Old stuff you’ve kept

A selection of mine:

- a titanium plate which held my wrist together after a bike accident in 1979
- a small stone I used to write graffiti on crumbling piece of plaster on a very old wall on my way home from school when I was 10 years old
- Hornby train set and Minic racing set from 7 years old
- 6 Nokia 6310i phones; simply the best mobile phone ever made
- several old iPhones and iPads going back 10 - 15 years

All true.

@diver said
A selection of mine:

- a titanium plate which held my wrist together after a bike accident in 1979
- a small stone I used to write graffiti on crumbling piece of plaster on a very old wall on my way home from school when I was 10 years old
- Hornby train set and Minic racing set from 7 years old
- 6 Nokia 6310i phones; simply the best mobile phone ever made
- several old iPhones and iPads going back 10 - 15 years

All true.

@rookie54 said
i have a collection of memories that my mind replays at the most inappropriate times
often my unexpected laughter can result in the strangest of responses

i have a frying pan i never use
i do not know why i keep it

i have a tool in my mechanic's toolbox that has no purpose
my sister-in-law gave it to me some thirty years ago with great pride
she had seen it at a bi ...[text shortened]...
i have a hobie cat catamaran sailboat (the story behind this would take me seveal months to relate)

I also have Ringo Starr’s autograph and there’s a little story behind it…

In the mid 1980s I was working for a UK retailer chain of young men’s clothing called Burtons Menswear.
Anyway I was manning the checkout over the afternoon breaks and this guy and woman came in the store; he was wearing these funky “Ringo style” sunglasses. I said to my colleague “who does that guy think he is, Ringo Starr?”

And it was! He was with his then partner Barbara Bach who was about 8 inches taller than him.
He bought about £300 worth of socks, underwear and t-shirts. That was a lot of money in those days.

When he came to the checkout Barbara paid with her gold Amex card and I asked him for his autograph. He said “sure” in that scouse Ringo way. I was star struck massively and could only find a Burtons gift voucher envelope for him to sign on. I still have it.

Absolutely true story.

I still keep a snippet of the black mane from my first pony Star - who we sold, some fur from my German Shepherd dog Khan, taken the day he was sadly euthanised and a lock of honey blonde baby hair from my first son, who now has a reddish brown mop.