What odd thing do you collect?

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 04/06/2016 at 09:04 • Filed to: Odd collections

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For me it is Starbucks mugs.Particularly the 50 state mugs.

It started out a few years back when I had left over money on my college food account I had to spend or it would go to waste and I bought the Ohio state mug from Starbucks. Well then I liked it so much I bought the Florida one, and then the DC one, and then the Kentucky one, next thing you know I had New York. The list goes on. Anyway I am determined to buy all 50 mugs from every state. Even if they do cost $12.95 a pop!

Spaceball-Two > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:09

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CELs

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:09

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Mercury’s!

Hahahahaha

pip bip - choose Corrour > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:09

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i can send you an Australian one if you like?

pip bip - choose Corrour > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:10

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as for me i collect car sales brochures.

OPPOsaurus WRX > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:10

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I have a pretty large collection of shot glasses. Then I started getting art from the various locations. nothing fancy, like from mexico I got a ceramic tile with a house&garden painted on it.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:11

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Nothing really.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:13

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I collect iron oxide and tetanus mines - I mean project cars. Okay, I have collected other things, even recently, but haven’t gone full Gotta Catch ‘Em All in a while on anything except books.

I’m trying to build a Penguin paperback P. G. Wodehouse arsenal, a Harper Collins Dorothy Sayers collection, and a Timothy Zahn “Cobra” series Baen paperback set, along with some others.

Most recently non-books was McDonald’s Happy Meal Minions.

EL_ULY > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:13

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friends on the Kinjaverse

Mattbob > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:15

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I collect spare parts. Bike parts, and car parts that either weren’t used, or were replaced before they were actually bad (so they might still be good).

450X_FTW > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:16

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Is it upside down?

pip bip - choose Corrour > 450X_FTW 04/06/2016 at 09:16

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yep.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:17

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Car brochures and beer glasses which I inherited from my grandfather. But my parents sadly threw the glasses away..

itschrome > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:17

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Nothing. I never understood the whole “I collect [insert what ever]” mentality.like seriously, whats the point of just collecting shit if it’s nothing something useful to you? I just don’t get it, but I’m also a bit of a extreme minimalist. until I moved in with the misses The only piece of furniture I owned was my bed and even that was purely out of necessity. But I’m a weird guy..

Nibbles > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:17

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I collect bells. It started with my great grandma; she would get me these little bells (the size of thimbles) and I thought they were great. I had a collection of hundreds at one point, ranging from cheap ceramic to some very expensive crystal. My ex-wife broke all of them. All save my great grandma’s doorbell.

That doorbell is the centerpiece of my new collection. I only have a dozen or so at this point, but it’s growing again.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:18

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Really?

Find one of my older posts and message me.

pip bip - choose Corrour > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/06/2016 at 09:18

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got thousands of them!

interstate366, now In The Industry > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:20

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Drum & bass vinyl. This was a few shipments that arrived all at once one day last year.

It would be a lot easier if I lived in the UK, where most of it comes from.

RoadsterRevolution(wants a Range Rover Classic) > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:21

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License plates, From all 50 states and multiple Canadian ones, my favorite is Nunavut.

JR1 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:23

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Car sales brochures are sweet! Neat piece of history especially if you buy one of the cars

JR1 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:23

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Not sure if I want a mug that is upside down. And I didn’t know Australia had any that is cool

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/06/2016 at 09:24

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Books are a cool thing to look for. You never know where you might find them

Nibby > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:24

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Dead bodies.

JR1 > Nibbles 04/06/2016 at 09:24

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Can’t believe she ruined your collection! That is incredibly rude. Nice that she kept the one from your grandma though

JR1 > itschrome 04/06/2016 at 09:25

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That is a good thing. It means less clutter

JR1 > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/06/2016 at 09:25

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That is a cool one.

JR1 > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 04/06/2016 at 09:25

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Guess it is an opportunity to start anew

JR1 > Nibby 04/06/2016 at 09:26

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You do you my man!

Nibbles > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:27

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She was a psychopath. Turned out she was supposed to be on meds but wasn’t pretty much our entire relationship. Funny how she hid it well until we were married.

The only reason my great grandma’s bell survived is it’s cast iron. Not so easy to demolish :)

itschrome > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:29

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You would think so but as I may not collect stuff, I sure do have a lot of hobby, job, specific use items, ect... How ever as I either move up skill or invest in new things to replace other things to do stuff better I do unload the unneeded items. Also if I don’t use something in about 6 months it finds a new home. I have about 3 distant zones of my house, each one for a specific use and these area’s can definitely get a bit cluttered, esp if I’m working full on on either an upgrade or a reset.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:30

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Actually, that sounds awesome.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:33

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I don’t really go out of my way to collect anything (though I’m one hell of a pack rat), but I do love anything that could be called a miniature version of something else.

Hence why I play a ukulele, drive a small truck and refuse to give up all the toy cars I had as a kid :)

The Artgineer > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/06/2016 at 09:37

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I really like receiving car brochures by the mail, even though I ordered them, it kinda feels like the dealers know who I am and assume I have money to buy a new car, feels nice!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:37

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Sex toys.

JR1 > itschrome 04/06/2016 at 09:38

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Well at least after 6 months it finds a new home

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/06/2016 at 09:38

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Me too! I’ve actually filled out the color of my MR2 as “rust” before.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:38

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I collect misery and abject depression.

buford-t-justice > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:38

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Silver coins

JR1 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/06/2016 at 09:39

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You’re the winner

JR1 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 04/06/2016 at 09:39

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So you drive a late 90's Kia?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/06/2016 at 09:40

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The best thing is when you have something rusted all over, then refinish with RustOleum rusted metal primer (which is rust brown), and then topcoat with a rust brown final color. NEVER CHANGE ANYTHING

JR1 > buford-t-justice 04/06/2016 at 09:40

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That is actually useful

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:41

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Used to collect Johnny Lightening cars.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:44

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Nah but really I have a small tin full of old coins, the centerpiece of which is a 193x “Walking Liberty” silver half-dollar.

MooseKnuckles > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:45

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My GF does the same just with StarBucks city mugs.

I collect growlers from breweries I’ve been to and they add to the decor in my basement bar. Same idea as the SB mugs.

These aren’t mine but same idea, I think I have around 10

Slant6 > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:46

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License plates

I have more, but it’s the only picture on my phone.

Mercedes Streeter > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:53

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Old computers and old Apple products...Not sure why I do it. *Shrug* Maybe I like old school Apple more. :)

TheRealBicycleBuck > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:56

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The big joke in our family was who would inherit my grandmother’s collection of stone grapes. Why people would create clusters of grapes from semi-precious stone is beyond my comprehension.

I realized that my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother were all “collecting” stuff that I would never want to have in my house. After my grandparents died, I watched my mom struggle with distributing the “collections” to a bunch of relatives, all who weren’t interested in inheriting said collections. She ended up selling off the items and had to deal with distributing the proceeds through the trust, lest any of her siblings object.

Given her recent illness, I begged her to get rid of her collections before I had to deal with it. I suppose threatened is a better term. My solution is a big roll-off dumpster.

With that in mind, I no longer collect anything. Sure, I have some mementos hanging around that will probably end up in a dumpster some day. But I refuse to saddle my kids with collections of junk they feel like they have to hang on to because it was a part of me and my life.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:58

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I have Coke cans from 25 different countries, no real reason other than I love how different each one is.

I have Adidas Sambas in 7 different colors, but I wear them often so it’s not really collecting, just amassing.

My wife thinks I collect bike parts, but again i think of it as amassing. When you have a curtain rod of various tires and shelving full of old parts (in various states of wear from worn-out to NOS) and then a work bench of tools I guess it would appear that way. However, I have been able to keep my fleet of bikes and a few of the neighbors bikes on the road for very cheaply for the past umpteen years.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > JR1 04/06/2016 at 09:58

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Diecast isn’t odd per say. (Ignore the sweet airplane wallpaper that a much younger me picked out, lol)

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/06/2016 at 10:01

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Rustomod!

Diesel > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:07

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Bitches. Am I doing this right?

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:08

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YASSSS HAHAHAHAH. I personally collect Hot Wheels for myself, but my parents LOVE Starbucks mugs and since we’re a family that doesn’t travel much, only me, the out of state for college son can get them. It started with my getting all the ones at my layovers and now my International students friends help me too. (Since their layovers are in like Germany, Japan, Chicago etc.) I think I brought 12 mugs home from Winter Break from my friends giving them to me when they came back for summer.

Also there’s more than 50 mugs. HAHAHA. For example, California has San Francisco, Los Angeles, California, Orange County and maybe one or two more while Oklahoma just got its first mug (Oklahoma) this year. Arkansas doesn’t have a mug yet if I remember correctly and Colorado has 3 (Aspen, Vail, Denver, maybe Colorado.)

RoadsterRevolution(wants a Range Rover Classic) > Mercedes Streeter 04/06/2016 at 10:15

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The same reason my neighbor has a model t, sure there are better cars, but this one is the one that started it all.

Xyl0c41n3 > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:21

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Beer glasses (even though I don’t do much drinking. I just think they’re perfect glasses). Hot wheels. But nothing too special, just the ones I find interesting. Or almost anything vintage mustang related that’s a hot wheels or die cast. Anything Texas. I’ve got a plasma cut piece of sheet steel in the shape of Texas set around the peephole of my front door. Heh.

ETA: also, pink. I can fill up an extra large load on laundry made up of nothing but items in varying shades of hot pink, raspberry, magenta, etc. heh.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:22

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Haha random, my wife collects those too. Everytime we travel she has to get one. So everytime I go somewhere without her, I will find the tackiest non-starbucks mug i can and bring it back for her “ooops I forgot you only like the starbucks ones”

cazzyodo > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:23

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Swarovski crystals...they’re at my family’s house because it started in elementary school and they took up residence in my mom’s china cabinet.

Started when we were on vacation in Cali and my mom realized that I didn’t ask for anything, food, souvenirs, whatever the entire week. I just went along and enjoyed the trip. So she took me out for a walk to see if I would find anything interesting when this bright and sparkly store caught my eye (it was night time so extra sparkly). The gentleman, very enthusiastic to see a kid in his store...which was odd, greeted us and just let me look around. I saw a little seal figure and loved it because just that morning we spent time at a cove where there were seals everywhere. So my mom got it for me. Since then, I think I’ve accumulated just over a dozen small ones for special occasions and such.

Zerofret > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:25

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Stormtroopers... and sometimes Boba Fett.

Land_Yacht_225 > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:25

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Multi thousand dollar Mercedes repair bills.

Funktheduck > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:28

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I have lots of little figures I get out of loot crates. That’s about all. I give the ones I don’t care for to people I know’s kids. I hang on to the ones I like. I rarely go out of my way to buy one though.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:28

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In so many ways!

Justin Hughes > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:32

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Ex-girlfriends. Now that I’m married the rate of collection has dropped significantly.

OneFastPuertoRican > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/06/2016 at 10:36

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Funny. For a while there I collected shot glasses from Hard Rock Cafe restaurants all over the world.

They’re probably worth about $8 now.

flyingmetalbird > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:46

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I collect hotwheels...

TeamClearCoat > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:47

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Beta Band records. When I completed my set of original-pressing 3 EPs, it was the loneliest victory ever.

victor > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:48

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I do Starbucks mugs dating back to 1998-1999 ish. I'm thinking 160-200 mugs across all series.

functionoverfashion > JR1 04/06/2016 at 10:50

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License plates. I started at a very young age when my *ahem* frugal uncle would send them to me from the junkyard he worked in... in California. I was in NH. So I actually got a pretty good selection going, got all 50 states by the time I was maybe 13 (?) and now I just look for interesting ones. I really, really try not to buy them, and I only know of a couple that were actually stolen off cars by friends of mine.

My favorite might be a Tasmania that my sister found on the side of the road, in Tasmania of course. That’s a good one. Another is a NH State Rep plate that a friend gave me (he was the actual rep). I probably have about 250 in total.

Tripper > JR1 04/06/2016 at 11:20

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Toggle switches.

JR1 > MooseKnuckles 04/06/2016 at 11:27

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Growlers is pretty unique and cool

JR1 > Mercedes Streeter 04/06/2016 at 11:28

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Sweet. Those will one day be worth something I bet

JR1 > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/06/2016 at 11:30

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That is a good thing to look at in the long term. My family has the same issue last year when gp downsized and had to figure out how to get rid of a barn full of antics. Luckily they are still alive or else the issue would have probably gotten ugly.

JR1 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 04/06/2016 at 11:31

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See the bikes parts are therefore useful

JR1 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 04/06/2016 at 11:32

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Well shit. This collection just got a lot more interesting

JR1 > Xyl0c41n3 04/06/2016 at 11:33

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Beer glasses are a cool one. Now that I am 21 I have started picking up those as well.

JR1 > itranthelasttimeiparkedit 04/06/2016 at 11:34

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That is a good gag to play

JR1 > cazzyodo 04/06/2016 at 11:35

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Useless but they are very pretty

JR1 > Land_Yacht_225 04/06/2016 at 11:35

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But at least your car is fun to drive!

JR1 > victor 04/06/2016 at 11:36

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Damn I guess I need to get on your level

JR1 > functionoverfashion 04/06/2016 at 11:37

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Have any old leather ones?

JR1 > Tripper 04/06/2016 at 11:37

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Interesting

Tripper > JR1 04/06/2016 at 11:41

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I guess I should have explained haha. I do a lot of tinkering especially with electronics. I like to have the “perfect” switch for every project. Sometimes it just to keep a part of something that has sentimental value. For instance the switch in the M3 that turns on my radar detector is from my grandfather’s table saw.

JR1 > Tripper 04/06/2016 at 11:43

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Haha now that is kinda cool

TheRealBicycleBuck > JR1 04/06/2016 at 11:54

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There was a battle within our family over the antiques in the family home when my great-great-great grandparents (not sure how many greats apply, but it’s at least two or three) died. One of my great uncles (again, not sure how many greats apply) took it upon himself to put an end to the squabbling between his siblings. His solution was to build a bonfire.

Mercedes Streeter > JR1 04/06/2016 at 12:04

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The old iMacs, definitely. I even have an original iMac DV with pretty much all accessories (including recovery disk) but the box.

But the phones? Nah, I modify the crap out of them. :)

Ross Kraz > JR1 04/06/2016 at 12:43

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Football cards. I realize that the card collecting trend died with the invention of the internet, but I’ll still buy a pack every once in a while, wipe the dust off that it collected after two years of sitting in the department store, and laugh at the rookies that are now busts.

I did a lot of work to organize them better than any actual OCD person ever would, and I had somewhere around 4000 at last count. On the bright side, I can usually name the most obscure players when it comes to trivia night.

C62030 > Mercedes Streeter 04/06/2016 at 12:44

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I have a G3 too! Indigo, running 9.2 and 10.3 alongside each other. Back when Apple wasn’t obsessed with thinness and embraced a computer that was thicker than the Great Wall of China.

JR1 > Ross Kraz 04/06/2016 at 12:47

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That is always an advantage to have on trivia night!

Mercedes Streeter > C62030 04/06/2016 at 13:03

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I have both a tray loading DV and a slightly later slot loader, I adore how quiet Apple’s old school fanless designs are. Even then so, I love the quiet hum of the tray loader’s fan. :)

cazzyodo > JR1 04/06/2016 at 13:32

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Not denying it.

victor > JR1 04/06/2016 at 13:36

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My friends and I all travel a lot, and we cross-buy mugs and trade. During my honeymoon, I took home over 30 mugs over the span of 4 weeks.

The thing to remember is that all the mugs are limited run; and series do change when they run out.

Here’s a good primer:

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_Collectible_Mugs/Starbucks_City_Mugs

C62030 > Mercedes Streeter 04/06/2016 at 14:31

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Me too, people are still sometimes impressed by being able to see into it. They have so much personality. They’re like if the Austin-Healey Sprite was a computer.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > JR1 04/07/2016 at 10:38

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I collect my mechanics tears. He might cry pentosin at this point.