That one item

• Belly35

  

  My parent past away years ago there was some items that I did not get or find as a keepsake that I wish I would have gotten.</SPAN>
  
  For me it was my mom Cook book. She was a great cook and keep OK notes for her recipes. I have been able to duplicate some but other great dishes will be lost for ever, after her death the Cook Book was missing and never to be found. </SPAN>
  
  What one item do you wish you could get before or after your parents passing? </SPAN>
  Or did you get it and what was that item? </SPAN>
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  All of my dads tools. He's saved me so much money by borrowing tools from him instead of buying them myself.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Their TV is boss.
• iluvz

  My moms clothes wardrobe. Likely one of the least expensive furniture items they have but is the only thing I care about. My brothers and sister in laws are vultures. They're already circling my parents business, property, cars, jewelry etc. Makes me sick.
• FatHobbit

  

  I'm an only child. I imagine I will get whatever I want. I've never been able to understand seemingly rational people who fight over what their parents leave them. I have family members who got along great until someone died and then they weren't able to work it out and no longer speak to each other. I think they even expect me to take sides.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  What would you rather your parents leave you? Nice things, or money?
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Belly35;1101637 wrote:My parent past away years ago there was some items that I did not get or find as a keepsake that I wish I would have gotten.
  
  For me it was my mom Cook book. She was a great cook and keep OK notes for her recipes. I have been able to duplicate some but other great dishes will be lost for ever, after her death the Cook Book was missing and never to be found.
  
  What one item do you wish you could get before or after your parents passing?
  Or did you get it and what was that item?

  My Grandma is starting to get up there in age, and I've been asking her for a few years now if she would take some time and put together a cook book for me of all her recipes. My Grandma is an AMAZING cook; if not the best, certainly the 2nd best I know of.
  
  Idk why, but I can't get her to do this
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Money was my first thought, but is the death tax still around?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Commander of Awesome;1101776 wrote:Money was my first thought, but is the death tax still around?

  If my parents leave me money, that means they didn't enjoys certain things in life, that only money can buy. The money I make in this life belongs to me and my wife. I'd like to travel and do nice things. I'll leave behind a house and some other things to my kids. They want money that bad, they can sell it all for me!
• FatHobbit

  

  ernest_t_bass;1101784 wrote: They want money that bad, they can sell it all for me!

  Or get a fucking job and make their own money.
  
  I had an ex who used to sit around with her parents and brother and sister and they would argue about who got what when their parents died. (and they didn't have a lot) If my kids do that, I'm leaving everything to charity.
• bigkahuna

  My mom actually has a lot of Michigan football memorabilia that she's collected over the years. I would like to have that for me. The only other thing would be Boyd's Bears collection only because they meant A LOT to her, and I'd want to make sure they were taken care of for her sake.
• justincredible

  

  Only child so I'll end up with everything. Hopefully by the time I get it I'll be an old, old man.
• McFly1955

  

  My parents have a 1966 (i think) fastback mustang.
  
  It was found and purchased from an old barn where it sat for 30+ years in California a few years ago by my grandpa, then restored and driven to Ohio, where it now sits in my parents garage.
  
  Me want.
• j_crazy

  

  My parents house. I'm gonna bulldoze it and put a huge (like 20 feet tall) fence around their land. They love the idea.
  
  Note: their neighbor is a huge asshole. And that fence would really piss him off.
• bigkahuna

  j_crazy;1102050 wrote:My parents house. I'm gonna bulldoze it and put a huge (like 20 feet tall) fence around their land. They love the idea.
  
  Note: their neighbor is a huge ****. And that fence would really piss him off.

  Reps. I love pissing off ass hole neighbors.
• Mr. 300

  

  Hope that they spend their money, as I'm making my own. They do have some really nice antiques, and I know I will be getting some very valuable items. Sweet!!
• BAMABUCK

  I was fortunate in that respect when my mom passed.My brother and I did not fight about stuff as we have 7 year between us so we had different keepsakes and different tastes,worked out smooth. On the plus side my mom was a scrapbooker and made a bunch of scrap books of every freakin thing!This means any time I want a walk down memory lane,just crack a scrap book!
  I do see vultures circling in some circles though...Sad,sick,twisted folks they are.
• Mr Miyagi

  

  1941 Indian Military Model 841 motorcycle, fully restored....I love that thing
• sej

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1101775 wrote:My Grandma is starting to get up there in age, and I've been asking her for a few years now if she would take some time and put together a cook book for me of all her recipes. My Grandma is an AMAZING cook; if not the best, certainly the 2nd best I know of.
  
  Idk why, but I can't get her to do this

  Do it with her. Sit with her and hear the stories (and write them down!) about the recipes. I've been lucky enough to have the time to do this with my grandma, and I am sllllooowwwwllllyyyyy working on compiling them. I'm the only other one who knows a lot of her recipes because most of my family isn't into cooking/baking like I am, but I know some day they may want them. Eventually, they'll all be in a book for my family with the stories and tips my grandma has always told me.
• mcburg93

  

  I hope they are around for a long time. Only thing I really want is the garage and its contents. All the rest my sisters can have.
• Timber

  They were great parents that left many things. Lived in the same house all of my childhood and my parents lived there until they passed away, I was 45. Tons of things "stuff" wise. But, having a full house of stuff of my own family... does no allow one to keep much.
  
  I did keep a Dutch boy paint statue that my parents had in their hardware store. When I look at that, it reminds me of my parents, and all of the memories of working in that store with them... priceless. It resides in my basement and I see it regularly, and it always brings back great memories.
• hoops23

  

  McFly1955;1101982 wrote:My parents have a 1966 (i think) fastback mustang.
  
  It was found and purchased from an old barn where it sat for 30+ years in California a few years ago by my grandpa, then restored and driven to Ohio, where it now sits in my parents garage.
  
  Me want.

  Very nice.