! You needed a 2yr break..bless your heart...so sorry hon..
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LOretta I still have tons, and the truth is I don't even know where to begin... I have thrown out huge amounts of stuff had many yard sales and gave away tons of stuff, I just cannot handle it all.. I go to a barn and say Ok today is d- day, but then i start moving stuff and checking it, and throw up my hands in frustration.. old memories are hard to throw away so I lock the doors and go away awhile until I can do a bit more.. I feel like I am thowing pieces of my family away.. and it kills me.. Isn't that stupid.. I want to find good homes for it as I can't manage it all and my sisters threw their arms up years ago and their homes are filled with stuff from the past.. LOL such a mess.
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Wow, that is an amazing mass of things. I'm afraid to say that the war pictures sound quite interesting, I have two photography books on War Photography, if I ever put my head down I might actually start an idea I had for a kinda of philosophical piece on War starting quite early on and then to present day. I haven't really thought it through properly just yet, that's why I would need to put my head down [;)]
We found a few odd bits and pieces in our old place, can't really remember exactly what we found, well apart from some mail which was probably a year old or so [???]
But when I was a little baber and we moved into my parents current home they found an old plaster cast for a leg and I think some dentures [:-\] [;)]
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LAUGH out loud.. Yeperoo.. I have a prosthetic leg complete with a lovely shoe.. LOLIf anyone ever opened the closet they might have guite the surprise when this leg come falling out at them.. could have an ill effect on someone.. looks rather real until you get down to the lower shin..LOL
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If I found a prosthetic leg I'd probably chase people around with it [;)]
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HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!! I see that happening... All the kiddies screaming ...LOLIt's pretty heavy leg.. you would be surprised..
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Yeah it would be fun, and by the sounds of it, a great way to keep fit [;)]
I was a little confused a minute then, I was trying to reply to this thread but none of actions like reply were at the bottom. I then realised that I had been logged out, this confused me a little more until I finally realised and solved the mystery, I forgot to click the stay logged in box [::)] [;)]
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LOL I have done that before.. Have a great day!
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LOretta I still have tons, and the truth is I don't even know where to begin... I have thrown out huge amounts of stuff had many yard sales and gave away tons of stuff, I just cannot handle it all.. I go to a barn and say Ok today is d- day, but then i start moving stuff and checking it, and throw up my hands in frustration.. old memories are hard to throw away so I lock the doors and go away awhile until I can do a bit more.. I feel like I am thowing pieces of my family away.. and it kills me.. Isn't that stupid.. I want to find good homes for it as I can't manage it all and my sisters threw their arms up years ago and their homes are filled with stuff from the past.. LOL such a mess.
Oh wow! That is not stupid! It is an attachment...that is understandable...why I think you are working through an adventure of many things you are discovering...for you it is a huge chore...but it is exciting too
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I think about things too much Oh I can't get rid of that.. Gran was kicked out of school and given demerits for saying one day man was going to the moon...1918...LOL They did..LOL Stuff like that I keep her paper and things that were personal.. But there is just so much.. She kept every single letter she ever recieved and every envelope she ever wrote a note on a birthday a wedding day a persons death date or new birth.. whatever she had she wrote on it.. LOL
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This is the house I grew up in since I was 6 years old.. I have three barns full of things each decendant has left me family are extreme pack rats, and geneology buffs.. LOL I think they thought that saving all that stuff that maybe someday their DNA could be used to resurrect them in all their glory... SO in the mean time I am the watch gaurd of their very souls.. LOL But Their souls are starting to take a toll on my soul... LOL Time to clean the closets..
Karen,
Get an archaeological or sociology grad student to do it for you. Why throw away all that knowledge?
JB
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Oh I don't want to throw it all away, but I want to organize it put it where it will best be taken care of and be of some use somewhere sometime to someone.. I like your idea Jimbob.. Thanks That may be a very viable option..
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Sounds like a huge project Karen. Good luck with it. I've never found anything good like that in my closets. Just a few skeletons.
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Well thats a debateable statement, good for who.. and frankly there are many generations worth of things involved here. I had another property several years ago that was loaded to the rafters in the houe and its two barns, I managed to clear them of the things that were left, and we then were forced to sell to over whelming bills and medical fees from my surgeries and hospital stays.. so now we have this home left and if God is willing and the creek don't rise, we may find away to keep our home safe.. Life sucks sometimes, but we need to keep going..
Anyway, My home here has three old barnes, I usually classify it as two as one actually adjoins a third separate barn that only share a covered breezeway between the two. The things are absolutely packed to the brim.. So many things... so much can be hauled away if I could just find the energy and the heart to go in and do it.. There are some very bad memories in those barns along with some newly formed good ones I just have to let the bad ones go.. but in the mean time I have a difficult time going in them.. I used to hide in the hayloft from my stepfather as a child... It was my safe place.. I still can barely stand to be in there.. I was always safe there, but when I go there it tends to drag up why I went there and then my palms sweat and I have a bit of anxioty before I hyoperventilate..and have to leave again.. I do better when I am not alone in there...so it is difficult, I have to face it sooner or later.. so I guess I better do it sooner as later may be too late.. I do not want my children having to do it.. It is a nightmare...
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Wow! Karen, what kind of surgeries did you have? It must have been serious!
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I have had two open heart surgeries...threat of the third..amongst other huge medical bills..for different things..
A very depressing subject that I will not go into..here..
Need positive thought and good fun laughter.. I hear that's a cure all right!! POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE!!!! I am here still breathing and Glad of it... BTW Thanks again Hadrian!!
OH I am starving and haven't eaten dinner, Kabob talk has made me hungry! I have eaten too much the last couple weeks with too much stress, I am a stress eater... Makes me angry..... LOL
I am fixing to take my protein in the form of cashews on a nice big green salad!!!!! YAYYYYYYYY! OOOOH and maybe some manderine orange slices........UMMMMMM!
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I just found those 5 airplane dudes that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle in my closet !!
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How were they holding up sir? What were they holding up? Who were they holding up? OH DEAR.. I am having the sillies..LOL Good luck with your appointments tonight!
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Thank ewe Karen mam
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Your welcome Kind Sir! How is ya doing today?
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I have had two open heart surgeries...threat of the third..amongst other huge medical bills..for different things..
A very depressing subject that I will not go into..here..
Need positive thought and good fun laughter.. I hear that's a cure all right!! POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE!!!! I am here still breathing and Glad of it... BTW Thanks again Hadrian!!
OH I am starving and haven't eaten dinner, Kabob talk has made me hungry! I have eaten too much the last couple weeks with too much stress, I am a stress eater... Makes me angry..... LOL
I am fixing to take my protein in the form of cashews on a nice big green salad!!!!! YAYYYYYYYY! OOOOH and maybe some manderine orange slices........UMMMMMM!
Wow! I had no idea you had those kind of surgeries...bless your heart...hugs to the karen! Sorry, I was not trying to depress you...but am grateful you are ok.
Yep, remain positive...that is a good cure...
salad sounds scrumptious...love cashews...
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Me too.. So Positive is the cure and all will be well.. YAYYYYYYYY! No worries Loretta.. times awastin and There is tons to do I just have to start doing them... thats all!
BTW Me salad was scrumptious.....I love green salad manderine oranges chicken and a nice light orange juice dressing, make that a baby spring salad with lots of spinich!!! YUMMMMMMMMMY!
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Now you know what I found in me closet??? I found out I want to have another little bitty baby... That I can cuddle hug and love one more time round...LOL I bet that's the last thing you thought I would say!! LOL I am 46 years old and me wants to have another baby really bad.. I don't think it's possible anymore after my last surgery.. But I am willing to have a go at it anyways!! LOL How about that All of me wants a baby, I have thought about it and think me is going to go see the doc, and ask if he completely destroyed me or not.. I was really upset at that surgery and I am pretty positive he said I wouldn't be able to have any more babies as they scrapped the walls with some kind of wire whip to remove all the huge polyps..cists.. I wonder if I can't get pregnant or just can't carry.. I think I need to hurry up and see before me can't..
I do worry though that if something happened who would take care of the baby... Well that would be horrible..46 + 20 = 66 Hummm, I don't drink smoke take drugs or do horrible stuff to my body, maybe it would help me sleep.. Although adoption would be good to.. but I want a tiny one to start from the beginning of that whittle first breath...
Maybe it's empty nest syndrome and not liking being alone.. I really do want another baby... I have had this want before.. I recognise it well.
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A dead fish dressed in a tutu balanced on top of a TV set floating in a paddling pool full of elephant hair clippings and imitation dolls of Chairman Mao cleaning this teeth wile reading a paper with a photo of Frank Zappa being knighted by a box of crunchy nuts.
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I've got to find me something like that [:D] [;)]
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I've got to find me something like that [:D] [;)]
well now you never know what you might find if you look in on us....
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I've got to find me something like that [:D] [;)]
well now you never know what you might find if you look in on us....
I'm going through the cupboard tonight to see what I can find now [;)]
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I've got to find me something like that [:D] [;)]
well now you never know what you might find if you look in on us....
I'm going through the cupboard tonight to see what I can find now [;)]
cupboard LOVE.....LOL
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I've got to find me something like that [:D] [;)]
well now you never know what you might find if you look in on us....
I'm going through the cupboard tonight to see what I can find now [;)]
cupboard LOVE.....LOL
LOL, there was cupboard love action at the Nurses Halloween party [;)]
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You boys are obsessed!! LOL
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Now you know what I found in me closet??? I found out I want to have another little bitty baby... That I can cuddle hug and love one more time round...LOL I bet that's the last thing you thought I would say!! LOL I am 46 years old and me wants to have another baby really bad.. I don't think it's possible anymore after my last surgery.. But I am willing to have a go at it anyways!! LOL How about that All of me wants a baby, I have thought about it and think me is going to go see the doc, and ask if he completely destroyed me or not.. I was really upset at that surgery and I am pretty positive he said I wouldn't be able to have any more babies as they scrapped the walls with some kind of wire whip to remove all the huge polyps..cists.. I wonder if I can't get pregnant or just can't carry.. I think I need to hurry up and see before me can't..
I do worry though that if something happened who would take care of the baby... Well that would be horrible..46 + 20 = 66 Hummm, I don't drink smoke take drugs or do horrible stuff to my body, maybe it would help me sleep.. Although adoption would be good to.. but I want a tiny one to start from the beginning of that whittle first breath...
Maybe it's empty nest syndrome and not liking being alone.. I really do want another baby... I have had this want before.. I recognise it well.
I am 43 and I am ready to live again...I do not want anymore babies...but you have a bigger heart for kids...I admire that...but yes, check with your doctor first...
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Hey Lo, how are you..? Well, I always lived before,as best I could. My kids always kept my head above water.. as they always were my priority.. even when I couldn't help them, they helped me just because they existed.
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well its not wat i found in my closet its wat i found in my DAD's closet...lol very interesting magazing..i think ill keep it lol
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LOL, tony, Hows school?
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going great wat about u?..and ummm work?
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Things are crazy... work is busy, but helps occupy my mind..Kids are good like that..
Are you still writing young man?
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lol i hate writing
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Too bad I think you have a beautiful way with words a very nice talent.. I am glad school is going well.
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What kind of magazine?
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Well HO HUMMMMM If it needs to be in the closet, I can only srmise it may have something to do with nudity eh? LOL
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lol...yea moonfire it was that kinda magazine
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it is still under my bead if i remeber rite
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LOL ... well tis where you usually find magazines of that kind.. LOL
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Oh oh...sorry...
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HEE HEE HEE HEE!
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lol
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Hey Tony Hey LO, hows your day going?
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Hey Tony! Hope you are doing well to not open that magazine...ummm, right? LOL I am fine Karen how are you?
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Sick Stuffy Bored stiff!
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lol mayb moonfire
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Tony,
Buy more of them and hide them in the garage in an old box as I did. Really gave me a good education - liberal mainly, because that has always been the slant of the Playboy interviews. Their fiction is damned fine as well. As for the women, most are not to my taste, never liked milk cows much. And it must be one hell of a pain in the back.
Winter does make it more uncomfortable and life more complicated for me as well.
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Hey Jim Bob, Pretty cold eh?
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lol dude how cud u do that in winter omg lol
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I found a video game i had lost for 2 years one time.
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tom cruise trying to stop in there!
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Jeese Paul I am coming to your house! LOL I wuv Tom cruse but he is so Young! LOL
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lol...yea moonfire it was that kinda magazine
I would tear that magazine to peices then burn it. I think those magazines are disgusting.
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HMMMM..What video game did you find..LOL Was it buried in your bedroom Like my kids always did?
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i know this is an old topic, but i went and found it because yesterday i found a tv that i forgot that i owned. which made my mom happy because my sister broke hers last week.
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i found Elvis in my closet
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I started to clean my top shelf of my broom closet! I have 59 pictures I am thinning down!!! Lookie what I found!!!
WHERES DANIEL I NEED DANIEL PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRORDINAIRE!
ONE old Brownie wind up movie camera that still works! LOL
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One Poloroid automatic land camera..440
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One old Poloroid land camera
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One one poloroid electric eye land camera
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One Kodak 8 milimeter movie camera
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And this little number for reel to reel viewing of tape
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This old phone and a victorian pocelin dolls head!
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Bottles of film cleaner and movie film cleaner..
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Numerous flash cubes
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This is some kind of camera thing.. I also have found 2 other projectors and a large
fancy veiwing screen!
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Definetly my sanity.
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Yes I think mine is there too.
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The remains of a house Gecko!
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ELVIS!
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i'm a pack rat, sad to say. . . I've found really old pictures of my parents and just old treasures that are keepsakes in your heart forever.
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Me too!