{"id":734,"date":"2010-05-09T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/?p=734"},"modified":"2010-05-09T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T15:59:57","slug":"artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2010\/05\/09\/artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when these were common?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-735\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/punch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-735\" title=\"Inventory Control Cards\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/punch-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Inventory Control Cards\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/punch-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/punch.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cards from the mid-60s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found these finely preserved specimens as I went through some old documentation in my Dad&#8217;s house. They were with the warranty papers from a gas range installed as part of a kitchen remodel in the mid-60s.<\/p>\n<p>The range had a pair of small vents over the pilot jets. The tiny chrome covers stood out from the enameled surface like perfect jewels, just begging to be touched, irresistible. As a kid I&#8217;d sometimes briefly touch one, just because, even though I knew better.<\/p>\n<p>When I was clearing out Dad&#8217;s house I smiled as I briefly touched the no-longer-perfect metal. I still knew better and it was still hotter than hell and the result was quite predictable.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after, I had the gas service to the property shut off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when these were common? I found these finely preserved specimens as I went through some old documentation in my Dad&#8217;s house. They were with the warranty papers from a gas range installed as part of a kitchen remodel in the mid-60s. The range had a pair of small vents over the pilot jets. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2010\/05\/09\/artifacts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Artifacts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[31,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}