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yellowdogintexas

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12. Magnets and Christmas ornaments here also

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 10:27 AM

Sep 2023

I used to get T-shirts but they take up too much room, and I never got into the smashed penny thing. ( I am still wearing T shirts from 1981)

I do wish I had started getting NPS passport stamps back when that program started. (my book would have elebenty billion from Mammoth Cave)

other things we collect: books (I dread moving), a very large quantity of Christmas ornaments, bats (figurines and stuffed plush versions), rocks (Mr YD is a geologist), cookbooks, pottery, Lladro Christmas Bells, Oaxacan carved wood figurines https://www.earthviewinc.com/cat-17-1-68/oaxacan-wood-carvings.htm These are our favorites! We only have a few but I love them!

I truly do dread moving! This is what happens when you move into a house with twice the room you had before and live there for 25 years!!

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Do you have a collection of anything? I collect keys. [View all] debm55 Sep 2023 OP

Disney Pluto figurines. Not Goofy.... Pluto. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #1

Pluto is the doglike dog..goofy is the clothes wearing kinda walking upright dog Demovictory9 Sep 2023 #5

Day of the week underpants with cats on them coming your way!!!! LakeArenal Sep 2023 #8

Lol 😀 probably!!! Demovictory9 Sep 2023 #9

That's great. Most people collect Goofy. debm55 Sep 2023 #40

Im not even sure Goofy USA dog and Pluto is definitely a dog. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #44

I've known to others. A student that I knew and Hilde from the show Trading Spaces. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #45

My Darth Vader collection... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2023 #2

That's awesome! Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #18

Wow, that is terrific. debm55 Sep 2023 #41

Hot pepper sauces Zambero Sep 2023 #3

Where do you keep them? debm55 Sep 2023 #42

I had them wall-displayed Zambero Sep 2023 #82

Every trip I take or event I attend TlalocW Sep 2023 #4

Magnets and Christmas ornaments here also yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #12

I'm 51, and I've been carrying around over 100 t-shirts since college (with one from high school) TlalocW Sep 2023 #32

our figurines are carved wood. Sad to day I do not have any pottery from there yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #35

I highly recommend going TlalocW Sep 2023 #80

We do the fridge ornaments. debm55 Sep 2023 #43

Vinyl lp collector here gohuskies Sep 2023 #6

I had a very large collection of LPs. However, my basement flooded and they all warped. I was very debm55 Sep 2023 #46

Tom Clark figurines which I would love to sell. FloridaBlues Sep 2023 #7

Have you tried to sell them? debm55 Sep 2023 #52

Not yet any suggestions? FloridaBlues Sep 2023 #79

I use to collect art until I ran out of wall space. MLAA Sep 2023 #10

I wore them for one year in JR High. Agree, they were ugly. Since they were expensive, I only wore debm55 Sep 2023 #47

Pottery Unwind Your Mind Sep 2023 #11

I love pottery too. If it is not outrageously expensive, I will pick up a piece yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #14

My girlfriend collection collected Fiesta, they were beautiful and so bright. debm55 Sep 2023 #48

I collect salt and pepper shakers kimbutgar Sep 2023 #13

That is very unique. debm55 Sep 2023 #49

Pens and mechanical pencils, mostly. Different Drummer Sep 2023 #15

I did the pens from various banks, stores, etc. They had to have the logo on it. that didn't last debm55 Sep 2023 #53

i have way too many little people toys. mopinko Sep 2023 #16

I took all the Happy Meal toys to the Goodwill. I would collect them. Son ate the meal. debm55 Sep 2023 #50

i have a few of those, too. mopinko Sep 2023 #81

Vinyl music albums. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #17

I lost my colletion when my basement flooded debm55 Sep 2023 #51

Aw that suck! Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #78

Books. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #19

Do you have alot? debm55 Sep 2023 #54

I've collected dirt or sand from nearly everywhere I've been Rustynaerduwell Sep 2023 #20

I have friends that do that. When my husband traveled alot, he would a stone for my son. debm55 Sep 2023 #55

Old World Maps. n/t GP6971 Sep 2023 #21

that is very unique. I like to look at old maps and see the what the areas were called--especially debm55 Sep 2023 #56

I collect keys as well, cloudbase Sep 2023 #22

That is really neat. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Sep 2023 #57

Marvel legends, Transformers, Gi joe , Star Wars The Third Doctor Sep 2023 #23

Yes, sometimes it gets out of hand. debm55 Sep 2023 #58

Lol yes it does The Third Doctor Sep 2023 #86

dust and doghair, apparently hlthe2b Sep 2023 #24

Join the job. debm55 Sep 2023 #59

Vintage sewing patterns, cookbooks and medical texts and drawings. Runningdawg Sep 2023 #25

Oh I love vintage paterns. I used to collect vintage grade school textbooks. I sold them at a debm55 Sep 2023 #60

Rustic Xmas rocking horses Bayard Sep 2023 #26

I bet that rustic horses are beautiful. debm55 Sep 2023 #61

Books, of course, but also Santons from my trips to France beveeheart Sep 2023 #27

My thing was Rudolph ornaments for the TV show. debm55 Sep 2023 #62

Musical keyboards PJMcK Sep 2023 #28

I hate to break it to you, PJMcK. but doesn't it take up alot of room? debm55 Sep 2023 #63

Sort of PJMcK Sep 2023 #72

Thank you for the explanation, my friend. debm55 Sep 2023 #76

Barbie dolls. Mad_Dem_X Sep 2023 #29

I would only collect the Christmas Barbies. They were everyone. Took to my school and gave to the debm55 Sep 2023 #65

Film cameras Applan Sep 2023 #30

Interesting. I have kept my Nikon stuff from that era. usonian Sep 2023 #33

Have you priced them or not interested in selling? debm55 Sep 2023 #66

HahahahacawCawCAW!😂🤣 Of course I do. thatcrowwoman Sep 2023 #31

Wow, I would say you are a collector, Where do you keep all the stuff? debm55 Sep 2023 #67

A little this a little that. Niagara Sep 2023 #34

Wow, Niagara, you have a variety. Christmas Barbies were my thing. debm55 Sep 2023 #68

I try to keep my collections to a dull roar. Niagara Sep 2023 #85

I collect spores, molds, and fungus. Angleae Sep 2023 #36

I would say you do. Maybe when you return from cleaning you could add something that is reasonable. debm55 Sep 2023 #69

The last motherfucking time I found some goddamn shit that I would like to fucking collect was that SoFlaBro Sep 2023 #37

Gee, I thought you collected vulgar words to put in a post? Did you hit your quota? debm55 Sep 2023 #70

Antique Chinese and Japanese Ceramics... parkia00 Sep 2023 #38

I have pottery that I made in college. It fills the house pretty much. Stoneware and raku are also debm55 Sep 2023 #71

Autographed first editions. Aristus Sep 2023 #39

Oh wow, do you go to bookstores or estate sells to find? debm55 Sep 2023 #73

I got my Harlan Ellisons signed by the master himself in person. Aristus Sep 2023 #75

Oh my, you are so lucky to find and get those first editions and signed ones to boot. they are debm55 Sep 2023 #77

Early Pacific Northwest rock'n'roll record albums. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2023 #64

Wonderful, Fuzzy. Hold on to those. debm55 Sep 2023 #74

Lot's of stuff... bif Sep 2023 #83

Sounds like you have a collection of collections. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2023 #84

Wow, where do you keep all of that? debm55 Sep 2023 #88

Fat lava pottery, creamers, antique coffee grinders, turtles Solly Mack Sep 2023 #87

That is interesting about the box. I have never heard of that before. debm55 Sep 2023 #89

It's become, more or less, a walk down ancestral lane. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #92

Shot glasses. BarbaRosa Sep 2023 #90

Neat! Do you keep in a display case? debm55 Sep 2023 #91