Random LJ Scavenger Hunt: Day Nine

[pyjamapants]

Day nine is your day to post the oldest thing you own.

I was really, really hoping mine would be the piano, but I tracked down the serial number. Alas, the piano is from 1952.

So, the oldest thing I own is debatable, as we do not yet entirely own our house... But it was built in 1900, which easily makes it the oldest thing I (we) own.

This relic at the top of our stairs is from when our house had gas lamps.  

Comments

[persevero.livejournal.com]

Gas lamp bracket is splendid. But did the oldest thing have to be man-made? Most folks have the odd fossil lying around, if not the dozens of fossils and rocks that lie gather dust on my window sills.

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

No, it didn't have to be man-made. But any rocks I've collected over the years are still packed up.

[sunnythirty3.livejournal.com]

I'm not doing the meme, but we have a little table we bought in the Far North of Nz which is made from swamp kauri. That is kauri trees that fell into swamps thousands of years ago and were preserved, then dug up later. The furniture all come with special certificates to say the wood has been carbon dated... 20,000 or so years old!

[christev.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should do just this day of the scavenger hunt, then!

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

VERY COOL! I wanna see!!!!!!!

[feathersindigo.livejournal.com]

That is very cool :)

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Fortunately, we are both short, so there's no worry of gauging out an eye in the middle of the night. :D

[clairvoyant12.livejournal.com]

I love the architecture and sturdiness of old houses as long as they come without draftiness. Old gas lamp hardware is cool.

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

Oh, but draftiness adds to that old-timey feeling. :)

[christev.livejournal.com]

Old hardware or architecture in houses is very cool. On my building, if you look at any kitchen wall from outside, you can see a little bitty door that leads to under the sink. Not sure if it would have been for something like coal delivery or what, exactly, but kind of interesting. :)

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I love little details like that!

[cecelle.livejournal.com]

I'd love to live in an old house instead of a tract home! :0)

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

Oh, it has its downsides. Like the fact that nothing at the big box home repair shops usually works. Cause in point, the French doors on the back of the house that have needed replacing for three years because there are actually regular doors cut down... which ends up not holding up too well....

[verus-janus.livejournal.com]

wow, that is brilliant!!! a gas lamp fitting! wow! wow!