# Tell me about Your stuff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867 "2022-05-03T03:35:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867/61 "2022-05-05T00:56:56Z")

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[This](https://imgur.com/gallery/fu4mI9M) is a crystal crab

And [this](https://doc-cathode.livejournal.com/705.html) is the story of how I got it.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867/62 "2022-05-06T15:39:13Z")

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Apart from a couple of classic Maine Diner coffee mugs, my most prized possession has to be an autographed copy of the Cold War-era classic _I Led Three Lives_ by Herb Philbrick.\*

I also have an autographed copy of “Alcatraz from Inside” by ex-inmate Jim Quillen.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867/63 "2022-05-07T13:00:45Z")

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My wife has a letter written to her by (and signed by) [Jim Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones) (of the Jonestown Massacre) back before he became a bona fide lunatic. The letter was to thank her for helping ex-cons find employment in the San Francisco area.

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**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-stuff/963867/64 "2022-05-09T16:07:24Z")

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That reminds me of something kind of mundane I have and will always keep. I’m a notary public in Minnesota and have saved the commission card that I received in 2000. It says that I’m commissioned by Gov Jesse Ventura (former Jesse the Body Ventura of wrestling fame). It still makes me smile.

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