Comments | mikeinstamatic: I am a nerd. Stark raving NERD.

mikeinstamatic

I am a nerd. Stark raving NERD.

Oct 28, 2004 10:59

History nerd, that is ( Read more... )

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zorah October 28 2004, 20:31:51 UTC

I love love love old medicine bottles. I hear People's Park is a treasure trove of houshold stuff just under the topsoil. PV legend has it they razed a whole neighborhood to make a campground for Expo. You should go on a dig down there sometime!

mikeinstamatic October 28 2004, 21:58:42 UTC

Thanks for the tip. And if yer passin' by, stop in and check out my Main street collection.

You know, old neighborhoods (like PV) usually have lots of goodies buried in backyards. That's where folks used to bury their trash.

Hey - I've just dated the other beer bottle to the same period. It's embossed with "AB" on the bottom. Turns out that's American Bottling Co. 1905-1917. Hee.

bri8an October 29 2004, 01:56:49 UTC

That is just awesome. Completely geeky, but very cool shit.

mikeinstamatic October 29 2004, 03:19:39 UTC

Jeeze, I know. My boss and everyone at work knew I was out there geekin' it up. But I couldn't help myself.

starmiranda October 29 2004, 03:40:34 UTC

It's so cool that you were able to find some stuff! I thought they would be working on it for much longer than this, though. Fast!

xoxo

mikeinstamatic October 29 2004, 19:16:57 UTC

They were fast. And today you can hardly tell they were ever there at all. Was it all a dream????

Whoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

sirensong4 October 29 2004, 17:48:51 UTC

i dug up a Pepsi bottle from my grandma's pasture that's old old old. i haven't really dated it yet but it's old.

And i found an old bottle of sheep liniment in the same pasture. label still intact, yup. old bottles rule. you should do a story. i would read it.

mikeinstamatic October 29 2004, 19:18:10 UTC

It's like finding treasure, isn't it? I swear it's as good as finding a pirate's chest.

Well, almost.