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Title: What do you collect
Post by: waspy on 11 March 2008, 22:34:16
Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?
There's guy's at work who collect Matchbox/Dinky etc & another collects coins. Upset him last week when i told him i had loads of old coins, six pences, three penny bits & the like. They all went in the bin  :D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: markey mark on 11 March 2008, 22:37:34
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Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?
There's guy's at work who collect Matchbox/Dinky etc & another collects coins. Upset him last week when i told him i had loads of old coins, six pences, three penny bits & the like. They all went in the bin  :D

bloody omega parts at the min waspy !! ;D ;D garage is full up !!
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: waspy on 11 March 2008, 22:39:15
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Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?
There's guy's at work who collect Matchbox/Dinky etc & another collects coins. Upset him last week when i told him i had loads of old coins, six pences, three penny bits & the like. They all went in the bin  :D

bloody omega parts at the min waspy !! ;D ;D garage is full up !!

Uhm. Yes me too, but my collection makes a complete car  ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 22:40:59
credit card bills  :D :D
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Post by: TheBoy on 11 March 2008, 22:41:28
Currently Omega wiring looms ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 11 March 2008, 22:42:07
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credit card bills  :D :D

I was going to say that. :(
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: waspy on 11 March 2008, 22:43:33
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credit card bills  :D :D

I was going to say that. :(
 ;D ;D ;D


Do you think they'll be worth owt in years to come  ::) ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 22:44:43
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credit card bills  :D :D

I was going to say that. :(
 ;D ;D ;D
is your wife the same as mine then( lol) :D :D
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Post by: Vamps on 11 March 2008, 22:45:03
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credit card bills  :D :D

I was going to say that. :(
 ;D ;D ;D


Do you think they'll be worth owt in years to come  ::) ;D

I'm hoping not :D :D :D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: markey mark on 11 March 2008, 22:45:39
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Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?
There's guy's at work who collect Matchbox/Dinky etc & another collects coins. Upset him last week when i told him i had loads of old coins, six pences, three penny bits & the like. They all went in the bin  :D

bloody omega parts at the min waspy !! ;D ;D garage is full up !!

Uhm. Yes me too, but my collection makes a complete car  ;D

 i could probly make two or three !! ;D ;D
also collect model cars and large die cast models of cars !! biggest is a 1/18 jag xj220 in white !! :y
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: TheBoy on 11 March 2008, 22:47:44
Tech2's.  I have my eye on a 3rd one ::)
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Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 22:47:55
seriously ....
 i collect car brochures vx and Land Rover mostly
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Post by: Cav9_4 on 11 March 2008, 22:50:40
C.D's...have around 3,000 of them!
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Post by: markey mark on 11 March 2008, 22:50:50
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Tech2's.  I have my eye on a 3rd one ::)

what sort of money they going for jaime????
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Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 22:53:53
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C.D's...have around 3,000 of them!
break me, You like your music then mate  :y :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 11 March 2008, 22:55:16
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Tech2's.  I have my eye on a 3rd one ::)

what sort of money they going for jaime????
Approx £1500 for a worker with 32Mb card. Bit cheaper for one with 10Mb card (current software does not fit on 10Mb)

The PCMCIA cards seem a bit unreliable, and are friggin expensive ($300 + p&p + import duty for 32Mb  >:()
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: rad cap on 11 March 2008, 22:55:54
bsa motor bike parts, and ajs , one day i will finish one of them
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: markey mark on 11 March 2008, 22:56:32
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Tech2's.  I have my eye on a 3rd one ::)

what sort of money they going for jaime????
Approx £1500 for a worker with 32Mb card. Bit cheaper for one with 10Mb card (current software does not fit on 10Mb)

The PCMCIA cards seem a bit unreliable, and are friggin expensive ($300 + p&p + import duty for 32Mb  >:()

have to break a few more omegas then !! ;D ;D :o
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Cav9_4 on 11 March 2008, 22:58:42
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C.D's...have around 3,000 of them!
break me, You like your music then mate  :y :y
Yes!...lol
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 23:05:09
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bsa motor bike parts, and ajs , one day i will finish one of them

there's a chap who uses my road as an unofficial test track for his BSA
(I THINK) what a beautiful noise  :y :y :y
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: rad cap on 11 March 2008, 23:09:06
mines still in 4 boxes on the garage floor,
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Post by: zippo on 11 March 2008, 23:11:12
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mines still in 4 boxes on the garage floor,
where abouts in Manchester are you mate
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Post by: rad cap on 11 March 2008, 23:16:00
levenshulme, sth manchester
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Martin_1962 on 11 March 2008, 23:39:32
Beta VCRs I have 5 unfortunately my best one is broken :'(

Also collect model railway stuff
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Kevin Wood on 12 March 2008, 09:32:47
Was about to say I'm not the "collecting type" until Mrs. KW reminded me of the 5 old Tektronix oscilloscopes in my study. ::) OK, It has become a bit of a habit for me lately to buy them off Ebay as basket cases and fix them.

I think I currently have a 546, a 7603, a 7623a, a 7904 and a 2236.

Oh, and I collect lots of other junk, it's just not identifiable as anything useful.

Kevin


Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 12 March 2008, 09:43:59
Home is like an omega parts shop ;D

I'm afraid wife will soon get rid of me ;D
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Post by: Elite Pete on 12 March 2008, 10:09:09
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Home is like an omega parts shop ;D

I'm afraid wife will soon get rid of me ;D
Same here, my shed is full of Omega parts that "will one day come in handy" ::)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Jukeboxnut on 12 March 2008, 10:11:02
Debts, loans and jukeboxes (not neccessarily in that order, but one causes the others!)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Bo Bo on 12 March 2008, 10:29:41
I seem to have a collection of empty beer bottles, that reminds me; I must get to the bottle bank  ::)
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Post by: maria on 12 March 2008, 10:53:44
My house is the same its full of omega cars parts and one day james will get rid i hope :D
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Post by: Debs. on 12 March 2008, 11:07:15
.......`delivery-van drivers; I have a cellar full of them!  ;D ;D

"Package for you madam"....oh yes, "do step-in for a minute!"  ::)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: zippo on 12 March 2008, 11:14:55
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.......`delivery-van drivers; I have a cellar full of them!  ;D ;D

"Package for you madam"....oh yes, "do step-in for a minute!"  ::)

on form this morning Debs  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Essex_Andy on 12 March 2008, 12:20:12
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Beta VCRs I have 5 unfortunately my best one is broken :'(

Also collect model railway stuff


Is your name Saxondale ;) ;) ;D ;D

Sorry fella couldnt resist

No offence

I dont collect things as such but my hobbies are my motorbike and my pond.

I'm trying to collect money (savings) but things keep happening.....un repairable punctures, wife wants to decorate, planning to expand the family again etc
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Jay w on 12 March 2008, 12:27:57
Vinyl.....not the gimp stuff before anyone goes down that road  ::)

I have an extensive collection of 7' 12' and Albums dating back to the mid 80's, never counted but i know that the cabinet is 6 foot long and it is crammed full

Faves are picture discs of the late 80's they look sooooo cool.

CD's are too clinical, too clean, i love the crackle and hiss of vinyl.
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Markie on 12 March 2008, 12:35:28
Just the one for me.

Money  :y
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Cav9_4 on 12 March 2008, 12:39:40
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Vinyl.....not the gimp stuff before anyone goes down that road  ::)

I have an extensive collection of 7' 12' and Albums dating back to the mid 80's, never counted but i know that the cabinet is 6 foot long and it is crammed full

Faves are picture discs of the late 80's they look sooooo cool.

CD's are too clinical, too clean, i love the crackle and hiss of vinyl.

Had quite a few myself,until my sister sold quite a lot to a second hand shop,didn't found out for a while as i had left 'home'...needless to say i wasn't very happy..
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Post by: omegaman2 on 12 March 2008, 12:46:47
beer cans ,but they keep going missing ;)
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 12 March 2008, 13:23:37
Also collect films - got an extensive DVD collection I will need to replace when I get a new TV.

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 12 March 2008, 13:35:33
and forgot to add 3 PCs working in one room and home full of old PC parts, SCSI cards , disks ,cables,modems,vga cards and similiar stuff that I dont want to seperate ;D

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Post by: sir moanalot on 12 March 2008, 13:56:14
i collect ww2 model kits and figures, got over 450+ worth about £3,000.
investment for a heavy downpour day !!!
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Post by: shyboy on 12 March 2008, 18:15:55
I started collecting chiming mantle clocks but wife couldn't stand the chiming so now they're relegated to boxes and corners all over the house.
Don't see any of them any more.   :'( :'(
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: miggy on 12 March 2008, 18:23:24
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Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?
There's guy's at work who collect Matchbox/Dinky etc & another collects coins. Upset him last week when i told him i had loads of old coins, six pences, three penny bits & the like. They all went in the bin  :D

Omegas   ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: platty on 12 March 2008, 18:27:05
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Just the one for me.

Money  :y

Same here... Only because you can't use Omega or Mini parts as a deposit on a house though!
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Mr Hagon on 12 March 2008, 19:20:36
Me, I collect cinema tickets.  Have kept every stub since 1992.  No idea why, just do.

Mr Hagon
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 12 March 2008, 20:24:52
Omega's. I've easily had over 15 of ''em now...
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Post by: smoothomega on 12 March 2008, 20:48:10
I don't collect CD's i just buy what i like at the time and have ended up with over 2000 of them and still counting, however the thing i do collect, and i know i am going to soud a bit girly now  ::) is Portmerian pottery of the Botanic Garden design,.................Hey each to there own i suppose
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: mars on 12 March 2008, 20:55:16
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Vinyl.....not the gimp stuff before anyone goes down that road  ::)

I have an extensive collection of 7' 12' and Albums dating back to the mid 80's, never counted but i know that the cabinet is 6 foot long and it is crammed full

Faves are picture discs of the late 80's they look sooooo cool.

CD's are too clinical, too clean, i love the crackle and hiss of vinyl.

Me too, spent a fortune on vinyl records over the years. Tend to buy mainly cd's now but will NEVER part with my records! :y
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Post by: bertiecbx550 on 12 March 2008, 21:23:39
final written warnings.... ;D ;D got 2 of em at the mo... :o :o
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: MaxV6 on 12 March 2008, 21:35:37
I used to collect Guitars....however .... there came a time, when i no longer ran a music shop, (a useful way of hiding the new acquisitions...  ;)  ) that the wife said 27 was too many...   I'm down to abut 10 or 12 or so....  :(

also rare and expensive high end pro-audio equipment....   but that's easier to keep, as it goes in the studio and is never seen again (as far as She's concerned)  :y  and is offset against tax etc... being as it's my job....

and Tigers...   sadly we're not able to have a real one, so we're limited to  Stuffed toys, paintings, photos, etchings, plates, mugs, posters.... ceramics, and even an operating system !  


we tried collecting kids but they're too expensive, and keep escaping after about 18 years... they also grow, which is bloody inconvenient as well !   we stopped after 5




Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Martin_1962 on 12 March 2008, 21:50:36
My last house (flat garden) I built an outdoor railway, I used to run collectors models that most people keep wrapped up and never use - when I bought one "Are you a collector or a runner?" I run the buggers, so what if it cost over £100.

I am scared to work out my model railway costs but I do have 38 locos 2 cost around 100!!!!, however some are toys from childhood and 2 are my HST set. 14 DMU coaches  (5 motored)

Just over 100 coaches including parcels type stock :-[ (and 6 belong to the boys)

And around 170 wagons - most are kits :-[ :-[ to be sad I have a rake of 12 mineral wagon, 5 tubes, loads of china clays
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: MaxV6 on 12 March 2008, 22:06:04
we'll have to have an OOF  day out to Pendon....

I love Railways, used to scratch build quite a bit, but I had to choose between studio or railway, and sadly the model railway stuff doesn't pay the bills.

I go to Pendon a couple of times a year to "scratch the itch" as it were...

heavy freight across the viaduct is a joy top behold , and i always enjoy spotting new progress upstairs in the Vale scene.

always wanted an out door gauge O or Gauge 1 , but sadly it's never come to pass...

maybe when i retire.

yeah, right, like I'll ever be able to afford to retire....  >:( :-[
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: Martin_1962 on 12 March 2008, 22:28:15
Some of my stuff is over 40 years old but not much, went mad with Airfix wagon kits, hence all the mineral and cements, I like the Parkside kits - moan at them enough and they appear - I repeatedly asked for STV Tube wagon, HTV Hoppers and a few others, bought a few nice mark 1 kits just before Bachmann released there RTRs, spent ages detailing Lima stuff, flush glazing, some repaints, fixing roofs (all mk1 have same roof) , and of course their bogies >:( B4s are wrong way round and BR1s are wrong sized wheels.

The Bachmann Mk1s are really good
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Post by: Debs. on 12 March 2008, 22:39:30
Years ago; in my 'yoof', I dabbled with garden rail...`great fun!  :y

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/CleverCollies/DebdrivingsteamLocomotive.jpg)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: humbucker on 12 March 2008, 22:58:49
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Do any of you collect owt unsual or just collect owt at all?

I am a collector of early 21st century speeding convictions. I just don't seem to be able to get enough of them.

Other than that I have amassed quite the guitar collection.

Rok™  8-)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: MaxV6 on 12 March 2008, 23:33:17
it's Spelt RAAAWWWKKKKKK   thank you very much !

:D

Very nice Debs , We had family friends in LlanfairPG , they had a small (NOT)  track in "development" running thru the garden. and a fantastic trestle viaduct over the garden pond...  all scratch built, I think it was nominally gauge 1, but Narrow gauge , Ffestiniog/Talyllyn style .

I was a bit miffed that Mum stopped taking us to see them when the parents split up....   "She" was Mum's frined, and it was "His" railway.

Shame....

:(

Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: MaxV6 on 12 March 2008, 23:35:53
I assure you, "Frined" is Welsh shorthand for "mate" , in the vernacular, familiar style.
 :y





Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: amigov6 on 12 March 2008, 23:49:56
I collect old corgi'dinky/matchbox. I have a guitar which i sort of can't play ish! Few old car brochures/badges & old CB radios. 1960's /70's lighters & watches. Just bit's 'n bobs that catch my eye. ::)
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: zippo on 13 March 2008, 00:37:27
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final written warnings.... ;D ;D got 2 of em at the mo... :o :o
classic do you use the same filing system as i used to
the closest bin  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 13 March 2008, 09:35:37
yeah....its usually the one in the gaffers office... ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do you collect
Post by: keith2.2 on 13 March 2008, 10:12:21
they're not all mine, but on my driveway at home there's now 5 silver cars with black leather interiors  ;D

RR TDV8
VX220
TT 225
Miggy MV6
206HDi

Green Tax is for wusses  :-[ :y