@mfladd p.s. @carl669 found it funny too… but when I googled images of mfladd on meh.com/forum, I found more pics of him than you!!! Could have easily been him, rather than you …
Jones, London, Day or Night telescope, early 1800s
when my parents moved into their current house, i found it in the den closet. they contacted the previous owner and she told them they (meaning me) could keep it. score!
Did you know X-rays were discovered in 1895? Since I can’t technically show you an actual X-ray as they’re not visible to the naked eye, here’s an X-ray tube.
If you didn’t get a star from me, you didn’t take a picture with your fucking username hanwritten. TOdaya’s paricipation sucks. I guess I’ll make tomorrow easier.
@Seeds Well, I was at work by the time I saw this post. I had to think quick about what limited options are available to me. Meh-be people are just waiting to get home to unleash their creativity…or abduct a centenarian to take a selfie with.
@mikibell lol no, noone on meh has done anything to negatively impact my day. I do notice I haven’t been blamed for anything yet though, which seems odd. My fault, I suppose.
@brhfl I was in a rush, which is why… everything about this is pretty weak. But, the important detail that I left out is that the Castle was completed in 1855. It was the original Smithsonian building, and among other things housed a couple of buffalo in a paddock outside - which ultimately became the National Zoo.
@brhfl I once went to the park across the street from the smithsonian in december because I was in DC from NH on a taskrabbit gig, fed some tiny birds french fries (to be fair they took them out of my hand on the way to my mouth), then decided to go to the zoo instead. Almost no one was there, and a peacock followed me around for over an hour.
@Seeds I walk through the garden by the Castle pretty much every day. Which was why, today, I stopped and said to myself ‘hey, that thing is pretty dang old!’
Now known at Hayes Hall at the University at Buffalo, it was originally built in 1874 and was known as the Insane Department of the Erie County Almshouse.
Well despite that the format of the photo is jpeg it refuses to upload telling me I can only upload an image!! @narfcake what is up with that?
Was a photo of the family farm, with log cabin and house, pond with spring water as the source, old trees… all of which are over 100 years although the extended family has only owned it 60 years this summer.
@narfcake - never mind I tossed it through an online program, then downloaded it and now the meh system is happy (although it would be nice to know why a photo from my phone, sent to my computer, downloaded from my email (meh refused it) uploaded to iphotos and then downloaded again, still refused, format jpg… was having problems.
Made by my grandmother’s grandmother’s father, I’m guessing 160-170 years ago. @Seeds I blame you for giving me an idea to take a picture of each of my grandkids sitting in it!
@mehcuda67 Rotating an image can be done in one of two ways — the pixels themselves can actually be remapped such that the image is rotated, or the image can attach a bit of metadata to it that says ‘Hey, FYI, you should rotate me!’. Specifically, yours says: Orientation: Rotate 90 CW. Browsers tend to ignore this. That explains why your image (and mine, and plenty others on this thread and beyond) are sideways. It is odd, to me, that your attempts to rotate it are proving futile, but in some ways it may make sense — there’s just conflict between the two methods, and resolving that isn’t necessarily easy. Ideally one would just strip the metadata and rotate the actual pixels, regaining full control, but that’s a bit more advanced than perhaps it should be.
@brhfl@mehcuda67 I have had good luck cropping the picture and saving it before I upload. It seems to right itself without me trying any rotation. I know nothing technical about why or how but it works with my phone pictures.
This was my great grandmother’s cameo necklace, circa 1903. I was told that she was a nurse and helped a neighbor’s child when he was ill. The father was a jeweler, so they gave her this necklace as a token of their appreciation.
@Kidsandliz That’s right, please don’t be too bummed out over it. You still got to share the photo and story, the prize could be anyone’s, and it’s certainly not anything life-changing.
My great grandparents’ piano that has been passed down through the family and is currently mine just turned 100 this past year, and I love it very much.
@mfladd
@mikibell this was the one I was trying to find!!
@mikibell
@mfladd
/giphy you know I love you!
@mfladd p.s. @carl669 found it funny too… but when I googled images of mfladd on meh.com/forum, I found more pics of him than you!!!
Could have easily been him, rather than you …
@mfladd somehow, I’ve never seen that GIF before and I had a good lolz.
Pretty sure that tree is at least 100, this neighborhood was built in the 30s and things got built around that tree so its gotta be close.
He’d’ve been 101 May 28th:
Jones, London, Day or Night telescope, early 1800s
when my parents moved into their current house, i found it in the den closet. they contacted the previous owner and she told them they (meaning me) could keep it. score!
@carl669 Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarl!
@lichme liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich!
Go Army. Beat Navy. HOOAH!
I forgot to add the age…
Founded: June 14, 1775
Age: 242 years
Did you know X-rays were discovered in 1895? Since I can’t technically show you an actual X-ray as they’re not visible to the naked eye, here’s an X-ray tube.
@cinoclav you could have at least drawn a dramatization of an x-ray.
@carl669 Or an actual X-ray image.
If you didn’t get a star from me, you didn’t take a picture with your fucking username hanwritten. TOdaya’s paricipation sucks. I guess I’ll make tomorrow easier.
@Seeds I don’t have lots of hundred year old things at work, but I’ll work on it once master cuts me loose for the day.
I might have an old Pentium 4 motherboard around here somewhere, but that’s a very loose interpretation of a hundred years old.
@Seeds Well, I was at work by the time I saw this post. I had to think quick about what limited options are available to me. Meh-be people are just waiting to get home to unleash their creativity…or abduct a centenarian to take a selfie with.
@djslack @bramby2 sorry, having a rough day.
@Seeds all good, hope it gets better.
/giphy better day
@Seeds. I hope my teasing mfladd didn’t impact your day… I knew it wasn’t a qualifying entry…but I so like yanking his chain!
/giphy better days
@mikibell lol no, noone on meh has done anything to negatively impact my day. I do notice I haven’t been blamed for anything yet though, which seems odd. My fault, I suppose.
@Seeds pheeeeeewwwww
/giphy sunshiny day
Aspirin has been around for 100’s of years.
@Seeds So my aspirin is disqualified?
@therealjrn did you post a picture of a pill or willow bark with your handwritten username?
@Seeds Oh for the luvva…
There.
@therealjrn I still don’t see it.
@Seeds Here’s a direct link:
@therealjrn
REMOVE THE S!
@therealjrn had to take the s off, but got it. Points awarded.
@PlacidPenguin @therealjrn oh, I should read all replies before replying.
edit: and now all three load for me. weird.
@PlacidPenguin @Seeds Weird.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@PlacidPenguin WHAT?
@therealjrn
https://meh.com/forum/topics/imagesgifs-help-a-goat-out
I love these, and have a large collection of them. This one is from the early turn of the century (1900, not 2000).
Nah, not going to write my name on those, either. I just have so many things that fit the requirement, and wanted to play. :-}
(Man, that was close. I had the inside of the needle case upside down.)
Smithsonian Castle, pretty dang old.
@brhfl I was in a rush, which is why… everything about this is pretty weak. But, the important detail that I left out is that the Castle was completed in 1855. It was the original Smithsonian building, and among other things housed a couple of buffalo in a paddock outside - which ultimately became the National Zoo.
@brhfl Would you say it might be pretty dang old?
@brhfl I once went to the park across the street from the smithsonian in december because I was in DC from NH on a taskrabbit gig, fed some tiny birds french fries (to be fair they took them out of my hand on the way to my mouth), then decided to go to the zoo instead. Almost no one was there, and a peacock followed me around for over an hour.
@Seeds I walk through the garden by the Castle pretty much every day. Which was why, today, I stopped and said to myself ‘hey, that thing is pretty dang old!’
Peacocks are fun.
My wife’s grandmother is 104 years old, but I’m not putting up a picture of her… But I don’t really want to win this anyway.
@shahnm “Allegedly”
@shahnm @hillee already put up a picture of her from four years ago.
Looks like a couple of people beat me to this idea, alas.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, established 1856, moved to this site 1858. The present Romanesque Revival church was built in 1898.
Now known at Hayes Hall at the University at Buffalo, it was originally built in 1874 and was known as the Insane Department of the Erie County Almshouse.
Stupid rotate
Edit: argh stupid rotate! @thumperchick please assist?
@Kawa Glad to see another rotated-building-with-blurry-username-in-foreground.
Not sure how old, but 100 easily
@mwgm handwritten username.
@Seeds just thought I’d participate in this one, not really interested in the prize
@mwgm fair enough
Well despite that the format of the photo is jpeg it refuses to upload telling me I can only upload an image!! @narfcake what is up with that?
Was a photo of the family farm, with log cabin and house, pond with spring water as the source, old trees… all of which are over 100 years although the extended family has only owned it 60 years this summer.
@narfcake - never mind I tossed it through an online program, then downloaded it and now the meh system is happy (although it would be nice to know why a photo from my phone, sent to my computer, downloaded from my email (meh refused it) uploaded to iphotos and then downloaded again, still refused, format jpg… was having problems.
Made by my grandmother’s grandmother’s father, I’m guessing 160-170 years ago.
@Seeds I blame you for giving me an idea to take a picture of each of my grandkids sitting in it!
@mehcuda67 And every time I try to rotate it 90 degrees, it rotates 180?!
@mehcuda67 Rotating an image can be done in one of two ways — the pixels themselves can actually be remapped such that the image is rotated, or the image can attach a bit of metadata to it that says ‘Hey, FYI, you should rotate me!’. Specifically, yours says:
Orientation: Rotate 90 CW. Browsers tend to ignore this. That explains why your image (and mine, and plenty others on this thread and beyond) are sideways. It is odd, to me, that your attempts to rotate it are proving futile, but in some ways it may make sense — there’s just conflict between the two methods, and resolving that isn’t necessarily easy. Ideally one would just strip the metadata and rotate the actual pixels, regaining full control, but that’s a bit more advanced than perhaps it should be.@brhfl @mehcuda67 I have had good luck cropping the picture and saving it before I upload. It seems to right itself without me trying any rotation. I know nothing technical about why or how but it works with my phone pictures.
@mehcuda67 what a beautiful idea!! (The grandkids’ photo in the chair, not the rotating stuff!)
This was my great grandmother’s cameo necklace, circa 1903. I was told that she was a nurse and helped a neighbor’s child when he was ill. The father was a jeweler, so they gave her this necklace as a token of their appreciation.
I started this late, so i’m allowing overlap. day 2 continues until I deal with today, but i’ll start day 3 shortly.
@Seeds And didn’t see this until just now so I guess mine doesn’t count since further down you have day over.
@Kidsandliz That’s right, please don’t be too bummed out over it. You still got to share the photo and story, the prize could be anyone’s, and it’s certainly not anything life-changing.
My great grandparents’ piano that has been passed down through the family and is currently mine just turned 100 this past year, and I love it very much.
@curtise
@therealjrn Thanks - apparently Imgur’s https images won’t display inline on here.
@curtise
So… Your picture worked for me right away, but I’d still suggest looking at this thread:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/imagesgifs-help-a-goat-out
@curtise @PlacidPenguin worked for me too. Whoo the fucj nkows
day over.
congrats @carl669 on most stars and @curtise on posting my favorite