Collections (Richmond: unemployed, live, cabin)

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by elston

We collect Neko; japanese cat figurines. These are part of the pop culture and not rare or art items. Welcome Kitty; Good Luck Kitty etc. Japan is in love with the idea of cats, altho there are many feral cats.

My aunt was big on little cat figures. I don't know if she still has them or not. It seems like people collect things like that forever then when they move to a smaller house it all gets misplaced.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by elston

Your post brings to mind fond memories of sitting in the parlor with my family listening to the radio, in the days before television. We had a large floor model radio with an electric eye. After the supper dishes were done we would all gather and listen to the radio and talk. Mom would be making hand crafted raggedy ann and andys for the church fair, and we would share pop corn and apples and listen to the likes of Fibber McGee; The FBI in Peace and War; and Mr. Keene, Tracer of Lost Persons. When the bells began to toll for "The Inner Sanctum" it was past my bedtime and I would be off like a shot--I didn't even want to know "what evil lurks in the hearts of men" or anything else the Shadow knows. Don't let the bell catch me downstairs or hear the cackling laughter of the shadow!!!!!!

My grandparents listened to the radio all the time. Even though in the 60's TV's were all over the place they preferred to listen to the radio most of the time. They gradually warmed up to the TV more but that radio was never off in the kitchen! I don't know what made me think of it but they had one of those cat clocks that the eyes and tail went back and forth to count off the seconds. It was kind of cool but a bit creepy too.

[elston]

Originally Posted by Maineah

My grandparents listened to the radio all the time. Even though in the 60's TV's were all over the place they preferred to listen to the radio most of the time. They gradually warmed up to the TV more but that radio was never off in the kitchen! I don't know what made me think of it but they had one of those cat clocks that the eyes and tail went back and forth to count off the seconds. It was kind of cool but a bit creepy too.

OMG I so remember those black cats!

[Nor'Eastah]

I collect carved decoy ducks, being from the Ocean State. None of 'em are expensive... I like 'em with the ballasts and weighted cords around their necks, and especially love the ones with worn paint and that "used hard" look! These can be picked up rather cheaply in the fishing villages. Got 'em all over the den; nice to dream!

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by Maineah

Do you collect anything? We recently saw a nice liquor collection last week on the Maine forum. Anything folks collect is interesting.
I have a collection of amber. I like amber it's interesting stuff. I have some large pieces and a selection of pieces from all over the world . I have a pretty good selection of bugs in amber too, along with some copal which is young amber, and even some really dark amber from Borneo. I also have a collection of radioactive trinitite. Trinitite is the name given to the glass formed in the desert sand by the million degree heat directly beneath the first atomic explosion test. The first test was named the Trinity test so that's where trinitite got it's name. You can't get it from the site anymore so it is becoming harder and harder to find. I know it's a weird thing to collect but I find it fascinating. I keep it in the cellar in a lead box. It's not highly radioactive but still puts out about 20 millirads per hour so it's easy to tell if it's fake with a geiger counter. What do you collect?

The trinite would scare the beejeepers out of me. My FIL was an E7 in a nuclear weapons unit and now all but one are dead do to heart disease. Everyone had triple or more bypass before the age of 55. He was so sick that that gave him an honorable discharge at the age of 39. Stupid government to take away my daughter's favorite person when she was only 10.

Sorry CG... back to the topic..I used to collect shot glasses. I'm not sure why. I now collect shells, but I'm trying to figure out what kind of craft I can do with them so I don't have so much to transport when our "move to Maine" time comes.

[island mermaid]

Originally Posted by dramamama6685

The trinite would scare the beejeepers out of me. My FIL was an E7 in a nuclear weapons unit and now all but one are dead do to heart disease. Everyone had triple or more bypass before the age of 55. He was so sick that that gave him an honorable discharge at the age of 39. Stupid government to take away my daughter's favorite person when she was only 10.

Sorry CG... back to the topic..I used to collect shot glasses. I'm not sure why. I now collect shells, but I'm trying to figure out what kind of craft I can do with them so I don't have so much to transport when our "move to Maine" time comes.

Shells? I've seen tons of stuff dramamama, how about glueing them to existing picture frames? Just a thought...

[forest beekeeper]

I guess that I collect rusty old tools

[Elcarim]

I collect rocks and other little bits and pieces from nature, but mostly rocks. If you look in nooks and crannies around my house, in pockets of pants, jewelry boxes, etc. you are sure to find at least one rock!

I pick them up in places/times I want to remember.

[ribbets]

U.S postage stamps,tax stamps,revenue stamps and a garage full of old electronics

[island mermaid]

empty Vodka bottles... manage to collect a new one every couple weeks.