A rather fascinating discovery in found_objects poses a compelling question: Who the fuck is Jim? And where the fuck is he going to? "Shot from a train paused outside of Haarlem," according to the original poster, frumiousb . So, my friends, I propose that there is no community on all of LJ more capable of answering these questions than this one. I shall provide you with...

I found this letter-- three typewritten pages, placed in a copy of The Great Gatsby . The book was an English edition, but published in Kiev in 1973, complete with warnings about the decadent American lifestyle. The letter was written in August of 1983 by someone named Awee (is that a normal Dutch name?) to a couple named Marten and Christina. He talks a lot about his time in the SU, and I'm guessing...

I could fixate on every detail of the last couple of weeks, but I won't. I'll give you the highlights. Working backwards chronologically: coco_keesses  and I on the boat trip through the canals which was part of frumiousb  's wedding weekend extravaganza. thisc0rrosion   and K helping fix the decorations at frumiousb's new place. There is a flip side to 4 meter high...

With much love and many thanks again for a lovely week in Paris! love, Emily x (found in Amsterdam close to the Ij. I've altered the image so that email, full name, and full address aren't visible. Dr. Google informs me that the note writer is a fairly well known classical musician.)

Hi, I'm new to the community (and to the saucy communities in general). I have the feeling that this won't be my last question. :) We've just had our new Amsterdam apartment delivered after three years of waiting, and are in the process of getting it set up as we would like. Since everything is new in the building itself, we wanted to have a few nice touches of old without having a budget for antiques...

anonymous polaroid, found on the street in Amsterdam.

Any military buffs out there who can tell me if these are indeed Swedish military? The photograph was a new print of an old photograph.

Found in Amsterdam, January 2009. Translation: O: Hi I am Onur Ya: I am Yavuz Yi: I am Yigit O: we have worked together on the theme 'Amsterdam' Ya: we made three maps. Yi: our first map was nature map 1. O: we had to make a brochure about parks. Ya: all three of us made a brochure. Yi: we're going to read what we wrote. O: our second map was "things to do" map 1. Ya: we had to make hints in that...

I have several bad habits. I like reading old and obscure books-- particularly those that came from the collections of my late grandparents. I also like keeping track of old advertisements that are found inside. I picked up this book: Sylvia: The Story of an American Countess by Evalyn Emerson. It was published in 1901 and I got it from my grandmother's collection of books after she died...

Found discarded on the ground in Amsterdam. It would have originally been attached to a bouquet of flowers. I've translated the text. Front: Big Kiss! Back: 31 roses for your 31st year! Kiss from the two nearly rested gentlemen with enormous calves. Front: Back: ]