I have a chair - originally 1 of 8 (or 12) that were part of a dining room set that belonged to my great great grandmother. It is the only chair that made it through ... and some bits and pieces of wood have been replaced over the years so I'm sure it doesn't have much $$$ value, but I love having a part of my history to look at every day ... it is really cool too, the back top part of the chair is hand carved with a scene that has pea pods, etc and in the middle a face that always reminds me of that story that showed the face in the north wind blowing. I love it!

Seriously ... my wedding ring is far and away my most precious possession. Not even a real fancy one, but it means the world to me.

Just sentimental, I guess.

probably the picture frame my grandma made for me of pictures of just me and my grandpa as I was growing up. She made it just after he died almost 2 years ago.

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My health it has allowed me to work and provide for my family and buy my wife some extras that she deserves.provides for play time when we have time off work toenjoy it.

A hands on item would be a Miller Falls hand plane I bought at a garage sale from an old carptener before he would sell it to me he ask if I knew how to use it then ask me to show him how.That was almost 30 years ago.Ater each use it is cleaned and rubbed with candle wax then placed back in its box.

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Mrs. DB is one lucky lady! (((((DB)))))

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It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married.
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As bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem.
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Although nothing in this world means more to me than my children, I would have to say my most prized "possession" is my grandmother's old Singer sewing machine that has to be operated with a foot pedal that you basically pump. My mom told me that all my clothes were made on that machine when I was a baby. I also remember being a little girl and watching my grandmother, with her size 13 foot on that pedal, pumping away as she sewed something for one of us kids.

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Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans, this skin I'm in it's alright with me; it's not old -- just older.....Bon Jovi

osuche, I have bought some of them on location, but a lot of them (most of them) come from my parents

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osuche, the clock is wood is what I would call a mantle clock, it has a round face in the center with some columns on either side that sit between horizontal pieces of wood that are faux painted to look like marble. The whole clock is painted in a deep green to go with the marble. It does require a key to wind it and chimes on the hour as well. Somewhere along the way I have misplaced the key and that really bothers me.

I suppose mine would be my home in the country. I so much value the peace and quiet that my home and land brings me...keeps me sane!

Mine is a watch. Two of my best friends from high school got married, and I was fortunate enough not only to be part of the ceremony, but to actually perform part of it (it was a very non-traditional ceremony). As a gift they got me an engraved pocket watch. I love it.

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"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." - Guildenstern, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”

I cant pick just one...

I love the German coffee and end tables that belonged to my grandmother (they're extremely old, and I tend to get BITCHY as hell when people put their feet on them or don't use coasters with their drinks)

I have a collection of (literally) hundreds of shot glasses that I love. Some of them cost as much as $50 and some of them are cheap, but I love them all. I have one from every state except Alaska and one for just about every alcohol you can think of. My favorite one is one that my mom bought me, it's a stainless steel Jack Daniels shot glass shaped liked a whiskey barrel.

I also collect old/rare currency and no one is allowed to touch. It's all wrapped and protected.

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I'd have to say my best acoustic guitar. I bought it when my Dad died. He had one that went to someone else and when his insurance money came in I wanted something to remind me of him that was fitting and this was what I got. I think of him often when I pick it up.

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Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I was going to say my cat until MasterScribe said possessions can't be living things *sigh* but I really do own him. So with that in mind, I think I would have to say the wedding clock that was a gift to my great grandparents, as well as the only remaining original pictures of my maternal grandparents wedding. I received both of these items at about the same time and am still not sure why out of a very large family I was choosen, but am honored that I have these heirlooms.

I also need to admit that I'm glad I went through a Masters program at the same institution where I received my Bachelors, I only had to complete an abbreviated alumni application (no essays and no letters of recommendation)!!

So, osuche, what is your most prized possession?

Hard to choose which means most to me, my matching set of Fender Strat & Precision bass (both date back to 1964 or '65, pre-CBS) because of the music I've enjoyed making with them & the thought of someone else before me pouring their sweat & soul into them...or maybe my antique rocker, left to me by my mama...she passed it on to me when my kids were born because she wanted a 5th generation of babies to be rocked in it...I even have a pic of her as a baby, sitting in the very same chair...

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Aqua ~~ I'd love to hear the story around the movie script sometime. Did it ever get picked up? And if not, have you ever acted out any scenes from it?

Fzzy ~~ I understand about the chairs. I have a couple of my great-granparents chairs that are similar in detail...but I've had to coach Mr. Osuche not to attempt to sit on them, because I am sure that they will not hold any weight heavier than my cat's.....and I've considered putting my cat on a diet.

DB ~~ ((((DB)))) ~ Mr. Osuche has been fighting his mom's wish that he get a wedding ring. Is it OK if I share your post with him?

IWM ~~ That picture frame sounds lovely, and it was made with love.

Fredchabotnick ~~ I love old style pocket watches. And I bet the story around that ceremony is interesting.

jay-t ~~ I've often thought that some hand tools were greater works of art than many paintings or sculptures.

cherrypie ~~ Do you send your friends out on missions to buy you shot glasses when they travel, or have you bought them yourself on location?

BigBear ~~ Sweetie, I still have hopes that I'll get to hear you play that guitar someday!

maddy ~~ I'll post my answer later on today....as for you, sometimes I think my cat owns me. Is the wedding clock wooden, and do you have to wind it?

scotz ~~ Did you rock your baby in that rocker? I have this warm and happy mental picture of you doing just that.....

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