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3rd June 2022, 06:14 AM
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Why did you keep them
A question often asked by her in doors.
I have a pair of bathers bought in 1972, a pair of white shoes from 1981.
My wedding day suit still in a suit bag in my wardrobe, though lack of sunshine over the years has seen it shrink a bit.
An electric shaver bought in Port Said for 1GBP in 1964, still works but sounds like a petrol lawn mower.
No doubt if I dig around there may be other bits, but I did get rid of a movie camera, projector for movies, underwater camera never used, Beta video recorder, and disc making video recorder.
Sold them all to Cash converters for a total sum of $125, not bad seeing as they have not been used for almost 30 to 40 years.
What did you keep?


Happy daze John in Oz.
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3rd June 2022, 07:23 AM
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Re: Why did you keep them
Cappys 3/9d , or so he says .? JS
Oh Aye and the wife , to put my socks on in the winter . JS
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3rd June 2022, 12:36 PM
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#3 He had no choice with his birthday suit Marian , and was only too pleased to show it off. JS
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4th June 2022, 01:36 AM
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My kids? are going to have great fun. "What the hell are these" and ,"What did he keep these for they don't work anymore, my four electric shavers, two old computers, and many more pieces of rubbish gathered over the years.
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5th June 2022, 01:46 AM
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I forgot, plus the porthole I have and a replica of the bell from HMAS Sydney.
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5th June 2022, 02:33 AM
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#6. As long as it wasn’t the bell from Notre Dame , Des or you would of had some real complaints from the wife. JS
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8th June 2022, 06:42 AM
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You mean to say he is not that ugly after al!!!!!


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9th June 2022, 02:09 AM
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#8 See you didn’t take the hump at that Des ! JS
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9th June 2022, 05:32 AM
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Des may have his faults, and good points but he still has, we hope, a good sense of humor, he needs it with us lot.


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