collector

[ynotme297]

are you a collector or a pack rat? i'm a little of both. i collect guns and knives and some just everyday junk. well that is what my wife calls it. what are some of the things you collect or just stash.

[fuzzis]

Apparently I used to collect CDs. I have enough of them.

The only thing that I really collect these days are books about writing. Writers on their process, writing theory, style guides, etc.

Maybe you could consider photos a collection. I have a TON of snapshots out and about, and there are a ton more that I need to get put into frames so I can display them as well. Need a few more shelves before that happens, though.

fuzzis

[ynotme297]

we have so many pics in frames around the house that there isn't room for any more. also a pain in the butt to dust.

[Conveyor Belt]

I am a recovering pack rat. I find it hard to throw stuff away because I might need it later, but when later comes, I can't find it so I just end up buying a new one anyhow. I've got 4 boxes of junk in my car on the way to the SA.

[ynotme297]

i also collect dvd's. i have about 200 of them.

[sackett22]

I collect Movies especially now on DVD. I use to collect comics and action figures. Also collected movie card sets. Some of these things can be worth real money someday.

[Lylabean]

I'm both :) but trying to work on the pack rat part of me.

I collect dolls and postcards.

I've started Raegan a collection of porcelain dolls and Christmas ornaments. Each year I plan to get her an ornament of whatever she is into and then when she leaves home:smt022 give her all the ornaments.

[noway]

Magazine (every issue since Jan 1990)

Old Newspapers (NY Times from Sept 11th)
Hurricane Katrina Newspapers

WDAM DVD (Hurricane Katrina)

Baseball Cards (1985-1993)

Old Hattiesburg Pictures, postcards & Newspapers

I have a picture of a Hattiesburg Policeman in front of a house from 1938

Change (I love coins old coins)

M & M Dispensers

Any Hurricane Katrina stuff

Yep I'm a pack rat

[fuzzis]

Magazine (every issue since Jan 1990)



And I wonder what magazine *that* is. :busy:

:-D

fuzzis

[ynotme297]

the not safe for work kind (00)

[noway]

Will be worth alot of money one day.. Call me up when you want to purchase my collection and I will throw in the WDAM DVD..:smt038 :smt038

[fuzzis]

Will be worth alot of money one day.. Call me up when you want to purchase my collection and I will throw in the WDAM DVD..:smt038 :smt038

Sweets...it's only going to be worth a lot of money if the pages aren't...ummm...sticky?

:smt040 :smt103

fuzzis

[mccole79]

I collect elephants and giraffes. :)

I'm also a bit of a pack rat. Like CB already said, I tend to keep things thinking I'll need them later, but I never do. I should just give it away to people I know could use it now.

Oh! And I collect anything Florida State. GO NOLES!

[jmb]

My main collection is cookbooks, both modern and vintage, including several of my grandmother's from the early 1900s. I also enjoy regional cookbooks from the different areas I've lived, plus those picked up while traveling. I've never counted them, but I would estimate I have around 400, maybe more.

I also collect Illinois Central Railroad memorabilia...red-globed kerosene lanterns, date nails, old timetables that have family or friends listed as officials. My most recent acquisition is a cone-shaped fire bucket from the steam engine days.

[Lylabean]

So if I'm looking for a recipe I'll just contact you! :) :smt038

[jmb]

So if I'm looking for a recipe I'll just contact you! :) :smt038

Sure thing ! :)

QM, I can't say I love to cook, I like to, but I do love to eat. I "read" them more than "use" them.

I like books, period, and will not throw them out. I have old textbooks from high school and my husband thinks I've lost my mind when he sees me reading an old HS lit book! lol

[Conveyor Belt]

I'm currently trying to get rid of my collection of body fat. I've collected quite a bit of it over the years, and it's time to let it go.

[geezerjoe]

The pack rat is the collector in transcendence, and I am divine. ;)

[Lylabean]

yeah I think over the years moms have sold a bunch of jewels for pennies at garage sales..

I still have some of my baseball cards..Joe got me one of Nolan Ryan, think it was the year after he stormed off the pitchers mound and beat up a batter, card says something about Nolan Ryan's 1000 hit or something like that :-D

[Jessica]

I love to collect lingerie. Then I love surprising my honey bunny with my new attire. :smt031

[King Kong]

I have plenty of bad habits but pack ratting is not one of them. I like things simple, clean, organized, and uncluttered. I don't place a whole lot of emotional connections on my material objects. If my house burned down or blows away in the next hurricane I would make it just fine as long as I have my health and my TV and my remote and my favorite blanket. As long as I have my health, TV, remote, favorite blanket and pillow and my CDs and also my Xbox and my DVDs and my collection of beer bottle caps and maybe if I also had my couch and coffee table and chairs. But other than that I would be just fine...if I also had my clothes and shoes and a case of MRE's and some ICE and bottled water and a generator with with lots of gas and a chain saw and a FEMA trailer and a place to put it. I would also need lots of cigarettes and beer. Other than that I would be just fine.:smt119