Stuff

[Stepmac]

There is a collector mentality and one either has it or not. Collectors will collect almost anything, from shot glasses to shotguns....and then there is everything else. The mania can get out of hand, so we must be careful.

I collect guns, books and Old West tintypes. My tintype collection is out of this world, but so are my guns and books....oh well.

[C.O.B.]

I call it collecting, others refer to it as hoarding.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

I call it collecting, others refer to it as hoarding.

As I consider your post I conclude that a hoarder hoards everything, even garbage. They fill their homes with stuff of all kinds of unrelated things. This is a sickness. People who do this need help.

Collectors collect certain catagories of things. A gun collector will pass by a '55 Chevy for instance....okay; the Chevy has to come along too.

So, I think there is a difference between a hoarder and a collector. Hoarding is a mania.....collecting is not - sorta, but I do think the two are related to some degree.

[C.O.B.]

Perhaps those that refer to my "collecting" arn't that well informed. Somehow I haven't convinced anyone that two totes of 16ga empties are collectible I defer to the rationale that they won't spoil, don't go out of style, have future use and don't cost or eat anything. Therefor they have value and therefor are "collectible"

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Perhaps those that refer to my "collecting" arn't that well informed. Somehow I haven't convinced anyone that two totes of 16ga empties are collectible I defer to the rationale that they won't spoil, don't go out of style, have future use and don't cost or eat anything. Therefor they have value and therefor are "collectible"

Paper or plastic?

[C.O.B.]

Plastic. 2 1/2 inch Purple RST

[Grantham Forester]

I am certain that I have read several pieces by the late Gene Hill dealing with all the postings herein. There is a comfort level with older, well-worn and well-used, but cared for: guns, decoys, calls, dog collars. Maybe we all want to return to the by-gone days seen by Nash Buckingham, Havilah Babcock, Corey Ford and now, Gene Hill too! I think Gene expressed part of this "collecting" best in "The Stranger"!!my favorite!!