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Re:The fate of antiques and heirlooms in a disposable age by WalterBright on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:55PM (#24275369)
I have a silly hobby of collecting battered metal toolboxes. I like the fact that the history of their usefulness is displayed as the dents, scratches, rust, etc.

The nice thing about that hobby is nobody else collects them, so I can often pick one up for a dollar.

Re:The fate of antiques and heirlooms in a disposable age by Cerium on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:33PM (#24275778)
Very interesting. I had a battered metal toolbox when I was a kid, it had been my dad's. My favorite feature was a cut through the lid where he must not have been paying attention while using it to hold some lumber off the ground. Inside were old rusty wrenches for me to play with. That way he never got mad at me for leaving tools in the rain - they are already as bad as they can get.