Anicho Posted June 5, 2012 Uhm.. Aircraft Safety Instructions.. I got Pan Am, Concord + about 200 others. Always loved to fly:) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Francois le Danque Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) Anime. I have around 700 DVDS and BDS. Have slowed down a bit lately though, what is a BDS? all google will give me is boycotts, divestment and sanctions blower drive service broadmeadows disability services etc as for me, i collect video tapes. especially: original release movies, 80s/90s kid's shows, and stuff taped from tv that includes old ads. but really pretty much anything. except sport. if anyone has any in melbourne they want to get rid of, i will gladly take them away. i also 'collect' recyclable materials and plastic wrappings people have put in the wrong place (usually the ground). but that eventually makes it's way into the correct receptacle. edit: oh and metcards! fuck myki Edited June 5, 2012 by frank Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted June 5, 2012 Chnt, you'd probably like those cast iron teapots getting around. I found this one on ebay for mothers day gift. Whitewind, do you know the native 'Black Apple', Planchonella Australis. The seeds can be used for jewellery making. Unfortunately I've given all these away. Atherton nut is pretty awesome too. yeah eventually i will get a cast iron teapot too, but i need a regular income first... trying to collect shit as a student is flawed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Francois le Danque Posted June 5, 2012 trying to collect shit as a student is flawed... thats why tapes are awesome (one of many reasons of course). i consider a dollar to be a rip off. i bought 150 off ebay for a dollar recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted June 5, 2012 that's awesome, what tapes do you collect? vhs? cassette? i remember having multiple spares of each as a kid, no idea where they are now... i used them sometimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic Posted June 5, 2012 frank, BD is Blu-Ray Disc the S is the plural. I only have about 40 of them so far, they are more expensive and haven't been around for as long as DVD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted June 5, 2012 Well I collect occult books and brick a brack and skulls. and guitars oh sorry guitars arnt weird. Have all my dogs with me believe me there is a lot more Can we see your guitars? Are you willing to sell any? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Francois le Danque Posted June 5, 2012 that's awesome, what tapes do you collect? vhs? cassette? VHS PAL, pal. though some betamax would be really cool. .. i suspected bluray might be involved... personally i don't see the appeal of bluray, physical media are almost extinct imo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted June 5, 2012 Pics or it's not true fairy !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) Whitewind, do you know the native 'Black Apple', Planchonella Australis. The seeds can be used for jewellery making. Unfortunately I've given all these away. Atherton nut is pretty awesome too. Yeah an aboriginal friend of mine introduced me to Black Apple a couple of months back, he's obsessed with bush food and when I get the chance (which is almost never) we pop out and go have a look at something that's fruiting. Most of the stuff had hit the floor and was on it's way out, which was a shame, but the seeds were pretty funky. I got a bit excited about these guys, they had some stuff showing at the tropical centre at Sydney Botanic Gardens a few weeks back. Bloody amazing artworks. http://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/14001-transit-of-venus-exhibition Edited June 5, 2012 by whitewind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted June 6, 2012 There is nothing in this thread that i have found weird,(well maybe dog skulls, , and only because i have never seen it done before. I do however, have a back yard of pet skeletons!) I want to hear more on the topic of this thread, so i will tell of another thing i have collected... My pups milk teeth.. My kids were horrified, but then i showed them their baby teeth 'The Tooth Fairy' kept , they were more accepting. ?!,lol. I once had a friend that collected cats whiskers, and i had another friend (in grade 6) and she said collected nasal fragments, and when she had a jar full, she would sell them to the hospital where they made antibiotics from it.. Of course i just nodded at her. Here are the puppy teeth... is that weird? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stavroski Posted June 6, 2012 our tooth fairy still has the stash at home, my collecting aberration is electrical cords and speakers, everyone knows i have a problem so when they want to get rid of speakers or wires they just ask me knowing i can't refuse. but i'll ALWAYS have a cord that fits and an extra pair of speakers to tweak those sounds!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moses Posted June 6, 2012 Here are the puppy teeth... is that weird? nah that's cool, i'll put picks up of our pets teeth, what do you store them in Amazonian, if you want some of the containers i keep ours in pm me when i've put picks up tonight cos these little containers display them excellently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted June 6, 2012 I keep my dogs teeth in a really small jar, as they are pretty small teeth.... small dog=small teeth. I opened the jar one day and it was really smelly.. i didn't allow the sinew time to dry out and it smelt like rotting flesh. So i left them to dry better before they went back in the jar. Thanks for the offer on the container Moses, but this little jar works well . I am interested to see your collection. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted June 7, 2012 What ,,, so no-one else collects anything weird....come on... By the way, you all failed to see the nail clippings that i so cryptically added to one of my photos . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazonian Posted June 7, 2012 nah that's cool, i'll put picks up of our pets teeth, what do you store them in Amazonian, if you want some of the containers i keep ours in pm me when i've put picks up tonight cos these little containers display them excellently. Ah, looks like something you would find in a museum , nicely done Moses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) Speaking of museums, I used to work for Museums Victoria, and as part of my orientation they let me have a tour of the collection (which is 99% in storage) It was incredible! They have millions of items, usually kept in the dark in temperature controlled areas, apparently fluro lights are enough to cause irreparable damage over time. They had a massive -40 celsius freezer (big enough to put a great white shark with heaps of room to spare) which they used to help disinfect exhibits of insects and or bacteria (as well as nasty posion that they spray onto things like stuffed animals.. formaldehyde was mentioned I think) Rooms in there marked TABOO which noone is allowed to enter without being accompanied by and elder or designated representative of whatever tribe it is whos stuff you want to touch. Rooms full of poison tipped spears and arrows of which most have unknown plant or animal poisons on the tips. I got to hold a sword from an executed 1600s pirate! They have items in there that they dont actually know what they are. Once something makes it into the collection its very procedural and difficult to have them removed again. This place looks a little like the warehouse out of indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark.. crates and strange stuff stacked to the very high ceiling, and rows and rows of stuff. It was huge and impressive. I got to see all the racist dioramas of aboriginals depicted as animalistic savages (they cant get rid of them either) and many of the old exhibits from when the melbourne museum was on swanston st where the library now is. When the museum used to reside at Swanston st, they didnt have a big temp controlled warehouse, instead most of the exhibits were kept in leaky moldy tunnel like corridors underground below the museum itself. I believe the collection is now somewhere around moreland in a warehouse, but it was a while ago I could have the train station name wrong. If you ever get the opportunity I highly recommend having a tour. It makes what they have on display seem a bit pathetic. P.S. I also have a fair collection of australian decimal currency. -edited to add to rant - Edited June 7, 2012 by niggles 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted June 7, 2012 The things that I have that you could call a collection are my cacti but I do collect lots of different things which my wife never understands My little list of random stuff Half a pallet of new bicycle parts dating back into the forties ( leather saddles ,sturmey archer parts, tools, mudguards extra) A number of antique little metal and wooden boxes, wooden ammo boxes. Football jumpers and other sporting uniforms dating back to my junior sport days Recycled timber mainly jarrah (large amount), approximately 80 doors. 20 odd wooden windows Fishing rods (20), reels (15), lures (heaps) you can never have to much fishing gear Tools a few old brace and bit drills. old hand driven pedestal drill and assorted antique spanners The list goes on but writing it all down like this is starting to make me feel like I have a problem Cheers Got 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted June 7, 2012 Its only a problem if you dont have the space for it - or if you have to move, I'm NOT looking forward to somehow moving my cactus collection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted June 7, 2012 The bike parts used to fill a single car garage (on shelves). When I acquired them It was the remains of a bike shop that had been shut down in the early 80's and the original owner took it all home and had stored it all there. It took me and a mate 3 days to move it all to my place using a small truck. We moved the whole lot once more and when we had to move again I sold a fair bit and donated some of the older stuff to some people that run a bicycle museum. I then picked some bits out to keep and filled a big skip bin with the rest. I am dreading moving my cacti from just one end of my block to the other Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted June 7, 2012 That's just plain weird AMz! Well I guess I keep my lil'ns hair when I clean her hair brush, can't bring myself to turf it, I just put it all in a plastic bag, it's pretty big now, have kept it since she was 3. I LOVE brushing hair! I guess when I had hair I was quite vain and spent a lot of time brushing it to perfection, so relish any chance I get. Maybee an old age career change rto hair stylist is on the horizon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
