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slumcamper

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39. Remarkable account.

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:36 PM

Oct 29

The digital era, attendant with its infinite softwares, hardwares, and humanity's increasing reliance (dependence?) on it ultimately rests on human knowledge as the essential interface between it all--and across the scope of time and change.

Are we in rational control such that we will preserve the collective knowledge of humanity? Or are we racing forward in an unbridled and irrational manner with little or no concern for possible calamity? And if (when) a calamity upends the current order of things and we are plunged into another "dark age," who or what will be able to reclaim the digital record of humanity?

Concerns aside, I recently sent my floppy discs from the early 90s to the landfill.

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What's the strangest thing you have in YOUR house. I have a box of socks with no mates. How about you? [View all] debm55 Oct 29 OP

That would be me. Ocelot II Oct 29 #1

You aren;t strange but the oil painting of the puffin sure sounds unique. debm55 Oct 29 #20

It is. I painted it, further proof that I am also strange. Ocelot II Oct 29 #27

Dammit! That is the first thing that I thought as well! OldBaldy1701E Oct 29 #60

an insensor that is used at Catholic High Masses gopiscrap Oct 29 #2

I always hated those things. and the incense they put inside. That is different. How did you get it? debm55 Oct 29 #22

A collection of my mom and aunt's late 1960s and 1970s nylon nightgowns in a plastic box. Blue_playwright Oct 29 #3

I kept a lipstick of my grandmother after she passed. It was bright pink and made me smile when applegrove Oct 29 #14

That is so sweet applegrove. Thank you. debm55 Oct 29 #63

Maybe you kept them to remember them. debm55 Oct 29 #23

Just a box? Amateur. bbernardini Oct 29 #4

Same here. I know there are mates somewhere in the box. but I don't have the energy to look for them, For now, they will debm55 Oct 29 #24

I went through a huge bag of unmatched socks once. LisaM Oct 29 #52

Wow. that's great. Thank you LisaM. debm55 Oct 29 #53

My lower left molar that just fell out of my radiation damaged jaw bone 3 years ago. It's longer sinkingfeeling Oct 29 #5

Where do you keep it: I have all my son's baby teeth in a baby food jar. debm55 Oct 29 #25

It's in my medicine cabinet. sinkingfeeling Oct 29 #46

Thank you. debm55 Oct 29 #65

I have bagswithin bags within bags... NewDayOranges Oct 29 #6

Our store doesn;t give them out any longer. but before they shifted to cloth bags. We had tons of them. Also , debm55 Oct 29 #28

I have a box sdfernando Oct 29 #7

The police were just over asking me about that ........ marble falls Oct 29 #11

HAHAHAHAHh. I'll give you mine, sdfernando. debm55 Oct 29 #30

HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH Thank you sdfernando debm55 Oct 29 #64

That's why all my socks are black cotton ... marble falls Oct 29 #8

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. I never thought of that. But I do have all white. just different kinds of white. I got rid of all my debm55 Oct 29 #31

A very old wooden chair. QED Oct 29 #9

You still have it? It might be worth something. debm55 Oct 29 #33

I don't know if it's worth anything. It's ugly as hell. QED Oct 29 #42

A Wang programming manual. I have no idea why I've never thrown it away. LoisB Oct 29 #10

Back in the 80s sdfernando Oct 29 #15

Holy cow. I don't blame you for hating that work. LoisB Oct 29 #19

Remarkable account. slumcamper Oct 29 #39

Thank you LoisB. We have a bunch of manuals from various appliances we haven't had in years. debm55 Oct 29 #34

You too!?! I don't know why we save them. I'm trying to sell a mini-fridge and would you believe, that is the only LoisB Oct 29 #37

My large (150+) collection of "DO NOT DISTURB" tags from hotels around the world? n/t slumcamper Oct 29 #12

Thank you slumcamper. But why? debm55 Oct 29 #35

How does that work? I have often got one sock without applegrove Oct 29 #13

That is funny. Thank you applegrove. debm55 Oct 29 #67

A Ms. PacMan/Galaga arcade machine. Jeebo Oct 29 #16

That's neat. Thank you Jeebo. debm55 Oct 29 #68

A large garbage bag filled with smaller plastic grocery bags Redleg Oct 29 #17

Thank you Redleg. We keep the cloth bags in the trunk. We had the same problem with forgeting to take them back. debm55 Oct 29 #69

I should be using the reusable cloth bags Redleg Oct 30 #82

We aren;t allowed to use the plastic bags. If we get caught there is a fine. debm55 Oct 30 #87

We are so backwards where I live Redleg Oct 31 #95

Oh it has been like that for over a year. debm55 Nov 3 #98

About 20 unmatched shoes sorcrow Oct 29 #18

Thank you sorcrow. That is very unique. I hope you find the missing shoes. They can get lonely too. debm55 Oct 29 #50

OMG, rethinking this. Might be my unique collection of 250+ different coffee cup sleeves? n/t slumcamper Oct 29 #21

Thank you slumcamper. But why? debm55 Oct 29 #49

A shillelagh Attilatheblond Oct 29 #26

Thank you Attilatebond . But how did you get a shillelag. Did you go to Ireland? they are deadly. debm55 Oct 29 #48

It belonged to my late husband Attilatheblond Oct 29 #55

I have a bag of missing socks for my family and every now and then I find the matching mate! kimbutgar Oct 29 #29

Thank you kimbutgar. My husband uses those mesh bags. I think I am going to use them too. and get rid on loners. debm55 Oct 29 #47

My ex-wife. WheelWalker Oct 29 #32

HAHAHHAHHA. You are kind hearted to do that. debm55 Oct 29 #41

lizard stuff oberle Oct 29 #36

One of my great grandmother's cookbooks- wriiten Quakerfriend Oct 29 #38

I would on to that. Have you made anything from the recipes? debm55 Oct 29 #43

Wow, I do have something strange DaBronx Oct 29 #40

Thank you DaBronx. If you have the deceased person's name could you do a search for him? I would like to know the "rest debm55 Oct 29 #44

I did some searching but there is nothing obvious. DaBronx Oct 29 #45

My Brownie beanie and ankle socks...I am 67. Nanuke Oct 29 #51

Thant is great. Thank you Nanuke. debm55 Oct 30 #74

I keep a jar of curiosities and oddities by my garage desk... MiHale Oct 29 #54

Than k you MiHale. That sounds very interesting. debm55 Oct 30 #75

Several shoeboxes of toilet paper tubes TlalocW Oct 29 #56

As a teacher for 42 years , I can agree with you it was one of the things I collected and had my neighbors collecect. debm55 Oct 29 #62

Dinosaur poop and fossilized animal holes. Plus.. duncang Oct 29 #57

Those are neat, Thank you duncang. debm55 Oct 29 #58

Before replying I asked my husband what he thought was the strangest thing in our house. arkielib Oct 29 #59

Don't we all something in our homes that one day will get fixed. debm55 Oct 29 #61

My death box. Solly Mack Oct 29 #66

Thank you Solly Mack . Very unique debm55 Oct 30 #76

Probably the moose-shaped hanukiah sakabatou Oct 29 #70

Thank you debm55 Oct 30 #77

well, my skull collection isn't really strange. OOH i have mink faces from a estate sale. lady made fur teddy bears. pansypoo53219 Oct 30 #71

thank you pansypoo53219 debm55 Oct 30 #78

I built this 600+lb working replica of the fortune teller from "Big" ZoltarSpeaks Oct 30 #72

That's neat and you are vert creative. Welcome to DU debm55 Oct 30 #79

That looks amazing. What skill and creativity. How could you let it go? Doodley Nov 3 #109

Probably the treadmill with dust on it. Emile Oct 30 #73

We must have the mate here, debm55 Oct 30 #80

A very large hot pepper sauce collection Zambero Oct 30 #81

Thank you Zambero. should you throw them out? debm55 Nov 3 #99

I plan to go through and toss most of them Zambero Nov 3 #103

That's a good idea. thank you Zambero. debm55 Nov 3 #107

oh, you probably don't want to know Kali Oct 30 #83

HAHAHAHahH. okay. debm55 Oct 30 #88

Early 20th century mining stuff from my great grandfather. Elessar Zappa Oct 30 #84

Thank you Elessar Zappa. Rich was a mining inspector for the Federal Governorment. We have a lot of that stuff here.too. debm55 Oct 30 #89

My gargoyle collection Wicked Blue Oct 30 #85

That's neat. Thank you, Wicked Blue. debm55 Oct 30 #90

A singing Cactus toy that Tree Lady Oct 30 #86

Thank you Tree Lady. That sounds fun. debm55 Oct 30 #91

This thing: LudwigPastorius Oct 30 #92

HAHAHAHAHAHhaha, thank you LudwigPastorius debm55 Oct 30 #93

So that's where mine went. kairos12 Oct 31 #94

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you kairos12 debm55 Nov 3 #100

A small preserved shark and some animal skulls. NNadir Nov 1 #96

I had the shark in the bottle given to me as a Christmas present from a student. I had it in the basement for years, debm55 Nov 3 #101

I'm a few days late for this thread but I had to stop to think about Niagara Nov 3 #97

Unique items Niagara. Thank you very much. debm55 Nov 3 #102

I have a bag of socks with no mates Shermann Nov 3 #104

Very good Shermann. thank you. debm55 Nov 3 #106

Mr. Bayard Bayard Nov 3 #105

Hahahahahah, Is he cremated? debm55 Nov 3 #108

A Victorian undertaker's hat brush. greatauntoftriplets Nov 3 #110

Thank you greatauntoftriplets ..Very unique. debm55 Nov 3 #111

Cold chest with blue ice for live mealworms in my guest room closet. quaint Nov 3 #112

Very different .Thank you quaint debm55 Nov 3 #114

Not my house, but my Mom's. Texasgal Nov 3 #113

Texasgal , I am sorry about your dad. Was the writing in Arabic or Hebrew? debm55 Nov 3 #115

Nope! It was the actual Heinz Texasgal Nov 3 #117

Thank you Texasgal. debm55 Nov 3 #118

You must not have young people in your house. Bev54 Nov 3 #116

HAHAHAHAHAHH. That is funny. Thank you Bev54 debm55 Nov 3 #119

A big box of sockets and socket wrenches and absolutely no 3/8" or 10mm socket at all LiberalArkie Nov 3 #120

Thank you LiberalArkie. That's funny. debm55 Nov 3 #121

My Husband Deep State Witch Nov 3 #122

HAHAHA Thank you Deep State Witch debm55 Nov 3 #123