Re: What is the oldest thing you own?

Re: What is the oldest thing you own? In reply to: What is the oldest thing you own? — Thomas Rigby From time to time, I get the urge to just unplug everything and become a full-on Luddite, you know? The latest episode of this was triggered by the discovery that over 80% of the e-books I’ve purchased turned out to be locked by “Adobe DRM”. But I won’t bore you with that—today, I’d like to answer the question asked by Thomas: Over the Christmas break, a time of consumption for the sake of commerce, I found myself thinking of all the brand spanking new tat destined for landfill after, at best, one use. (…) It got me wondering what the oldest things I own are. (…) What is the oldest thing you own? It’s a great question, I try to be mindful of my consumption of stuff as well. To answer it, I immediately began thinking of what the oldest things I own could be: something that belonged to my grandfather, perhaps? His record collection, his signet ring that I still wear everyday? Those are…