What do you collect?

[echnidna]

Do you collect things, might be stamps, coins, shells, butterflies, rocks and minerals etc.

[John Saxton]

years :D some with good experiences some not so good :o

Seriously Bob, timber,tools,dvds,plenty of wine and empty bottles of Bushmills given out at Birthdays Christmas etc.

ALSO the odd thick ear from 'Er indoors on Visa overload :eek:

CHEERS :)

[ozwinner]

Rocks.
Minerals.
Gem Stones.
Coins.
Stamps. :p
Furniture.
Depression Glass. :(
Uranium Glass. :eek:
Erotica.:o
Timber.
Tools.
Books.

And then there is the shop.

Al :D

[AlexS]

Offcuts!

The previous 4 generations of my father's family were miners, and they all collected specimen quality rocks - which I now have, together with some that I collected in my couple of years working on a minesite. At one stage I sat down with a Dana's and catalogued a lot of them, but over the years the labels have faded and now I'm back to square one.
Think I'll just build a cabinet to display a few of the best.

[aussiecolector]

Guns mostly and a lot of rubbish I'll never use.

[Bodgy]

Alimony, bills and a bad reputation

[Andy Mac]

Offcuts, and junk.
Spent many years trying to graft them together!:p

Cheeers!

[Harry72]

Street Machine, every one since Van Wheels!
Yes I need some new book shelfs.

[Kev Y.]

Machinery and tools that I use once and will probably never use again!.. pocket hole jig, dove tail jig, GMC ROS, el cheapo biscuit joiner....

[E. maculata]

Street Machine, every one since Van Wheels!
Yes I need some new book shelfs.

Whoa Harry :eek: Van Wheels crikey!! I actually have some of them somewhere as well, and old issues of "turbo" and "streetbike" although did relinquish & give most of my old street machines to one of my car mad mates who never grew up, he went ape when he came across boxes and boxes of them. The good thing about that is he will look after them and I get to visit them every now & then.

[maglite]

4 rifles - family heirlooms
2 coin collections-family heirlooms
2 stamp albums-family heirlooms

I have in my possesion every 45 and album that Buddy Holly presented to the australia market.
Also, 4 other milk crates worth of 45's from various artists.

Thanks Dad

[Iain]

Fusee watches and clocks, numerous fascinating mechanical things like scales etc.
Guitars, hand tools, wives ( :o )

[womble]

furniture
old bottles
ferns
orchids
guns
model kits
mad magazines
DVD's

it's an eclectic mix...

[RufflyRustic]

Some things I purposely collect, other collections just seem to happen.

Nearly anything Airedale Terrier
Little salt and pepper shakers
Bibles - My Mum keeps forgetting she's already given me about 10 and I seem to get a new one from her nearly every year. have about 25 around the house now :confused:
Balls - soccer balls, golf balls, volley balls, kids toy balls of all sizes and makes. They just keep appearing in the yard??
Cheers
RufflyRustic

[silentC]

Nothing in the sense you mean. I have a lot of accumulated junk but it's more along the lines of not throwing things away - I haven't gone out and 'collected' it. I have a growing collection of hand tools and I will always take any timber that comes my way.

Collected stamps and coins as a kid.

[Termite]

wives ( :o )
Welcome to the club mate, but it's advisable to unload the old ones before adding a new one. :D

[Greg Ward]

Amazing. Not one wood or timber (or lumber) collector so far!
I seem to collect red cedar and rosewood logs, and never get the time to cut them up
Regards
Greg

[RufflyRustic]

I thought collecting wood was a foregone conclusion for nearly everyone on the forum - or is that just me I'm talking about:D :confused:

cheers
RufflyRustic

[dan_tom]

Old metters ovens and wood burning stoves. Had to stop recently, the obsession was getting out of control! I restore them and use them for things like a TV/video stand, somewhere to put my fax machine and printer etc.

Also been collecting Singer sewing machines of late too...

Cheers
Dan

[ptc]

Ginger Jars.

[Auld Bassoon]

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Cheers!

[Zed]

frank zappa music

i've started collecting specimens of timber, so far I have about 10 diff species (bugger all really) :D

[ozwinner]

Amazing. Not one wood or timber (or lumber) collector so far!
Greg


Second post. Sorry Third, post 10th line.

Al :rolleyes:

[Gra]

Were do I start

1. Matchbox Cars (Some Kids Never Grow Up)
2. Ezy-Built (An Australian Meccano Copy)
3. Bayco (an English bakerlight construction Toy)
4. Biggles Books (See 1)
5. Classic Car Magazines (Harry I know How you feel I have two bookcase at the moment 6ft high and 3ft long and both are full)
6. 78 RPM Records (OZ gotta get bank into your stacks at the craporium before you sell)
7. Vintage Cars (See http://au.geocities.com/graham_paige610/) (http://au.geocities.com/graham_paige610/)

For some reason I am running out of space, dont know why....

[AlexS]

...For some reason I am running out of space, dont know why....

Obviously because someone else is collecting it. :D

[rick_rine]

units
shops
debts
tools ( mainly drills )
problems

[kiwigeo]

Used milk bottle caps

[Clinton1]

1. $,

2. stuff.

Trouble is that the first collection starts looking good, then the second collection gets bigger and at the same time the first gets smaller.
A see-saw really.
I'd like to collect both at the same time, thats the trick I'm yet to work out.

[ozwinner]

2. Ezy-Built (An Australian Meccano Copy)
....

You didnt buy the one we had by any chance did you?

Al :)

[Gra]

You didnt buy the one we had by any chance did you?

Al :)

You had one?????

Dam I missed one....

You havent still got it have you....

[ozwinner]

Nah sorry.

A full almost unsed set.
I think it had 122ish pieces.

Al :)

[Gra]

Nah sorry.

A full almost unsed set.
I think it had 122ish pieces.

Al :)

Doh...

Probably would have got in trouble for buying another one anyway images/icons/icon9.gif

[ozwinner]

Its an investment for the future Darling/Sweetie.


Al :)

[echnidna]

Its an investment for the future Darling/Sweetie.


Al :)

You swapping ladies Al??

[ozwinner]

Why? You got one spare?


Al :D

[echnidna]

Obviously some of us here have collected women.
Trouble is they are real high maintenance

[ozwinner]

I havent done with the present one yet, shes only done 30 years, still got plenty of mileage to go yet.


Al :p

[echnidna]

Starting a collection eh!! :D :D :D :D

[ozwinner]

Starting a collection eh!! :D :D :D :D

Errrhhh, NO!

Why man would want 1 wife is a mystery.
Why he would want 2 wives is a Bigamystery.

Al :p

[AlexS]

Bigamy is having one wife too many.
Monogamy is the same thing.

[Gra]

Whats the penalty for bigamy??


Two mother in laws??

[Driver]

Far be it from me to interrupt a promising-looking thread hijack :rolleyes: .... but... this is quite an interesting subject.

What is the difference between collecting and simply amassing things? I wouldn't define myself as a collector but I do have large numbers of books, CDs and DVDs and a burgeoning assortment of woodworking tools.

So why don't I think I'm a collector?

Because I haven't amassed any of these things with the specific objective of collecting them. I've got loads of books because I enjoy reading and I like owning books. However, together they don't constitute a collection - my taste in literature is way too eclectic for that. Similarly, my - relatively modest - numbers of CDs and DVDs (and some old vinyl records and boxes of cassette tapes) were not acquired with any intention of building a collection but simply to enjoy music and movies.

That, I think, means that I'm not a collector - doesn't it? :confused:

[Ashore]

Coins
Notes
Casino chips ( smallest value that is )
Books
Reference material on almost any subject ( espically History )
Tools
Golf Balls ( try to get one from each course and then build the cabinets to hold them )
Grandsons drawings ( have a couple of fridges covered with them )


Oh and http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif


Rgds


Ashore

[Ashore]

Bigamy is having one wife too many.
Monogamy is the same thing.

I Read Once that having one wife was monotony not monogamy

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Rgds
Ashore