Here at CPF we have specific locations for flashlights, knives, watches and some other gear where collections can be showcased. But……being fanatics and all some are bound to collect other things that do not fit the criteria. Old Hot Wheels cars, beer bottles, dinasaur fossils, GI Joe action figures, comic books, vinyl albums, refrigerator magnets……
The list is potentially endless.
The IT guy at my work collects oatmeal canisters. "Why?" I asked one day to which he indicated it was instrumental in him going from a stout 265 pounds to a svelte 165 pounds, so each 'brand' on the shelf in his office represents milestones where he successfully thwarted urges for milk shakes and candy bars with yummy flavors of oatmeal. My dad collected knife rests. Little crystal dumbell shaped devices folks set the butter clad knife on after smearing it on a hot biscuit long ago. He said during the depression years if you had both butter and hot biscuits, man that was quite a treat.
My boss collects cars he either raced or raced against in the 1960's. He calls it his 401k collection as some have increased in value to numbers they would have never imagined in 1963 when a typical grocery getter cost oh, 2 to 3 thousand bucks.
I collect stickers. That goes back to when I was a lad and some neighborhood kid went flying past my house on a bicycle hollering at an older kid "hey Keith, check out my new details" (instead of decals). His bike was plastered with auto racing brands his dad used to pick up at the local drag strip where he ran a car. Over the years an assortment of decals representing politics, shoes, places I visited, record labels, catchy phrases, and all kinds of brands of products.
There was a time when "free" stickers were no longer free. Companies found out that Americans will pay you to advertize their products. Sad but true. So ever since the mid 1970's my goal has been to acquire stickers at no charge. Like certain SureFire models that come with a sticker. Sometimes I pay for a sticker, but there's usually a purpose such as buying one from a gift shop in a town I worked in or to help spread the word about a particular idea or fundraisers.
Here's a few that were included with purchases or acquired at work with a couple of fund raiser items.
I also collect refrigerator magnets.
So what "odd ball" items do you collect?
The list is potentially endless.
The IT guy at my work collects oatmeal canisters. "Why?" I asked one day to which he indicated it was instrumental in him going from a stout 265 pounds to a svelte 165 pounds, so each 'brand' on the shelf in his office represents milestones where he successfully thwarted urges for milk shakes and candy bars with yummy flavors of oatmeal. My dad collected knife rests. Little crystal dumbell shaped devices folks set the butter clad knife on after smearing it on a hot biscuit long ago. He said during the depression years if you had both butter and hot biscuits, man that was quite a treat.
My boss collects cars he either raced or raced against in the 1960's. He calls it his 401k collection as some have increased in value to numbers they would have never imagined in 1963 when a typical grocery getter cost oh, 2 to 3 thousand bucks.
I collect stickers. That goes back to when I was a lad and some neighborhood kid went flying past my house on a bicycle hollering at an older kid "hey Keith, check out my new details" (instead of decals). His bike was plastered with auto racing brands his dad used to pick up at the local drag strip where he ran a car. Over the years an assortment of decals representing politics, shoes, places I visited, record labels, catchy phrases, and all kinds of brands of products.
There was a time when "free" stickers were no longer free. Companies found out that Americans will pay you to advertize their products. Sad but true. So ever since the mid 1970's my goal has been to acquire stickers at no charge. Like certain SureFire models that come with a sticker. Sometimes I pay for a sticker, but there's usually a purpose such as buying one from a gift shop in a town I worked in or to help spread the word about a particular idea or fundraisers.
Here's a few that were included with purchases or acquired at work with a couple of fund raiser items.
I also collect refrigerator magnets.
So what "odd ball" items do you collect?
