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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: XRogue Date: May 4, 2020, 2:10 pm
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Books (most all kinds, but majorly Science fiction/ Fantasy, I
have Lord of the Rings and all 14 Histories of Middle Earth and
all the Wheel of Time novels in hardback for example. Those took
up one shelf of a 12 foot wide built in bookshelf all alone.
Biography, history and some hard science tomes make up a sizable
percentage of the remainder)
Salt/pepper shakers, china, shot glasses, Star Trek/Star Wars/Dr
Who/Marvel and some other fandom stuff of various stripes. Plus
cross stitch supplies and patterns.
DS, aged 26 moved here to Tulsa recently and my BIL inquired,
"What is a grown man doing with lightsabers?" ::) Yeesh.
#Post#: 51312--------------------------------------------------
Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Chez Miriam Date: May 5, 2020, 6:36 am
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Candlesticks. I don't deliberately collect them, but I had a
few and they seem to have formed a breeding colony in my home*,
and before you know it there is only the laundry room that
doesn't seem to have any [yet].
Books, of course, but that's not really collecting**, is it? ;)
;D
Kitchenalia and old tools: I love finding old/handmade items,
but cannot persuade my mum that "that rubbish" would be a valid
Christmas/birthday present option [although the 'stuff' she
gives me clearly is ::)].
I also like cast/wrought iron, but that's a bit out of my price
range mostly, so doesn't [s]clutter[/s] enhance my home quite as
much.
* Much like wire coathangers can
** I don't regard breathing as collecting air, so that pretty
much sums up how I feel about books
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Wanaca Date: May 5, 2020, 8:33 am
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Fiestaware dishes. I can't help myself. We have around 26
colors and will add the new color (Butterscotch) in July. Each
color is two dinner, lunch and salad plates, two large and small
bowls, two ramekins, mugs, and salsa bowls, a platter and three
sizes of serving bowls. Sometimes a butter dish and gravy boat.
I have no idea how many pieces we have but we rotate them so
they all get used in turn.
Our cupboards are overflowing but I can't stop. I have to have
each new color. It is fun to eat on different color dishes
every day though. We color coordinate with the holidays and
sports teams playing, or whatever strikes my DH's fancy (he's
the cook and sets the table).
#Post#: 51323--------------------------------------------------
Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Chez Miriam Date: May 5, 2020, 8:38 am
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[quote author=Wanaca link=topic=1699.msg51322#msg51322
date=1588685621]
Fiestaware dishes. I can't help myself. We have around 26
colors and will add the new color (Butterscotch) in July. Each
color is two dinner, lunch and salad plates, two large and small
bowls, two ramekins, mugs, and salsa bowls, a platter and three
sizes of serving bowls. Sometimes a butter dish and gravy boat.
I have no idea how many pieces we have but we rotate them so
they all get used in turn.
Our cupboards are overflowing but I can't stop. I have to have
each new color. It is fun to eat on different color dishes
every day though. We color coordinate with the holidays and
sports teams playing, or whatever strikes my DH's fancy (he's
the cook and sets the table).
[/quote]
I'd never heard of those, till someone posted on the old site,
so I googled, and thought "ooh, how lovely!".
And then I thought "oh, but one could never have enough/too
many", so I have never bought one [because I'm pretty sure that
would lead to two, then a set, and then a couple of sets...].
Which all reminds me: how much Christmas chine could a person
need? Yup, way less than I own! ;D
So that's another thing [oh, and French linen sheets (when I can
pick them up for a few euros)]. :-[
#Post#: 52096--------------------------------------------------
Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Sylverbirch Date: May 20, 2020, 11:25 pm
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[quote author=MarmaladeMom link=topic=1699.msg51106#msg51106
date=1588202591]
Not so much a collection of yardsticks as just the odd few that
accumulated over the course of years.... except for one
specimen....I have an odd one from the early 1900’s (I think),
which is a shorter length held vertically in a brass base and
clip. It’s used for measuring dress hems from the floor, and
belonged I’m guessing to my husband’s great grandmother, who was
an extremely talented seamstress.
I found it in our basement, which is home to artifacts of 3-4
generations of my husband’s family. We live in the house my
husband grew up in and although the house was only built in the
1950’s, no one ever threw anything away that “might be useful.”
[/quote]
My 88 year old mother has one of those too. It has lived in her
clothes closet for as long as I can remember, and I have always
known what it was used for, although I don't remember ever
asking about it or being told about it. :-\
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Lilipons Date: May 21, 2020, 10:49 am
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It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should
still exist. At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there
were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young
teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor. This stick was
used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.
I collect boxes from my travels. They’re usually inexpensive,
easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends. I have
several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog
penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from
First Nation people in Alaska and Canada.
Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books. One wall of our
living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered
with books 6 shelves deep.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Chez Miriam Date: June 11, 2020, 11:54 am
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[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=1699.msg52129#msg52129
date=1590076193]
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should
still exist. At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there
were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young
teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor. This stick was
used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.
I collect boxes from my travels. They’re usually inexpensive,
easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends. I have
several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog
penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from
First Nation people in Alaska and Canada.
Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books. One wall of our
living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered
with books 6 shelves deep.
[/quote]
Drool.
I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese
lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an
assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a
minor way!
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Moviefan Date: June 11, 2020, 11:57 pm
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[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=1699.msg52949#msg52949
date=1591894453]
[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=1699.msg52129#msg52129
date=1590076193]
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should
still exist. At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there
were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young
teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor. This stick was
used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.
I collect boxes from my travels. They’re usually inexpensive,
easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends. I have
several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog
penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from
First Nation people in Alaska and Canada.
Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books. One wall of our
living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered
with books 6 shelves deep.
[/quote]
Drool.
I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese
lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an
assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a
minor way!
[/quote]
That's how a collection starts. Slippery slope!
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Chez Miriam Date: June 12, 2020, 6:07 am
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[quote author=Moviefan link=topic=1699.msg52978#msg52978
date=1591937873]
[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=1699.msg52949#msg52949
date=1591894453]
[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=1699.msg52129#msg52129
date=1590076193]
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should
still exist. At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there
were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young
teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor. This stick was
used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.
I collect boxes from my travels. They’re usually inexpensive,
easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends. I have
several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog
penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from
First Nation people in Alaska and Canada.
Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books. One wall of our
living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered
with books 6 shelves deep.
[/quote]
Drool.
I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese
lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an
assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a
minor way!
[/quote]
That's how a collection starts. Slippery slope!
[/quote]
That's what I'm afraid of... ;)
#Post#: 59231--------------------------------------------------
Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Violet Bandit Date: October 20, 2020, 11:45 pm
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I found myself with a collection of “vintage” handbags a few
years ago when I was researching how to rejuvenate the bags I
had in the back of my closet and seldom used. I discovered
that people who collect bags consider them to be vintage when
they are at least twenty years old, as mine were. I learned how
to restore my old bags and, when they were done, I started
checking out second hand sites to find more bags to fix up. I’ve
been having a good time doing this and it is fun to have a
collection I can wear.
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