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Your home is going up in flames..... (1 Viewer)
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I love a good story, go ahead.
By the way, I was in the Navy been to Viet Nam, sorta. We floated about 10miles off the coast shooting illumnious shells at night. Never ever in any danger, but did collect combat pay.
I was over there when my time was up, so it was re-up or get a ride home. Hell no on doing this again so I headed home, first stop (helo off my ship)Danang....the only time I sat foot on Viet Nam soil. Took me three weeks to get home....bus, train, helo, C-5, 747***, actually shot off an aircraft carrier, what a trip that was.
Walked in my parents home on Christmas morning, talk about the odds (yep, surprise)
***Luzon Phillipines, Kobe Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco, Fresno....................home (Visalia Cali)
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Shawnky
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fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
He’s told us this story before, there’s a thread about it somewhere, pretty crazy, I’ll see if I can find it.
Guy kept it up his rectal cavity for 5 years, it was his right of passage.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
I don’t think there’s a single thing in here that I can’t replace. All important photos are in the cloud at this point, all possessions can be replaced, and I don’t have much memorabilia. I do have a few autographed items from Dabo, Corso, Vitale, Phil Mickelson, etc... but the memories are worth more than the item.
We we have a footprint of our first two dogs my wife and I got, one of which has now passed. Probably that.
We we have a footprint of our first two dogs my wife and I got, one of which has now passed. Probably that.
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
This is seriously a thing that will go away very soon. All people will have in the future is maybe a screen shot of their entrance pass.
I'd run back in for...
My Jimmy Brown rookie card, my first edition "Lurking Fear" H.P.Lovecraft, a picture of mom in her carnival wrestling gear, yep.....took on all comers.
And......a picture of my dad holding up a huge octopus he caught in Vallejo.
There are things that simply can't be replaced.
My Jimmy Brown rookie card, my first edition "Lurking Fear" H.P.Lovecraft, a picture of mom in her carnival wrestling gear, yep.....took on all comers.
And......a picture of my dad holding up a huge octopus he caught in Vallejo.
There are things that simply can't be replaced.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
My Sentry firebox - has some important documents and I’d rather not take any chances.
Tecumseh
Footballguy
My house did burn down in 2014. I was in school at the time (1 week before finals...), so I went back for my backpack and laptop, my wallet, and my cellphone. After that, we got our cars out of the driveway, and watched it burn from across the street.
I will say the one thing I regret losing the most was our Christmas ornaments. They actually survived, and I planned to grab them, but the demo team beat me to it. Had many from when I was a kid, and every year I kick myself for not taking them out when I had the chance.
I will say the one thing I regret losing the most was our Christmas ornaments. They actually survived, and I planned to grab them, but the demo team beat me to it. Had many from when I was a kid, and every year I kick myself for not taking them out when I had the chance.
Redwes25
Footballguy
My grandfathers WWII bomber jacket that he wore in the South Pacific while flying a b24. Would also grab my great great great great grandfathers pocket watch he carried during the Civil War where he was a brigadier general for the union. Those two items are irreplaceable and would hate to lose them.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
"......your mom."
(note: I asked my 10-year old son your question, and this was his actual answer)
(note: I asked my 10-year old son your question, and this was his actual answer)
boots11234
Footballguy
My Banjo
rustycolts
Footballguy
Butch?NotSmart said:
NotSmart
Footballguy
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
My external hard drive, which has over 12,000 songs on it. I ain't losing my music collection.
Shula-holic
Footballguy
Tough call. Looking at things that I likely couldn't replace rather than just things of value. Probably my 1934 Goudey signed by a guy who lived up the street when I was growing up. He went blind shortly after his playing days. He died back in 1983 before the memorabilia market exploded so there's not a ton of those things floating around signed. Of the few that are, his signature changed after losing his eyesight and this one was done before and is the only one I've ever seen signed with his "before" signature. His widow told me one time she used to help him sign requests that came in the mail to him, would place the items in front of him and place the pen for him to start. She then wrote letters back to people apologizing for the way they looked but what happened to him and why it was that way.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
I have a 4x4tb external drive array that has all my family videos and a ton of my kids pictures on it. I scanned a ton of important documents on it as well. I would grab this without a doubt.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Everything that is a must save is in a bright pink fireproof safe that is like a little suitcase including cash I've set aside only for such emergencies and spare keys. I have the key and so does my best friend. Here in CA earthquake is more of a reality so min $500 cash is a must in that kind of disaster. I'd grab it, my purse, phone and my pet whose carrier is by her cage. I have a spare charger in my purse already. I have photo albums but my mom and bro have the same photos so easy to get copies.
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Arizona Ron
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Why is this worth keeping with so many streaming options available?
This is by far not a "know it all" type of response on my part - it's a serious question. With Amazon music, SiriusXM, Pandora and the like, seem silly to "own" music anymore.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Yeah photos and stuff are cloud backed up and we have another backup we do once a month on a drive that we keep in a fire safe with important documents.
I have a small box of some things from my mom and dad I’d grab if possible and a few things my dad painted that I have here.
Nothing worth risking my life for though.
I have a small box of some things from my mom and dad I’d grab if possible and a few things my dad painted that I have here.
Nothing worth risking my life for though.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Grandfathers WW2 stuff, a few guns and the plastic ziplock bag of vehicle titles/birth certificates/passports that my wife never puts back into the safe.
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I wore my grandfathers dog tags for about 5 years until I almost lost them when they got snagged on something while playing with my dog. I almost tore right through the little hole that’s for the chain.
Now I wear replicas (made from an original dog tag press) and keep his in the safe.
Funny, my grandfather wore those things in a war zone for 4+ years and I almost broke and lost them inside my house in roughly the same time. My mom always said I should have been in demolitions because I’m so destructive.
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Redwes25
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I get that feeling about fear of losing this stuff. My son is doing a presentation at school on Friday around early aviation and they are supposed to wear costumes. He is going to wear the bomber jacket but I am not letting that thing out of my sight for a second as the hand painted insignias are really showing wear and the paint is starting to flake off. My grandfather was a bit of an artists as well so I know he painted his jacket himself as well as the others for his bomber crew and many jackets in the squadron.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
My first response was that I have nothing of value, or significant sentimental value that I would care that much about. Sure, we have picture albums, and baby books, etc., but I don't have any family heirlooms that rise above the rest.
Our Christmas ornaments is a good one though. We usually buy an ornament as a sourvenir for trips, so decorating the tree is a reminder of the trips we've taken as a family. Plus we have ornaments with pictures of the kids sitting on Santa's lap through the years, so those aren't replaceable. Throw in the various homemade Christmas decorations made at school, and there is a lot of sentimental value in those boxes.
But, i've learned over time, the sentiment isn't contained in those items, it is contained in the relationship with the people. Now, I haven't lost anyone I was really close to (i was not close to any of my grandparents), so maybe when I lose a parent I will have a different take.
Epic Problem
Footballguy
Considering that there's nothing here that would give you internet access, I approve of this list.
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Epic Problem
Footballguy
Dude, just relax have some lightweight fun at these places, ok guy, you take this stuff way too serious, ok?
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I don't stream using any of those sites. While I almost never buy physical CD's anymore, I still own 700+ from decades of buying, and I have over 13,000 songs in my iTunes. When I listen to music, it is almost always either on iTunes or from my phone in the car. Yay for high quality mp3's.
Johnny Rock
Footballguy
Small fire extinguisher. 
TheFanatic
Footballguy
I was thinking my Macbook Pro, but I back it up every couple weeks at the office and leave the HD here. I might still grab it just because it would be a pain to be without it until insurance came through. Yeah, I can't really think of anything.
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