What keeps you collecting?

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

It's not just about me and my dream of doing nothing. It's about all of us. We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.

sounds like SOMEBODY has a case of the mondays!

[WWGjohn]

I collect for several reasons:

1) I started when I was a kid in the 50's and knew I had the collecting gene.

2) The chase to finish a difficult set on a limited budget.

3) The search for the unusual, especially old hand made bats.

4) The comraderie I found in OBC with a group of guys and gals who understand the true meaning of the hobby.

John

[GoldenAge50s]

I told my wife several yrs ago (when I retired) that it was time to start reducing my collection to augment my now limited income & at the same time free up space in my downstairs back room that is full from wall to wall w/ cards.

I have failed miserably at both promises!

Note to Adam:

I played 18 today in strong wind & cold up here in RI w/ an 84 yr old white man as my partner & we beat 2 middle-aged white men (who outdrove us both on every hole) out of $6.00!
PS--It was way too cold to dress like pimps, but after taking their money I felt like one! WHEEEE!

[vintagechris]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I told my wife several yrs ago (when I retired) that it was time to start reducing my collection to augment my now limited income & at the same time free up space in my downstairs back room that is full from wall to wall w/ cards.

I have failed miserably at both promises!

Note to Adam:

I played 18 today in strong wind & cold up here in RI w/ an 84 yr old white man as my partner & we beat 2 middle-aged white men (who outdrove us both on every hole) out of $6.00!
PS--It was way too cold to dress like pimps, but after taking their money I felt like one! WHEEEE!

Hee hee. This is a running joke in our house. I keep telling my wife I am going to sell it all. I have been saying this for about 5 years now and she always says" if you are selling it all, why does the house seem to keep getting smaller and smaller?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

sounds like SOMEBODY has a case of the mondays!

Peter Gibbons: When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?"
Lawrence: No. No, man. S***, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.