Antiques Collector Pillows

Danielle Colby

Antiques Buff

"No, it wasn't a sinkhole. Your old TV was so heavy the ground could no longer take the weight."

Southwark Fair.

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

The original paperless office

Early Colour TV

"Ikea for hippies" 1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood

A hammer in his den enjoying a cigar and port with his collection of trophy thumbs above his head.

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

'No, you can't just watch the end of Bargainhunt!'

Pre-Television Man Caves

The First Printed Bible

Estate Sale! All the stuff my kids said they don't want to inherit.

Stone Age women were less happy than men at the arrival of the iron age: Look what I've invented just for you darling.

Dinner at the Jolly Sandboys (opening to Ch 19)

'As I recall you were the one who told him that he couldn't take it with him.'

JET (Part I)

'I don't think I've ever heard of the Geezer Scouts or Geezer Scout cookies.'

Gadzook used armour. Only one careful owner.

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

Clock and Watch Shop: Second-Hand Clocks and Minute-Hand Clocks.

At last, Clarence thought, the long-awaited return to the old economy had begun.

It feels so weird when I forget my watch.

"Grandma's TV is so old it wasn't made in a foreign country."

Grandfather Clock

"The keep saying unrestored and what a nice PATINA, Ted. A better-sounding word for old tarnished stuff would be SCRINCH or SKRITCH, don't you think, eh, Ted?"

"If history has taught us anything, it's taught us that there have been a ridiculous number of books written about history."

'Oh I don't mind you turning over my cups to look at the mark. But next time, please finish your tea.'

Verbal Orders

"Haven't you a small one that would fit into a soldier's pack?"