B.P.R 2,798 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 does anybody have anything that they have kept to remind them of something. could be a great time in your life or a time when you needed a kick up the arse? i know my dad has kept his wedding ring on the mantlepiece to remind him never to get married again and my mate has his steering wheel of his old car to remind him not to drive like a di*k. i know a few people who have shotgun cartridges from their first time they fired a gun, people who have things from significant times in their youth and things that have just been passed down the line for years. ive got a motorbike trophy to remind me of what i can achieve when i try. also kept the firing pin of the first mortar i ever fired in anger at an enemy. to others it looks like a bit of junk but i know the story behind it, the damage it caused and the consiquences if i had not pulled that pin. does anybody else have any pictures of junk with a story behind it or prized posessions? be good to see how somebodys junk is another mans treasure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Memories I once went to a spiritulist place with the wife, just for the crack like, about 20 folk in the room, my wife had been going for a while but had never got any messages from the other side, as I say my first night and the spiritulist wifey picked me out, she never asked me any questions, she said "theres a man standing beside you and he,s asking what are you doing here, Chippy apple " Thats what my Dad used to call the CHAPEL, slang round these parts, when I was a Laddie and I told him about a new girlfriend the first thing he used to ask was "is she a catholic" my Dad taught me to play the Sash on the piano etc etc and to top it off I was born on the 12th July The next thing the wifey said is "I can see a house with lots of junk lying about it" , my dads house was like a salvadge yard, auld teles,guitars,trumpets,bagpipes, boat sails,motorbikes,tools and umpteen junk drawers, the kitchen units and the bedroom cupboard doors were removed and replaced with wire mesh, budgies, lovebirds, cockatiels, British, zebra finches,Senegal parrots etc etc Now to me this wifey was spot on because she hadn,t asked me any questions and just came straight out with this stuff, so when I came out of that place that night with tears in my eyes I was a Believer lol looking back on it now it was a great experience but I,m still not entirely convinced about The Other Side To answer your original question, I have a couple of photos of my Dad and some of the birds in the kitchen cupboards, Memories, atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
long dogs 580 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 my prize possesions would have to be photo,s of my younger brother got no memories of him probably to young to remember but still got the photos of me & him wish he was here now just to see what it were like to have a brother rip scott miss you buddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 i've got the ears of the first hare my boy caught single-handed (without the help of the poodle-thing ) sitting in a pint glass of salt in my shed! i've got a couple of shelves of random crap in my bedroom, little things that people have given me over the years, all have a story. i'm a terrible horder... got a few tattoos that mean a lot to me, all remind me of big events, good times and bad times in my life. some are there to remember the times, some are there to remind me not to be so bloody stupid again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyfr1968 772 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) I've not really got anything from my past other than photos and such like of my boys. I'm not sentimental at all. I've no pictures or anything at all from the ex wife or old girlfriends, I gave it all back to them when things turned to shit, I don't need reminding about stuff that went tits up. My mum died when I was 24 and I've nothing at all to connect me to her, but that's a long story and not a good one. When my Dad passes I will keep everything and anything that's to do with him and me, he's my best friend and the only person I've ever been close to who's never let me down. Edited October 15, 2011 by andyfr1968 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 just a cabinit full of trinkets and knicknacks that look like a pile of old tat to anyone else, well they are a pile of old tat in all honesty, but each one has its own little memories and stories behind it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.P.R 2,798 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 reading some of them posts makes me think that the most important thing you hold dearest to you heart are the ones that arent material and are just memories and thoughts. when people put it that way, and you actually think about things, apart from ym fiance and son, my dads probably the only person not to let me down ever. i love my family to bits but each one of them has done something in the past to make me realise that even your family are only interested in themselves when it comes to the crunch. my own sister talked me into giving her £1000 when it wasnt righfully hers. when my nan died it cam out that my aunty had removed the will and changed it to suit herself and they had moved in her house before she had died. things like that boil my piss. kittlerox, your post reminds me of a guy who lived down the road from where i grew up. i remember he had ripped all his doors of his kitchen cupboard and put the front of bird cages on them and kept 2 birds in each. cant remember what they was but i remember they was rare of some sort. he gave my dad 2 parrots to keep in an aivary and my dad sold them a few months later. i was told to go in and put them in this carry cage when the guy was coming to collect them, the guy got out of his car and the 2 bird found a hole in the back of the carry cage, they flewright over his head and he was ducking and diving out of the way. he said, 'what the fu*ck was that' and i replied, 'the birds your about to pay £500 for' followed by a thick ear from my dad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 i wear my grandads wedding ring died many years ago but someone who i was very very close to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 reading some of them posts makes me think that the most important thing you hold dearest to you heart are the ones that arent material and are just memories and thoughts. when people put it that way, and you actually think about things, apart from ym fiance and son, my dads probably the only person not to let me down ever. i love my family to bits but each one of them has done something in the past to make me realise that even your family are only interested in themselves when it comes to the crunch. my own sister talked me into giving her £1000 when it wasnt righfully hers. when my nan died it cam out that my aunty had removed the will and changed it to suit herself and they had moved in her house before she had died. things like that boil my piss. kittlerox, your post reminds me of a guy who lived down the road from where i grew up. i remember he had ripped all his doors of his kitchen cupboard and put the front of bird cages on them and kept 2 birds in each. cant remember what they was but i remember they was rare of some sort. he gave my dad 2 parrots to keep in an aivary and my dad sold them a few months later. i was told to go in and put them in this carry cage when the guy was coming to collect them, the guy got out of his car and the 2 bird found a hole in the back of the carry cage, they flewright over his head and he was ducking and diving out of the way. he said, 'what the fu*ck was that' and i replied, 'the birds your about to pay £500 for' followed by a thick ear from my dad I remember the first cockatiel we had, it was dead tame and was never in the cage, My Dad went outside forgetting the bird was on his shoulder and flew away never to be seen again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Ive got my maroon beret somewhere... But my most prized possessions now are my dogs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.P.R 2,798 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 berets are for wimps tam-o-shanter all the way weve had cockatiels in the family for years. had one called bart and when my mum moved to spain she gave it to my girlfriend(now ex) and shes got him now. got a cockatiel now and its as tame as they come. got it from a lady who hand rears them. when the pups leg was hurting and it used to whine the cockatiel used to imitate the whine. sounded like the pup was being slaughtered! its like a doorbell, anytime theres somebody going down the drive towards the front door it makes one hell of a fuss and it can only see about 6 inches of the driveway! smart animals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I've got plenty cuts and scars to remind of the stupid f*****g things I've done in the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigdog Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I've got plenty cuts and scars to remind of the stupid f*****g things I've done in the past. x2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I've got plenty cuts and scars to remind of the stupid f*****g things I've done in the past. I,ve got a tear in ma een True though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dixiebop 125 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Gave away a Prized Possession of my Grandfathers' / Father,would have liked my boys to have it ,and explain it's significance to them,But my other Half is not from same backround and thought it was a sign of Hate.To me it was something of another time she could not understand . to keep the peace She's the mother of my children,so It was gifted to a young man who greatly respected my Grandfather and accompanied him in His Duties,as I never followed their Path,but was Educated in their ways ! It now has a proud home.. My Families "Docker card "just incase I wanted to work on Docks,used to be passed to oldest son.kind of job Key years ago ! And a wee stone of Arran beach ,only one stone and only one woman since. The foundation of a good Team !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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