Prized possessions?

dankind

The lead singer of Pearl Jam went through a brief David Soul phase, too, I recall. 

darwinstheory

F Me In The Brain said:

hedonist said:

F Me In The Brain said:

My old man's Rolex.  It is in my safe, I've never worn it.

Would you ever wear it, or would it be strange for you?



I don't think so.  My folks bought me a watch when I finished college that will do, for life.  The only time I took it off was when it was serviced until last year when I started running enough to warrant a running watch.  
Once I'm done with running goals and will put the other watch back on until I expire

Only thing I wanted of his when he died, although I'm not a Rolex guy.
My mom wanted me to have his Porsche but I didn't want anything to do with that.  I'm for sure not a Porsche guy.  

I'll take it. Thank you.

lastexitlondon

All i have from my grandmother  that  died when i was 8. 

F Me In The Brain

darwinstheory said:

F Me In The Brain said:

hedonist said:

F Me In The Brain said:

My old man's Rolex.  It is in my safe, I've never worn it.

Would you ever wear it, or would it be strange for you?



I don't think so.  My folks bought me a watch when I finished college that will do, for life.  The only time I took it off was when it was serviced until last year when I started running enough to warrant a running watch.  
Once I'm done with running goals and will put the other watch back on until I expire

Only thing I wanted of his when he died, although I'm not a Rolex guy.
My mom wanted me to have his Porsche but I didn't want anything to do with that.  I'm for sure not a Porsche guy.  

I'll take it. Thank you.

Sold and gone, sorry!

hedonist

dankind said:

The lead singer of Pearl Jam went through a brief David Soul phase, too, I recall. 

I literally laughed out loud. 

GG, I’ll never forget - when David Soul’s album (Playing to an Audience of One) came out, Rolling Stone reviewed it. It said something to the effect of “Make that none, Dave. We just heard the album.”

I was all about Starsky. We even flirted twice (!) in the 80s

F Me In The Brain

I had a 74 or 75 gran torino for a summer.
It was not a cool two sport model like the Starsky-mobile.

dankind

F Me In The Brain said:

I had a 74 or 75 gran torino for a summer.
It was not a cool two sport model like the Starsky-mobile.

If we had been in the same town, I could’ve raced you in my 80 Monza 350hp. Got away from a copper in that one.

That car was awesome until I literally blew it up. Luckily, it happened right in front of a fire station, so I just walked in and let them know that I had a car outside on fire and watched them all spring into action. 

I got it running again, but it’s racing days were over after that. It was always a work in progress for the rest of its days. Still, wasn’t a bad little car for $200. 

hedonist

Gran Torino!

My only great car was my FRZ (and the dude’s Camaro). My first was just awful. My mom’s 1976 Buick Skyhawk hatchback,  bright yellow with a black top. I called it The Bumblebee. 

dankind

The Monza was midnight green. Very Godzilla. Named it The Monzsta. 

F Me In The Brain

The Gran Torino was a POS by the time I got it.  I could sleep on the back seat when loaded at parties, though.

GlowGirl

dankind said:

The lead singer of Pearl Jam went through a brief David Soul phase, too, I recall. 

Not his best look. I generally like blondes, but no 

GlowGirl

hedonist said:

dankind said:

The lead singer of Pearl Jam went through a brief David Soul phase, too, I recall. 

I literally laughed out loud. 

GG, I’ll never forget - when David Soul’s album (Playing to an Audience of One) came out, Rolling Stone reviewed it. It said something to the effect of “Make that none, Dave. We just heard the album.”

I was all about Starsky. We even flirted twice (!) in the 80s

Ooh- you and Paul Michael Glaser. Do tell. 

GlowGirl

F Me In The Brain said:

I had a 74 or 75 gran torino for a summer.
It was not a cool two sport model like the Starsky-mobile.

I never had a cool car. My first car was a 1972 cherry red Dodge Dart Swinger inherited from my grandfather. All the cool kids in my HS drove Camaro’s, Corvettes, Jeeps, or Trans Ams. I did have a boyfriend who drove a cool black Camaro, and another who drove a Mustang. I think by the time I was a senior the muscle cars gave way to the BMWs. Not nearly as cool. 

Poncier

F Me In The Brain said:

I had a 74 or 75 gran torino for a summer.
It was not a cool two sport model like the Starsky-mobile.

When I was a kid someone in my town had a Gran Torino painted just like the striped tomato.
Was quite a cool thing to see drive by as a kid.

F Me In The Brain

https://youtu.be/2ZjviMmXIY8

GlowGirl

In that Billy Madison clip those were like the BMW girls at my high school 🙄

eddiec

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Pontiac-Trans-Am/164379791141?hash=item2645cc8f25:g:KkcAAOSwxElfXCKy
55 bids. Someone get in on this.

tempo_n_groove

dankind said:

hedonist said:

F Me In The Brain said:

My old man's Rolex.  It is in my safe, I've never worn it.

Would you ever wear it, or would it be strange for you?

My father left me a couple of great wristwatches (Rolex Submariner, one of the first Omega Seamasters 18K), too. 

I wore them a lot, but they both need service. The only person I trust to service them is Alex Phillips in Bar Harbor, Maine. And who knows if I’ll ever get to go there again?

He also left me a nice pocket watch (Harris & Shafer 18K), but I fucked up and went into the ocean with it still in my pocket. Not even Alex Phillips could fix it without a near-total rebuild. 

That Omega is gorgeous.  Get that thing worked on and wear it!

tempo_n_groove

My most prized possession is my 1969 Reggie Jackson rookie that I got when I was 10.

Cliffy6745

tempo_n_groove said:

My most prized possession is my 1969 Reggie Jackson rookie that I got when I was 10.

Picture 

Spunkie

Before I set sail last August, I hoped to find the coin with a monkey on it. After my daughter was mugged by a monkey, we skipped viewing stalagmites in a cave and hitched a ride back to the ship with a young couple who were sitting outside a restaurant waiting for their drug dealer. The sweetie pie of a girl gave me these coins and they were jealous we have legal marijuana in Canada as it is an offense in Gilbraltar. There's a bit if hash still stuck on the one coin, but customs let it slide. 

Cliffy6745

Wait, what?

dankind

For the win?

Spunkie

Thanks, that was fun.

brianlux

tish said:

Thanks, that was fun.

Even more fun when you take a few coin tokes while reading this thread!

mcgruff10

$20 gold coin from the 1880's that was passed down on my dad's side.
My mom's dad died was I was 7, never knew what he did in World War 2.  Flash forward to 2004 my mom and I were cleaning out his house after my grandmother died and he was found his canteen cover that he engraved with every single place he was at during the war.  D-day/ bastogne, etc.   

lastexitlondon

mcgruff10 said:

$20 gold coin from the 1880's that was passed down on my dad's side.
My mom's dad died was I was 7, never knew what he did in World War 2.  Flash forward to 2004 my mom and I were cleaning out his house after my grandmother died and he was found his canteen cover that he engraved with every single place he was at during the war.  D-day/ bastogne, etc.   

Wow  great 

Cliffy6745

mcgruff10 said:

$20 gold coin from the 1880's that was passed down on my dad's side.
My mom's dad died was I was 7, never knew what he did in World War 2.  Flash forward to 2004 my mom and I were cleaning out his house after my grandmother died and he was found his canteen cover that he engraved with every single place he was at during the war.  D-day/ bastogne, etc.   

that’s some cool stuff 

Cliffy6745

My dad and I were always very close and discussed politics and history plenty. Somehow he never told me these existed. After he died, my aunt told me about these books. Apparently his high school senior thesis (didn’t know that was a thing) was on Truman. The paper somehow made its way to Truman (teacher or family) with a request to sign these books and postage included for return. He did sign them and send them back and also included the postage as former presidents apparently don’t pay postage, according to his note (which no longer exists).  They were on our shelf the whole time and obviously now mine

Wobbie

I just learned yesterday that the "S" in Harry S. Truman stands for nothing other than "S."

my middle initial is "F"...it can stand for whatever you want.