What do you hoard/collect besides oil?

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I hoard empty space in my house. If I see something lying around that hasn't been used in at least a year, it's going in the trash or in the pile for Goodwill donations. I'm sick of all the useless clutter in the garage, basement, shed, kid's bedroom, etc......




That's a great attitude that my wife had for about 2 decades as the kids (of various ages) were growing up. Except that she did it on a biannual basis ...she sold it for $0.05/the $ in a yard sale ...then proceeded to purchase new things to take up the empty space. Repeated it annually.

There are several third world nations that owe my wife a sincere expression of gratitude for providing, either directly or indirectly, the majority of their GDP.
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Pocketknives. Dunno how many for sure, but far more than I could ever use. Lots of Victorinox Swiss Army knives, in various models. Some modern one-handed lockbacks, Kershaw, Benchmade, Cold Steel, a few others. About a dozen MIB yellow-handled Case pocketknives. Some French Opinels in size #'s 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10. Plus about a dozen or so various belt knives. Pretty silly of me, I'll admit- especially since I can do about 95% of what I need a pocketknife to do these days with a tiny Wenger or Victorinox keychain knife.
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Radios, all solid state. Small to medium AM/FMs, mostly Sonys. The Sonys seem to have this nasty habit of working well for years on end.
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4 or 5 medium to large GE's, including an old chrome-grilled AM only model(P-780), a Superadio III and a basket-case Superadio 1. Also: Too many small to medium-large Shortwave portable models- 3 modern digital models, the rest analog. Includes one 1980's JVC SW/AM/FM/Cassette boombox. Also kinda silly of me, since shortwave seems to be dying off fast. #1 Example- the BBC no longer targets a single SW broadcast to the USA, and is greatly reduced on SW everywhere.

Ammo- haven't bought any for several years. Mostly .22 LR bought on sale in 500-round bricks, maybe 3000-4000 rounds in bricks, plus another 1500 or so in single boxes- some over 20 yrs old I'm sure. When the Bud's Discount centers closed down some years back, I got 12 ga 00 buck for cheap- easily a lifetime supply, prime fodder for the "house gun". No place to go shoot around here now- and I live in the semi-boonies.
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Pellet guns- have several nice ones that I never get to shoot, just got too civilized around here. One break-action spring-piston Chinese B-19 .22 cal rifle worked over by air rifle tuner "Charlie Da Tuna", a Crossman .177 pump-up pistol that shoots like a rifle, a real nice late 1970's Sheridan Blue Streak .20 cal/5mm pump-up, and a near collector grade old Benjamin .22 cal pump-up #342. Plus the old home-repaired .22 Benjamin Dad & I rebuilt when I was about 14. Haven't bought any for a few years now, have no plans to get more. Oh yeah- I'll confess to having too many pellets for 'em too.
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Here lately- I've been downloading lots of Old Time Radio programs for free(legally)- does that count as hoarding?
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Spent too many evenings doing it, but now have at least a couple hundred hours to play on my new El Cheepo MP3/WMA player. I even downloaded some today- The Avenger . I especially like Red Skelton & Jack Benny.
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I hoard BMW 528es. I have a spare parts car for every runner. I am up grading my fleet constantly. My spousal unit has persuaded me to cut back. Sure, now that Ive gotten her out of a battered ol' 86 into a pristine 80kmile 88. I'm fixing up a 117kmile 88 to eventually replace my 338k miler. Best cars Ive ever owned. I can maintain them in my driveway and I enjoy it.
 
speakers and amplifiers...

I have at least 23 speaker cabinets.
I have at least 70 individual speakers some in a cabinet, some not
I have at least 10 amplifiers

Most of this is in one room...my wife thinks I am insane, until we watch a movie;-)
 
Ammo. A little low right now (too much shooting)...down to about 30,000 rounds.
 
Don't know if this counts but I hoard wood to use in my smokers. Right now I have stacks of apple,hickory,oak,cherry and mesquite.Will be getting some pecan from a neighbor when he trims his trees in the spring.
 
Noooooooo....
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Not a flashlight forum.

Now I gotta go over there and make a few hundred posts.
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I hoard non-perishable food, and MANY other things in case of an emergency, can't get to a store, etc.

I hoard wood - I have enough to burn most every day for the next 4+ years.

What happens if the Internet SHUTS DOWN...??? Can you then get to your money...???
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How would you feel --->
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PREPARE, friends, because bad things happen.
 
ammo, bicentennial quarters, watches. And I'm still working the state quarter map.

I come from a long line of pack rats. It's hereditary I tell you.
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Past hoardes include stamps, coins, beer cans and flashlights. Thankfully I am learning to somewhat control the hoarding gene and have gotten rid of all past stashes but the coins.
 
I just scored another fluid. Nexxus hair stuff is one of my weaknesses, been looking for a deal for a while. JCPenny salon cleared out the Nexxus Phyto-Organic line, normally $11/300ml, I scored 8 twin-packs (shampoo/conditioner), 16 bottles for $2 each. I'm good for 5-6 years. Yes, it is stored next to the Pennzoil Platinum.
 
Ammunition.

Everybody else must be doing the same seeing how we are headed for 8 years of repeating Billary and the prices are skyrocketing.
 
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