I wanted to make my conversion to nerddome complete so I started a stamp collection. I also collect little tin pill boxes with gnomes on them.
Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I once collected stamps. I wonder what ever happened to my collection-somewhere at my parents home I assume.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I don't really collect anything. I'm pretty good at accumulating things, though.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Old books.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Little plastic identical things have always been something I liked. When my mom was in the hospital when I was in 5th grade, she saved the little pill cups and gave them to me to play with. I built pyramids and things out of them. They were fun. Maybe that's why I find it hard to throw out all the old Tide scoops in my laundry room. <laughs>
Actually, I do have a teapot collection, not really deliberately, but I have several pretty teapots on the top shelf of my china cabinet. I think it's pretty funny for a Mormon girl to have a teapot collection. The only kind of tea I drink is plain boiling water out of a mug. It's a great drink on a cold day. Sasha and I started calling it Mormon Tea.
My sister's really the collector, not me. I like to use stuff to fully enjoy it, then it gets broken or lost or used up in some other way.
But I do love pretty china. If you count all the china I inherited from my grandmother, great-aunt, and aunt, I have about 6 sets. I could feed the Chinese army off my china. But it's not a collection, since I use it all the time. I only consider something a collection if it's kept safely in some display case or hidden away in a trunk, and never used.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
I collect gift cards, not ones with money on them. I just take them from stores when they are blank. I have some pretty cool ones now, like my cake one.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Hats, and pieces of weird machinery that I keep convincing myself I'll one day turn into art and/or science experiments.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Nathan and I collected all the new issue quarters. We now have a complete set.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
When I was in middle school I collected baseball cards. I even have a baseball signed by a bunch of Detroit Tigers from the 80's
I still have them somewhere...who knows, maybe I am sitting on a valuable card and don't even know it. Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
Short fiction.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I have a somewhat respectable amateur coin collection. And collectible reproduction LOTR swords. And I sort of collect Pepsi memorabilia.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
"Peanuts" books. Mostly the old Fawcett-Crest paperbacks.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by scholarette: I once collected stamps. I wonder what ever happened to my collection-somewhere at my parents home I assume.
Ditto!
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: I don't really collect anything. I'm pretty good at accumulating things, though.
>_< Too true for me too.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I collect books, but that's more of an addiction than a hobby.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
That too.
Posted by Humean316 (Member # 8175) on :
Baseball cards (we should trade Lupus!) and television shows on DVD. Seriously, if you need to watch a show on TV, it is likely that I have it. I even have That 70's Show. Yeesh what was I thinking.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I used to have a stamp collection as a kid and teenager. Then when I went to university, a roommate stole it. Never did find out which one.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
souls.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Blayne, shouldn't that be:
quote: souls.
Posted by paigereader (Member # 2274) on :
I am starting to collect some local historical memorobila. I started with a photo (print) of Ford, Edison, Warren Harding, and Firestone taken 1 street over from my house.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I collect books, but that's more of an addiction than a hobby.
It's permissable to count that collection? Cool. Add that to my list of collectibles. (erm -- addiction.)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I collect Pez dispensers -- I've got hundreds and hundreds of them, of all sorts. I've even got the coveted complete Elvis edition.
I also have a collection of Xena Warrior Princess Action Figures, mint in box.
Oh, and dust. I collect dust.
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information gained will be used for that purpose.
Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :
Rocks.
Mostly fossils. Mostly Paleozoic.
The provincial government where I grew up used to encourage amateur collectors as long as the fossils were submitted to the provincial museum. They snagged a couple of my pieces but most were returned. My collection is almost as good as those on display at the museum.
Today, of course, all those sites are protected and only professionals are allowed to collect.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
reasons to be depressed.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Shvester!
I have a fantastic dust collection. You should see it.
Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
When I was a kid, it was sea shells. A couple years ago I couldn't find my passport, knowing the last time it had been used was for a cross cultural trip in college about a year before. I looked everywhere, and finally gave in and asked my mom to come to the house to help me look, for she has that special mom sense about finding things. It ended up being in a box with my old shell collection and one spiral notebook. Still have no idea how or why it decided to chill with the shells.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
I collect souvenirs. Nothing particularly fancy - but I'm pretty young and I've been to a lot of places. My room is littered with little trinkets from each country or state that I have visited - I actually think it's amazing how a small object can be imbued with powerful memories of a really really good time.
I'm pretty sentimental.
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
I collect spools from the thread we use at work. Someday I swear I'll make something out of them -- I just haven't figured out what yet.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Actually, I collect movie tickets.
I have a jar with every movie ticket from every(*) movie I've been to since I was 17. There are a LOT of tickets in the jar.
(*) I threw Transformers out. That movie did not deserve to go into my jar.
Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
People's answers to the Proust Questionnaire featured on Inside the Actor's Studio.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Secondary ions, atmospheric aerosol particles, spectra, hyperspectral images, high dimensional data sets and Christmas tree ornaments.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Other people's kids.
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
I used to collect hematite (I haven't added to that in years). I collect weaponry, generally the knife and dagger variety. I like folding knives with odd mechanisms as well as older style weapons like a recurve bow.
Of course none of my collections can compete with my bf's collections. He's collected many types of things over the years but his biggest collections are 80's action figures (Transformers, GI Joe, and many obscure series) and movie prop replicas.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by romanylass: Other people's kids.
Does kidnapping really count as a hobby type collection?
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Hubcaps.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Oh, and dust. I collect dust.
Technically, you produce it, since dust is mostly dead human skin.
I collect tools. They're necessary for my job, but that doesn't make me any less excited when I get new tools.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Tools
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
quote:Originally posted by Achilles: This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information gained will be used for that purpose.
Oh so dramtic.. just take it already, it's not like I want it!
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Good man, Glenn.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold: Tools
I have a friend who collects those, but she calls them ex-boyfriends.
Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
Other people's unwanted fish. Seriously, we recently had to buy a bigger tank to accommodate one that we received recently.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by MyrddinFyre: Hubcaps.
aHA! Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I forgot that I also collect Red Cross and American Cancer Society pins. It is weird that I forgot them because I keep them in the gnome pill boxes I collect.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Secondary ions, atmospheric aerosol particles, spectra, hyperspectral images, high dimensional data sets and Christmas tree ornaments.
That is so great! Of course! What else would an LDS engineer and scientist collect?
Janine Melnitz: ... Do you have any hobbies?
Dr. Egon Spengler: I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nick:
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Oh, and dust. I collect dust.
Technically, you produce it, since dust is mostly dead human skin.
I've heard that, but it doesn't make sense to me. Why is it that the places that are chock full of people -- a crowded train or bus, for example -- have so little dust, but a boarded up house, that hasn't seen human inhabitants for a long time is hugely dusty? Why would there be more dust in the attic, where the people never go, than in the kitchen, where everyone goes?
Makes no sense.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Mostly, but not all of it. Dust also comes from animal hair (the mice in your attic ), paper, and from trace dirt and dust blown in from outside. It's always going to accumulate more in your attic because you rarely go there, but lived in areas of the home have things cleaned far more often. Abandoned homes suffer from the elements and natural degradation from lack of upkeep, and thus more dust and dirt.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:Originally posted by Nick:
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Oh, and dust. I collect dust.
Technically, you produce it, since dust is mostly dead human skin.
I've heard that, but it doesn't make sense to me. Why is it that the places that are chock full of people -- a crowded train or bus, for example -- have so little dust, but a boarded up house, that hasn't seen human inhabitants for a long time is hugely dusty? Why would there be more dust in the attic, where the people never go, than in the kitchen, where everyone goes?
Makes no sense.
You are right Tante. Dust is a mixture of lots of different things but primarily it minerals -- i.e. dirt. Soil particles get suspended in the air by blowing wind, cars, construction and so forth and then settle out on surfaces particularly in areas where the air is stagnant, like a house. In a house you will also get dust from break down of the plaster and cement that mixes with the mineral dust from outside.
There is likely a small biological component to dust as well, pollen, skin cells and the like but most of the dust is mineral not organic.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Let's see...
-Anything Nancy Drew but especially books -I used to collect little tiny fairly useless boxes and containers, loved them. It got overwhelming so I don't (deliberately) collect them any more. -I have several "mental collections"-- murder ballads, Christmas hymns from around the world translated into English, etc.-- of songs which I love to learn more of. This is my least messy collection. -Looking around at my living room (in which there are 6 car seats sitting out, more in the closet, and more in the closet in the OTHER room, not counting the 5 that are in use in cars right now) apparently I collect car seats. I'm not quite sure if that's a collection or an addiction, though... I, um, need to get rid of some of these. We just don't have room.
Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
I collect babies!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by T:man: I collect babies!
Yeah? How many do you have?
(Nadya? Is that you?)
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
quote:Originally posted by romanylass: Other people's kids.
Does kidnapping really count as a hobby type collection?
I don't kidnap them- I collect them like a magnet collects metal shavings.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I'm nearly a week late, but it took me this long to remember what I collect. Sad, I know.
I collect Tolkien! Vintage Tolkien, mostly. If it's old, hard to find, obscure, or preferably all three, I'm there. I can't afford the pricey autographed stuff, but I can get boxed sets from the 60s, editions from the 70s and 80s, the early "Guides to," etc. It's a fun hobby, keeping my eyes out for an edition I haven't seen before. The individual books aren't worth much, but the collection as a whole is kind of fun.
Anyway, sorry to be late to the party, as always.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Ooh! You should see my newest stamps!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:-Anything Nancy Drew but especially books
Umm... what else is there?
*pictures a Nancy Drew lunchbox with thermos*
Posted by Seatarsprayan (Member # 7634) on :
I collect Transformers. I quit for several years but recently started again. Except the movie toys. Those are rubbish, as was the movie.
But check out the current Transformers Universe toyline, if you like toys / 80's nostalgia. They are doing some modern redesigns of the original toys.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valentine014: Ooh! You should see my newest stamps!
Oh my gosh those are so awesome! They're all Tolkien's original drawings (except maybe the map which I think Christopher may have drawn). How magnificent that the U.K. made stamps in his honor. I feel as though he should be canonized and become my patron saint.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by Eaquae Legit: I'm nearly a week late, but it took me this long to remember what I collect. Sad, I know.
I collect Tolkien! Vintage Tolkien, mostly. If it's old, hard to find, obscure, or preferably all three, I'm there. I can't afford the pricey autographed stuff, but I can get boxed sets from the 60s, editions from the 70s and 80s, the early "Guides to," etc. It's a fun hobby, keeping my eyes out for an edition I haven't seen before. The individual books aren't worth much, but the collection as a whole is kind of fun.
Anyway, sorry to be late to the party, as always.
I wish I had the money to do more Tolkien collecting. Mostly I'd like foreign and older editions of books. I have a Scottish and British first edition (the only difference is the color of the font on the dust jacket, near as I can tell) of the Silmarillion, but anything Hobbit or LOTR is a lot more expensive and hard to find. Those two books I only got because I had friends traveling abroad who picked them up for me, and they are very dear to me, but I crave more!
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Those are awesome stamps! I ought to get a set.
Lyrhawn, I don't spend a huge amount of money on things. Most of them are individual volumes I spot at flea markets and used book shops. Eventually I find all three, and a Hobbit, if I'm lucky. One or two sets even has a matching Silmarillion. I just found a copy of The Road Goes Ever On from the early 1970s - at £10, it's one of the more expensive individual items I have. It's a very haphazard and casual sort of collection. I do love getting foreign editions, too. I have volumes from France, Italy, and Greece, so far.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by Annie:
quote:-Anything Nancy Drew but especially books
Umm... what else is there?
*pictures a Nancy Drew lunchbox with thermos*
Ooooh, I want one! LOL!
Well, my sister gave me a pad of mailable folding note sheets.
My other sister once gave me a t-shirt that I sadly outgrew.
There are dolls, a game, all kinds of tie-ins from the fifties and sixties especially.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
There are movies too. And wasn't there a TV series?
Some of the above must be available on VHS or DVD.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
There was a TV series. It was bad.
The movies were worse.
I prefer to pretend they don't exist.
I've heard a few of the off-Broadway plays were good, though.
Posted by Clive Candy (Member # 11977) on :
Classical music CDs and used books I probably won't read for years. I can't help myself on the latter...I just love book sales. I'll be heading to this one for the first time (video in the link):
quote:Originally posted by Eaquae Legit: Those are awesome stamps! I ought to get a set.
Lyrhawn, I don't spend a huge amount of money on things. Most of them are individual volumes I spot at flea markets and used book shops. Eventually I find all three, and a Hobbit, if I'm lucky. One or two sets even has a matching Silmarillion. I just found a copy of The Road Goes Ever On from the early 1970s - at £10, it's one of the more expensive individual items I have. It's a very haphazard and casual sort of collection. I do love getting foreign editions, too. I have volumes from France, Italy, and Greece, so far.
Being overseas helps Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
That looks like a fantastic book sale. I bet if you volunteer, you would get first pick!
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Actually, I've only bought perhaps 6 volumes in total since I've been here. Most of them came from Canadian shops. The French, Greek, and Italian ones came from a university "Classical World" tour. No excuses, Mister!
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), paper, and from trace dirt and dust blown in from outside. It's always going to accumulate more in your attic because you rarely go there, but lived in areas of the home have things cleaned far more often. Abandoned homes suffer from the elements and natural degradation from lack of upkeep, and thus more dust and dirt.