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Graven Image
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Over on the Prayers of the Faithful, thread people request prayers using their ship names. I keep a prayer list in a small book that I use while saying the daily office. Should someone find my small book they would see such things as Bill for healing, and Helen for safe travels, but they would also run across some rather strange names such as Graven Image for support as she looks for a job. Now I know that our dear Lord has this all sorted out but I wonder what someone else might think. Do any of you have anything that makes perfect since to you, but would prove a puzzlement to others?
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Right now, I have multiple five gallon buckets filled with bottle caps. I'm saving them for a special project but if you didn't know that, you might just think I have some serious issues. I also have several coffee cans filled with the little tabs from the tops of soda/beer cans. Those I save for someone else, but again it still looks strange.

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A collection of fluff on one of our bookshelves - it's cat fluff from our British shorthair. When she moults, boy does she moult, and I keep meaning to try and felt the fluff into something decorative.

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ArachnidinElmet
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I often think that if I ever get raided by the police, they'll take one look at my bookshelves and DVD collection, lock me up and throw away the key. [Biased]

I also have little bundles of old nylon guitar strings. They look really useful, but are probably not. I've just seen some tiny animal sculptures made from thin wire, and might have a try at making those.

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comet

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theater props. There's a rubber chicken in my kitchen. assorted fake weaponry mixed in with my collection of real weaponry. a rubber skull (life sized) on a shelf. a bright pink dog collar hanging above my desk with a dog toy just beneath it (that the dogs do NOT get to play with, those are mine!). a vase with a false bottom. a bunch of bottles with odd potions labeled on them. two giant bins of costumes and a few masks. a whole wall of costume hats - witch, tricorn, fez, russian beaver hat, sombrero, much much more...

add all that clutter to my book problem, camel statues, and globes hanging from the ceiling, and it might look a little odd to the wrong people.

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I remember when we were cleaning out my late great-aunt's house. People kept going, "Why was she keeping this???" I'd bet much of it just wasn't sorted through/thrown away yet.

I think of that often - what people would think going through my stuff if I died (yeah, I'm morbid like that), but it's not enough to make me keep my place neat & organized.

Right now, someone would find a huge box in my apartment full of electronics recycling I keep not managing to get hauled away. Since some of that waste is disassembled (2 computers in particular - I wanted to remove the hard drives), it would probably strike someone as something I had intentionally saved or collected. For some art project? For scrap metals? (Then why did she keep the plastic casing?...)

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ArachnidinElmet
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
theater props. There's a rubber chicken in my kitchen... a rubber skull (life sized) on a shelf.
... it might look a little odd to the wrong people.

Everyone has skeletons don't they? [Biased] I have a number of them, including a paper skull, all that's left from a life-size paper skellie (Bob, since you ask). When leaving university my Dad brought me home with my gear in the car; I had to sit with the full skeleton on my knee praying not to get stopped on the way.

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In college I had a lawn sprinkler on my wall. I suppose it's around somewhere...

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Boogie

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quote:
Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Everyone has skeletons don't they?

A baboon skull and a monkey skull ... inherited when my older brother left home for university, I took over his room and the skulls came with it.


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I have a 43-year-old Plymouth convertible on my back patio; it has been there for about 25 years. I taught my wife how to drive in it on our honeymoon. I bought it in 1977. It is light-years too expensive to restore it, so I think I'll advertise it as a parts car in January and try to get rid of it along with some unused building materials.

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I have a few animal skulls (but then, I was once an archaeologist). I also have a random selection of human bones at the top of my wardrobe - I think they were once part of a skeleton for an anatomy class, but I'd rather like to dispose of them, and I can't just throw them in the bin!

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I was thinking I don't have too many strange things other than an inordinate number of books. Then I noticed the Klein bottle and the railroad lantern on the mantel.
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People might possibly wonder about my (working) collection of music books. Some of them exist in several different versions, by various publishers, because of the differences in engraving. For instance, the Schirmer editions of both books of 'The Well Tempered Clavichord' never get played anymore, but the Kalmus editions are played frequently.

Yes, I have been asked why! Several times. [Roll Eyes]

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Heavenly Anarchist
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We have 7 sewing machines, a large Argon ion laser in the loft and an x-ray box. I'm a part-time seamstress and my other half is a quantum physicist, so not unreasonable.
More intriguing might be that I spent at least 7 years visiting forums whilst using the username puddlepants : ) That used to raise a few eyebrows.

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Avila
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I have plenty of space - and fill it! I currently have a collection of empty bottles some of which have had the bottoms cut off. A second microwave for my mini kiln, and a broken vase. The bottles are part of my experiments with fusing recycled glass, the vase though is there because you never know when a prop about brokenness may come in useful...

And that's not including the eggboxes and other assorted things I claim to keep for children's craft (even if they have been there for 2-3 years so far...)

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Heavenly Anarchist
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quote:
Originally posted by Avila:
I have plenty of space - and fill it! I currently have a collection of empty bottles some of which have had the bottoms cut off. A second microwave for my mini kiln, and a broken vase. The bottles are part of my experiments with fusing recycled glass, the vase though is there because you never know when a prop about brokenness may come in useful...

And that's not including the eggboxes and other assorted things I claim to keep for children's craft (even if they have been there for 2-3 years so far...)

I have collection of empty bottles too, for slumping in my small craft kiln ( I also have a microwave kiln which I use for jewellery).

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Avila
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Tangent....

What kiln do you use for slumping? I am currently looking at getting one but the size I can stretch to would not be enough for full size wine bottles....

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Heavenly Anarchist
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I've only got a little sc2 so can only do small bottles and jars - cue me buying miniature bottles of wine [Smile] So I can do recycled spoon rests but not serving trays/cheese boards. Mostly I do jewellery, candle holders, bowls etc. I've only had it a few months. I still use the microwave kiln for some jewellery as it has instant results.

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Books. There are books everywhere.

Some one asked me if I was a teacher- he could not imagine why anyone would have all these books without a reason. And to be fair to him. only one bookshelf has fiction. All the others, in my study, living room, bedroom, landing and kitchen are non fiction.

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I have a collection of memorabilia from the 1851 Great Exhibition, but most of my junk is unidentifiable - a legacy from ebay, where my favourite search terms are "unknown" and "mystery item".

I briefly owned a "leather" bottle, fashioned from a scrotum, but I felt this would better enhance my father's collection.

My long-suffering wife is generally understanding, but drew the line at an elephant's foot umbrella stand, a cast-iron tortoise spittoon, and an eighteenth century prosthetic arm....complete with rusting hook. There's no accounting for taste - or (in her case) the lack of it.

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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
Books. There are books everywhere.

Some one asked me if I was a teacher- he could not imagine why anyone would have all these books without a reason. And to be fair to him. only one bookshelf has fiction. All the others, in my study, living room, bedroom, landing and kitchen are non fiction.

But this is supposed to be about strange things! There's nothing strange about lots of books!

What I can never comprehend is a home with one bookcase -- most of which contains knick-knacks instead of books. [Disappointed]

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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Weeder:
[qb] Books. There are books everywhere.

What I can never comprehend is a home with one bookcase -- most of which contains knick-knacks instead of books. [Disappointed]

I once attended a party at the house of a couple in my volleyball group. Being the unsocial person, after a while I wanted to browse their books. Careful and tactful search showed they had a bible and the newspaper as the only reading matter in the house. I recall breaking out in a cold sweat on discovering this.
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
But this is supposed to be about strange things! There's nothing strange about lots of books!

What I can never comprehend is a home with one bookcase -- most of which contains knick-knacks instead of books. [Disappointed]

Or, just as bad, arranged by colour (blue in the dining room, green in the hall, any other colour not welcome), with knick-knacks arranged along the edge in front of the books, so that the books are completely inaccessible without dismantling everything. My mother-in-law, in case you were wondering.

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quote:
Originally posted by The Rhythm Methodist:

....a cast-iron tortoise spittoon ......

One of these on Antiques Road Show last month. Ł4k

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Polly Plummer
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Last time we moved house, one of the removal men said "Why have you got all these boxes marked Books? Are you an accountant?" I said "No, they're books to read". He said "Blimey! Hear that, Bill? they're ordinary reading books!" and Bill said "Blimey!"
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quote:
Originally posted by Polly Plummer:
Last time we moved house, one of the removal men said "Why have you got all these boxes marked Books? Are you an accountant?" I said "No, they're books to read". He said "Blimey! Hear that, Bill? they're ordinary reading books!" and Bill said "Blimey!"

Some years ago, when bf and I were moving from respective flats to new house, the removal men came for my stuff first, because I had the teensy 2 room place one flight up - whereas flat no 2 was both large and at the top of 90 stairs.

'Look at all them books!' they said when they saw my shelves. Oh dear, I thought. Oh dear. Oh dear.

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Two of my dearest friends have two bookcases. One holds an ancient encyclopaedia. The other hold a small assortment of books about cats, and cat ornaments. Whenever I visit, I bring an assortment of books to read. I can deal with no computer, but not with no books.

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Back to skeletons (of course), I once heard someone who had to transport a skeleton across town and wanted to carry it as a motorbike pillion. To turn a few heads, I suppose.

They couldn't do it, though, as they couldn't find a crash helmet to fit!

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Once here in Mozambique, a friend asked me to take a full-sized dress-doll with me when I was driving to another city. The doll wasn't exactly in one piece anymore, so there were various loose limbs in the back of my pick-up truck.

Normally in this country, the police puts up many road blocks where they want to search the contents of your car. This time, I so wanted that they'd look in the back. But alas, they didn't [Biased]

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This is a great thread. I am quite a horder too.

I justify it by calling stuff found objects !

I am a sucker for anything interesting or strangely facinating.

I have a number of teapots and all kinds of stones and bark.

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The Rhythm Methodist said

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most of my junk is unidentifiable - a legacy from ebay, where my favourite search terms are "unknown" and "mystery item".
Ooooh, you bad man. That's planted a seed in me which didn't need planting.

I love old shite, especially value-less old shite. I go right off things which later turn out to be 'collectible'. But around here, people sometimes do me the favour of stealing such items, like my petrol pump.

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When people come into our living room the first thing they notice is the books over flowing, the second thing is the teapots on every available surface and then, once they sit down their eyes wander to the plant pot full of tea strainers sat on the fireplace opposite the copper bucket.

Why, they ask, would anyone want or need 30 odd plastic tea strainers from the asda smart price range.

To go with all the teapots of course.

This generally bemuses them until I explain that we have a huge collection of china for our wedding in May.

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Less easy to explain is my collection of stones with holes in.

Visitors seize instead with relief upon the sight of the neat row of Devon Buses, or the groups of little pottery houses. At least those are normal.

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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
Less easy to explain is my collection of stones with holes in.

You mean there are people who don't collect stones with holes in them? Shame on them.

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I have 68 old cameras (OK, 67 plus a new one, plus the crap one on my phone).

I also have a collection of coffin furniture and two photos of Edwardian funerals.

For some reason, one starts more conversations than the other...

AG

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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
Less easy to explain is my collection of stones with holes in.

We call them bricks [Razz]

To be collectable stones, especially pebbles, have to have a marbling pattern to them. And small. Except for the ones which are flat enough for skimming, as these are always skimmed, no matter how beautiful the patterning.

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I have a large collection of assorted wine-bottle corks on my kitchen counter. I plan to make a hotpad out of some of them. They need to be decanted into a large bucket so we can do more sophisticated cooking.

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quote:
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I have a large collection of assorted wine-bottle corks on my kitchen counter. I plan to make a hotpad out of some of them. They need to be decanted into a large bucket so we can do more sophisticated cooking.

My wife and I kept a champagne cork (or Cava when we were poorer) for each wedding anniversary in a special box. It filled up after about 20 years so it was divorce or dump the corks. We're still married.

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The Machine Elf

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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
Less easy to explain is my collection of stones with holes in.

Did they have holes in them before you collected them?

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My wife disposes of anything and everything in her periodic Angel of Destruction moods.

Last week she informed me she had disposed of “those old roots in peat moss” in my workshop. “They are called dahlias” I told her.

Nothing is safe chez nous.

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Lothlorien
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quote:
Originally posted by que sais-je:
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I have a large collection of assorted wine-bottle corks on my kitchen counter. I plan to make a hotpad out of some of them. They need to be decanted into a large bucket so we can do more sophisticated cooking.

My wife and I kept a champagne cork (or Cava when we were poorer) for each wedding anniversary in a special box. It filled up after about 20 years so it was divorce or dump the corks. We're still married.
My family uses the corks from celebratory bubbles and each member there writes a prediction. eg birthdate if there is a pregnancy, exam marks or whatever suits the occasion. We do this only for the bigger occasions so not too many corks. Minor birthdays etc are marked but corks are pitched.

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Bob Two-Owls
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I have a shelf covered in balls of wax. Everytime I get a nice waxed cheese or descnd to the level of eating mini-babybels I roll the wax into a ball and roll the balls together until they are in the golf-tennis ball size. I then inscribe the rolling date on them and place themon the shelf.

Apart, that is, for the browny-yellow one. That was from a competition I had with my drinking buddies to create the largest ball of earwax (inspired by Father Ted). I kept going after the weigh-in with mine and now I have seven years of my earwax in one fist-sized lump.

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Firenze

Ordinary decent pagan
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:

now I have seven years of my earwax in one fist-sized lump.

Waaaaay TMI.
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The Rhythm Methodist
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_in_manchester
Ooooh, you bad man. That's planted a seed in me which didn't need planting.

I love old shite, especially value-less old shite. I go right off things which later turn out to be 'collectible'.

It took me years to come to terms with the fact that my tastes extended way past traditional antiques, and into the realms of "value-less old shite" - as you so aptly put it. I find beauty in strange places, and I'm sometimes even moved by objects which saner people would not afford a second glance.

The current love of my life is an old explosives chest - a crusty old Victorian thing made of steel banded, 2 inch thick wood....immensely heavy. Having finally got it home, I was overwhelmed by the compulsion to see if I could fit inside and close the lid. I later phoned my father to tell him of my acquisition of this incredible artefact. He interrupted me with, "Can you fit inside it, son?" It seems
there may be an hereditary problem!

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Chorister

Completely Frocked
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Originally posted by The Machine Elf:
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Originally posted by Chorister:
Less easy to explain is my collection of stones with holes in.

Did they have holes in them before you collected them?
Yes. That is why I collected them. (rather like why you buy Polos, not just any old mints)

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Garasu
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One does?

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"Could I believe in the doctrine without believing in the deity?". - Modesitt, L. E., Jr., 1943- Imager.

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