So, like I said in the random thread, I have these tins from World War 2 from when my great grandfaher was captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. He was forced to work here and on the Burma Railway where he was tortured, etc.
Thousands of prisoners died around him, and he carried these tins with him everywhere that he was taken as a prisoner. He carved into them the names of the ships he was on and the prisoner camps he was taken to.
Smart guy. It's been very helpful in my research. This camp that I linked to, he was in in 1940.
Anyway, he was one of the lucky ones and made it home (thank god, or I wouldn't exist).
He gave the tins to my father, who has unofficially given them to me. They're beautiful. It feels really weird holding them, I mean, he was probably etching into them while people were being shot around him. He's carved really accurate maps of Australia into them, which would have taken days or weeks. I keep thinking that like, maybe he did these to remind himself of what he was fighting for.
I also have his war medals here. He earned a LOT of them.

Anyway, I have other things that I'll post about later. What are yours? Furniture, jewellery, paintings?

Cool

i think we have one but i dont know what it is

piano scrolls

This pearl necklace that was insanley pretty.

My mom broke it last week. >:|

Yeah, my dad tried to clean these tins with a scouring pad and scratched a lot of the names and drawings off of it.

I don't think we have one..
but i have this $100 1910 german note which my dad gave me

a while ago my uncles house burn down [completrly] and he recovered a civil war gun barrel and my great grandfathers 55 cal pistol (somthing like that)
i think we got rid of the barrel idk abour pistol i'll ask

a 1952 fender telecaster. Its pretty much wrecked. My grandad had it, gave it to my dad, then to me. one day when i have enough money im gonna get it fixed up.

u suck dude get a life

wtf? just because your a talentless Sob.

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Bitch.

lol go wrestle sum crocs or sumthing lil'g

ahaha umm are you serious?

do you know what you've just done? lol. thats not even a good insult.

aussassh, I'm serious. Anyone out there who is a psychic?

wtf are you talking about? are you on lsd or are you just bicurious?

dude, that was sarcastic. pfft

how about you go fuck off and stop being a little wank. If you are going to insult Australian's (Booboo and me) try coming up with a good insult that makes sense. Or you could just piss off.

sound good?. i think so.

Snap!

Suck my dick bitch, I want it deep throat

haha what? u fancy her now?

ur gonna get banned for that now.

I bet you're eight.

Well since I actually have wrestled crocs, I'd shut the fuck up if I was you.

But guys, it's not what this thread is for. I don't care what he says. DO NOT RESPOND.

i bet his penis wouldn't get past her lips for deep throat.

i have two rings. One is gold with a diamond set n it and it belonged to my great great grandmother. It id in its original box aswell with the name of the jewelers and where the shop was. The other ring is my great grandmothers. its a silver ring with onyx in it.

Yeah.
I'm aching for my nana to die so I can have her pretty things.
KIDDING, I love her so much.
I can wait.

At my parents house they have this painting of a lonely little girl that has been passed down and when I was younger I had dreams that she was going to kill me.

It's haunted, I am positive. Her eyes follow you in the dark.

At my nans house she has all the stuff my great grandparents had during world war 2. There's things like rations booklets and ID cards etc. It's pretty cool.
There's probably a lot more stuff I haven't seen yet dating back further; my nan keeps it all and enjoys showing me when I'm busy watching tv.

Holy shit, I was so afraid of paintings when I was younger.
And then as soon as I could draw portraits where the eyes follow you, I stopped being scared and was more like "This is fooking awesome."

Ewwww. There's a case for a Finding Nemo PC game in front of me, and Dori's eyes follow you. Creeeepy.

i am in the navy. protecting all you kids out there. because of that, i get no privacy. and my rack mate uses all the god damned toilet paper. the end.

Right.

People in the Navy have brains, so I call your bluff.

Hmm, did you get a visit from the shitty game elves again?

Hahahahahaha
It's my little brother's!

Don't hate the playa, hate the game, brudda.

My Gran has a big TV which I'll try and get my hands on.