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I wish I had my comic collection from when I was a kid, divorce made lot's of shit 'vanish' so to speak. We gave my cousins the NES when Super NES came out. I wouldn't mind having that back. It's worked without fail this entire time. I wish I still had my old Mopar as well. Ah well it's nothing that keeps me up at night at any rate. I'd just buy em again if I really cared.

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You'd just put a rotary in the Mopar

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86 Monte Carlo SS lost to a fire my neighbors stereo wiring job caused.

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Amazing what bad wiring could do to cars back then. Buddy installed an electric fuel pump in his 68 GTO and ran the hot wire all the way to the main power feed. No fuse, just an on/off switch. Results similar to yours.

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He ran the ground to the emergency brake cable and I couldn't remove either terminal off the battery so got any marshmellows is what I told the guy that stopped to help.

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I had some test and electronics equipment that was given to me over the years. Never needed it so I gave it away...now you can't touch examples of that stuff for any amount. Only a couple of pieces, so it's not too bad I guess.

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I donated a whole set of cast iron cookware to someone and would love to have it again. I've been buying new pieces one at a time as I find ones I like.

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I just picked up a Lancaster. New school version of old school quality. They’re pricey, but work way better than my 100 year old stuff

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oh man! but the folks who have it now are probably still using it! something about heavy objects like that, it's like you can't trash 'em

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Yep, they're still using most of them. They were a young couple we knew (the son of a friend and his new wife) and the only pan she doesn't use is the really small one that's not of much use anyway.

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oh, the tiny one-egg size!?

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Rolls of 35mm black and white silent film for a hand cranked little movie projector. Each roll held about, idk, three minutes of what I guess was 15 fps moving pictures.

My ten year old brain loved seeing the celluloid burn. Almost blew up the furnace too. Dad should have killed me right then and there. Maybe it's the reason he started drinking in earnest.

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Guns...

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Sorry to hear you had a boating accident...

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All my vintage stereo equipment. I'm trying to buy some vintage gear now and it's crazy expensive. If only I knew then.

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Depending on where you are, start going to estate sales. I see Pioneer, Marantz and similar 1970s component systems at them all the time. Dirt cheap prices. I check "local" sales on this - worth the effort if you're looking for specific items. You can search by zip code/geographic area, set up filters and search criteria.

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Shit! I found two items I wanted but they were local pickup only! Thanks for the tip.

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It's a great resource. I scour it for old cast iron, Mrs. Duck for old Pyrex cookware and also for kitchen gadgets and misc tool. I inadvertantly threw away an old, stout wide blade putty knife that I used for lawn mower cleaning awhile back. Everything new is cheap Chinesium, so I just kept my eye open at estate sales. Found a good wood handled replacement a couple weeks later for a buck. Great fun too!

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I recently bought a Velodyne sub at an Estate sale. Boy it sounded awesome, until the amp board failed. Then, that failure caused the woofer to go bad. Easy come, easy go.

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was it considered vintage when you lost it?

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No. The gear i had wasn't considered high end or even sought after. It was just OK stuff.

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Argh it's so tough predicting what will gain value and what won't

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Clothes. I didn’t realize they’d go out of style and be hard to replace.

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My dad got my first car for me in a trade for doing some machinery. It was a 63 Ford Fairlane in original condition. Everything in it was original. It sat in a barn for decades. The original owner died and the car sat where it was last parked. I drove that thing everywhere until the engine blew. Got frustrated when attempting to replace the engine and sold it for $50. It's one of the few regrets I have in life.

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My first car was a 63 Ford Falcon. Should have kept that. Sold it for a 67 Ford LTD. Should have kept that one too.

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Ohhh yeah I can feel the sting. $50, that's like a cheap steak dinner now

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My Commodore 128D. Damned fine 8-bit machine.

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Real estate. I’ve sold some houses that I wish I could have kept….

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