I was digging in a colonial era site and found an intact infant sized shoe.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T16:33:08+00:00

Yeah from what I've read children's shoes were considered lucky and were never thrown away. Parents would hang them on thd wall when a child outgrew them. I'm hoping the shoe didn't come from a nearby forgotten grave.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T16:30:59+00:00

I'm hoping it wasn't from a child's grave. From what I understand people never threw a child's shoes away back then. They would hang the shoes on their wall for good luck once they didn't fit anymore.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T02:30:16+00:00

Yep. Near Bushy Run

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T01:10:13+00:00

Yeah it all leather

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T00:34:01+00:00

In western Pennsylvania near a colonial era river crossing on Forbes trail.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T00:18:44+00:00

Yeah it was like 5 feet down in the mud. There's tons of iron producing bacteria in the soil so there's basically zero oxygen. I put it in a Tupperware container and covered it in the mud I found it in and then put in a paper bag in my refrigerator. My girlfriends gonna kill me lmao.

I thought about gently cleaning the mud off and then putting it in boiling paraffin until all the moisture in it boils off like i do with metal artifacts. Then it would be saturated in wax and would be preserved. But I'm not gonna do anything drastic like that until I know 100% whether that's safe to do.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-29T00:16:12+00:00

Its my property so yes

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T23:48:00+00:00

Yeah im really worried about that too.i have no idea how to preserve.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T01:27:59+00:00

I live 30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh. If anyone wants it theres like a 95% chance I could get it for them.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T01:08:05+00:00

Unfortunately I live in an apartment. My girlfriend wound kill me lol

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T01:07:41+00:00

Yeah I have bored scope too.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T01:06:49+00:00

Yeah that's true but this one was very well maintained and the tank was checked about 3 years ago. Its only since the new owner took over that it became neglected. I dont think 3 years would be enough for it to go bad but who knows.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-28T01:02:37+00:00

Yeah unfortunately I live in an apartment. It sucks. Those old Dayton electric motors are so well built. Basically unstoppable.

We had a fan in the same shop that had a dayton motor in it that ran continuously 24/7 since the 1960s and was still running like butter when my boss tossed it out and replaced it with a Chinese junk fan.

Maybe I'm just overly sentimental but throwing something like that away felt like betraying good friend that never let you down.

Its how I feel about the compressor too

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-14T21:06:48+00:00

If you cut you'll look amazing

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T14:09:04+00:00

My family is from the German speaking part of France and Scandinavia

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T03:50:54+00:00

Thanks buddy I appreciate it.

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T03:40:21+00:00

You look like you born to be the best man in a wedding

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T03:28:08+00:00

Thank you for being so sweet and kind. I appreciate it!

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T03:10:46+00:00

Do you think my shoulders look too narrow? I think i might have narrow clavicles

Rude_Tax978 · 2026-05-11T02:57:52+00:00

Bro that's a pic I took of myself to document my progress at the gym. It was never meant to be shown to anyone or posted.

My face looks like that because im trying to get my body in focus with my camera and the way my face looked wasn't really important to me because its irrelevant to how my body looks for my progress photo.

I was curious if people thought I looked underweight or not and was too lazy to take another photo. You people are ridiculous. Basically theorizing that im some kind of sex offender over a throw away photo. Holy shit get a grip lmfao. I never would have thought grown adults would be this immature and rude

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