I've always liked old things, and been somewhat distrustful of the new. Like, I'm the one with the cell phone that's just a phone. I still have my first computer --a Mac from 1986, with its sharp little 9" screen.
My oldest possession is an 1832 Old Farmers Almanac, found in the barn on a farm that my Granddad bought.
I have a nice ladies size upright bass built by Pfretzschner in Germany in the 1880s. Sadly, I don't play it much anymore. I have a 1981 AMC Eagle (that's a car) and a 1953 Chevy both now stored in a barn back home in Kansas.
But my most prized old thing is my great-great-grandmother's Bachelor's Degree. She was born in Sweden in 1870, came here in 1876, and graduated Cum Laude from Connecticut Wesleyan University in 1888, back in the days when very, very few women went to college.
Lindy
Last edited by Lindy; 12-15-2008 at 07:40 PM..
Reason: add one more "great" to grandma
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