I'm not that sad...honest!
My mum was a war baby. When she was hurried out of Austria when the well dressed funny walking men came in, all she had on her was a teddybear. Now she is a hoarder. Sadly this has passed on to me and my collections.

My mum got me into collecting stamps and coins when I was young...big mistake. This led to cans, magic tricks, comics & slippers (yes it's true...I had 7 pairs at one point!)

This was the start of the end. A lack of friends in school meant I went on to collect trading cards. I spent all my hard earned cash on em. Even the guy at the local store said to me "Easy kid...try go for one type of card". I was hoarding x-men, basketball, coca-cola, mad magazine cards, conan, baseball, rugby, james bond...at least one pack from every box in the whole shop!!!

This led on to my collection of collectible card games like magic & star wars etc. Each game has its own set that you have to collect. But i ended up collecting different games.
At one point I have over 18 games...each with at least 200 cards.

After being very broke (and dumped from my girlfriend who couldn't understand my "hobby") I found marajuana. This led to a 5 years sitting on my ass and collecting a porn. I had so much even Larry Flint would be proud of me.

Several girlfriends later (and a decent job) I sold everything that was collectible. I took up art, bought some DJ decks and made heeps of cash. Eventually I bought a surfboard & a oneway ticket to London.

I guess selling it all gave me the cash to do what I really wanted.

Now I try to collect as little as poss.

(except for my 300+ dvd collection & 600+ CD collection)

PS sorry for the length...newbie I am.
(Markygee Surname: "Balls". First name: "Lick-mah", Mon 15 Jan 2007, 12:50, Reply)