what else do you collect?

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the history channel mad a big deal about the silent
glides...they practice being wrong.
yesterday they had a pic of the hawk 509 rocket motor and
called it the swallow jet.
morons!

History Channel programmes are good entertainment, but not always
historically accurate. They are commercially produced programming with
an
emphasis on attracting advertising dollars. Basically a lot of the
programming suggest it is put together by compilers and not historians.
I
have seen good programming more for entertainment value on History
Channel,
and do watch it. But I take it with a grain of salt.

With reference to watching historically accurate information I would
stick
to watching programming on PBS as it is much more objective, and checked
out
as it is critically viewed.


military history is just as botched on pbs. stuff that is
easy to verify/learn/use is not. a lot of it is believeing
the average shlub won't notice or care.
there is no excuse, given the thousands of hours of stock
footage, to have a flight of b-24' referred to as b-17's.


Or to see stock footage of old Soviet surface to air missiles whenever WMD
& ballistic missiles are being reported on in the same piece. Some of
that footage is from the early 1960's and shows test launches of a unique
missile system that was deployed only around Moscow. They all seem to use
the same film, figuring no one will know the difference..... or care.
They're probably right. Almost.

Bruce






If the baddies in a UK TV programme from the 1960's or 1970's are driving a
white Jaguar it's a safe bet that it will plunge off a cliff and explode as
that stock footage has been used dozens of times. Billy

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does anyone here ever set out to collect anything other than coins? i
know the answer is yes and maybe some of you can pitch in what other
areas you've dabbled in.


I have had several other hobbies at one time or another, but they all died
out and are in boxes long forgotten or sold off on eBay.


any model kits left?


Now that brings back memories of an old hobby of mine, making plastic models
of airplanes and tanks!
I still have around 200 unmade models (mostly Tamiya, Hasegawa, Revel, etc
in 1:48), a lot of money invested there (maybe more than 10 grand)...
I wonder if they are of any value today and if there is a market for them.
Anyone knows?
Maybe they are considered "antiques";-)
LOL

tnx

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E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

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Hmmmm Besides coins, I have a small stamp collection that has been
neglected for over 30 years. I hesitate to get back into that because of
the expense and the lack of knowledge.

Another active collection is firearms. Wanda and I try to buy a couple
guns
a year, which is pretty easy for us since we have a good friend who has a
gun shop (Dave's Guns and Guy Stuff). If he gets something in that he
thinks I might like he will set it aside until I show up. He also allows
layaways which is nice. I never know what will catch my fancy, normally
it
is just something that I do not have one of. The guns range from a civil
war era S&W revolver (3 examples), a WWII Japanese sniper rifle (from Dad)
to modern stuff, like the Glocks (which I also carry at work).

John, just out of curiosity and certainly without any intention to offend...
Why do you feel you *need* to carry a gun at work?...
Do you live/work in such a dangerous neighborhood, what is the motivation
behind this?
Please don't take me wrong but for a European this is quite strange and I'd
like to know what makes people carry a gun when they are going to work.
I mean, I understand when are you going to camping, or working in a
dangerous neighborhood but I fail to understand it when you are
living/working in a "normal" place...
Are there any special reasons making you carry a gun at work?
And just to make it more clear, I like guns and if I could I'd have a
collection but only for that: collection:-)

rgrds

PS
Or maybe I took it wrongly and you carry a gun because you are working
as a guard or something similar?...

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E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html

Another collection, which at times seems like controls me, are barnyard
fowl. Chickens, turkeys, peafowl and guineas, which are multiplying out
of
control. They seem to be collecting us!!! Anybody need chickens? They
can
be shipped overnight, at least within the US I think.

Finally, I am always on the lookout for memorabilia concerning Admiral
Hyman
G. Rickover, the Father of the Nuclear Navy. Being a retired sailor of
the
nuclear power bent, he is an idol of mine. I have a couple items with his
signature, and some of the medals(?) issued by the mint to honor his 63,
yes
63 years of active service to our great country.

Sorry, but ras asked.

John

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I ordered from Airfix a plastic model kit of Iraq's WMD but when it
arrived the box was empty. :-) Billy

Hey don't worry - I am sure they will show up sometime.

When they do I have no doubt that Elvis will make the announcement.
Billy

I bet it is Bill Clinton's fault that the box was empty.


It is actually Al Gore's fault, he invented global warming.

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:nEU6i.9991

Or to see stock footage of old Soviet surface to air missiles whenever WMD
& ballistic missiles are being reported on in the same piece. Some of
that footage is from the early 1960's and shows test launches of a unique
missile system that was deployed only around Moscow. They all seem to use
the same film, figuring no one will know the difference..... or care.
They're probably right. Almost.

Bruce



'Cept those of that were AF brats and know the adversary and it's equipment
well

Proudly been in USAF and VVS aircrafts!

On May 28, 9:09�pm, Mike Marotta wrote:
I inherited an incomplete collection of Elements when a buddy went off
to college. *Many, he had to get as compounds -- uranium fluoride, for
instance -- but it was fairly complete with only the obvious
transuraniums missing and a few of the rarer rare earths.

About 1993-1995, I twice heard Cliff Mishler give his "stump speech"
to the MSNS about collecting and collectors.

Mishler has called collecting "a gene you are not born with." Non-collectors simply do not "get" what we do. *And even among collectors as a class, collectors of one object are viewed as odd by collectors of other objects, who are themselves odd in the views of still other collectors. *For all of that, people who collect one thing often collect others. *Whatever is collected, the collector needs no justification. *

(Newsgroups: rec.collecting.coins, From: Marotta, Michael E.
, Date: Wed, Apr 11 2001 8:28 am,
Subject: Natterers and Leaders)

On May 27, 7:24 pm, "Dale Hallmark" dalehall at cableone.net wrote:

I have collected many things over the years but ...
rocks and minerals ... paper match books, mint of course :-) ... pens and pencils ... tools ... maps ...

I also collect(ed) many things, but never with the true passion of a
collector who needs to have one of each to feel complete. *My idea of
"one of each" oftens starts and ends with "one = one of each." *I have
meteorites, but only three: one of each -- iron, chondrite,
achondrite. I have fountain pens including goosequills. *Books include
a biography of Alexander Hamilton by Henry Cabot Lodge, William Graham
Sumner's History of American Banking, a few more along that line. I
have the Ramparts Magazine with Che Guevara's Diary and New Times with
Patty Hearst's abductors, both originals off the newsstand. *My
science fiction is hardcover first edition cyberpunk supplemented with
the original magazine appearenace of "Johnny Mnemonic" and others.
Stamps, yes, but in lieu of "baseball cards" I have astronaut cards
and John Glenn signed his for me. *I am not much for autographs though
I bought my daugher Leona Helmsley's, you know, sort of a role model.
Other astronaut stuff includes my passes from working at the Cape, the
Hotwheels John Glenn tableau, mission patches from projects I was on,
mamy others given to me, actually. *Aviation collectibles run a full
range of stuff and nonsense, but include "Air Boys" adventures from
before World War One. *I like postcards, especially with stamps,
cancellations, and messages and have two from an air show in Chicago
in 1911. *When my father-in-law passed away, we found out that as a
carpenter, he collected woods.

'Nuff said...
Mike M.

Have many things I have collected over the years: I have Hot Wheels
cars(still in the packs), baseball/football/basketball/NASCAR
cards(1000's of each), stamps(US & WW), Zippo Lighters, coins/paper
money, old business cards(with 5-digit phone #'s), and basically
anything dealing w/Crayola and Campbell's; and of course there are
other things I can't think of right now; but right now I am actively
collecting shotglasses from the states(trying to get 1 from every
state, have about 30 right now), and from foreign countries(have 12
different countries right now). Just basically anything that catches
my eye.

Steve
"call me a hoarder if you will"

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I ordered from Airfix a plastic model kit of Iraq's WMD but when it
arrived the box was empty. :-) Billy

Hey don't worry - I am sure they will show up sometime.

When they do I have no doubt that Elvis will make the announcement.
Billy

I bet it is Bill Clinton's fault that the box was empty.


It is actually Al Gore's fault, he invented global warming.


Lately, poor Al's appearance seems to have morphed into blend of Steven
Seagal and Dan Aykroyd. That "warming" sure will puff you up. I can almost
picture him in a dark suit, hat, and shades doing that Blues Brothers dance,
or.... well I can't quite seem to visualize him in a Seagal action scene.

Bruce

On Wed, 30 May 2007 00:56:24 GMT, lid wrote:
In article , "gogu" wrote:

Are there any special reasons making you carry a gun at work?
And just to make it more clear, I like guns and if I could I'd have a
collection but only for that: collection:-)

coin dealers, bodyguards, gang members and paranoids carry
guns here.

I'll be honest, when I'm carrying several to many thousands of dollars
of gold and silver to and from the coin deal before or after buying or
selling, I am damned uneasy about how vulnerable I am to a criminal who
can read the "coin store" sign. Unfortunately, our idiot governor has
twice vetoed concealed carry legislation, and the legislature failed to
override by a vote or two each time. Maybe next governor... It's just a
matter of time.

To Gogu, it's a case of the leftist lawmakers letting the criminals out
to re-abuse honest citizens, over and over and over and over. Those of
us who aren't criminals are best served by defending ourselves rather
than depending on the law enforcement (that the leftist lawmakers have
gutted) to come to the rescue.

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In article , "Sibirskmoneta"
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egroups.com...
does anyone here ever set out to collect anything other than coins? i
know the answer is yes and maybe some of you can pitch in what other
areas you've dabbled in.


I have had several other hobbies at one time or another, but they all
died
out and are in boxes long forgotten or sold off on eBay.


any model kits left?


Now that brings back memories of an old hobby of mine, making plastic
models
of airplanes and tanks!
I still have around 200 unmade models (mostly Tamiya, Hasegawa, Revel, etc
in 1:48), a lot of money invested there (maybe more than 10 grand)...
I wonder if they are of any value today and if there is a market for them.
Anyone knows?
Maybe they are considered "antiques";-)
LOL

tnx

but the book before you sell the kit. and watch out for
collection buyers. they will offer pennies on the dollar.
cruise ebay to get a feel. don't expect to get more than
40% or have more than 5 rare kits.
now if you have aurora's, or some of the 'tween wars kits...
i collect the lindberg 1/72 german aircraft. not rare or
valuable but easy to bash. i've made the first 17 versuchs
numbers of the ar234. ditto the do335. so if you have
any....

Back in the early 1950's I put together all of the cars in the small Revell
antique/classic car model kits (I don't know what scale) and had them
displayed on a wall shelf. These kits were less than a dollar apiece but
the small cars were detailed enough challenge my patience as a youngster.
Some of the "modern" ones in the series included an MG-TD and I think an XK
Jag. I occasionally check eBay to see if there might be any of these
original kits still out there -- or even assembled models -- but I've never
found any.

Bruce

I'm a cop, specifically a narcotics agent. I have made some
acqaintances(sp?) over the years that were not favorable to the other
person, so I carry all the time. Just another work tool.

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evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert
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Hmmmm Besides coins, I have a small stamp collection that has been
neglected for over 30 years. I hesitate to get back into that because
of
the expense and the lack of knowledge.

Another active collection is firearms. Wanda and I try to buy a couple
guns
a year, which is pretty easy for us since we have a good friend who has
a
gun shop (Dave's Guns and Guy Stuff). If he gets something in that he
thinks I might like he will set it aside until I show up. He also
allows
layaways which is nice. I never know what will catch my fancy, normally
it
is just something that I do not have one of. The guns range from a
civil
war era S&W revolver (3 examples), a WWII Japanese sniper rifle (from
Dad)
to modern stuff, like the Glocks (which I also carry at work).

John, just out of curiosity and certainly without any intention to
offend...
Why do you feel you *need* to carry a gun at work?...
Do you live/work in such a dangerous neighborhood, what is the motivation
behind this?
Please don't take me wrong but for a European this is quite strange and
I'd
like to know what makes people carry a gun when they are going to work.
I mean, I understand when are you going to camping, or working in a
dangerous neighborhood but I fail to understand it when you are
living/working in a "normal" place...
Are there any special reasons making you carry a gun at work?
And just to make it more clear, I like guns and if I could I'd have a
collection but only for that: collection:-)

rgrds

PS
Or maybe I took it wrongly and you carry a gun because you are working
as a guard or something similar?...

--

E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A

Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html

Another collection, which at times seems like controls me, are barnyard
fowl. Chickens, turkeys, peafowl and guineas, which are multiplying out
of
control. They seem to be collecting us!!! Anybody need chickens? They
can
be shipped overnight, at least within the US I think.

Finally, I am always on the lookout for memorabilia concerning Admiral
Hyman
G. Rickover, the Father of the Nuclear Navy. Being a retired sailor of
the
nuclear power bent, he is an idol of mine. I have a couple items with
his
signature, and some of the medals(?) issued by the mint to honor his 63,
yes
63 years of active service to our great country.

Sorry, but ras asked.

John