other hobbies.... other.... I'm stuck. Oh hey! I changed the oil in my car the other day... does that count?
Coins & Currency are my favorite , but I also collect old bottles (do alot of digging around old home sites w/permission) also collect early american war items (Civil War , Spanish American , etc.) and just about anything old that has good eye appeal . Historic items just get me I really don't know why , I guess it's the stories that go with them or the stories they can't tell us . It's the majic behind them if you will , after all these items were here long before some of us and made today what it is or better ! I also do a little drag racing from time to time .
Besides coin collecting; 3d Graphic Design (modeling, textures, rendering), photography, metal detecting, woodworking, fishing, and hiking. Woodworking would be higher on the list, but I don't have room to set up my woodshop here, maybe the next place (hopefully in October after I retire from the Air Force).
Let's see...other hobbies.... Reading, backyard birding, yoga, wine tasting and various crafts such as cross stitch and crochet. Seems I'm bringing a little estrogen to the party I have a hard time picturing any of you guys crocheting or doing yoga...LOL
If anyone is willing to risk it, I have a tape of GD crocheting and watching Golden Girls and Im willing to make copies
LOL...I bet we could take up a collection for that one! I'm guessing there are plenty of folks who'd pay good money to see that! Gosh GD, so nice to see that you're in touch with your feminine side
Hmmm, I think we are gonna need one of those 50+ Video holders, Im just kidding GD, you know how I like to mess with you. I meant a 75+ holder.
National Geographics...77,000 (seriously!) Post Cards...75,000 Books...2,000 Red Books...All but 10 Presidential Campaign buttons...500 License Plates...90 (working on a full Colorado set) Middle School and high school yearbooks...112 Computers...7 (Have one of the original Macs) Encyclopedias...10 (Have the entire World Book Yearbook set, starting 1962) Autographed Pictures...520 (You name him/her --- King Juan Carlos, JFK, Carter, Reagan, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, Mickey Mantle (4), Bob Hope, Justice White, George H. Bush, etc., etc., etc. Historical Newspaper Front Pages...412 And more! My wife thinks I'm a packrat. Can't understand why.
Wow Gary! Those are some great collections! Where on Earth do you store 77,000 National Geographic magazines? Also, I'm guessing your collection includes lots of the foreign additions. The original Mac is cool too!
The National Geographics are stored in my former classroom, which is the largest classroom in Delta County. Technically, they are all still mine, but I would have no room to keep them at home, so I left them in my classroom when I retired. I have been told they are still there, and used by students. I did bring enough home to attempt to build a private, complete collection. It will never happen, although I do have a fairly complete collection starting with 1938.
One other collection I forgot to mention, and it is relevent to coin collecting. I have every "Numismatist" issued since 1961. The problem is they are scattered throughout the house --- in the garage, the storage room, under the stairs, in closets, on bookshelves. I wouldn't have the time or patience to locate them all --- but I do have them!
