What Do You Collect?

When travelling, rather than buy a souvenir I started picking up pens. Hotels, restaurants, any place that offered me a pen to sign something. They used to come in handy; now I rarely write anything.
 

Seem to collect otherwise useless pennies from pants pockets into a plastic bucket near my kitchen where I immediately chuck any after coming inside. So just weighed them as about 70 pounds worth. Thus:

70*16/0.088= 12,727 minus a few for the plastic weight so lets say 12,650
12650/100= $126.50 worth.
So could go down to a local Safeway with a Coinstar machine and collect...

126.50*0.875)-0.50= ~$110

Now what should I do to treat myself to make that effort worthwhile?
 
Dust bunnies. LOL!

Seriously I quit collecting things. I tired of it. Plus I was tired of dusting knick knacks that no longer get any attention. I did quite a bit of decluttering when I cleaned the house top to bottom recently and only have a few things. The only things I would say I collect now are books mostly.
 
David777 said:
Seem to collect otherwise useless pennies from pants pockets into a plastic bucket near my kitchen where I immediately chuck any after coming inside. So just weighed them as about 70 pounds worth. Thus:

70*16/0.088= 12,727 minus a few for the plastic weight so lets say 12,650
12650/100= $126.50 worth.
So could go down to a local Safeway with a Coinstar machine and collect...

126.50*0.875)-0.50= ~$110

Now what should I do to treat myself to make that effort worthwhile?
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a couple of years ago..I counted out all the change we'd put in our change boxes.. and it came to well over Ā£400... it weighed a ton. ..and as out Banks at the time weren't taking anything more than Ā£25 bagged up... at a time.. it meant a lot of trips to the bank to get it into my account.., also because it weighed to so much I literally had to put it into a carry-on wheeled suitcase, because I simply couldn't lift it.. this was just some of it...

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"What Do You Collect?"​


I collect other people's pens and pencils.

I have a desk at work that has other people's pens and pencils on it. Pencils that I might have been given by someone who has also handed me something to sign. But for some reason unknown to me, I give them their paperwork back and put their pen or pencil in my top pocket. And remarkably no one realises.

They eventually get put on my desk in the hope that the owner comes looking for it. Most of the time they never do though, and I can't remember who I took it from. They themselves don't even know who has got it or how it became missing.
 
Magna-Carta said:

"What Do You Collect?"​


I collect other people's pens and pencils.

I have a desk at work that has other people's pens and pencils on it. Pencils that I might have been given by someone who has also handed me something to sign. But for some reason unknown to me, I give them their paperwork back and put their pen or pencil in my top pocket. And remarkably no one realises.

They eventually get put on my desk in the hope that the owner comes looking for it. Most of the time they never do though, and I can't remember who I took it from. They themselves don't even know who has got it or how it became missing.
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i find people's pens at work all the time. nice pens. i found someone's vocera clip on the floor too. finders keepers. lol!
 
Here are some of my knee socks. When I found a pair with a cute, colorful pattern, I picked them up but I literally can't buy anymore because I've run out of room in my sock drawer. I also used to collect glittery slippers. This is only part of that collection. I actually wear the bronzy pair (they appear more gold here) with a dressy two piece outfit that is mint green brocade with bronze trim.

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I've always loved dolphins, NOT the pro football team
I have coasters, a needlepoint my sister gave me for Xmas one yr,a silver dolphin ring I wear on my right finger which I rarely take off. Two gray 'beanie babies',glass dolphins friends have given me over the years
This all started when I became hooked on the 60's TV series' Flipper'
 
Kaila said:
Thanks for this very interesting reply, Rossana!:)
(In addition, I am sure that I have been to St. Pete Beach! Was it the one with lots of Pelicans?:cool:)
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@Kaila
Yes, Kaila.
We even had the Pelican Man. He was a doctor that lived on the beach. He started a rescue for the pelicans. His son took it over later on.
St. Pete Beach has the pink hotel as well. It is called The Don CeSar.
 
Rossana said:
@Kaila
Yes, Kaila.
We even had the Pelican Man. He was a doctor that lived on the beach. He started a rescue for the pelicans. His son took it over later on.
St. Pete Beach has the pink hotel as well. It is called The Don CeSar.
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Thank you for this reply, Rossana!

I loved reading it!

Those specifics that you wrote,
brought tears to my eyes, as it made my memories more clear.
I truly have been there, with family members who are no longer alive.

It was a very special day, long ago.
Thanks, again!
 

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