View Full Version : Your most cherished posession
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 10:50 AM
As discussed on today's show; do you have a keepsake you would be extremely upset if lost, stolen or broken by your kids, a friend or even your clumsy self?
I thought about this and I am with Ron, I think there is almost nothing I own that means more than the memory associated with it... anything that can break is replaceable.
What's your most cherished possession? How far would you go to preserve it? How would you react if it was broken?
There may be a similar thread about this but I thought it fits with today's show so I chose to make a new thread.
I've got a basement full of stuff that I thought was important at one time. It has been packed away for over 10 years.
When I get the energy and the time I hope to clean out my basement and throw it all away.
underdog
03-23-2009, 10:57 AM
Other than my wife and my cats, I have nothing irreplaceable in my house.
ChrisTheCop
03-23-2009, 10:59 AM
I could do without every single piece of shit I own.
Some mean more than others, but everything's replaceable.
King Hippos Bandaid
03-23-2009, 11:02 AM
I own useless inane clutter that s worthless
just my wedding album would be something Id be a little peeved if I lost, but I bet that is replaceable during this modern computer age
Dougie Brootal
03-23-2009, 11:02 AM
a glass beer stein that was once hurled at my head with ferocious speed by my one true love! sigh! the one that got away!
drjoek
03-23-2009, 11:03 AM
a glass beer stein that was once hurled at my head with ferocious speed by my one true love! PLUS the Blood stained carpet sigh! the one that got away!
fixed
I've got a basement full of stuff that I thought was important at one time. It has been packed away for over 10 years.
When I get the energy and the time I hope to clean out my basement and throw it all away.
I'm the same way. I used to think there were things I needed, and could never get rid of. Mostly books and tools, but I have a pretty cool old chess set that I'd hate to part with.
Of course I still have all that shit, and looking every time I go through it to find stuff to toss or give away, I find reasons to keep it.
I guess I still like that stuff, but I know I don't need it. Mostly, I think I'd rather have it and not use it than to need it again (I might need a mitre-saw, you never know) and have to buy it again. So in the end, I keep stuff and pay for a storage unit because I'm cheap.
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 11:03 AM
a glass beer stein that was once hurled at my head with ferocious speed by my one true love! sigh! the one that got away!
you just had to get that out before anyone else would make that joke... didn't ya
A few things that if lost/stolen/etc. might annoy me..(something that was expensive for example) but nothing that would break my heart like Fredo did to Michael in Godfather II.
(sorry it was on for 48 hours straight and couldn't get away from it)
No inanimate object matters that much to me.
Dougie Brootal
03-23-2009, 11:20 AM
fixed
:lol:
you just had to get that out before anyone else would make that joke... didn't ya
it hurts lees if i make fun of myself!
drjoek
03-23-2009, 11:21 AM
:lol:
it hurts less if i make fun of myself!
Thats unaccepable, Leave the cruelty to us professionals
DarkHippie
03-23-2009, 12:09 PM
My Strat. Got it for my 18th birthday from my uncle. Its so precious to me that I hardly even play it anymore.
Incidentally, all my other guitars I beat to shit.
instrument
03-23-2009, 12:16 PM
was talking to a friend about this the other day, due to moving a lot as a kid and two house fires, i think i lost all sentimentality towards "things"
the closest it could thing is a photo album that survived a fire which is just pics of me and an ex.
Mafialife Chris
03-23-2009, 12:19 PM
My Grandmother gave me a brown envelope with about 12 letters I wrote her when I was younger. I used to stay with her for a while, and we had a close friendship.
As I grew up, we grew distant. She lived on the ground floor in my dad and brothers house.
On her death bed, she told me she saved all of the letters and wanted me to have them.
Reading them makes me weep every single time.
badorties
03-23-2009, 12:48 PM
i have two external hardrives: one full of my music collection and the containing pics/videos
i'd crushed if i lost all the pics of my son, my wedding and eight years of memories
on my to do list is to get another harddrive, backup everything and keep it in a safe deposit box
There was a time I would have said my first acoustic guitar, which I still have and play almost every day even though it's an old piece of shit. That guitar meant a lot to me because it's the one I learned to play on and I wrote some really personal songs on it.
Now it doesn't really mean that much to me. I have 6 other guitars.
Fuck sentimentality.
Hepcat22
03-23-2009, 01:09 PM
My McIntosh stereo equipment - and of course my XM Inno rig.
JerseyRich
03-23-2009, 01:09 PM
This chair and this paddle ball game and this lamp...
http://thiswoman.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/the_jerk.jpg
Friday
03-23-2009, 01:10 PM
it would be impossible for me to deal with losing the goodbye letter my mom wrote to me.
it would be equally hard to deal with losing the keepsakes i have of her, such as the teddy bear that was made from her favorite clothing, notes she wrote to me, jewelry she gave me.
this stuff is irreplaceable.
and my kitten, of course.
ruggedo
03-23-2009, 01:20 PM
Books, I have a library filled with classic books, in very early editions.
I have a lot of things I would hate to lose but the books would be the worst of it. I'm not anxious to run away from everything tho and not to worried about leaving a trail behind me either.
Caseyelan
03-23-2009, 01:26 PM
my scrapbooks of shit from when I was younger.
Every ticket stub, every flyer.... I could never replace them.
Also, I have a stained glass window that was made by Eve Libertine of Crass that could never be replaced and I would be so sad not having.
hammersavage
03-23-2009, 01:27 PM
Not much. I like to be able to walk away just in case.
Jujubees2
03-23-2009, 01:34 PM
I got nothing.
shortchaz
03-23-2009, 01:43 PM
you guys should protect your items by getting carbonite.
WampusCrandle
03-23-2009, 01:54 PM
i used to have a 4-leaf clover i found, while living in China, but it was lost in a small fire. my second runner up is a picture of my entire family :happy:
mudflap170
03-23-2009, 03:15 PM
I'm with Ron. I've got a lot of stuff, but nothing I really give a shit about. As a matter-of-fact I'm working on a contingency plan to WACO that mother-fucker when the cops finally catch up to me.
ToiletCrusher
03-23-2009, 03:18 PM
I bet Chuckwagoncook has a couple of Fez related items that he would hate to part with.
Hottub
03-23-2009, 03:20 PM
Mostly some old photos, and My Omega Speedmaster.
And my Homeowner's Policy.
Serpico1103
03-23-2009, 04:23 PM
As discussed on today's show; do you have a keepsake you would be extremely upset if lost, stolen or broken by your kids, a friend or even your clumsy self?
I thought about this and I am with Ron, I think there is almost nothing I own that means more than the memory associated with it... anything that can break is replaceable.
What's your most cherished possession? How far would you go to preserve it? How would you react if it was broken?
There may be a similar thread about this but I thought it fits with today's show so I chose to make a new thread.
I think the purpose of keepsakes is to trigger the memory. You don't sit back and think of the baseball game you went to with your Dad when you were a kid. But, when you pick up the ball, or whatever memento, you got from the game, it triggers the memory.
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 04:34 PM
I think the purpose of keepsakes is to trigger the memory. You don't sit back and think of the baseball game you went to with your Dad when you were a kid. But, when you pick up the ball, or whatever memento, you got from the game, it triggers the memory.
I disagree... I have one picture of my grandma and even when I am not around it I will have memories of her that are a million times better than that picture...I guess that is a bad thing to say for someone who tries to sell pictures... but it is the truth for me... I have to say that there are probably a lot of people who need a physical object like a picture to be able to bring back those memories.. I am just not one of them.
On the other hand they enable someone to share their memories of a special moment with someone who was not present at the time, some can paint a picture with their words and others just show a beautiful captured moment without any words necessary.
Hottub
03-23-2009, 04:37 PM
A quick glance at a photo can bring back a thousand memories.
IamFogHat
03-23-2009, 04:39 PM
I gotta say I think I'm with Ronnie on this one, I could probably torch the place and not care about anything that was lost. Something to consider, I've been thinking about it and I realize I have lost some material possessions before that I was upset about in the immediate moment, but I couldn't give two shits about now, and I've been looking around here and I can't find a single thing I couldn't do without.
Friday
03-23-2009, 04:42 PM
I disagree... I have one picture of my grandma and even when I am not around it I will have memories of her that are a million times better than that picture...I guess that is a bad thing to say for someone who tries to sell pictures... but it is the truth for me... I have to say that there are probably a lot of people who need a physical object like a picture to be able to bring back those memories.. I am just not one of them.
i can agree with this too. nothing will take those memories away... and writing them down or sharing them with others can be a great way to pass them on.
but sometimes there are things that almost come to represent that person in your life.
or things, like a letter or a picture that you return to when you need strength.
i hate my voice mailbox for auto-deleting the one message from my mom that i had left in my phone.
it's so hard to hear someone's voice in your memory after time has passed.
so that is why i think that some things/physical heirlooms are just Needed... because losing that connection can be scary.
blabla i will stop babbling nonsense now.
This is something I have arguments with my mom over from time to time. She's dangerously close to becoming one of those creepy OCD pack rats who throws nothing out because she refuses to part with anything that once belonged to her mother, no matter how insignificant the object may be.
I can't fathom how a set of dishes, for example, has now become sacred because they once belonged to someone you loved.
I guess everyone mourns in their own way, no matter how little it makes sense to others.
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 04:48 PM
it's not nonsense, it is more like a feeling of comfort that gets associated with that object, like a child's blanket or favorite lovey... it gives a sense of security, and when you are an adult it probably makes you feel like you won't lose the memory for eternity cause you fear losing it... again some people have no problem with it and don't have these fears... others have them even more... it's all a matter of personality.
Friday
03-23-2009, 04:55 PM
This is something I have arguments with my mom over from time to time. She's dangerously close to becoming one of those creepy OCD pack rats who throws nothing out because she refuses to part with anything that once belonged to her mother, no matter how insignificant the object may be.
I can't fathom how a set of dishes, for example, has now become sacred because they once belonged to someone you loved.
I guess everyone mourns in their own way, no matter how little it makes sense to others.
it's nuts... but wait until it's your job to throw away all of that crap when your mom goes byebye.
shittiest job EVER.
i got rid of SO much and just kept the things that i thought were the most important... but from time to time i will say to myself... 'self, why did you throw that away? it was special'.
and the guilt sets in... and it can be brutal at times.
eventually i talk myself back into reality, but it really BLOWS having to toss the things that belonged to your mom/dad when they are gone.
even if it seems ridiculous to you now...
Foster
03-23-2009, 05:07 PM
it's nuts... but wait until it's your job to throw away all of that crap when your mom goes byebye.
shittiest job EVER.
i got rid of SO much and just kept the things that i thought were the most important... but from time to time i will say to myself... 'self, why did you throw that away? it was special'.
and the guilt sets in... and it can be brutal at times.
eventually i talk myself back into reality, but it really BLOWS having to toss the things that belonged to your mom/dad when they are gone.
even if it seems ridiculous to you now...
thats got to be one of the hardest things in the world to do; just getting rid of my dog's old toys broke my heart.
can't imagine going through that for my parents
I am fortunate that both of my parents are still alive and well so I can't really speak about the difficulty of going through their belongings when they pass, but I always tell my mother "don't make me have to throw all this crap out when you die...do it now!"
ria662c
03-23-2009, 05:29 PM
my scrapbooks of shit from when I was younger.
Every ticket stub, every flyer.... I could never replace them.
Also, I have a stained glass window that was made by Eve Libertine of Crass that could never be replaced and I would be so sad not having.
Definetly scrapbooks, photo albums, and ticket stubs!
JAH1013
03-23-2009, 07:06 PM
I would be upset to lose my golf clubs. I've never seen another set like them and I think it would probably be impossible to replace the exact set. More than that, I have kept hundreds of ticket stubs from every concert that I've been to in the past 15-20 years. That would be devestating!
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 07:16 PM
More than that, I have kept hundreds of ticket stubs from every concert that I've been to in the past 15-20 years. That would be devestating!
I am curious, how often do you look at them or show them to anyone?
Would it really effect your life in a negative way if you did not have them? I mean I have ticket stubs and signed tickets, books and stuff as well, but if I did not have them, lose them in a fire or anything would happen it would most certainly not devastate me....
The only thing that has such strong emotions attached is my child and not a lifeless object.
CofyCrakCocaine
03-23-2009, 07:19 PM
Even if I did, I wouldn't be dumb enough to announce online what it is. God would go after it if he knew he could break me through it.
Brad in Bama
03-23-2009, 07:20 PM
I'm going with the cool kids on this one. I'm more of a memory guy. I'll keep the junk associated with the memory, but if it all goes I'll still have the memory.
Caseyelan
03-23-2009, 07:20 PM
I am curious, how often do you look at them or show them to anyone?
Would it really effect your life in a negative way if you did not have them? I mean I have ticket stubs and signed tickets, books and stuff as well, but if I did not have them, lose them in a fire or anything would happen it would most certainly not devastate me....
The only thing that has such strong emotions attached is my child and not a lifeless object.
Before I had Jules, it was my proof of living. Each one had a memory attached that meant more to me then anything.
But, since having the kid, I think about them less and less and don't daydream about how great it was to be 18 anymore.
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 07:23 PM
Before I had Jules, it was my proof of living. Each one had a memory attached that meant more to me then anything.
But, since having the kid, I think about them less and less and don't daydream about how great it was to be 18 anymore.
as Lukas is getting older I realize more and more how easy it is for me to let go of things that were special to me when he was a baby... I know I had a much harder time at first with that... but when the subject came up today, I honestly would not hurt if I lost his first little outfit, toy... or even the foot print from the hospital... as long as he is safe and happy with me right now...
of course if ever anything was to happen to him I would probably long for these things again... at least for a while... to substitute him... and give me that same(or some kind of) comfort.
Caseyelan
03-23-2009, 07:26 PM
as Lukas is getting older I realize more and more how easy it is for me to let go of things that were special to me when he was a baby... I know I had a much harder time at first with that... but when the subject came up today, I honestly would not hurt if I lost his first little outfit, toy... or even the foot print from the hospital... as long as he is safe and happy with me right now...
of course if ever anything was to happen to him I would probably long for these things again... at least for a while... to substitute him... and give me that same(or some kind of) comfort.
I have some boxes of juliannas clothes I won't part with yet, I know I will but sometimes I find myself sneaking upstairs just to smell them and think about how different she is now.
So creepy sounding.
I'm sure as shit then when stanny gets here I will be alot less insane about parting with this stuff.
Who am I kidding... he will probably end up wearing half of it.
:)
~Katja~
03-23-2009, 07:29 PM
I have some boxes of juliannas clothes I won't part with yet, I know I will but sometimes I find myself sneaking upstairs just to smell them and think about how different she is now.
So creepy sounding.
I'm sure as shit then when stanny gets here I will be alot less insane about parting with this stuff.
Who am I kidding... he will probably end up wearing half of it.
:)
haha, I feel ya... but it really took me time to feel less attached to baby things... I still had a baby banner in his room (which he never even sleeps in) just cause it was there... the other day it hit me and I took it down, hell he tells me all the time that he is a big boy now... so I better get with it :)
If you come across the monkey dress I gave for Jules baby shower please safe it for a picture with Stan ;)
Devo37
03-23-2009, 07:29 PM
i have a teddy bear (Harvey) that i've had since 2nd grade (my mom's a nurse, and some big-wig from the Gund company was one of her patients and gave it to her for me). it's just sitting in the corner of my bedroom. i hardly ever even look at it, but i'd be bummed if i lost it, after having it for so long.
aside from that, not much that's all that important. i sometimes look around my place amazed at the amount of unimportant possessions that i have.
CofyCrakCocaine
03-23-2009, 07:30 PM
I have some boxes of juliannas clothes I won't part with yet, I know I will but sometimes I find myself sneaking upstairs just to smell them and think about how different she is now.
So creepy sounding.
I'm sure as shit then when stanny gets here I will be alot less insane about parting with this stuff.
Who am I kidding... he will probably end up wearing half of it.
:)
I just noticed your avatar for the first time for some reason and I am fucking TKO'd by how ADORABLE Julianna is!!!! :wub:
Fallon
03-23-2009, 07:34 PM
My #7 Ray Bourque stick from 1988. Got it from my sister for my birthday, our neighbor worked at the Garden. Ray went to #77 later that season.
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~Katja~
03-23-2009, 07:34 PM
i have a teddy bear (Harvey) that i've had since 2nd grade (my mom's a nurse, and some big-wig from the Gund company was one of her patients and gave it to her for me). it's just sitting in the corner of my bedroom. i hardly ever even look at it, but i'd be bummed if i lost it, after having it for so long.
aside from that, not much that's all that important. i sometimes look around my place amazed at the amount of unimportant possessions that i have.
thankfully all my stuffed animals are boxed up at my mom's in Germany. She tells me every time I visit to go through it and I never find time... she could have thrown them all out by now and I would not know, but whenever she brings it up I say "hold onto them, maybe Lukas will want them..."
The thing is if she decided to hell with me and throw them out after all... I probably would not miss them, nor find out about it... she could keep playing the "Please go through them" game for years to come.
drusilla
03-23-2009, 07:39 PM
i have a lot of shit. when i moved i left it all at my moms. i think i'd miss my photo albums the most. i love to look through old pictures. i recently found my grandmothers photo album & was so excited to see all the old pictures of my dad & my parents when they were younger. i'd probably be upset if i lost my computer too. other than that i know it's all crap.
KC2OSO
03-23-2009, 09:06 PM
I just noticed your avatar for the first time for some reason and I am fucking TKO'd by how ADORABLE Julianna is!!!! :wub:
Cofy nails it again. It's Julianna. Well done sir.
Julianna is the rawest form of our hope.
God bless her.
PapaBear
03-23-2009, 09:10 PM
Probably the external hard drive with all of my old family photos on it. Dogs are technically considered to be possessions. If that's the case, I'd say him over the photos. But I don't see him as a possession.
hammersavage
03-23-2009, 10:38 PM
I just noticed your avatar for the first time for some reason and I am fucking TKO'd by how ADORABLE Julianna is!!!! :wub:
It's all in the eyebrow flair. Very cool.
razorboy
03-23-2009, 10:47 PM
If I ever lost my GrandPop's Martin O-17 or my Uncle's Kay Truetone Speed Demon, I would be devastated.
SeventySix
03-29-2009, 04:01 PM
I'd have to say my iphone. I've had an MP3 player since they were about 64 MB(!) Whats funny is I would record Art bell shows and listen to them later when I had time and energy. When I found old RnF shows in MP3 format I started to collect them and this just fueled my need when apple made the crackpod. Now about 8 years and 500GB(!!) later I still use it every day catching up on the shows (currently on March 2007).
All the other apps have become invaluable and I just can't imagine not having my email delivered right to my pocket :)
If it broke I would honestly drive directly to AT&T and buy another one!
Houston
03-29-2009, 04:09 PM
My love for Jesus Christ. Our savior.
And I'm not joking.
My cellphone.
YOU GOT A CELL PHONE???
Say it ain't so!!!
hedges
03-29-2009, 04:32 PM
My great, great uncle (haven't really figured it out just yet how he was related) had my first name and my middle name as his last, scribbled his name in the beginning pages of a novel, and dated it 1910.
Dirtbag
03-29-2009, 04:41 PM
There's things I'd be pissed if I had to pay for again, but there's nothing with any sentimental value or otherwise irreplaceable at all.
Foster
03-29-2009, 04:47 PM
thought about this question off and on all week, and I honestly can't think of something I own that I "cherish".
can't decide if thats a good thing or a bad thing
SeventySix
03-29-2009, 04:49 PM
Oh, if we're talkin irreplaceable I'd say my wang
Don Stugots
03-29-2009, 04:51 PM
Gvac
Mexican_Radio
03-29-2009, 06:47 PM
my scrapbooks of shit from when I was younger.
Every ticket stub, every flyer.... I could never replace them.
Also, I have a stained glass window that was made by Eve Libertine of Crass that could never be replaced and I would be so sad not having.
What about the nice blanket that your grandmother made.....oh wait, sorry.
~Katja~
03-29-2009, 06:52 PM
My love for Jesus Christ. Our savior.
And I'm not joking.
we were talking about objects though...
yet I have thought about whether there is a connection between people that are religious (and find a lot of comfort in faith and religion) and people that have this attachment to objects that give them a similar feeling of comfort...
I guess there are exceptions but it seems that people who are not religious are quicker and easier to disconnect from these possessions.
~Katja~
03-29-2009, 06:54 PM
If it broke I would honestly drive directly to AT&T and buy another one!
that makes it replaceable though and not an object of a sentimental value
SeventySix
03-29-2009, 07:38 PM
that makes it replaceable though and not an object of a sentimental value
An honest answer would be all our photos - digital and printed.
weekapaugjz
03-29-2009, 11:22 PM
my watch. my mom gave it to me for a graduation gift. for all that she has done for me in my life, i will remember it everytime i look at the time. i will have it forever.
nixonfingers
03-30-2009, 01:38 AM
I no longer have any 'cherished' possessions. Any time I try to keep something it gets ruined at some point, so it's best to not even worry.
YOU GOT A CELL PHONE???
Say it ain't so!!!
It ain't so.
Hottub
03-30-2009, 03:58 AM
iPhone?
Annie Waits
03-30-2009, 04:08 AM
the softest pillow case in the world that my boyfriend gave me
http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo92/chuckwagoncook_2008/031.jpg
CountryBob
03-30-2009, 04:18 AM
My mother's Bible that she gave me before dying. It has some inspirational messages she wrote to me inside.
SeventySix
03-30-2009, 03:54 PM
My mother's Bible that she gave me before dying. It has some inspirational messages she wrote to me inside.
Way to come up with something actually meaningful and irreplaceable, Country Bob. Now how am I supposed to post soemthing inappropriate and off topic after that!!?? :)
JAH1013
03-31-2009, 11:53 AM
I am curious, how often do you look at them or show them to anyone?
Would it really effect your life in a negative way if you did not have them? I mean I have ticket stubs and signed tickets, books and stuff as well, but if I did not have them, lose them in a fire or anything would happen it would most certainly not devastate me....
The only thing that has such strong emotions attached is my child and not a lifeless object.
I guess devastating was probably too strong of a word. I agree that all lifeless objects are replaceable. Life would go on if I lost those tickets and I could replace golf clubs with a different set. I was trying to think of something that I had the most memories attached to it.
If my house caught fire, I would not kick my wife and daughter down to get to those tickets.
Snoogans
03-31-2009, 12:48 PM
My silver necklace. You probably have noticed it if you have seen me in chat or my tips videos. I think Ron made fun of me for having it on the day I was there with IQ. Its not really worth much, i think i paid 75 for the chain and the big silver cobra charm that came with it which i dont wear.
But I bought the chain when I was 19 and have worn it pretty much every day since. And I'm not real superstitious, so it's not like I think im gonna have an awful day if I dont wear it, but it means alot to me for some reason. Its the only thing I ever really kept for that long and its pretty much the only piece of jewelry I ever wear.
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