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My best find was a little bottle, inside a 1798 stone foundation we had to take apart. I looked it up online, and it was for a pain medication. I guess they had bad backs back then too, handling hundred pound stones, and larger. Been so long ago, that I don't know where the picture is.
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When I was a kid we moved into a house that had hundreds of empty Resdan bottles stashed in just about every closet & storage cabinet. More that anyone could possibly use in a lifetime. We wondered if it had alcohol in it back in the day.
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They found another new room hidden in the Winchester house a few years ago. Just an organ and some chairs inside.
Bill D
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...mystery-house/
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A friend of mine found cash in a paper bag hidden in a worthless old piano he was evaluating for a family. If I remember correctly it was $30,000. The family was happy.
JKJ
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Were they looking for a high quote or a low one?Originally Posted by John K Jordan
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This was a family living in poverty. They hoped to sell the piano to help with living expenses. The piano probably wasn't worth $100.Were they looking for a high quote or a low one?
The husband/father had died several years earlier of black lung disease from working in the coal mines. He had evidently gotten the money due to his illness, hid it in the piano, and died before he told anyone.
I suspect they were stunned by the discovery!
JKJ
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I discovered a way to extend the life of my razor blades.
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Back in the old days there were hand operated mechanical strops available to extend the life of the double edge blades.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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There was a shelf sharpening razor called a Rolls razor. You took the blade out and put it in a holder then turned the crank to sharpen it on a stone. All inside a small case. Similar to a hand cranked tormek jig. My dad knew several who had them in Africa in WW2. I think they were British made?
Bill D.
http://www.tomonagura.com/the-rolls-...storation.html
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Probably a lot of blood was spilt trying to extend a blade's life.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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The old razors, before safety razors, were called cutthroat razors.
Bill D
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My 1950's house had one.
"Remember back in the day, when things were made by hand, and people took pride in their work?"
- Rick Dale
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LOL!
My wife yells at me all the time when I stick debris inside areas that I close off.
I'll let her know she's in good company!
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon
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We found about a dozen original titles to cars behind a wall. All dated from the 1930s.
Regards,
Tom
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