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Ask HN: What is your oldest possession?
- willcate 4y agoFurniture inherited from great-grandparents
- Comevius 4y agoI not one for keeping stuff, so it's the keyboard I use, made by Codegen in 1986 with Futaba clicky switches. It doesn't have a Windows key, but you can choose between an XT or AT modes, and I use it with an AT to PS/2 passive adapter. The keyboard is not rare or valuable, but I adore the switches, they remind me of IBM's beam springs from the 70's. One day I shall build a new keyboard with these switches.
- thinkingemote 4y agoI have a fossil of a leaf in a stone, and a rock with some minerals and gold flecks in it.
- kristianpaul 4y agoMy first fork
- pmontra 4y agoMy first spoon
- LinuxBender 4y agoGeodes and rocks polished and cut by my grandfather.
- auroralimon 4y agoi have a desk, built about 1720, in PA i bought with quite a bit of filthy lucre from one of my IPOs. use it most days.
- RattlesnakeJake 4y agoSnarky answer: - Some cool rocks - Whatever non-synthetic petroleum products are in the garage - A mid-2013 MacBook Air (at least according to its manufacturer) Serious Answer: - A bakelite safety razor from the WWII rationing era (somewhere between 1941 & 1945, given what I can find on the manufacturer) - Some broken pieces of pottery my grandfather swiped from ancient Jericho on a trip in the '60s - A vintage Canon SLR camera used on the same trip