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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:52 pm | |
| Found my childhood USN life ring! My brother lives in the house where I grew up and he wanted me to help him put a belt on his old heating furnace recently... While looking for tools in a drawer in the basement I found the life ring! Been wanting one and almost bought one over the past few months but never pulled the trigger... Now I know why... _________________ JIM...
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somekindajoe French Resistance
Posts : 2196 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 63 Location : London
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gibri Admin
Posts : 2684 Join date : 2013-02-21 Age : 69 Location : Mishawaka, Indiana United States
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:55 pm | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:41 am | |
| Thanks Somekindjoe & Bri! _________________ JIM...
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ghost recon Painted Head (Hard Hands)
Posts : 132 Join date : 2013-01-19
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:42 pm | |
| Great set & very pleased for you Jim. He's a handsome Joe. _________________ Play nicely ! | |
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Wolf_Soldier64 Moderator
Posts : 2476 Join date : 2012-11-12 Age : 59 Location : Reading, Berkshire
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:43 pm | |
| Excellent Jim, now you know why you didn't get One _________________ Its better to Burn out than fade away
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Professor Gangrene Fan Moderator
Posts : 11109 Join date : 2012-11-11
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 5:38 pm | |
| I always find it wonderful to hear that someone Found a childhood figure or item, very well done for finding yours . _________________ I’m Dedicated to serving Professor Gangrene as One of His Loyal Minions.
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:18 pm | |
| Thank you Ghost recon, Wolf Soldier, & Alex! Much appreciated! _________________ JIM...
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15331 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:48 pm | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:49 pm | |
| Thanks Dal! _________________ JIM...
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clivvers HOME OFFICE MINISTER
Posts : 3581 Join date : 2013-02-08 Location : Between here and saving another MAM again! "That's one small step for a MAM, one giant leap for MAMkind"
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:11 am | |
| Good find! It looks in nice condition for it's age _________________ clivvers - saviour of the huMAM race @ MAMageddon 2009 - 2099 @ clivvers MAM Nation: | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:52 am | |
| Thank You clivvers! _________________ JIM...
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gibri Admin
Posts : 2684 Join date : 2013-02-21 Age : 69 Location : Mishawaka, Indiana United States
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SJ7 Painted Head
Posts : 57 Join date : 2013-06-07 Location : Canada
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:54 pm | |
| Great find,Jim.Great Red PH Sailor too. Scott _________________ GI Joe,the movable fighting Sailor | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:54 pm | |
| - gibri wrote:
- Okay Jim, what we want here is a moment by moment account of this discovery...
...there you are, searching for that left-hand monkey wrench to replace the belt on the furnace...you're getting frustrated looking for tools and finally try a drawer...and there it is! Your long lost rescue ring! And it's not even filthy, scratched and damaged from 40 years in that drawer...
Did you hear heavenly choirs? feel a quickening of your pulse?
We want to share this experience with you!
Bri! My brother is the type that left some parts of the house basically the same after my grandparents passed away in 1986 (pap) 1987 (Gram) so I've done a few searchs of the house for Gijoe items over the past 3 years. But never searched much through the basement so need to do that soon again... Actually the life ring was a bit dirty but after a few wipes with water and Dawn dish liquid the little bit of crude crud came off... Had to be careful to not wet the string though... Nope there was no scratches on the ring... The drawer had many metal washers etc, in it and pieces of itchy wall insulation in it...Strange items throughout that drawer. Actually not many tools... The basement is still just like my deceased Pap left it... Been a long while since I was in the basement so many drawers got looked through that day... And cabinets... My Gram must of hid some Gijoe items from me because when I found them they looked new... Like my ski patrol ice Ax was brand new when I found it...lol That heating furnace was there when I was a wee lad so its 55+ years old.. _________________ JIM...
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:54 pm | |
| - SJ7 wrote:
- Great find,Jim.Great Red PH Sailor too.
Scott Thanks Scott! Much appreciated! _________________ JIM...
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:18 pm | |
| Hey Bri... I found this ski Patrol ice ax a couple years ago at my old homestead... Brand new condition so I'm guessing my gram hid it so I didn't poke my eye out or something... Found some Medic crutches in bad shape but also found some crutches that looked new at my homestead in the past. I Had to buy a USN Breeches Buoy outfit and harness because my childhood uni was hard as a rock and harness was in pieces... Items I had to buy: Found TWO of these Laughing Harry Robots at my homestead but both were in pieces and not repairable so I bought this one off ebay... _________________ JIM...
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gibri Admin
Posts : 2684 Join date : 2013-02-21 Age : 69 Location : Mishawaka, Indiana United States
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:56 pm | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:03 am | |
| Found this today in the basement Bri & everyone... Life jacket is a bit dirty & stained and life raft has a hole in it... wow! Flash made life vest look much cleaner than it really is... _________________ JIM...
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ghost recon Painted Head (Hard Hands)
Posts : 132 Join date : 2013-01-19
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:48 am | |
| Shame on the damages Jim , but none the less what a memory to uncover.........That's priceless! _________________ Play nicely ! | |
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clivvers HOME OFFICE MINISTER
Posts : 3581 Join date : 2013-02-08 Location : Between here and saving another MAM again! "That's one small step for a MAM, one giant leap for MAMkind"
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:58 am | |
| Nice treasure finds, cool robot too _________________ clivvers - saviour of the huMAM race @ MAMageddon 2009 - 2099 @ clivvers MAM Nation: | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8012 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: Found this childhood Joe item recently... Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:24 pm | |
| Thanks Clivvers & Ghost recon! I remember using that life vest and raft in the bathtub as a lad.. _________________ JIM...
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