Old Stuff From Around the House

Seeing the relics at the Plantation Village reminded me of some of the old stuff we have around our house. I dug some out to share with you.

Here's an egg beater. The blade part says "stainless". It's still in pretty good shape.

These hanafuda cards felt very fragile. I wonder how old they are. I had to handle them very carefully for the photo.
We actually use this Golden Wheat plate. I dug the tumbler out of the hall closet where we still have several unopened boxes of Golden Wheat stuff.

This was also in the hall closet. I think my Aunty Mabel had one of these back in the 50's. She was a great picture taker at all of the family gatherings.
Look at this flash bulb. Isn't it neat? Do you think that's all filament material in there? It looks like a one-time-use kind of thing.
I bought the kerosene lantern from the swap meet a long time ago. We never really used it. I liked the red color. Wendell did use the other lanterns. He said you need "white gas" for them.
This is tucked away in a dark corner of a room that used to be our garage. Wendell called it a "furnace". He said it's used to melt lead . . . which reminds me of a story . . .

One day when Landon was about 8 years old, Wendell and he were outside in front of the house melting lead to make weights for fishing. I was in the living room watching TV. All of a sudden I heard a really loud "POP" and then Wendell screamed. In retrospect, my reaction was not one I would expect from myself. Instead of running to the door to see what had happened, I was frozen in fear. Isn't that strange? I always thought of myself as a helpful kind of person. I must be a helpful kind of person only if it's safe. I have a feeling that deep down inside, I must be a coward. I think that probably if I ever needed to run from danger, you'd better not get in my way 'cause I'd probably knock you down.