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What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 pm
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 pm
I am, I think.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 pm
My wife owns a trilobite fossil, so that is at least 250 million years old.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 pm
I'm the fossil.
Actually, I have some fossils that a friend found in a hike and gave to me. Really, rocks with shells in them.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 pm
I have an anvil that reliably dates from the 1670s, but that’s in the shop, not the house. The oldest item in the living quarters is a brass flower vase from 1914.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 pm
A Roman Republic-era electrum coin.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 pm
(February 4, 2026 at 1:26 pm)Alan V Wrote: My wife owns a trilobite fossil, so that is at least 250 million years old.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 pm
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(February 4, 2026 at 3:12 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: (February 4, 2026 at 1:26 pm)Alan V Wrote: My wife owns a trilobite fossil, so that is at least 250 million years old.
Salt, 300mio
Well played, Deesse! But if we’re gonna go that road, I have lots of iron about the place, so billions of years old.
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RE: What's the oldest thing in your house?
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Yeah, I've got a couple of ammonite shells fossilized in limestone, so anywhere from 60-350 million years old.
