Let\'s change the subject.... What Do You Collect?

stike

very cool stuff
my grandfather's old reels (some in boxes) got stolen by a family "friend" a few years back

Grandpas Grub

 
:laugh: :laugh: Me too.

We were metal detecting in the west mountains usually around old cabins/shacks the pioneers used when early day mining was going on. We found a cave the opening about the height of a man and the depth would hold 20 to 30 people. The bottom of the cave was covered with straw and some people had built fires in the cave I guess to keep warm.

We took the metal detectors in the cave and we found a few things... from what we found it turned out there was some cub scout and scout winter camping going on in the cave. Well those scouts had pocket knives an over the years there was a lot of change in the cave.

We found over $200 in coin, some 50¢ pieces but mostly quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies.

I guess the money fell out to the pockets when the kids were playing and laying down on the straw.

GG

Grandpas Grub

 
Sorry to hear that Gator. However, it isn't all roses... :woohoo:. 3 girls and 2 boys = a lot of gray hair for dad.

GG

AZRP

Check out the names of some of these. -RP

http://www.hotsaucetogo.com/home.php?cat=13&sort=orderby&sort_direction=0&page=1

Grandpas Grub

 
How did you decide on which bookbinder's work you were going to collect?

GG

stike

i collected rare books, and then one day at a rare book show, i opened a book and saw my own last name listed as the binder.

at the time, the only folks in the country with that last name were me, my brothers, and my parents. so i was a little intrigued and did some research.

turns out he was my great great uncle and that my gr-gr-grandfather worked with him

stike

that's a collection that can be enjoyed just the same...

great stuff

Gator Bait

 
That is totally cool Fishlessman. Maine has the greatest fishing I have seen so far and I bet it is a blast on the old tackle.
I used to love ultralight spinning for pickerel, bass and pike up that way. I had a 16' Old Town that lived on my truck for the whole season and a rod and reel behind the seat. Paradise!

Gator

 

Little Steven

stike,

Relatively cheap too. Started over thirty years ago. Almost everybody I know picks me up a bottle when they are on vacation. I think i'm over a thousand now.

Steve

Little Steven

Randy,

The names are what attracts me, although some are pretty crude and I don't bother with those. My most treasured one is a quart jar of some amazing stuff I got at the French Market in NOLA thirty years ago. It was done by a wonderful lady and had a pencil written label. "Scorned Womens"

Steve

stike

those are great. my grandfather collected clocks, but when he died (long before i was born) they were given all away. >shudder<

used to spend half the day winding them all, on sunday, my mother remembers.

i collected watched for about 10 years, before i got into books. watches are basically mini-clocks, you know? hahaha

stike

i've got an old double barrel krupp/essen damascus barrell shotgun that was in the family, but that's the only "collectible" one. my dad made a musket, and i've got a winchester lever 30/30, a thrity ought six, and some 22s.

nuthin fancy at all. but i was raised around them and taught very early on how to handle them, and how seriously to take them.

AZRP

Cool! -RP

Frank from Houma

Half a day to wind must have been quite a collection.

One of my scales is pretty neat. It spent years in a one room post office that doubled as a sweet shop on the Black Isle (north of Lock Ness). It wasn't a collector's item until I purchased it. It has the postal rates on two brass plates attached to the oak base. Has the rates for the UK on one plate and the rates for "India and Colonies" on the other plate - say what? From the rates, the scale is dated in the late 1800s. Rates continued to rise in the late 1800s and then started down with improvements in transportation.

Another interesting kitchenalia item (that really is a word) was from a shop that closed in Narin, Scotland. It is simply a big chunk of wood, with the makers signature on the back, with circles carved in it to hold weights for measuring dry goods. When the shop closed several adds were taken out by locals thanking them for 100+ years of service. One was from Lord Cawdor of Cawdor Castle, the fictional site of Macbeth.

I was once comparing what students took in school with a friend in Scotland - I said well one thing that is taken in the States that probably isn't taken in Scotland is American History. His reply was (with a heavy Scottish accent) "Aye son, but that wouldn't take long". LOL

Celtic Wolf

My latest collection.



One for each Troop cook I have done.

fishlessman

ive still got my 13 foot old town, alot of time in that little canoe. a little scary 10 miles off the coast fishing for blues though, my eastern lobster boat gets more use now :laugh: :woohoo:

Little Steven

Frank,

A cousin of mine from Wales is in the Royal Navy. They were docked somewhere at an American base and he was having a beer in a bar. He started talking to a US Sailor next to him and it turns out the guy was taking university programs. My cousin asked him what he was taking and the guy replied "American History". My cousin asked him in a Welsh lilt "What did you do in the afternoon?". Punch up started. :pinch: My cousin grew up in a house that was over a thousand years old.

Steve

stike

i was in a thousand year old house in england, and the owner was pointing out the lintel over the fireplace. it was a large wood lintel actually, a chunk from a tree, not stone or steel.

it was maybe twenty inches tall on the face of the fireplace.

very dense growth rings, very dense wood. he said he'd counted the rings and there were close to a thousand of them.

so... a thousand years ago they used a thousand year old tree to create the opening of the fireplace.

zoinks, shaggy.
hahaha

as to your story about the welshman....
those in the united kingdom are all very proud of their history, and with good reason. they had a great one. would have been very interesting to see how it would have played out, though.
(heh heh heh) not exactly the empire it once was

can only trade on the past for so long. over here (the states) we decided to focus on the future. hopefully we don't pooch it, though.

"history is a nightmare from which i am trying to escape"

Little Steven

stike,

Have you ever thought of what would have happened if the revolution didn't?

Steve

vidalia1

A "punch up" was started...great term Steven...mostly we collect memories....and lots of good ones too.
I just wish I could remember them all...great thread Stike...

stike

tough to imagine, eh?

my family name came to london with the court of George I, and for a number of years were hangers-on at kensington. so i'm pretty sure we were on the side of the english. didn't get to the US until 1856.

earliest reference we have to the family name is on a deed in Warwick, ca. 1250

Bacchus

Very Nice Gator Bait, I love Marlins. I grew up deer hunting with both a 30-30 & a 35rem. Our property is very thick with brush so these short barreled heavy slug beasts helped me with a few kills(also my trusty Browning 12ga.)

Bacchus

I collect Oil Lamps, both antique and modern. There are about 20-25 including a few unique gems.

Wine: I keep approx 50 bottles of premium California Cabertnet Sauvignon and French Bordeaux. They are all around 3-5 years old on average with the stock rotatng. I purchase and consume about 7-8 per year for special occassions.

Pez Candy Dispensers: Along with my daughter we have just started this. Despite being plastic, these are well made and fetch suprising sums for some of the vintage ones.

RVH

That is a good looking group of arms. Back in the mid-70's I mowed about a million lawns one summer just so I could earn enough money to buy a Python. My dad thought I was nuts but took me down to the sporting goods store anyway. Walked out of there with a brand new four-inch nickel finished model. I still have it.

Grandpas Grub

Interesting, I can imagine the surprise seeing your last name.

GG

Grandpas Grub

 
What format and quality do you save the music on the HD's.

GG

CBBQ

All of them are converted to mp3's

TXTriker

Seems like I recall someone trying that already, Rod. It didn't work as I recall.

cookn biker

Yup, me too.

cookn biker

Very nice!