Music, game, novel, show, what have you. What do you love that’s particularly old?

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      Oh wonderful, I’m glad to hear it. Don’t suppose you have any tips for navigating her incessant quilting talk while you’re here?

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        To put joking aside, I have been trying to make a sort of quilt pattern to add to one of my sweatshirts, but I’m not good at sewing and don’t have a sewing machine. So I would probably listen to her talk about quilts and how to make the edges look good.

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    A handmade ceramic mug I bought when I first got out of homelessness. Probably about fifteen years old now. It’s white with a flared base and motif of a bison on it.

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    Back in 1989 I had a co-worker friend who went to Jamaica and returned with a custom coffee mug with my name on it. It wasn’t a cheap printed one, the letters were formed out of clay. I don’t use it every day anymore, because I’m afraid it will break, but it’s in my rotation. It reminds me that some people used to care something about me, for some reason.

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    It’s the game of Go. Also known as baduk, weiqi, igo. It’s a board game known for being pretty old.

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    I’ve got a trumpet (YTR-6320) from the 80s I bought used a bit back. It looks beat to hell but it just sings! It’s as light as a feather aswell- I can play with one hand in my pocket.

    Media-wise, I love some old 1930s swing and jazz tracks. It’s super interesting to hear how similar some songs are to modern music.

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        Hell yeah! It’s a tough instrument, but it’s the most expressive one (in my opinion). Trumpets always sound like the person who’s playing them, almost like an extension of your personality. I think there’s something wonderful about that.

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    Fountain pens. They don’t make custom alloys of gold specifically for their nibs any more because they’re not ubiquitous. An old “wet noodle” italic Parker or Waterman is a writing experience to behold.

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      Try out fudepens too. Fountain pens, but with a brush end. Sometimes they’re refillable (my preference), sometimes they’re not. They make them with actual bristle brush tips, but also foam tips like calligraphy markers.

      I’ve come to really enjoy them.

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      I’m more fond of dip pens, they are terribly impractical but for me it’s a joy.

      One of my favourite nibs is the blue pumpkin.

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    My bifocal glasses. They were donated to me last year, and some fucking how, they’re a perfect match for my prescription, and have absolutely no scratches.

    They were manufactured in 1988, literally 2 years before I ever got my first pair of glasses.

    I didn’t exactly sign up for big ass thick bifocals, but the last prescription glasses I paid for cost me $217, are scratched to hell and back, and the frames split at the nose bridge.

    They’re big, they’re ugly, but they just fucking work, even clearer than my most recent actual prescriptions.

    You can’t complain when it’s free!