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UNUSUAL, STRANGE and AMUSING COLLECTIONS - Unknown
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UNUSUAL, STRANGE and AMUSING COLLECTIONS - Unknown Many people hoard old, used or useless possessions. Some of these people collect anthologies; compile lists; stockpile belongings; or just simply collect articles. We all know philatelists (stamp collectors) or friends who collect such items as bottle caps (tops). I have set out to find out some of the stranger, perhaps trivial and often amusing items that are collected throughout the world. Will's shoe collection, for example, consists of one pair black, one pair brown and one pair sandals. However, my wife, Steve, and indeed my , Hannah have loads of pairs of shoes: a veritable collection of shoes. Not quite in the Imelda Marcos class; I believe she had over 3000 pairs of shoes. As a , Hannah collected metal and plastic badges. She has amassed quite a number. Will collected marbles and post cards. (Easy since my father was in the ROyal Navy and sent cards from all over the world). All these and indeed CD and DVD and<b> vinyl </font></b>collections are common, unremarkable and certainly not funny. Will hopes these will make you smile: What led me to do this article is that last Saturday, 18 February, I read a report by the journalist, Simon Hoggart in The Guardian in which he mentioned that he knew a man in New Zealand who collected airline sickness bags, now that is weird and we can only hope they are empty. Barbed Wire: A man called Jesse S. James, from Maywood California, USA has collected since 1957 barbed wire. He displays his specimens on panels, has cataloged them and even written a book about them. It is a collector's item itself but I am led to believe it is out of print. Oil Rags: Even stranger is Ed Haberman of Toma, Iowa, USA who collects used oil rags. He has done this since the l950's and has a collection total ling more than 13,000, which he has washed and stored carefully in his home. Sad to report his love of oily rags is not shared by Mrs. Haberman. Are you surprised? Banana Labels: Becky Martz collects .....wait for it, banana and asparagus labels and broccoli bands. She has over 5000 banana labels. Tea Bags: Marcelo Strauch from Buenos Aires, Argentina has a vast collection of tea bags from all over the world. Rum Bottles: Petr Hlousek from the Czeck Republic collects labels from rum bottles and he has amassed 6383 labels from 97 different countries. Fascinatingly he has 304 unopened bottles and I am thinking of going to visit him. Nails: Mr. Frank C. Horwath who hails from Joliet, Illinois, USA has a collection of nails which he has amassed since he was 14 years old. He reputedly has more than 15,000 of all varieties from over 40 different countries. He has a rare nail from the Islamic shrine the Dome of the Rock and another from the home of W. Ellery who signed the Declaration of Independence. Toothpaste: The world record for collection of tubes of toothpaste is shared between Carsten Gutzeit from Germany and Val Kolpakov, Davenport, USA. Both have over 1000 toothpastes from some 60 countries. Strange flavours include: dry champagne and whiskey. |
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 I guess i'm a collectable,,I and good for nothing else.
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I guess i'm a collectable,,I and good for nothing else.   ---------------------Dennis US ARMY (RETIRED) AND YOUR FRIEND  I never mean to offend(blog or comment) anyone ,If I do contact me please. Please check out my blog Harley-Davidson Drive(19harley86)
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Lol lol yep,,,I don't have a bunch of junk,,I have a muscle car,guns,classic car ,,dressed up trk,beer stines,whisky bottles etc.. people has just got to see what I got. a huge collection of beer stines and whiskey bottles. I too have a small collection of old antique glass bottles, one 3 sided bitters bottle that long years ago was appraised at about $85. Also have a collection of blue cobalt glassware, mostly small pieces that I can display from time to time, even a much hard to find when I was looking 'blue cobalt frog'. Oh and forgot, a small collection of old porcelain mixing bowls. They are really fragile and are packed away.
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Lol lol yep,,,I don't have a bunch of junk,,I have a muscle car,guns,classic car ,,dressed up trk,beer stines,whisky bottles etc.. people has just got to see what I got.---------------------Dennis US ARMY (RETIRED) AND YOUR FRIEND I never mean to offend(blog or comment) anyone ,If I do contact me please. Please check out my blog Harley-Davidson Drive(19harley86)
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I got all kinds of stuff I've saved over the years Motorcycles, cars, handguns, playing cards, whiskey bottles, tell us about it.
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love to chat with you sometime
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I got all kinds of stuff I've saved over the years ---------------------Dennis US ARMY (RETIRED) AND YOUR FRIEND I never mean to offend(blog or comment) anyone ,If I do contact me please. Please check out my blog Harley-Davidson Drive(19harley86)
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Sorry to say, I am to some extent, really not by choice, but by necessity. My son has moved to Fla and back about three times, and things he did not want to put in storage, he brought here and dumped in my sewing room and the tanning booth room; and when we changed up decor at the beach, including pictures, table decor, bed speads, pillows etc, all of that landed in my tan room; then Ex decided he wanted most of the actual furniture from the beach apartment and left all the other stuff, for me to bring home, and again it all goes in that room. So when arms get better and the weather gets nicer, my carport is going to look like I'm having a gigantic yard sale, and that may be exactly what I do. Have bedspreads from the beach, never been used for 6 bedrooms, but when decor etc changed up they would not go with new decor etc, and I have no use for them here. Eventually it will get cleared out.
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