Treasures you find in the loft
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Was up in the loft looking for a tomtom charger, nothing exciting, when I stumbled upon a box of treasures. Nothing expensive and nothing over the moon but I found a boxed copy of this:
To me thats a great find, ok it wont buy me a Marcos but it will pass the time nicely. Works well in Vista too with dosbox installed so what little treasures have you found lately?
To me thats a great find, ok it wont buy me a Marcos but it will pass the time nicely. Works well in Vista too with dosbox installed so what little treasures have you found lately?
Symbolica said:
Thats a f
king AWESOME game
I'd forgotton all about it!
Anybody heard of a pc game (probably 10-12 ish years old now) called The Pandora Directive? If so, where can I get a copy, it was utterly brilliant and I never completed it
never heard of that, but DOTT is currently being played, its fantastic games like this should still be made. No 3d sking AWESOME game I'd forgotton all about it!Anybody heard of a pc game (probably 10-12 ish years old now) called The Pandora Directive? If so, where can I get a copy, it was utterly brilliant and I never completed it
t, just well thought out fun gaming
Kaelic said:
When I sold my last house I left behind a stud partition in the loft all my old Star Wars gear as I couldnt get to it easily.
I do hope one day someone takes that stud partition down and finds the treasure trove of Star Wars toys and makes them very happy!
Happy? Rich more like.I do hope one day someone takes that stud partition down and finds the treasure trove of Star Wars toys and makes them very happy!
Moved into a new place and started exploring the eaves and found a locked metal box. It was a bit bashed and had a very, very old looking key tied to the handle. Looking closer at the box it was painted with hunting scenes from the 1600's...........
Curious. Anyway I put it away and forgot about it until a mate who's a locksmith came round to fit a new safe and gun cabinet. He saw it and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Is that yours?"
"Yeah I found it in the loft"
"Faaaark me, do you have any idea what it is?"
"Well no. I thought it was a bashed about box"
"If it is what I think it is, it is very, very old and worth a bl**dy fortune"
"You're kidding......."
"No, there was one on display in a lock museum and it's one of the oldest locks around, it's probably 400 years old"
"??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
So I took it off to a local museum to get it checked. They agreed with him and were very excited about it. They gave an approximate value which I won't mention here, but let's just say if it reaches even the lower estimate, we won't have much of a mortgage left. Or if I get my hands on the cash first, the garage and toy chest will be greatly expanded.
Talk about the find of the century. Mind you after the year we've had, someone owes us a favour!
Curious. Anyway I put it away and forgot about it until a mate who's a locksmith came round to fit a new safe and gun cabinet. He saw it and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Is that yours?"
"Yeah I found it in the loft"
"Faaaark me, do you have any idea what it is?"
"Well no. I thought it was a bashed about box"
"If it is what I think it is, it is very, very old and worth a bl**dy fortune"
"You're kidding......."
"No, there was one on display in a lock museum and it's one of the oldest locks around, it's probably 400 years old"
"??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
So I took it off to a local museum to get it checked. They agreed with him and were very excited about it. They gave an approximate value which I won't mention here, but let's just say if it reaches even the lower estimate, we won't have much of a mortgage left. Or if I get my hands on the cash first, the garage and toy chest will be greatly expanded.
Talk about the find of the century. Mind you after the year we've had, someone owes us a favour!
Yep. Had a clear scan, just the "tidying up" now. It still involves cutting me open and removing lumps of my anatomy and then a bit more chemo just to make sure it's got a lot less chance of coming back but that's nothing compared to what's gone on before. Nearly there! The battle has been pretty successful so far.
IforB said:
Yep. Had a clear scan, just the "tidying up" now. It still involves cutting me open and removing lumps of my anatomy and then a bit more chemo just to make sure it's got a lot less chance of coming back but that's nothing compared to what's gone on before. Nearly there! The battle has been pretty successful so far.
Ello squire!Good to see you back.
jessica said:
IforB said:
It certainly was! After nearly a year of chemo I needed something to cheer me up. That worked!
Timeforaluckybreakthen......sorrymyspacebarisbroke.Hopeyouareonthemendnow.
Are they buying the lock? or is it going to auction?
- sorry, reread it and answered my own question
What is special about it (apart from being old).
Added: All I have in the loft are stacks of vintage computers and "Escape from Colditz" board game.
Edited by Morningside on Saturday 16th August 23:51
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