In all seriousness...
...I wonder how many of these collections you had would actually be worth anything if they hadn't been thrown out/given away etc. Whenevr I've gone back to stuff I've kept, it's mostly just useless. I've obviously kept it because I thought it might be useful, but 10 years later, it turns out it's not. So all these 'mint' condition first edition/complete colections you all had - were they really so great? Did you really not take them out of the box? Are you sure one didn't have a tear in it? Did you really have the full collection?

My parents have been really good about storing my old things on the understanding that every time I go home to visit, I sort out some more things and take back what I still want, and give the rest to charity (or next door's kids). My mum never throws out anything without asking. But people, if you haven't picked something up that you wanted and you're over 25, I think it's fair game to be thrown! If you wanted it that badly why not store it at your own house?!
( El Lazarus is calm now, Ish,, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 19:44, Reply)