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What do you collect?

By Mike Austin ( Contact ) March 11, 2008

I don't know where I got it, but all my life, I have gone through stages of collecting stuff. Mom didn't , Dad didn't...I do. When I was a kid, I started noticing rocks that I liked for one reason or another. One looked like a dinosaur tooth, another had lots of cool colors, weird shapes, odd colors. Sometimes I liked to imagine how the rock got there. Some prehistoric event! I would come home with several rocks in my pockets (to the angst of my mom and her washing machine). Eventually my Dad would find rocks he thought I'd like and point them out to me. Later that Christmas, I got a rock polishing machine. My Mother still keeps my "box of rocks" on her porch, under an old table. In more recent years, seems like all I've collected are kids! KIDDING! I DO have a small collection that my wife hates! I have a small collection of prechewed, celebrity chewing gum. I haven't added to it for a few ears, but I have framed with pictures of each celebrity in the act of "contributing", chewing gum of different celebrities that I have met. I have gum from The Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, Huey Lewis, Max Baer Jr. (aka- "Jethro" from the Beverly Hillbillies), Muhammad Ali! So what do you collect? Might be worth something!

chelleandlou
Mar 21, 2008 at 1:10 p.m.
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Well, since I was in 4-H and showed sheep, I collect sheep, in fact, I'm a sheep-a-holic. My wallpaper on my cell phone is lambs, my ring tone is sheep baaing (people really love that...) I have probably 1000 sheep in my collection that doesn't include, pajamas, my comforter, pot holders, etc.

I also have a collection of baseball cards.

I guess I collect books too since after I read them I don't get rid of them.

fisherhouse3
Mar 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
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I collect books. Last count 400.

ray53511
Mar 11, 2008 at 9:06 p.m.
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i used to collect the cologne car (avon) when i was younger. At one point in time i think i had close to 100. But overs the years they have got broken or disappeared.

rstricker
Mar 11, 2008 at 10:27 a.m.
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Dust.
I collect dust.
Does that count?

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