What do you collect?

I mentioned this in the hot deals forum and was wondering if any of you guys and gals collected anything... unusual, ordinary, whatever.

I collect shot glasses. I started when I was in high school (can't remember exactly when). The last time I counted, I had around 80 glasses. Now I estimate that I have about 125. They range from state glasses to event glasses to regular glasses. Probably the most usual ones are the glasses my brother got sent me from Korea (he's stationed there).

My grandfather has built me two cabinets to hold them all. Right now my wife and I are in an one bedroom apartment, so we don't have the wallspace to hang two (approximately) 4 ft. tall X 2 ft. wide cabinets. Plus, they weigh a lot when they're full, so I'm planning on putting a bolt into a stud just to make sure the sucker stays put. It would really p*** me off if I hung one on a nail and the thing fell and broke half my glasses. The apartment complex probably wouldn't like a for me to put a bolt in a stud in my aparment! :D

Maybe one day I'll get a pic to show ya'll.

Celebrity Navel Lint.

I use to collect the usual things, baseball cards, coins, stamps...can't afford that stuff anymore...freakin computer sucks it all down...hehe...maybe thats what I collect... <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

I collect knives and swords. Sure, it gets a little scary when my wife gets angry but, she's only been able to figure out how to get the smaller ones off the walls. How deep could they go?
:D

Dust

'puters and cars, I don't mean to, they're just drawn to me

Used to collect stamps and coins about 5 years ago. Colleced Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars for a while too. I like the knife and sword collector thing... or like that guy in Deuce Bigalo, Male Gigalo that collected weapons.

I collect Empire movie magazine. I started 6 months after it was published and have NEVER missed an issue, I have even got all the cover gifts that came with each issue as well.
The only copy I do not have is issue number 2.

Cheers
Papa "still looking" Smurf

I collect movies and computer hardware

I used to collect all kinds of different things.

Now, all I have time for, is to collect money from my customers.

Beer

Coffee mugs and AOL CDs.

Drives my wife nuts :D

[quote]Originally posted by aplustech:
<strong>I collect knives and swords. Sure, it gets a little scary when my wife gets angry but, she's only been able to figure out how to get the smaller ones off the walls. How deep could they go?
:D </strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL

I'll Have to remember that one. Getting the swordes off the walls..I thik Taz wants to start collecting swords also.
Im trying to get all my old fisher price toys that I had when I was little back.

Even at 43 I still have baseball cards around. I just buy the wax packs and put them in a box (I do not open them). I also collect minerals and rocks. My wife is an avid collector of antique compacts (not compaq) :D . These are the make up compacts that are sterling silver, pewter, gold, etc. She has them going back to the Civil War era. My son and nephew are collecting glueteus maximus calluses from sitting around all summer watching the Sci-Fi channel and web surfing! :D

3 1/2" disks, rubber bands, paper clips, wire twists, post-its, and Bones

software

Jeeze I have old hercules - cga emulators.
NE1 need the software for an old xt-386 card?

I got it!

Stuffed horses and broken electronics.
Yes, I know, a weird combination :D

I like old Video Game systems and Japanese games that never made it over here. Also have a small Japanese sword collection, and my pride and joy, my Replica Lightsaber collection (one even has a luminecent blade)

anything that rich people through out.. :)

My name isn't just a nickname, I really AM a pack rat. It's hard to say which would be most noticable when coming into my house:

1. Plush animals everywhere (150+)

2. Animation, comic book, and illustration artwork ALL OVER the walls (the frames are touching each other, ceiling to floor)

3. The boxes and boxes and boxes of comic books (1600+ comics in my collection!)

4. The computers (11 currently)

Empty beer cans. No, not what you think. I do not even like beer. I have been collecting beer cans since 1975. I'm not currently actively collecting though, because I have no place to display them yet in my house.

I have the worlds largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on the beaches of the world... You might have seen it.

Actually I collect HO scale slot cars and build custom ones.

I also collect Hibben Knives as well as a few others, and traditionaly made Japanese Katana's (Samarai Swords).

And of course computers.

i save all my movie stubs and put them in a photo album. Goes back about 7 years.

Computer and other tech nerd stuff....

I used to collect Pepsi Cans (very old to very new) but sold them years ago. now I don't collect anything except Knowledge

Cameras and fishing gear. Last count on the cameras was 2304 and on the fishing rods and reels I have no Clue but I only use 5 of them. I know why I collect Cameras but I have no Idea why I have so many damn rods and reels. :confused: :confused: :cool:

Currency, foreign, old etc and also FUBAR'd pc parts and knives

I used to collect baseball cards, marbles, and girlfreinds
Now i just collect baseball cards because i lost all my marbles trying to collect girlfreinds!
[i know its old]
any way im a packrat! you name it and give me a few weeks i probably have it here!
from original ibm pc, 8088, i have a few,, xt,at,, a few clones ,piles of computer parts vintage cpus 8088 all types intel amd,fugitsu, nec s alternative, 8086, 80186,286 , 386 eaven the socketed 386 sx, and slc 286 upgrade chips, and plenty others,, , car parts==chevy and amc auto parts., nos amc parts crome ,grills, and
expecially engines, 390's 401's, 360-343 etc, intakes, 70 heads, 4 speeds , hurst shifters, chevy stuff, fuelies, blocks, anything to resell when the cash gets tough
, half broken electronics , as long as its loud and the neighbors complain, it stays, cb+ham equiptment so when they turn their tv up so they cant here the boom , they still hear me!
old records, vintage vynal, i have a few hundred, neighbor burglarized and depleted a few hundred out of the collection, can trace where they went , cops=useless waste,
ho slot cars,the above is my personal collection., i do have tons of stuff for a rainy day , antiques, lamps, windup wall clocks,old mining stuff that didnt get lost with the records,
if its trash that can turn into cash, im not going to turn it down,
i better stop here before i get acused of flooding, so you get the pix
someones trash = my cash, it spends better knowing you didnt really work for it!!

Scabs organized by shape and flavor. :D

My 2 biggest downfalls...I mean, collections are computer hardware/software and cars.

Currently have 2 trucks (1 dually), 6 cars and an Explorer (no Forestones, only Michelins). As a ASE-certified Auto Tech for 12 years, I guess it is more like an occupational hazard.

Also have a 9-computer network set-up am my home in one small bedroom, along with 8 or 10 other comps, some mine, some in various states or repair for others. And a 24 x 24 garage that is 2/3 full of comps I bought at an auction a couple of weeks ago as a lot sale. Took 2 dually loads to bring it all home (whew). Oh, and almost that much comp stuff in my parent's basement as well!

Ummmm, know anyone with a need for about 10 or so IBM InfoWindow Terminals???...lol...sigh..

And, even though I am 34, I fell victim to the collecting of Pokemon cards & other stuff. About $2000 invested in cards alone, plus a Import Nin64 w/Pikachu on it, Import wind-up characters, etc.

Anyone wanna make a one-time large purchase of Pokemon stuff???? lol

Anyways....we all have our hobbies, good & bad, life goes on, la-te-da, blah-blah-blah...

....and now, back to WinDrivers!

BB :eek:

Broken computers and computer

Baseball cards

Dale Earnhardt & other racing memorabilia

Bills.... :p

[quote]Originally posted by Sowulo:
<strong>Bills.... :p </strong><hr></blockquote>

Oh, so YOU'RE that guy from the bank....look, I told you my car payment is in the mail, go bug the USPS and leave me alone! :p

"Cr*p"

at least, that's what my wife calls it!!

I collected the original line of Star Wars figures when I was young (when they first came out) and have still got them. I keep meaning to find the few remaining ones that I haven't got (only about 15) but they're real expensive now.

I'm also a James Bond fan (hey, I'm British!) and have all the videos/books/stuff that I can come by without going out of my way. I've got a couple of Cast & Crew items which are pretty cool.

I like films, so I've got a large collection of videos and DVDs which is constantly growing, but other than that I buy motorcycle magazines which get passed on to my brother-in-law.