What's your most prized possession?

[Strut99GT]

A girl I know asked me this question the other day, and it truly perplexed me. I suppose that the knee-jerk reaction is something along the lines of my car, or my apartment. But really, I think that it's a little deeper than that.

I would have to say that my most prized possession is my CD collection. I have about 500 CD's (not burned CD's), and I've been accumulating them for over 10 years. I have a lot of imports and rarities, and I feel like I have a very comprehensive collection that is fairly representative of many genres of music and is very high quality, i.e. I have never been suckered into buying "one-hit wonders."

Anyway, I'm curious to see what y'all think!

[ripsid]

My Milli-Vanilli signed CD!
Honestly, and this sound sooooo sappy.... my kids! and my divorce!
Material...I have a tie My Taylor 12-string jumbo 355 Accoustic (EXCALIBUR) and my Harley-Davidson....

[mammoth]

My daughter!

[TheMudMan]

My house, my 72 goat, shit everything I own is a prized possession to me. I came from nothing and I mean nothing, worked my balls off to get where I am today and now I can buy and enjoy things for myself.

[BIG TEXAN]

Ones almost 2 (Caitlin Ryanne) and the other is just a bit over 3 months (Owen Scott). Aslo my 2 dogs. Other than that and the rest of my family it's all just material. Of course I really do love my '66 Chevy.

[Pheedno]

Thats easy for me. My luck charm which is carried with me everywhere I go, and the note that accompanies it.

It's my Mothers first AA coin she got when she quit drinking and the letter she wrote me on step 9. She was right in the middle of writing her thesis for her PHD in English(while teaching 65 hours a week), my brother was side-swiped and in a coma barely hanging on, and I was a drug addicted dumb shit teenager causing more problems than I was solving, but she managed to stick to the commitment and has'nt sipped since.

[halifaxsteve]

i would have to say my memories...

[Pheedno]

Originally posted by halifaxsteve
i would have to say my memories...

I unforunately don't have those before age 13-14 and the ones between then and now are few and far between

[JasonNew-b]

Family (wife and kids)

[Big Rush]

my penis

[sp9]

my health

[JDawg1536]

Originally posted by Big Rush
my penis

Damn, you beat me to it. That was the first thing that popped into my head.

[wrstlr69sdnl]

my computer right now its where I learn the most about bbing

[chevy44]

my car (red z28)! shes my girl!

[usualsuspect]

my BS degree (and the government cannot repossess it!).

[Terinox]

This question is too broad and complex, and could mean different things. Do you mean physical/mental, etc... Do all objects count, family? That's why it's tuff to answer

I guess family would be the most "prized" but then that's not really a possession, neither is children. So I dunno. Memories is a good one, but would that even count

[Butch]

Originally posted by usualsuspect
my BS degree (and the government cannot repossess it!).

I couldn't agree more.....for now it is my college degree.....

[David B.]

Originally posted by Big Rush
my penis

Well, other than that, my most prized possession is a 1966 Fender Telecaster guitar. I've had it since 1979, half my life. I have bonded with it as much as it is possible to bond with an inanimate object.

--dave

[sin]

right now its my fina.
i would throw in college degree, but im not sure thats a posession.

[Polska]

my gear. haha. im with Terinox on this one, too broad and complex to answer.

[palme]

Originally posted by TheMudMan
My house, my 72 goat, shit everything I own is a prized possession to me. I came from nothing and I mean nothing, worked my balls off to get where I am today and now I can buy and enjoy things for myself.

Respect bro!



Only thing that mathers to me is my family.

[Juggernaut]

Seeing how I do not actually posses (from a literal view) wife, children and friends, I’d have to say I do not have one prized possession. I own stuff but that’s all it is, stuff.

Strut, what say you quantify the question like; if you woke up tomorrow morning and everything you owned was gone, and I mean everything, and you are allowed to keep only one item and one item only, what would it be? And to further restrict things you can only choose things you own right now and automatically rule out family and loved ones because we’d all pick those over material objects.

Pheedo, yours by far would smoke most responses. Wish my dad had given me one of those. And if you carry that around in your pocket then you do have at least one good memory, a damn good one.

[Big Rush]

ok, once again.................my penis....com'on, would you all trade that for a farrari? or even good helth? fucken hell no!

[Red Ketchup]

Well my kid is not a possession so I can't really claim him (though I would not hesitate one nonesecond to kill, maim or jump in front of a speeding train for him).

Material possessions? Well, I like all my toys... I worked hard for everything I have (and I don't really have that much).

Is there anything I couldn't live without? No not really. I could dump all my material possessions in 10 minutes and not look back. Might miss some toys like this net access, but I could live w/o it.

I've been a hardcore backpacker since my early teens, I can be off into the wild alone for 2 weeks, and on the last day I won't want to come back to "civilisation".

I guess that makes me a bit of an anachronism

Red

[ripped4fsu]

well, since my girlfriend left, I'd have to say it's my left hand... of course, that would also have to include my penis, they're a great team!

"Hello Mr. Penis, wanna play a little 5 on 1?" "Sure Mr. Hand, as long as you brought our good friend KY jelly!"

[daem]

my Taylor 414ce limited 6 string, and all my other audio equipment probably...

next to that, my golf clubs.

[Strut99GT]

Originally posted by Juggernaut2148

Strut, what say you quantify the question like; if you woke up tomorrow morning and everything you owned was gone, and I mean everything, and you are allowed to keep only one item and one item only, what would it be? And to further restrict things you can only choose things you own right now and automatically rule out family and loved ones because we’d all pick those over material objects.

Wow, this question has gotten a lot of responses!

This isn't the answer that y'all probably want to hear, but when the question was initially posed to me, it was phrased in those exact ambiguous terms. So, I think that's what makes the question so difficult. What exactly is it referring to? I think it's up to the reader to interpret for themselves.

Having said that, though, when I read that, I interpret it along the lines of "if there were a fire and only one thing I own could survive, what would I want it to be?" To me, wife and kids aren't possessions (not that I have them anyway), and my car (even though it's freakin' awesome) is replaceable, so my most prized possession is my CD collection, because there are so many of them, and so many of them are rare, and it would be very difficult to replace my collection.

I hope that clears things up a bit!

[ripsid]

SHIT! DAEM! You're right! My Titliest 975 driver/Cobra Irons/Odysey putter but most importantly...My short game!

[David B.]

Originally posted by daem
my Taylor 414ce limited 6 string

What kind of wood is that model?

--dave

[Devourer]

either my '99 CR250 (all black+skin industries graphics), palmer typhoon (paintball gun), or warped sportz dark cocker (paintball gun), my AR-15, or my '78 harley sportser! i like toys!

[Fooboy]

my detachable wee wee and my $15 dollar banana republic reward card

[Money Boss Hustla]

My purple headed yogurt flinger.

[flexgolf]

Originally posted by ripsid
SHIT! DAEM! You're right! My Titliest 975 driver/Cobra Irons/Odysey putter but most importantly...My short game!

haha ditto i had 24 putts last saturday!!

but my most prized possession is my gym membership...id go nuts without it.

[ripsid]

Money boss....that bro maybe one of the funniest things ever! !
I think I just pissed my self! What a great way to start my morning laughing my balls off!

[HeartDocMD]

I carry around a chamsa around with me wherever I go, and it holds very special meaning to me.

[Money Boss Hustla]

Originally posted by ripsid
Money boss....that bro maybe one of the funniest things ever! !
I think I just pissed my self! What a great way to start my morning laughing my balls off!

Anytime man!!

[markas214]

My Stratocaster. Twang!

[HeartDocMD]

Originally posted by ripsid
SHIT! DAEM! You're right! My Titliest 975 driver/Cobra Irons/Odysey putter but most importantly...My short game!

Which odysey putter?

[hellapimpin]

i would say my computer!! im kinda poor right now, until i get a degree and a real job, and then i can put up something better then that ...and my girlfriend..

[Strut99GT]

CD collection? What was I thinking?
Nah, the doc struck first with a pic, so I just had to post this one. Who has pictures of their CD collection?
And yeah, that's me walking behind it.