What did you collected.....

Started by Lise, Dec 13 06 08:55

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Lise

#15
Dec 14 06 05:01
Wow. Interesting read, guys. Thanks!
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Future Canadian

#16
Dec 14 06 08:03
I'm an incurable pack rat and nerd at heart, so I start "collecting" things pretty easily. Last summer Mrs FC found, at a yard sale, an old timers' foreign stamp collection all meticulously organized, priced etc. We now use them to great effect in collages. She also found me a Canadian coin collection - something I never thought too much about before, but now I have a cool collection.
And books. I am loathe to get rid of a decent book.
And don't even get me started on Warhammer figures. yeesh.
Next, Mrs FC and I have decided we want to start being art collectors. We've seen plenty of stuff around town from young artists for under a hundred bucks. So why not start slowly building a collection (y'know, with all that spare money I have lying around)
 
...religion has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in the early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle ecplipses with such care that in time they were able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others

tenkani

#17
Dec 14 06 08:29
Hah. Great thread. I haven't thought about this stuff in years    :)

Rusty nails. I was big on collecting rusty nails when I was small. Don't ask.
Garbage Pail Kids stickers/cards.
GI Joe figures.
Star Trek stuffs (great Kirk pic BTW Lise!) I had a pair of life-sized Kirk and Spock posters. Wh00t!
Then later Magic cards and Warhammer figurines.
Coins.
X-Men comics.
 
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

P.C.

#18
Dec 14 06 08:31
Starting an art collection is a good idea FC.  I have no walls, so this wouldn't work for me....lol

  What are Warhammer figurines ?  IMNTK
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

tenkani

#19
Dec 14 06 02:19
Little dolls what fight wif each other      
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

purelife

#20
Dec 14 06 02:37
I used to collect stickers and stamps.  I remember trading stickers wtih my neighbors.  Oh, that was fun.  

  Now, I collect things that I know will be worth something in the future.  I have a Hot Wheel miniature car of the Ford Model and a 1971 Carmaro.  I also have some hockey cards that I think may be worth something.

Russ

#21
Dec 14 06 03:01
FC! Fellow packrat. <crooning> Good to see someone else with the same vices. I still have my schoolbooks and stuff from kindygarten and elementary school.

  Tenkani! I forgot about teh garbage pail kids! I have a bunch of those somewhere too! Im going looking for them, Well after I finish the xmas lights.

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    CAN I ask about rusty nails? My dad has a collection (no seriously) of old nails he collected when he was younger, some of them are super super old trianglar cut ones from teh early 1800's.

  EDIT: corrected you name, didnt get what you meant at first.
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

tenkani

#22
Dec 14 06 03:13
As long as you don't call me tenkanus...

Aaaaanyway, thinking back into the dim recesses of history, I think I was digging in my backyard as a tot and uncovered an old rusty nail, which I decided to keep. I kept digging and found another one OMGWTF I'VE STRUCK IT RICH, I said to myself and before I knew it I had a box full of them (must have found a rusty nail vein or something by pure chance).

What was going on in my wee reptile brain that made me want to hoard a bunch of old nails?? Only Lord Xenu knows, and he's not very talkative at the moment (but just wait...).
 
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

Lise

#23
Dec 14 06 03:13
I still have my X-Files comics. Must be worth.......................nothing.

  Hey, my hubby collected X-Men comics. I love reading them!!  
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

tenkani

#24
Dec 14 06 03:17
 
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

Lise

#25
Dec 14 06 03:20
LOL. Juggernaut!!!
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Moolah!

#26
Dec 15 06 05:00
P.C. wrote:
 Starting an art collection is a good idea FC.  I have no walls, so this wouldn't work for me....lol

  [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_shock.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"][/A]  No walls?



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Marik

#27
Dec 17 06 04:09
Pokemon cards. Everyone my age had those back then - and if they say they didn't, they're lying.    

Lise

#28
Dec 17 06 08:57
Hmm.... out of curiosity, just how old are you, Marik?
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

P.C.

#29
Dec 17 06 08:59
I didn't, Marik.  But I think your 'back then' is different than MY 'back then'.[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c033.gif" border=0]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.
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