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ok, Pete just bought another guitar. Pete and Mel have control issues. I own 9 surfboards. Anyone else have bad habits? (hobby?)

Chet wrote:ok, Pete just bought another guitar. Pete and Mel have control issues. I own 9 surfboards. Anyone else have bad habits? (hobby?)

I didn't even mention my affinity for TVs and anything Apple related.

Chet wrote:ok, Pete just bought another guitar. Pete and Mel have control issues. I own 9 surfboards. Anyone else have bad habits? (hobby?)

um... I've seen Bruce Springsteen 98 times... is that anything?

I collect pre-1950 John Tenniel illustrated copies of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as Tenniel-illustrated Alice items, again pre-1950, preferably small things. I have about 100 different editions of the books, including some quite rare editions, and lord knows how much of the other stuff. It is kind of an odd thing to collect I suppose.

I also have a gargantuan cookbook collection--over 500 cookbooks. That's probably not so surprising.

I love shoes. I am really good about holding myself back though. It's just that it's so hard to go into a good department store and not at least "swing through" the shoe department! Usually I don't get anything but I know what I want!!!

um, I have a lot of Vera Bradley bags. That might be another thing .. not sure

rocks and seaglass (shells too, but .....)
i have a house full of rocks!

then there are all those dead concerts--hmmmm is there a connection?

How many guitars do you have, Pete?

My grandson (13 yrs old) has 5 already. Is this a hoarding illness that can be cured?

verjoy wrote:How many guitars do you have, Pete?

My grandson (13 yrs old) has 5 already. Is this a hoarding illness that can be cured?

I only have four. Talk to Mel, he has nine.

FOOTBALL...I love football! Hard to believe the season will be over soon. Sigh.

pjayer wrote:FOOTBALL...I love football! Hard to believe the season will be over soon. Sigh.

Football is the essence of life. It's not a "hobby," it is essential to our existence. I would put it in the category of eating and breathing...without it, we surely would die.

I have 4 guitars, a bass, a keyboard and several computers (most built or rebuilt). At the height of my 80's big hair band days I had like 12 or 13 guitars and basses...I must have wanted to be the guy from Spinal Tap! It gets to a point of how many do you really play(besides collectible vintage guitars). A few for various purposes is usually sufficient....lol!

Pete (Mr. Marcia) Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject:

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pjayer wrote:
FOOTBALL...I love football! Hard to believe the season will be over soon. Sigh.


Football is the essence of life. It's not a "hobby," it is essential to our existence. I would put it in the category of eating and breathing...without it, we surely would die.

Pete- Thanks for confirming what I always knew to be true, but no one else in my life will believe. Though for me, its college football, so the season is already over. Sadly. The NFL Playoffs are a consolation though!

liamsaunt wrote:I collect pre-1950 John Tenniel illustrated copies of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as Tenniel-illustrated Alice items, again pre-1950, preferably small things.

I've often wondered how people get to collecting such specific items. Some people have an anecdotal story of how they began and some have no rational explanation whatsoever. Many people I've asked have said they just "knew it" when they first saw it and have collected that item ever since.

I checked out some of the artwork done by Tenniel and found it very interesting. Thanks for showing me something I hadn't seen before!