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Stamp collecting, coin collecting, antique collecting... what are some interesting or weird things people have gotten into collecting?

Posted - September 22, 2017

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  • 46117
    I used to collect National Geographics which is not that weird.  It is what I used to do with them that was a bit off the wall.

    I would take them to work on my boring sales jobs and when I was on the phone on autodial, I would cut the pictures out and glue them on my desk.  By the time I quit (sometimes years later) the entire area was a huge collage.  You can only get away with that, if they need you to SELL.

    LOL  I did that for years. No one stopped me and no one else copied it. 

    I'm serious, one woman who owned a Time Share sales operation called me up after I quit, told me they were closing and the furniture was being thrown away, and did I want my desk and chair since I worked on them so hard?

    L:OL
      September 22, 2017 10:13 AM MDT
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  • 44595
    I collected coins for more than 50 years and gave them to my children. I kept a few Canadian coins (as you know). I also had a fossil collection and gave most of those to my grand children, but I kept a few and donated one to our University geology dept. A Professor there said he had never seen anything like it. I also gave much of my mineral collection away. My wife kept a few for decoration.
      September 22, 2017 10:14 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I wish you lived next-door.  I really love you.

    What a pal you would have made up close and personal.

    Just Asking would visit too, I bet.

      September 22, 2017 10:16 AM MDT
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  • 44595
    Can I assume you like minerals and fossils too. I will have to ask JA.
      September 22, 2017 10:18 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yes.. I started a stamp collection when I was young  but lost interest when I left home.  Mother gave a lot of my stuff away to my younger cousins.  Hmm -many of the stamps I paid small money for came to be worth lots of dollars if I still had them now. Even if she would have asked me I guess I probably would have said 'ya give 'em away'. I had begun to specialize in collecting old Canadian stamps. 
      September 22, 2017 10:38 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Shoes.....I have more than I can count......:)
      September 22, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 23568

    I collect Lizzie Borden Collector Plates
      September 22, 2017 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 17590
    I never got into it.  I like things to be complete and collections rarely are............there is always just one more xxxxx to find. 
      September 22, 2017 6:09 PM MDT
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