What do you accumulate besides Guns, Ammo and Waistline?

[soFlaNative]

Tossed a 3 foot pile of old Playboy's some years back.
Trying to slowly disperse the XYL's collection of yarn skeins and romance novels without her noticing.

 

[RJJ 1971]

Small collection of cheap watches and cheap knives too.

 

[oldman10mm]

Since I'm one of those 'rollercoaster nuts',I collect parks and rides lapel pins and sew-on patches.

 

[quneur]

I'm kind of a guy stuff junk collector. I have a dozen of knife sheaths, half of them are nylon and half leather and I keep saying I'm going to fill them with knives.

I have about a dozen of solid state amplifiers and one tube amplifier.

1 working laptop, 2 semi-working laptop and two desktops.

Half dozen scientific calculators although I don't know why.

Tool sets. I used to have a neighbor which took many donations from me of individual tools.

I unfortunately live near a GoodWill outlet store. 'Outlet' being the keyword. Overpriced items from the normal regional GW stores are sold by the pound really cheap. Today, I found a large (about 40 pieces) Ryobi drill bit set, a separate (20 pieces) driver bit set, several loose tools and a N300 dual band router - paid about $5. Little more than I usually spend. The tube amplifier (Heathkit SA-2) I bought from there awhile back cost less than that.

 

[Maddog 521]

Since me and the Missus are recently retired we seem to be collecting motel and gas station receipts. But we are definitely having fun and collecting memories also.

 

[kraynky]

I seem to be collecting empty prescription bottles. I guess I just hate to throw them away when I have found so many uses for them. My wife thinks I collect hats,.............well, maybe I just like hats.

 

[CROSSROPE]

I collect the drummer quarters, 1776-1976. I was born in 1976, so since I was a boy I've been looking for them, collecting. They're hard to come by, I don't have many. Ha!

I also collect anything of Steve Reeves, Rick Nelson & Pistol Pete Maravich.

A buddy of mine collects food & ammo. That's all he spends his $ on. No kidding! Haha

 

[CROSSROPE]

Model car kits. Over the last forty years I have accumulated more than I can possibly build during my lifetime. But I still build 'em. It's just my last grasp on childhood.

This something I've been wanting to do once again. As a kid I was just plain awful at it..but it was fun. I know now today I'd be much better at it. I'd like to do cars & planes.

Sippin' on some Greygoose & working on model kits..that sounds relaxiing & a good way to forget about troubles. I think I'll look more into it.

 

[JH1951]

Old wooden cigar boxes, typewriter ribbon tins, and old crocks and jugs with blue decoration made by Cowden Wilcox...... I guess you could say 'old containers'!

 

[sheepdawg]

I seem to have come up with a few of these. Used to be everywhere but unfortunately they made great targets. Most are over 100 years old.

 

[4011]

Divorce decrees.

 

[SC_Mike]

Aches and pains.

I'm not complaining, just sayin'.

 

[arjay]

I seem to have come up with a few of these. Used to be everywhere but unfortunately they made great targets. Most are over 100 years old.

Found one along a railroad track a few months ago.I don't think I'd seen one in 40 years.

 

[3dots]

I started collecting Italian switchblades and haven't nearly enough. This is one of my favorite stags from Frank B.

 

[unclebob]

Tossed a 3 foot pile of old Playboy's some years back.
Trying to slowly disperse the XYL's collection of yarn skeins and romance novels without her noticing.

I'm sure you kept them for the reading material..

 

[-db-]

Detroit-area steel mill art by Stephen Magsig. An example:

 

[BAM-BAM]

Over the last few years.........

Knives,I discovered Hogue knives on sale and a bunch of folders that got moved to their Auction Site.........

Automatic Dive watches....... My 1989 Seiko was over 20 years old and needed company

and CZ Rifles.......bought a CZ 452 Mannlicher/FS in .22 magnum... soon followed by more in .22lr .17hrm and .223.....great guns for the $$$s

 

[NYlakesider]

I tend to accumulate a lot of honey-do jobs!

I have over 25 Hess trucks. All pristine and most still in the cellophane! It started out as a joke years ago as I'm a very hard person to give a gift to, I see something I want I get it, most times if I do not buy something I do not want it to begin with. Drives the wife and kids crazy.

A bunch of years back my wife said what do you want for Christmas, being the jokester I'm I said O just get me a Hess truck. Since that comment I have quite a bunch. As I have a post&beam house they all are on the beams that span my office!

 

[cmort666]

Books, mostly history and gun books.

I have more history books than the average gun control fanatic has functioning brain cells.

 

[Bro. Dave]

My love for coffee led me into the byway of vacuum coffee makers. Once a preferred instrument for making coffee at home and at diners, they are fascinating to me. It's fun to watch them function and the various designs over the several companies that made them led me down the path.

Unfortunately, they are not as compact to collect as coins and stamps!