Patchwork

Part of my personality is that I love patchwork. Things that have been repaired have personality in a way that new things don't. One of the most satisfying forms of repair is to take the broken parts of two objects and make a new whole one out of them. My computer chair at home is a folding metal frame that has been repaired with the padded seat from a similar chair that lost its back. This is Good and Right in my book, since it is now, unmistakeably, My Chair.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - Even my water bottle at work is the combined pieces of two other bottles.
PPS - A Sprite bottle and the pop-top from an OJ.