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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 318771, member: 360"]I tell time with my antique pocketwatches.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an Edwardian carriage-clock ticking on my desk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I shave with my Victorian straight-razors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grind things up with my brass mortars and pestles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use my antique candleholders for mood-lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I write with my antique fountain and dip pens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep string in my Victorian brass string-caddy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep peppermints in my Victorian glass apothecary's jar with the 'Breath Fresheners' glass label on the front of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep my silver Victorian beaker on my desk as my drinking-cup (I only put water in it, though).</p><p><br /></p><p>I carry my Victorian pocket telescope in my bag when I go out (terrible eyesight, I have...!!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I eat with my vintage sterling silver chopsticks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sew things and make things with my 80+-year-old Singer hand-cranked sewing machine. </p><p><br /></p><p>The list goes on, and on, and on, and on...It'd probably never end, if I thought about it long enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use almost all my antiques. I don't believe in buying these things, only for them to just sit and gather dust. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought them, and would've saved myself the money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 318771, member: 360"]I tell time with my antique pocketwatches. I have an Edwardian carriage-clock ticking on my desk. I shave with my Victorian straight-razors. I grind things up with my brass mortars and pestles. I use my antique candleholders for mood-lighting. I write with my antique fountain and dip pens. I keep string in my Victorian brass string-caddy. I keep peppermints in my Victorian glass apothecary's jar with the 'Breath Fresheners' glass label on the front of it. I keep my silver Victorian beaker on my desk as my drinking-cup (I only put water in it, though). I carry my Victorian pocket telescope in my bag when I go out (terrible eyesight, I have...!!) I eat with my vintage sterling silver chopsticks. I sew things and make things with my 80+-year-old Singer hand-cranked sewing machine. The list goes on, and on, and on, and on...It'd probably never end, if I thought about it long enough. I use almost all my antiques. I don't believe in buying these things, only for them to just sit and gather dust. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought them, and would've saved myself the money.[/QUOTE]
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