My CollectionDo you have display cabinets full of stuff? With it all neatly labelled, cross-referenced and entered into a database. Have you been to a convention? Do other collectors look up to you in awe?
I thought I was above this one. I'm not that autistically geeky that I have a Collection with a capital C. But no, I remembered I'm hoarding away every version of "Inside Macintosh" ever published.
What do you collect? And why? I mean, what makes you do it?
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chthonic, Thu 11 Jan 2007, 16:52)
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ParaphaneliaI am not a good one for chucking stuff away, despite a lack of space so I've hoarded all kinds of crap over the years.
Birthday cards, xmas cards and letters... I've got them going back to 1988! I have my leaving card from when I returned to England in 1988 from Cape Town signed by my class and of course some reasonably raunchy letters from exs which I retain for nostalgia/blackmail purposes. Meh.
I also have a number of white label vinyl discs from Factory Records circa 1991, which came into my posession via a mate who lived in Manchester. He's got an original cut (metal master disc) of Substance somewhere.
My biggest collection of crap is mountain bike related gumpf. In addition to the bike itself (2004 Specialized Enduro, extensively modified), I have the associated tools, plus several spare parts including a heavy duty rear shock unit which cost me about £250, spare drivetrain bits and four complete sets of tyres for different conditions. Rather than bore you all to tears with the comprehensive spec list I'll pm interested parties (that'll be no-one then - you're all more interested in the hormonally fuelled scribings of the ex-squeezes. Perverts).
In addition to this, I regularly buy three different bike magazines each month and am running out of space for them.
Note: The bike magazines DO NOT constitute "under the bed" literature, contrary to popular speculation.
(, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 9:30, Reply)
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