Collecting

[haha_on_me]

I found a Buck Knife once - complete with leather case. I found a wallet. Once I saw a giant carp skeleton and in its jaws was a seagull skeleton! That was pretty cool. Wished I had my camera that day.

A carp eating a seagull? That's pretty cool. That would have been really neat to find. Do you suppose the knife and wallet were just lost on the beach, or did they have evidence of washing up?

 

[sister_]

You've seen bodies at garage sales? Man, I don't want to go garageselling with you!

Cameras, cool. Do you have any Brownie cameras? And have you found any interesting film?

I watched my grandma collect the cameras for years and always loved them. When she passed, I inherited the lot. After scaling the collection down somewhat, I began testing them and it was then that I found the film. I did have them all developed but most came back blacked out or completely unrecognizable.
Brownies, yes, I do...about 18 spanning, from what I can tell...over a number of years.
I've got 2 folding cameras that are almost too delicate to actually pull the front out but they are my fav's.

 

[haha_on_me]

After they dry I super glue them to wooden planks and then label them.

Very similar to my bulitenboard and thumb tack theory. hahaha

 

[crazybbwgirl]

A carp eating a seagull? That's pretty cool. That would have been really neat to find. Do you suppose the knife and wallet were just lost on the beach, or did they have evidence of washing up?

They were definately in the water for a long time. Zebra mussels were starting to form and the case was packed solid with sand. That was the coolest part. First I found the knife, then a few yards down I found the case.

 

[haha_on_me]

fifa world cup stuff.
stamps.
sports cards.
some comic books.
currency from around the world.
dirty women panties i've stolen from various washeteria.

I had a stamp collection years ago....probably still at my parents house. And I collect Don Drysdale cards. Money is always good. Some really have nice artwork.

 

[haha_on_me]

I should take a pic. I have two stickers that i treasure above all others. One is a chocolate cake slice and when you scratch it it really smells like chocolate cake.
The other is a fuzzy bear sticker.
Things that begin with F.
I have too many things to list but some of them are, Fireworks, Fantasy neighbor #7, Fermented worms, Fake identification, The top of a Frosted flakes box, Fingernails.

A chocolate smelling sticker! How cool is that!?!

....fermented worms? ......uh, I don't know what to say about that one.

 

[Image]

I don't know why but I have this overwhelming urge to collect corks... I also collect mythical type creatures but mostly Pans, satyrs and Greenmen. I've run out of room to collect anything else.

 

[haha_on_me]

I watched my grandma collect the cameras for years and always loved them. When she passed, I inherited the lot. After scaling the collection down somewhat, I began testing them and it was then that I found the film. I did have them all developed but most came back blacked out or completely unrecognizable.
Brownies, yes, I do...about 18 spanning, from what I can tell...over a number of years.
I've got 2 folding cameras that are almost too delicate to actually pull the front out but they are my fav's.

The accordian-type cameras are so cool. The remind me of the old west for some reason.

 

[Killswitch]

I watched my grandma collect the cameras for years and always loved them. When she passed, I inherited the lot. After scaling the collection down somewhat, I began testing them and it was then that I found the film. I did have them all developed but most came back blacked out or completely unrecognizable.
Brownies, yes, I do...about 18 spanning, from what I can tell...over a number of years.
I've got 2 folding cameras that are almost too delicate to actually pull the front out but they are my fav's.

Thats interesting. I have some old cameras at my dads house. An old Brownie box camera and a folding camera with a pop out bellows thats really cool. Uses 110 film.

I collect belly button fuzz.

 

[Deviant_Angel]

You've seen bodies at garage sales? Man, I don't want to go garageselling with you!

Cameras, cool. Do you have any Brownie cameras? And have you found any interesting film?

I'm another camera collector; I'm trying to talk my Grandfather out of his Brownie.

 

[haha_on_me]

They were definately in the water for a long time. Zebra mussels were starting to form and the case was packed solid with sand. That was the coolest part. First I found the knife, then a few yards down I found the case.

That's amazing that you found both items while they were seperated. That's luck, pure luck. I've tried finding arrowhead parts with no luck.

 

[haha_on_me]

I don't know why but I have this overwhelming urge to collect corks... I also collect mythical type creatures but mostly Pans, satyrs and Greenmen. I've run out of room to collect anything else.

Corks....hum. I've got one in an old glass water bottle you can have. hahahaha. I've known a few people to collect mythical type stuff. It's quite interesting.

 

[haha_on_me]

Thats interesting. I have some old cameras at my dads house. An old Brownie box camera and a folding camera with a pop out bellows thats really cool. Uses 110 film.

I collect belly button fuzz.

Are you telling us that you're a closet camera collector? hahaha

belly button fuzz? Any interesting colors?

 

[haha_on_me]

I'm another camera collector; I'm trying to talk my Grandfather out of his Brownie.

You a camera collector? I would have never thunk it. hahahaha

 

[Deviant_Angel]

You a camera collector? I would have never thunk it. hahahaha

Yeah I know The camera with a bellows is called a view camera. I use a monorail (one type of view camera) for my commercial work.

I also collect Eeyore and scarves.

 

[sister_]

Thats interesting. I have some old cameras at my dads house. An old Brownie box camera and a folding camera with a pop out bellows thats really cool. Uses 110 film.

I collect belly button fuzz.

Do your cameras still work? Did you purchase them or were they a gift?
The simplicity of the box cameras make them beautiful to me. Unfortunately, I don't have the space to display my whole collection but I do have 1 on the shelf above my desk. I like to wonder what that lens has seen...what portraits it took, what places it's seen. I'm all nostalgic like that.

hmmmm. Wonder if it's taken any naked bit pics?

 

[sister_]

I'm another camera collector; I'm trying to talk my Grandfather out of his Brownie.

I got a lot of my cameras at garage sales. People don't realize what they have and practically give them away. I'm sure you could find a Brownie or two rather easily if gramps is still attached to his.

 

[haha_on_me]

Yeah I know The camera with a bellows is called a view camera. I use a monorail (one type of view camera) for my commercial work.

I also collect Eeyore and scarves.

I can see you as an Eeyore collector!

.....and I belive I've seen some of the scarves, am I right?

 

[haha_on_me]

Do your cameras still work? Did you purchase them or were they a gift?
The simplicity of the box cameras make them beautiful to me. Unfortunately, I don't have the space to display my whole collection but I do have 1 on the shelf above my desk. I like to wonder what that lens has seen...what portraits it took, what places it's seen. I'm all nostalgic like that.

hmmmm. Wonder if it's taken any naked bit pics?

I think being nostalgic is the main reason we collect what we collect. It's nice to imagine where our little trinkets have been, and what they've seen.

 

[morewickedfun]

I think being nostalgic is the main reason we collect what we collect. It's nice to imagine where our little trinkets have been, and what they've seen.

Like the testicles I collect.

 

[haha_on_me]

I got a lot of my cameras at garage sales. People don't realize what they have and practically give them away. I'm sure you could find a Brownie or two rather easily if gramps is still attached to his.

I see Brownies at just about every antique shop I visit. And they're usually moderately priced to boot.

 

[Deviant_Angel]

I got a lot of my cameras at garage sales. People don't realize what they have and practically give them away. I'm sure you could find a Brownie or two rather easily if gramps is still attached to his.

He's not attached, he'd just rather sell them than give them to me. I offered to pay for them but apparently he thinks he can get more if he lets them grow mold in his garage.

 

[haha_on_me]

Like the testicles I collect.

Yes, yes! I bet some in your collection have seen some pretty "interesting" things in their day. hahaha

 

[morewickedfun]

Yes, yes! I bet some in your collection have seen some pretty "interesting" things in their day. hahaha

I'll bet. You should see the condition they come in when i get them. This one pair of nuts had a green moss covering the bottom portion.

 

[haha_on_me]

He's not attached, he'd just rather sell them than give them to me. I offered to pay for them but apparently he thinks he can get more if he lets them grow mold in his garage.

That's just rude. But I've known people like that. I tried to buy an old 49 GMC truck from my neighbor, but no dice. The truck was just rotting away behind his barn.....and still is.