My friends and me (on the right), 1998. We spent a lot of time in diners.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
1998. Always wore three-piece suits with butterfly collars to school because I worked at a consignment shop. A friend had dyed the front part of my hair red a few weeks earlier. I wore a pewter kenaz rune on a chain, which was supposed to mean sexuality.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/blunderyears
While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a marriage certificate from 1922.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/FoundPaper
At a poetry reading, 1997. I’m on the floor. My friend and I had a gimmick where we’d recite angry poetry while the other played whomever the poem was written about.2yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/blunderyears
My grandfather, 96 years old, wearing a sweater and hat knitted by my grandmother.3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/pics
Took some suggestions from r/heraldry and made my Anglo-Saxon CoA a bit more Anglo-Saxon3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
Fenton enjoying the snowstorm today—but there were coyotes in the lower fields so we had to turn back...4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/homestead
Completed my Tolkien illustrated collection earlier this week in anticipation of *The Nature of Middle-earth* next month. Still need *The History of Middle-earth* but I’m hoping for an illustrated publication!2yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/bookshelf
We’re posting dogs in the snow? Here’s Fenton, nervous after hearing coyotes.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vermont
Anglo-Saxon style personal CoA, full achievement. IMO its sort of tacky now, but it was fun!3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
After having no dogs for 15 years, my wife finally convinced me to get a golden. No regrets. Meet Fenton!5yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/goldenretrievers
The motto scroll on my CoA was bugging me, so I turned it into a ring and lengthened the mantle.1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
Finally got around to finishing my CoA in a stained glass style. The linework was done in ProCreate, and text, color, and texture was added in Photoshop. I plan on doing a series of these, but I haven't had much time lately. Maybe next year...1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
Nothing new, but I figured I’d display my CoA side-by-side with my wife’s4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
As promised, my first contribution. A tiny world between two boards on a walkway over a bog in Bethlehem, New Hampshire.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/Miniworlds
Yesterday I found a Gillette “Made in England” Rocket from 1962 at an antique shop for $12. Today I had a great shave—I almost forgot how nice these old Gillettes are.3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/wicked_edge
Found in the $5 stacks today—1984 promo pressing of Weird Al in 3-D. I had this album on cassette when I was eight years old, in 1988.3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vinyl
Starting a small heraldic resource library—here are the books I have so far5yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
In New Hampshire, a cliff used to have a profile that looked like a man’s face—it was called the Old Man of the Mountain. In 2003 the profile collapsed. Now there is a sculpture which, when viewed from a certain angle, recreates the face.3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
We didn’t have money for a photographer at our wedding so we bought disposable cameras for guests.3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/pics
Catch and release: found this 12”x18” vintage advertisement, nicely framed, for $20. Very suggestive. Caption reads “Your neighborhood butcher serves you best fresh meats daily.”3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/ThriftStoreHauls
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power, 1973 first pressing. The most I’ve ever spent on a single record.2yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vinyl
Simple CoA for my wife. Working on a crest, but I'd love some feedback before going too far.4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
First U.S. printing of Lord Byron's complete works, published the year after his death in 1824. 8-volume set, impeccable condition, smells like pipe tobacco. Found at a Goodwill last year for $1 each, worth $300-400.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/ThriftStoreHauls
Spending time in the attic tonight looking out the window and scanning SW2yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/shortwave
Annual 10-minute reseasoning—not a great pic, but likely the only one I will ever take of my three daily drivers. I haven’t seasoned for about a year, aside from wiping with oil after every 2-3 uses.5yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/castiron
WFH with Harold Budd. First repress of one of the most relaxing albums of all time.2yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vinyl
Finally got my layout running after moving to a new house. Time to add some buildings.4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/modeltrains
My first record with a locked groove. What are your favorite albums featuring locked groove?1yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vinyl
Works of Charles Dickens, complete set of 20 volumes, published in the 1930s. Some spinal discoloration but otherwise they don't appear to have been read at all. Found in a box under a table at a community book sale. $10 for the whole set.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/ThriftStoreHauls
1990(maybe 1991), me (left) and my friend playing “Indians.” I was supposed to be Cherokee, he was supposed to be Apache.4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Finally bought one of my favorites: Ministry’s 1983 debut, “With Sympathy”3yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/vinyl
It's not much, but I finally have a moving engine on my branch line terminus! I haven't finished wiring, but I cobbed up some feeders to the end of my module and programmed my Graham Farish GWR 0-6-0.6yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/modeltrains
In 1998, my friends and I (third from left) wrote an a capella song for a talent show and had professional boy-band photos taken for the occasion.4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/blunderyears
1999. I was in a boy band for a few weeks and we took professional headshots. Pleather jacket in July. “Sexuality” rune pendant. Tons of love for the camera.4yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/blunderyears
Moment of Truth. Cut a hole in my shelf layout using online measurements, and didn't know with certainty whether the turntable would fit. Realized I cut it too large when the turntable just about fell through. I lined the hole with cork, sanded, and now it fits perfectly. Thank the gods.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/modeltrains
Personal CoA, full achievement, after brainstorming with the r/heraldry Discord community. Further criticism and ideas are welcome!5yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/heraldry
Petros, one of 500 worlds cataloged by the Golian Brotherhood in Profundus6yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/worldbuilding
Finalized a plan for my 5' branch line terminus shelf layout, based on Hemyock Station at the terminus of the Culm Valley Light Railway. It was a squeeze, but I couldn't resist adding a turntable. Track will be Peco Code 80, turntable will also be Peco.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/modeltrains
1941 Underwood typewriter: paid too much at $150, but after an overhaul it works like new. Made up for the cost: I found an antique spinet desk for $10 at an estate sale.7yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/ThriftStoreHauls
What is this municipal structure? A small brook runs through my town, and there are three of these, each near where the road passes over the brook. There may be more of them that I’m not aware of.5yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/whatisthisthing
How should I repair dry and cracked leather spines? (See comment for details.)6yr ⋅ woden_spoon ⋅ r/bookbinding
