How many blame mother?

[Volod]

When I enlisted at the age of seventeen, I had a sneaking suspicion that my personal belongings might not be too secure, so a few days before leaving for basic training, I stashed my collectibles in an old chest buried under mounds of stuff that had not been touched in decades in our garage. I felt sure that the cards and comics would be safe there for at least a few months. About five weeks into basic, a letter came with some cheery news from home, in which mom casually stated that she finally got the old man to clean out the garage and...imagine my horror as I read...she found the chest and had disposed of some ancient trash inside from my childhood. Mom has been gone for a long time and I never asked about it, but to this day I still wonder if she knew I had hidden those collectibles...ah, fond rememberances.

[tedzan]

I was double fortunate......

1st.....my Aunt lived with us (after my Uncle passed away). Aunt Anna was quite a "pack rat". So, when I enlisted in the Air Force, she carefully put my original BB,
FB, Boxing, and Non-Sports cards in safe keeping.

2nd.....when my Sister got married, they purchased the home from my Mom and Aunt. My collection was stored in the attic of our childhood home for many years.

In 1977, I decided to recover these cards from youth. Sure enough, when I searched in the attic of my sister's home I found my original cardboard treasures. Many,
many 100's of them.


So, my point here is that Mom's aren't always the blame.


TED Z
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[Peter_Spaeth]

I had huge boxes of mid 60s to early 70s. My brothers and I weren't too rough on them so many must have been in pretty good shape. All tossed unceremoniously and without notice. And the thing is too, it's not like my Mom was averse to clutter -- she kept stacks of magazines and useless stuff.

[mrmopar]

My cards and most collectibles survived, but just about anything else I had as a kid didn't, mainly toys. I think most of it was passed to other relatives or possibly donated.

They did pitch my old Baseball Card News issues. I subscribed for a couple years and did want to keep them, but apparently the decision was made for me that I didn't need them anymore when I was in boot camp.

[DHogan]

My mother never threw out any of my odd collections. From my collection of rocks, to my baseball cards. One day when I was in junior high. When I came home from school. I could see my father up in the bedroom that I shared with my brother. He was throwing clothing out of the bedroom window into the yard that didn't get put away the night before. My brother and I were about the same size. I just turned around and went over a friends house until 10:00pm or so. I got my butt kicked for being out so late on a school night. The clothing was still out in the yard, My brother was alseep. He woke up and said dad threw YOUR cloths out the window. I guess my father would have thrown my cards out too. I never did anything right at home. My brother NEVER did anything wrong.

[Prof_Plum]

Mom never threw out my baseball cards, but she did throw out my comic books. Years later, I think she was more pissed about that than me.

[campyfan39]

My Dad's collection of 50's and 60's cards were tossed but it actually turned out to be a good thing. He went on an adventure to buy back" his paper heroes and took me along for the ride. I wrote about it in my book that just came out.
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