What do you collect?

[It's Snake Pliskin]

What do people collect or have a keen interest in collecting? Other than stamps and coins what else can be collected?

 

[Sean K]

As in valuables or things that appreciate, or just trinkets or weird things?

 

[doctorj]

I'm rather fond of passport stamps - in my passport. Each tells a story

 

[Sean K]

I'm rather fond of passport stamps - in my passport. Each tells a story

Yeah me too. Had my old one which was full, and new one which was half full, stolen in Argentina recently. Spewin!

I used to collect elephants and ganeshes, but it was getting a little hard to move around the house.

 

[sinner]

Ethnobotanical plants, used books (philosophy, religion and plays especially Greek tradgedy and anything by Goethe) and pre 1946 Aus coins (some of which I pay way more than their silver content price).

 

[cuttlefish]

Anyone remember a comedy series called "Ripping Yarns" with Michael Palin in it? There was a pretty funny episode where an old bloke collected exotic diseases

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

As in valuables or things that appreciate, or just trinkets or weird things?

Anything, but mainly stuff that people have a big interest in, which at times may be hard to get in your local area.

 

[CAB SAV]

Antique metal or ceramic golly wogs. Not politically correct nowdays.
Have one 30cm "golly wog" cast metal money box which is stamped "Jolly ****** Bank" on the back !
Hard to find stuff nowdays, pay heaps.

 

[Sean K]

Anything, but mainly stuff that people have a big interest in, which at times may be hard to get in your local area.

Ah, OK.

I also have a bad habbit of collecting watches.

Since girls can collect all sorts of rediculous jewelry, I decided that watches should be my equivalent.

 

[marklar]

Wine (although I tend to drink it too!)
Computers (not really but I seem to end up with a heap of them from various friends and in different states of working order)
Music (around 30Gb of MP3s thus far, all legally purchased)

m.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Ah, OK.

I also have a bad habbit of collecting watches.

Since girls can collect all sorts of rediculous jewelry, I decided that watches should be my equivalent.

Nice.
Those Ganeshas sound good. I plan to get a big one oneday.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

Boutique Rum.

I'm working on a botlle of "des Plantations Rhum" from Martinique at the moment.

 

[Sean K]

Nice.
Those Ganeshas sound good. I plan to get a big one oneday.

I bought a big one in central Indonesia a number of years back. Bought it off the hotel I was staying at.

Sits at my front door guarding the house. (Well, he's in storage at the moment)

He's a protector of sacred places and remover (and creator if required) of obstacles.

The ganesha on my necklace is assisting with my travels...

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

I bought a big one in central Indonesia a number of years back. Bought it off the hotel I was staying at.

Sits at my front door guarding the house. (Well, he's in storage at the moment)

He's a protector of sacred places and remover (and creator if required) of obstacles.

The ganesha on my necklace is assisting with my travels...

Nice work. Guess I can go to Bali and have them make me one. Plenty of carvers in Bali.
Cheers..