Quote: "thatcanadianserb"I have 4 saxophones. 1 is a Tenor E flat silvered made in Newfoundland in 1937. I have a 1949 trumpet made in Sweden.
I have no talent for any kind of Art including Music... not even Drunk Kareoke... But all my family members are quite good, My sister is very talented and can play / learn almost anything.
She is so lucky I have lived around the world and keep traveling for work so she always gets a local instrument... I have lost the count but one of the most funny ones (due to the logistics) was when I bought her a Sitar from India and traveled all the way back home with so much anxiety the airline did not break it in 2 or more pieces.
She has many kinds of flutes, guitars and other string instruments such as the sitar I mentioned above...
I collect bottle caps inactively, I used to collect rare stones, I still collect some shiny objects, silver items other than spoons, I even used to collect sauna sponges, candy paper and other errors, of course banknotes and stamps. I still have some rare stones, shiny objects, sauna sponges and one candy bag color error and other things. Also to add to the list, probably the most weird thing ive collected, computer viruses! I still have tens of thousands old windows/amiga viruses on my macbook. There actually is a real site for virus collecting where you can download the computer viruses safely packed in a password protected zip file...But its a dangerous collecting item though! I also am starting collecting rare elements, starting from diamonds. (synthetic diamonds)
I also collect old padlocks, sparkplugs, blue glass (not painted!), old atlasses and beautiful (old) things......but the coins are the most important collection.
Electronic dictionaries; manhole covers (not physically); foreign words and characters, also rare words of my mother tongue.
Manhole covers look almost like coins:
Quote: "numinis"Electronic dictionaries; manhole covers (not physically); foreign words and characters, also rare words of my mother tongue.
Manhole covers look almost like coins:
In Japan, a large number of covers has special designs related to the city, major event, etc. In Nagano you can find colorful ones related to the winter Olympic held there. In Yokohama many covers has Ships and Naval designs...
Quote: "numinis"Electronic dictionaries; manhole covers (not physically); foreign words and characters, also rare words of my mother tongue.
Manhole covers look almost like coins:
What does "(not physically)" mean? Do you take pictures of them?
Quote: "JRo69"
What does "(not physically)" mean? Do you take pictures of them?
Manhole covers are public property, also they are too large and too heavy to be put in coin holders or albums.
Yes, I take pictures, then I do a bit of cataloguing and research, similarly as when collecting coins. I limit myself to the city where I live, because there is enough stuff here for many years of such collecting activity (it is sometimes called drainspotting).
Quote: "JRo69"
What does "(not physically)" mean? Do you take pictures of them?
Manhole covers are public property, also they are too large and too heavy to be put in coin holders or albums.
Yes, I take pictures, then I do a bit of cataloguing and research, similarly as when collecting coins. I limit myself to the city where I live, because there is enough stuff here for many years of such collecting activity (it is sometimes called drainspotting).
19th century manholes are sold on ebay. Amazing collectibles!
Quote: "COINMAN1"I collect spent brass gun shells and they range from .303" to 150mm. Started with two from my grandfather.
Also collect medals and daggers/bayonets
Just the spent ones? What about the item that rejects them? That's what I like!
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
As a trained historian, I am a big fan of historical artifacts. Civil war bullets, fossilized amber with bugs trapped in, ammonites, sports memoribilia, a document owned by Martin Luther King Jr., some letters from the 1800s, old decks of playing cards, and autographs being my most invested-in collection.
Some signatures I have are John Glenn, James Earl Jones, Stan Lee, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Tyson, Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and tons of different NFL players. I have some cool signed Japanese Pesos bills with signatures from flight members of the Enola Gay.
Quote: "Monninen1"Also to add to the list, probably the most weird thing ive collected, computer viruses! I still have tens of thousands old windows/amiga viruses on my macbook. There actually is a real site for virus collecting where you can download the computer viruses safely packed in a password protected zip file...But its a dangerous collecting item though!
This sounds interesting. Is there any reason people collect them? I understand collecting of most things but this one seems a bit different to me.
What I collect: US, 3rd Reich Germany, Philippines, Ancients, Vatican City, North Korea.
Quote: "gridironshowcase"As a trained historian, I am a big fan of historical artifacts. Civil war bullets, fossilized amber with bugs trapped in, ammonites, sports memoribilia, a document owned by Martin Luther King Jr., some letters from the 1800s, old decks of playing cards, and autographs being my most invested-in collection.
Some signatures I have are John Glenn, James Earl Jones, Stan Lee, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Tyson, Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and tons of different NFL players. I have some cool signed Japanese Pesos bills with signatures from flight members of the Enola Gay.
Quote: "Monninen1"Also to add to the list, probably the most weird thing ive collected, computer viruses! I still have tens of thousands old windows/amiga viruses on my macbook. There actually is a real site for virus collecting where you can download the computer viruses safely packed in a password protected zip file...But its a dangerous collecting item though!
This sounds interesting. Is there any reason people collect them? I understand collecting of most things but this one seems a bit different to me.
Weird but...The reason was to get all the security level alerts. Also I tried to find the oldest computer virus that exists, but never found it. It is probably completely lost. I spent days on it, and finally found the site and the names of the people and a email address, but they never responded. But about the viruses: nothing bad actually ever happened because they were old. The anti-virus program alerted about them though. One reason people collect them is reseatch also. The other one is small testing. Additionally the passwords are given only to people who confirm they won't use them for "office pranks" or other harming.
Redsmithstudios,
Trying to decipher your message and I believe you are referring to projectiles. Now, theres a problem here. As these bits have been shot through the air, they are the most difficult to find, but I do have a few. Two of them are in the shell cases that belonged to my grandfather. These are just practice pieces, so are not live.
I think I would be in serious trouble if I had live ammunition.
I have a Victrola from the 1910's, not sure the exact year (probably around 1917), with about 150 of the shellac records for it. But I am definitely not a musician.
Also, my neighbor during my teenage years had the second largest collection of keyed bugles (Smithsonian was #1). He never let me try and play his tortoise shell one, but I sucked at ever a normal one. I did get to hear the tortoise shell once in a concert, was pretty cool
Replying to @MonaSeaclaid I will photograph my instruments when I have the time, and wondering, are the Clarinet and the trumpet you have, are they B flat or E flat?
Quote: "COINMAN1"Redsmithstudios,
Trying to decipher your message and I believe you are referring to projectiles. Now, theres a problem here. As these bits have been shot through the air, they are the most difficult to find, but I do have a few. Two of them are in the shell cases that belonged to my grandfather. These are just practice pieces, so are not live.
I think I would be in serious trouble if I had live ammunition.
you can’t own ammo? That’s too bad, fly over here and I’ll take you to the range.....
what kind of gun did your grandfather own?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
My grandfather did not own a gun. The two shell cases with the practice projectile are 40mm anti-aircraft ammunition.
These guns were used as land based artillery to combat the incoming German Luftwaffe, but were also installed on many ships for similar reasons.
I do not know where or how he obtained them, but know the projectile is a practice one.
My grandfather did not own a gun. The two shell cases with the practice projectile are 40mm anti-aircraft ammunition.
These guns were used as land based artillery to combat the incoming German Luftwaffe, but were also installed on many ships for similar reasons.
I do not know where or how he obtained them, but know the projectile is a practice one.
I also collect books, and Lego, but have multiple collections I started but then lost interest including various antiques, stamps, and a few collectible card games. Plus all those baseball cards I bought in grade school, some with the extra surprise of a rock hard stick of gum!
Quote: "thatcanadianserb"Replying to @MonaSeaclaid I will photograph my instruments when I have the time, and wondering, are the Clarinet and the trumpet you have, are they B flat or E flat?
My flute is a C and my trumpet is a Bb. The trumpet is nothing special, in fact it was one of the cheapest learner models money could buy and it even came broken. Not being experienced enough with trumpets I thought I was the problem until years later. It'll decorate my wall soon.
My flute is a real silver Armstrong, closed hole. I do have an open hole one as well but the sound isn't nearly as nice and, in my opinion, it's not as attractive.
I used to collect comic books for just over 30 years - gave them up when I realized it was starting to take me a few months to getting around to reading them after buying them (all based on the X-Men family of books - selling them off right now if anyone is interested! :) )
Also Hard Rock Cafe signature guitar pins - those guitar pins that have a design/monument/structure/motif shown that is unique to that location..
