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The (other) things we collect

blufinz52
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Hotel/motel pens...I stay at hotels/motels quite often due to my job.

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Once again, dibs on the red one 馃憤
 
Canuck
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Violins (3), and bow ties (about 24), clocks, jewellery and watches for my spouse.
 
Larry S
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Hijak Hijak
Nice! What kind of catamaran is that?

Nacra 5.8na .. had the hulls redone in 2015. She's fast.
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Larry S
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Oh and I own 1/3 of this SC21 also. Too many boats.
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nixf6
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
If I were to bet...I'd bet my hotel/motel pen collection is worth much less than your Indian Motor Bike collection. 馃榿
I derive the same satisfaction that you derive from your pen collection.Its not about the money , it's the chase, the deal and the achievement of acquiring beautiful objects.Just like our watch collections.
 
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neilfrancis neilfrancis
Oh, wow. How wonderful. Incredible. Do you ride them (all)?
Not all of them and the ones I tend to ride , its not often enough.
 
M'Bob
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nixf6 nixf6
Not all of them and the ones I tend to ride , its not often enough.

Yes. My point exactly. See above.
 
bnabod
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Larry S Larry S
Nacra 5.8na .. had the hulls redone in 2015. She's fast.
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Kind of looks like a Dart
 
bnabod
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Lately I seem to be collecting plenty of bills. Not sure if that counts as a hobby though.
Somehow it does not give me the same satisfaction.

When I was a kid I collected stamps. My grand father had a boatload of them
. I have no doubt some are extremely rare but I sure as hell don't have time to mess w them so they have been sitting there at my folks for the last 17 years.

Aside from watches nothing else really. Did I mention the bills?
 
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dsio dsio
Too many mostly silly things, Magic cards, D&D books, old video games, but sometimes you have to ask if you're a collector or just a hoarder, a lot of it falls into the later category for me, I've still got all my old laptops going back to my Compaq 386 because I just never sell them off or throw them out :|

I just recently brought myself to dispose of the box with all my old Nokia/Motorola phones, several Palm Pilots, mp3 players, etc. Still hurts a bit.
 
Larry S
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bnabod bnabod
Kind of looks like a Dart[/QUOTE
Same hull philosophy. Totally different performance profiles. My boat is a holy terror in high winds that a Dart is designed for.
 
Omega1
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For me guitar's are like watches you all ways need more than one....
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nonuffinkbloke
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Got my first geetar about the same year my Dad's 105.012-65 was being made. I think I paid about 拢10, spread over 20 weeks, for it from a mail order catalogue. In the 1970's my school was close to a London Tube Station. I used to play truant, get on a train into central London and hang around guitar shops in Denmark St and Shaftesbury Avenue. (This accounts for me being a nonuffinkbloke!)馃榿
That first guitar kicked off a life long love. Over the years they have come and gone.

Some are vintage and collectible.
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Some are for everyday use.
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I play at least one everyday and have done for the last 50 years. Dad's old 1960's Speedy even lives with one of them.
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