Well, as often happens, things do not work out the way I was planning. I thought “Metal? Cool. I’ve got some old Ford LTDs that have more metal in one of their hoods than there is in my entire Escort.
Well, I came home from school yesterday too tired to choreograph the shuffling of the cars to get good pictures, so I put it off ‘till today. Except the temperature dropped so much that today’s high was Monday’s low. Again, not the day I want to be moving cars around.
As I was pondering the photographic dilemma I was in, I noticed a lot of metal things around my house.
The pressure valve on my bigger espresso maker.
An old thermostat I found in my house. It just sits on the wall, I’ve got a plastic programmable one controlling the furnace.
A Coors can from back when you needed a church key to open the things.
Looking at the top of my one-cup espresso maker.
The I.D. plate from the original furnace in my house. When I replaced it 6 years ago, the furnace people said it looked like it was installed in the 30’s or 40’s.
My wall mounted can opener I got on a trek out to Eureka with Writer.
The inner workings of an old gas stove I have in my kitchen. Like the thermostat, I have a newer stove that I use, this one isn’t even hooked up.
And finally, the oven thermostat on the same stove.
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11 comments:
You've got some neat stuff hanging around. And an Automaticook, to boot!
First of all, today was sunny and I had the windows open in my classroom ALL DAY. I even had to turn the air conditioner on! Too cold to move cars -- bleah. That I don't believe. Now, "too tired and apathetic to move cars around this close to the end of the term" I most CERTAINLY believe. (I've had migraines for 2 days. Ugh.)
I love that thermostat of yours. I had a cool old metal one that was removed without my permission when a new furnace was installed, but yours is still cooler.
I remember that can opener! That was a spiffy old shop where we found that. And that owner had lots of stories to tell us.
I don't think I've ever noticed that thermostat on your stove before. Nice.
These are great, Max! To be honest I was expecting cars - :)
I really enjoyed looking at this selection of metal things - intriguing subjects all of them.
What a fantastic collection of metal! Love the rusty can :)
What a collection! Now you have me going from room to room but somehow the objects I see are nowhere near as interesting as those in your photoshoot. Who needs expensive props?
Now that is a fine collection of metal. If you ever fall on hard times I suspect you could make a fortune out of it all - the way metal prices are at the moment.
Oh yeah, I so love how they listed that the filter on the furnace should be replaced at least once a year! really?....things sure have changed...I totally like how you have kept the old controls for the furnace around, it's good to have these neat little reminders! I really enjoyed this little tour around your house, even better than your cars...so hey maybe it's a good thing that the weather got cold..right? Well no not really I hope for warmer weather to hang on all that it can...it's probably only going to get to 46 today....from this point it will drop now I'm sure... ;(
Isn’t it amazing what we have lying around our houses when we really look? You came up with a wonderful collection, and so well-preserved!
You have the most unique way of sharing history: and how cool that it's all so close to home!
I just drove through a lovely old neighborhood on my way home to my own decidedly younger suburb...I wish my house held such treasures to explore.
The old rusty beer can w/ the triangular openings...brought back memories. Interesting items around your home.
Thanks. I've been collecting old things like that since forever. That can I found while on a Ghost Town Trek through Utah and Nevada a couple years back. A lot of my stuff I've either found camping, hiking, just had hanging around the house forever or were given to me by family. Maybe sometime I'll do a "old stuff around my house photo essay".
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