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Lilipons

Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2020, 10:49:53 am »
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should still exist.  At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor.  This stick was used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.

I collect boxes from my travels.  They’re usually inexpensive, easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends.  I have several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from First Nation people in Alaska and Canada. 

Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books.  One wall of our living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered with books 6 shelves deep. 

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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2020, 11:54:13 am »
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should still exist.  At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor.  This stick was used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.

I collect boxes from my travels.  They’re usually inexpensive, easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends.  I have several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from First Nation people in Alaska and Canada. 

Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books.  One wall of our living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered with books 6 shelves deep.

Drool.

I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a minor way!
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2020, 11:57:53 pm »
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should still exist.  At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor.  This stick was used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.

I collect boxes from my travels.  They’re usually inexpensive, easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends.  I have several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from First Nation people in Alaska and Canada. 

Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books.  One wall of our living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered with books 6 shelves deep.

Drool.

I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a minor way!
That's how a collection starts. Slippery slope!
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2020, 06:07:45 am »
It’s wonderful that one of those specialty yard sticks should still exist.  At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there were rather strict rules about how high a tween and young teen-aged girls hems should be from the floor.  This stick was used to make sure that the girl was properly dressed.

I collect boxes from my travels.  They’re usually inexpensive, easy to pack and useful for storing odds and ends.  I have several Russian lacquer boxes, a Bermuda cedar box with a hog penny in the lid and different varieties of containers from First Nation people in Alaska and Canada. 

Mr. Pons and I are also collectors of books.  One wall of our living room is about 25 ft. Long and it’s completely covered with books 6 shelves deep.

Drool.

I have a Ukrainian painted box that I love, and a Chinese lacquer box, and a couple of Indian copper ones, and an assortment of wooden ones: I guess I'm collecting boxes, in a minor way!
That's how a collection starts. Slippery slope!

That's what I'm afraid of... ;)
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Violet Bandit

Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2020, 11:45:50 pm »
I found myself with a collection of “vintage” handbags a few years ago when I was researching how to rejuvenate the bags I had in the back of my closet and seldom used. I discovered   that people who collect bags consider them  to be vintage when they are at least twenty years old, as mine were.  I learned how to restore my old bags and, when they were done, I started checking out second hand sites to find more bags to fix up. I’ve been having a good time doing this and it is fun to have a collection I can wear.

Codewoman1125

Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2020, 05:47:30 pm »
When I was in college, a roommate had a menu collection. She had attached them to a wall near the kitchen in a kind of collage, but still readable. We used to look at them, sometimes, when we were thinking about going to a restaurant. If we went somewhere and the menu had changed, we would ask for a copy. One time we were denied, and yet I found the new version on the wall several days later! Her boyfriend had rolled it up and put it in his coat sleeve to smuggle out.  :o (for the last time, at least when I was there!)
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oogyda

Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2020, 04:46:29 pm »
I found myself with a collection of “vintage” handbags a few years ago when I was researching how to rejuvenate the bags I had in the back of my closet and seldom used. I discovered   that people who collect bags consider them  to be vintage when they are at least twenty years old, as mine were.  I learned how to restore my old bags and, when they were done, I started checking out second hand sites to find more bags to fix up. I’ve been having a good time doing this and it is fun to have a collection I can wear.

So you have the hobby of collecting and the bonus hobby of restoring the bags.  I love all sorts of DIY projects, so I imagine that's a very satisfying endeavor.
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