@mike808@PlacidPenguin I lost my wedding ring almost immediately. I’d never worn jewelry before, and was unaware swimming was a bad idea. I loved playing in the (very cold) ocean in Maine, ring slipped right off. Dove down, but it was gone. Offered a reward much higher than the value of the ring and had 5 detectorists looking for it. No luck.
This is a photo, given to me by my Dad, taken about a hundred years ago, of his mom (littlest girl in the pic) and her brother, sis, mom and dad. Someday I’ll tell y’all a crazy story about my great-grandpa, the sober-lookin’ fella with the bushy mustache.
@hillee@PlacidPenguin@f00l, I don’t want to count it, but if I didn’t I feel like I also couldn’t count @therealjrn’s quarter which I do want to allow (I like collecting stories, even short ones). I’ve decided to allow the generic DNA in the spirit of @hilee’s theme being allowed to continue.
When my Nana died eight years ago, shortly before her 101st birthday, she left me a pot with a stick and a couple leaves in it. I didn’t really know what to do with it, because it looked kind of dead-ish.
It sat idly in my kitchen on a table for several years and then suddenly it started to bud and then bloom. And now, the phalaenopsis orchid she gave me has been doing that at random intervals ever since!
It makes me so happy that a small part of her life is actually still alive and it serves as a content reminder of how much she loved me. And it’s damned pretty to boot!
This set of blooms has been up since mid-march too, which is pretty impressive, if you ask me.
Every item is in some way from my family. The table is from my grandmother - it expands with 4 leaves. The lamp is from my mother. The painting was done by my great aunt. The vase was from an arrangement fron my sister several birthdays ago. The hydrangeas are from my grandparents house. The footstool was my great uncle’s. I did buy the chairs, but my mother did the reupholstering.
My brothers got me this quality piece of art as a housewarming when I first moved out. Many moves later it still gets a spot on the wall for some reason…
My father passed away 3 years ago. A short time before that I was at his house ‘fixing’ his computer. Turns out it had several viruses, most likely obtained from questionable porn sites. As I was working on it he was rummaging through his file cabinet. When done he handed me a bag with some junk he no longer needed/wanted. Upon opening it at home, this was one of the items I found inside. It’s amazing the things we keep to remind us of those we’ve lost. Miss you Dad, you crazy horndog.
My great aunt-in-law gave me an old set of silverware (the real stuff). I had to google what these were. They are dessert forks. She’s British. They do that sort of thing over there…still give people real silverware and eat their desserts with its own special fork
Other than the roofs that have been over my head until this year and food at various points in my life, the most important thing my parents paid for is my education. Not going to show my diplomas though, so have my Bachelor’s and Master’s tassels instead.
Here are my AncestryDNA results. I was adopted and Ive always been curious to know who my birth family is and what I my heritage is. My adoptive family is Italian. My Mom was 4’ 11” and my Dad was 5’ 5” on a good day. I stood head and shoulders above them at 5’ 10” blonde hair and blue eyes now I know why. Now I just have to figure out how to narrow down the results and maybe I can find my birth mother or father (hope this isn’t TMI)
@candiedisilvio1 If you download your Ancestry raw DNA data file (which you own), you can upload it to Promethease.com and GEDMATCH.com. The first costs $10. for a permanent membership, and provides a LOT of information about your SNPs and what assorted medical publications have to say about them (source: SNPedia). The second is a database where people from all testing services (not just Ancestry) can upload their data, and if they choose, give their email to the people they match. Both will give you lots to think about.
Actually, the best thing I’ve gotten (lately ) from my family is a new baby granddaughter, born just yesterday! But I wasn’t about to slip a piece of paper with my username into one of the dozens of pictures we’ve taken of her supreme cuteness. Sorry, sort of.
While this lovely antique microscope came from one side of the family, a love for the sciences (and arts, and a number of other endeavors dear to me) came from both sides. It’s actually an optically decent piece of equipment that belonged to my Dad, and inspired me to terrorize every microorganism I could get onto a slide once I outgrew my first “kid’s” microscope.
This totally OCD approved silverware and holder was purchased by several of our family members as a wedding present:
Alas, I see that something is out of place and I will have to return to the kitchen and fix it, but this photo will preserve that problem for time immemorial.
My parents are part of my family, and their genetics played a big role in forming me.
I had an alternative picture of my foot, but decided that I’d rather have a finger on the internet than my foot.
@PlacidPenguin ooohh!
I know which finger that is!
@mike808
I like my pointer finger. It’s one of my favorite fingers.
@mike808 @PlacidPenguin here’s a couple of mine
@PlacidPenguin @Seeds
Sucks breaking your ring finger taking it off before heading to the bar.
@mike808 @PlacidPenguin I lost my wedding ring almost immediately. I’d never worn jewelry before, and was unaware swimming was a bad idea. I loved playing in the (very cold) ocean in Maine, ring slipped right off. Dove down, but it was gone. Offered a reward much higher than the value of the ring and had 5 detectorists looking for it. No luck.
@mike808 @Seeds
Totally missed the fact that the finger was broken.
@mike808 @PlacidPenguin well, technically it was healed at that point, just very crooked.
This is a photo, given to me by my Dad, taken about a hundred years ago, of his mom (littlest girl in the pic) and her brother, sis, mom and dad. Someday I’ll tell y’all a crazy story about my great-grandpa, the sober-lookin’ fella with the bushy mustache.
@UncleVinny today is someday…
@hillee
Not, I suspect, a picture of the actual local stuff tho.
@hillee
Your family gave you that monitor?
@hillee @PlacidPenguin @f00l, I don’t want to count it, but if I didn’t I feel like I also couldn’t count @therealjrn’s quarter which I do want to allow (I like collecting stories, even short ones). I’ve decided to allow the generic DNA in the spirit of @hilee’s theme being allowed to continue.
@Seeds
All good. We’re not trying to send you crazy.
More on the order of drive you insane than drive you crazy.
@f00l you’re a little late for that.
@hillee @Seeds I feel a little bloodletting would’ve been appropriate.
Mom would give me a quarter for the Aldi cart.
When my Nana died eight years ago, shortly before her 101st birthday, she left me a pot with a stick and a couple leaves in it. I didn’t really know what to do with it, because it looked kind of dead-ish.
It sat idly in my kitchen on a table for several years and then suddenly it started to bud and then bloom. And now, the phalaenopsis orchid she gave me has been doing that at random intervals ever since!
It makes me so happy that a small part of her life is actually still alive and it serves as a content reminder of how much she loved me. And it’s damned pretty to boot!
This set of blooms has been up since mid-march too, which is pretty impressive, if you ask me.
Every item is in some way from my family. The table is from my grandmother - it expands with 4 leaves. The lamp is from my mother. The painting was done by my great aunt. The vase was from an arrangement fron my sister several birthdays ago. The hydrangeas are from my grandparents house. The footstool was my great uncle’s. I did buy the chairs, but my mother did the reupholstering.
We were at Ikea.
@heartny
Like I said, he’s consistent with how he writes the letter ‘r’.
@PlacidPenguin Yep, he’s consistent alright. Or maybe he’s using the same piece of paper just to gaslight us?
@heartny @PlacidPenguin the k has varied
@heartny @Seeds
It’s similar to day 5, though the paper is different.
Day 5 was written on the back of a receipt.
Though upon closer inspection, though was this one.
Black line in the paper near the ‘N’ today. But I can’t make out any fold line nearby.
Would it be a fluke if the style is similar between today and the 5th?
@heartny @PlacidPenguin @Seeds YEESH!! Do any of you three have anything better to do? Go watch some cat videos or something!
@narfcake
Currently? Nope.
@narfcake Actually, no I don’t have anything better to do. Certainly nothing more exciting than this.
@heartny @narfcake @Seeds
Ok. Upon analyzing the two images more closely, they are in fact different.
The horizontal line in the first occurrence of ‘a’ forms more of a triangle on day 5.
In addition, the bottom of the outermost leg of the ‘n’ appears to vary slightly between the two days.
@PlacidPenguin Hmmm, so you’re basically saying the ‘R’ is consistently goosing the ‘F’ and sporting a comb over on any given day?
@heartny
On any given day? Not completely both.
The ‘r’ and ‘f’ touch on days 1,4,5, and today, assuming that today is new.
@narfcake haha honestly, I’m not interested. All I was saying is it wasn’t the same paper every day.
@PlacidPenguin I’ll be sure to monitor this over the next 24 days.
@heartny
And who said that having a plan is a bad thing?
My brothers got me this quality piece of art as a housewarming when I first moved out. Many moves later it still gets a spot on the wall for some reason…
My older younger brother sent this to me when he was living in Thailand (he’s now in Myanmar). It’s too nice to discard.
My father passed away 3 years ago. A short time before that I was at his house ‘fixing’ his computer. Turns out it had several viruses, most likely obtained from questionable porn sites. As I was working on it he was rummaging through his file cabinet. When done he handed me a bag with some junk he no longer needed/wanted. Upon opening it at home, this was one of the items I found inside. It’s amazing the things we keep to remind us of those we’ve lost. Miss you Dad, you crazy horndog.
My great aunt-in-law gave me an old set of silverware (the real stuff). I had to google what these were. They are dessert forks. She’s British. They do that sort of thing over there…still give people real silverware and eat their desserts with its own special fork
Other than the roofs that have been over my head until this year and food at various points in my life, the most important thing my parents paid for is my education. Not going to show my diplomas though, so have my Bachelor’s and Master’s tassels instead.
Here are my AncestryDNA results. I was adopted and Ive always been curious to know who my birth family is and what I my heritage is. My adoptive family is Italian. My Mom was 4’ 11” and my Dad was 5’ 5” on a good day. I stood head and shoulders above them at 5’ 10” blonde hair and blue eyes now I know why. Now I just have to figure out how to narrow down the results and maybe I can find my birth mother or father
(hope this isn’t TMI) 
@candiedisilvio1
Nope. The stories everyone has been sharing are the best part of this contest imo.
@Seeds thanks Seeds this whole contest is fun I’m glad I saw it yesterday.
@candiedisilvio1 happy to have you participating
It’s been very good timing for me to have such a pleasant distraction.
@candiedisilvio1 If you download your Ancestry raw DNA data file (which you own), you can upload it to Promethease.com and GEDMATCH.com. The first costs $10. for a permanent membership, and provides a LOT of information about your SNPs and what assorted medical publications have to say about them (source: SNPedia). The second is a database where people from all testing services (not just Ancestry) can upload their data, and if they choose, give their email to the people they match. Both will give you lots to think about.
@candiedisilvio1 Until this Friday, May 11, Promethease is free to new users. Here’s how to get your DNA and upload it. https://snpedia.com/index.php/Ancestry.com
@OldCatLady thank you so much. I had no idea about those sites
my grandmother gave me this chain 22 years ago. i’ve only taken it off 3 times:
@carl669 don’t take it off again, but please take a picture of the picture with your username.
@Seeds dammit. forgot about that. here ya go:
@carl669 Thank you.
What kind of Viking would I be without a ship?
My mother thought I needed this book. She was not wrong.
@brhfl …and I forgot my username. Oh well, going to bed.
Actually, the best thing I’ve gotten (lately
While this lovely antique microscope came from one side of the family, a love for the sciences (and arts, and a number of other endeavors dear to me) came from both sides. It’s actually an optically decent piece of equipment that belonged to my Dad, and inspired me to terrorize every microorganism I could get onto a slide once I outgrew my first “kid’s” microscope.
@mehcuda67 congratulations on your new grandchild!!!
This totally OCD approved silverware and holder was purchased by several of our family members as a wedding present:
Alas, I see that something is out of place and I will have to return to the kitchen and fix it, but this photo will preserve that problem for time immemorial.
closed.
congrats @curtise on most stars. I was torn between @cinoclav and @carl669 for my favorite. Random picker decided for me. Congrats @carl669
@carl669 @curtise @Seeds Best 2 out of 3?
Really though, ‘dirty old man’ is absolutely perfect. I’d like to think I have a lot to live up to.
@cinoclav haha I’m glad you didn’t take offense. I didn’t think you would, but never know.
@Seeds Not much offends me. (Except for orange leaders.)
@cinoclav There ain’t no such critter.
@OldCatLady Orange wannabes.