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tedzan
10-12-2017, 07:37 PM
Well, for starters, I collect classic Thunderbirds. This 1957 is a "rare bird", it's powered by a 312 Cubic-inch V-8. It's trans is a 3-speed floor shift with Overdrive.
With the Willow Green color, only 150 such T-Birds were produced out of a total of 24,000 T-Birds in 1957.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/tedz57tbirdmmbattennis.jpg



And, here is my 1960 T-Bird (4-seater) that boasts a 352 Cubic-inch engine with 10.5 to 1 compression ratio. Both these cars have 4-barrel Holley carburetors
which are fun (and challenging) to rebuild. Which I did often because of this crappy ethanol gas. In recent years, I've gotten smarter since I get aircraft fuel at
a nearby airport.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/1960TBIRDwoodshed.jpg



I'm also an avid LIONEL train collector.


And, I play 2 hours (singles) of Tennis 2 days of every week. Also, I have laid out a grass tennis court in my back yard (which I practice on regularly).



TED Z
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Jason
10-12-2017, 08:02 PM
Nice cars. I havent gotten into the classic cars yet. It wont be long though as im craving some old fashioned American muscle to pair with my new fashioned American muscle:D

To the question at hand, the only other collecting I do on even a semi regular basis is Silver and Golden age comics. My current project that I add to maybe twice a year is a Amazing Spiderman run of 1-51.

jfkheat
10-12-2017, 08:06 PM
I am also into cars, More specifically, muscle cars. I own a 1968 Beaumont SD 396. It is basically the same as a Chevelle but built and sold in Canada. There were 702 built and it is estimated that there are 70 to 100 left.
James

bnorth
10-12-2017, 08:41 PM
Cool cars guys. I don't have a pic of mine, it has been in storage for a few years now because I got too stupid to drive it somewhat normally. I have a 1983 Porsche 944 with every go fast upgrade imaginable on it. Because it has been sitting I need to change the timing/balance shaft belts before it can be started.

This is a few pics of a friends muscle car right before it was finished a few months ago. Yes that hillbilly really used a Busch Light beer can as a radiator overflow container.:) It has around 600hp and is really fun to drive.

bbcard1
10-12-2017, 08:58 PM
Guitar, APBA, public service.

T_Hamilton
10-12-2017, 09:08 PM
Bourbon collector here

bnorth
10-12-2017, 09:11 PM
I believe I have some hoarder in me.:D Over the years i have collected a little bit of everything. I really need to get rid of a ton of stuff but rarely sell and keep buying stuff i really do not need. I think most of us can relate to that.

Here is my Ninja. Because it is so easy to get hurt on it i am smart enought to keep it at or under the speed limit. A small fraction of the action figures, salt/pepper shakers, and other small junk I collect. Lets not forget the guitars i have not picked up in about a year.:)

oldjudge
10-12-2017, 11:45 PM
Cone seashells-a carnivorous, highly poisonous snail. Some varieties are as deadly as a cobra; if bitten, a man will die in 5 minutes.

trdcrdkid
10-12-2017, 11:52 PM
Another packrat here. In addition to baseball cards and hobby publications, I also collect nonsport N and T cards (of which I have a couple thousand or so), 19th century advertising trade cards (of which I have an estimated 5000, maybe more), and tabletop baseball games (of which I have a closet full). I also have over 5000 books, though that's not really a collection in the same sense, because I read a lot of them and use them for reference. I also go to a lot of theater, mainly in Chicago (where I live) and London (where I usually go once a year or so), and I used to study and perform improv back in the day (15-20 years ago) before giving it up because I didn't have the necessary time to devote to it. I also do a lot of research and writing on Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater history, which I guess counts as a hobby since I (mostly) don't get paid for it.

Griffins
10-13-2017, 12:59 AM
Cone seashells-a carnivorous, highly poisonous snail. Some varieties are as deadly as a cobra; if bitten, a man will die in 5 minutes.

I've come across some of those diving in the South Pacific- some have darts they throw out with venom. Never pick one up. Wish I'd gotten to see that collection when I was at your house Jay, they look pretty spectacular.


Besides cards I travel a lot, typically developing countries, about half the time on scuba trips. While photography is my work at home (for advertising purposes) my hobby is travel and underwater photography. Eventually those images make it to my instagram account, @anthonynex

Tabe
10-13-2017, 01:31 AM
Right now, my main hobby is Rubik's Cube speedsolving and puzzle collecting. I've solved the cube in 29 seconds and have a collection of roughly 70 puzzles of various shapes and sizes.

Brian Van Horn
10-13-2017, 04:35 AM
Pretty much just card collecting, but checking into another idea to keep me busy.

Jantz
10-13-2017, 05:41 AM
Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

Eggoman
10-13-2017, 06:07 AM
Vintage Halloweenia (Pre-War, especially, of course!!!)

Rich Falvo
10-13-2017, 06:29 AM
I used to dabble a little bit in collecting currency. These days, I really only look for small-size National Banknotes for a few select banks, mainly in RI. It's been a long time since I could add anything to that collection, so that's why my focused shifted back to my T206 Providence collection.

irv
10-13-2017, 06:31 AM
I am also into cars, although this hasn't moved in 15 years due to a cooked motor. I also boat, fish, tube, water ski and have a summer escape I try to get to as much as possible in the summer.

I use to ATV and dirt bike (this one is sold I believe?) and I am currently still an avid snowmobiler.
Aside from those I am also an assistant coach and hockey trainer for my son's hockey team, which keeps me fairly busy at times!

Most mechanical work I try and do myself, including work on my vehicles, snowmobiles, etc plus I also do a little on the side for some of my friends.

I am hoping to retire in less than 2 yrs, and I am looking forward to it! I currently work at Darlington Nuclear plant and have been here close to 35 yrs now. I started when I was 18 and I am currently 53. Freedom 55 is looking really good!

arcadekrazy
10-13-2017, 06:49 AM
Outside of my passion for vintage NY Highlanders items, I am avid collector, preserver, restorer and hoarder of classic Video Arcade machines (therein lies the genesis o my Net54 sobriquet)

leaflover
10-13-2017, 07:30 AM
The ideal foursome ...... My Son, Myself, My Bookie and My Bartender.

smellthegum
10-13-2017, 07:36 AM
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smellthegum
10-13-2017, 07:45 AM
I also collect vintage beer advertising and have done so since I was a kid in the mid-70s. As for active hobbies, I'm an avid bass fisherman and dabble in bird photography.

http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/Narryshelf2015.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/2015stuff-1.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/triton.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/hummingbird.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/housefinch.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/wren.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/goldfinch.jpg
http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/grackle1.jpg

OsFan
10-13-2017, 09:12 AM
Love the beer cans and advertisements. Thought about starting up a small collection for years just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Great stuff.

OsFan
10-13-2017, 09:28 AM
I’m also into these round disc things that play music.

markf31
10-13-2017, 09:33 AM
I am also a woodworker. I design and build custom furniture and have done projects as small as keepsake boxes to an entire set of custom kitchen cabinets. Most of my project designs and builds are dressers, chests of drawers and tables though.

Over the past couple of years I have become primarily a hand tool woodworker, I do use a table saw and band saw for some tasks such as breaking down rough stock, but I would say 95% of my work is now done with hand tools including all of the joinery in the two pieces I built below.

I have a plan to build all the furniture in my house myself, and I work on those projects between projects family members ask for and commissions for friends or word of mouth referrals from previous customers.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1015&pictureid=23204

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1015&pictureid=23205

OsFan
10-13-2017, 09:39 AM
…aand also these.

darwinbulldog
10-13-2017, 12:07 PM
Handicapping, mostly football, but February/March finds me spending a lot of time in prep for the NCAA tourney. I've been competing in a group of about 100 people since 2007 and have finished 1st in football 3 of those years and 1st in March Madness two of those years (plus a 2nd place finish the year 8 seed Kentucky played 7 seed UConn in the final). The profits mostly come back here to my primary hobby.

glynparson
10-13-2017, 03:14 PM
including but not limited to vintage Hartlands both sports and Westerns, Vinyl records, Star Wars figures and accessories, various other action figures, concert posters, grateful dead items,comics, and various other things i find interesting.

rgpete
10-13-2017, 03:34 PM
Custom Wood Furniture and figures

39special
10-13-2017, 04:43 PM
Cars.I have been building hot rods for 30+ years.Right now I have a 39 Buick street rod,a '55
Oldsmobile,and a '70 Nova SS.I'll try to post some pictures if I can figure how to with my phone.

garymc
10-13-2017, 04:46 PM
I mill my own wood with a chainsaw and build custom furniture and hand carve decorative designs on them. Thinking of making a custom sports card area with work area/desk, cabinets with drawers and displays.....

rgpete
10-13-2017, 04:49 PM
One more I made this Wine Rack for over the sink using Red Oak. My wife switch the stove/oven ( Down Draft) to the center island from the wall ,so she could watch TV

rgpete
10-13-2017, 05:16 PM
Frame off restoration with my son. We started when he was 14 and finished when he got his drivers license. The only things original on the 87 YJ were the body and the AMC straight six . We deep sixed the FRENCH Transnition. My son did most of the work

rgpete
10-13-2017, 05:39 PM
I mill my own wood with a chainsaw and build custom furniture and hand carve decorative designs on them. Thinking of making a custom sports card area with work area/desk, cabinets with drawers and displays.....

Very nice Craftsmanship

Tao_Moko
10-13-2017, 06:23 PM
Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

I have two ponds and a river on my farm. I catch these as consolation prizes when the trout are hiding.

tedzan
10-13-2017, 06:26 PM
You guys are posting some really fantastic stuff.



I forgot to mention of my most enduring hobby.....Stamp collecting. My collection consists of postage from almost every country.
Recent years, I have specialized more on U.S. stamps (also uncut sheets), and British Colonials. Here is an example of the latter:

Pitcairn Islands was uninhabited until 1790, when the mutineers of British ship the "Bounty" sought refuge on these Islands. This
set of 10 stamps was issued in 1940 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of that famous event.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/PitcairnIsles10stampsSet50x.jpg


I think I learned more about World History and Geography from stamp collecting than I did in in school.


On display here are the very first U.S. stamps. On the 2nd page are the first set of U.S. commemoratives.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1847USStampsAlbumPage18x.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1869USBankNoteStamps19x.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/1939NYWorldsFairUncutSheet.jpg



TED Z
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BleedinBlue
10-13-2017, 09:55 PM
I just completed my second 32000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Took most of a year. This is a pic of the first one I finished. The second pic is the second puzzle. It’s an in process picture from before I finished the job.

oldjudge
10-13-2017, 10:42 PM
A new addition to the cone collection, a Conus Excelsus from Balut Island in the Philippines

quitcrab
10-14-2017, 05:17 AM
I collect vinyl records,rock posters ( Fillmore),Springsteen stuff,and I own two classic Ford's...a 66 mustang convertible and a f100 pick up.

Fistner10
10-14-2017, 06:24 AM
I just completed my second 32000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Took most of a year. This is a pic of the first one I finished. The second pic is the second puzzle. It’s an in process picture from before I finished the job.

That puzzle is crazy! Where do you get them that big?

obcbobd
10-14-2017, 07:55 AM
I believe I have some hoarder in me.:D Over the years i have collected a little bit of everything. I really need to get rid of a ton of stuff but rarely sell and keep buying stuff i really do not need. I think most of us can relate to that.

Here is my Ninja. Because it is so easy to get hurt on it i am smart enought to keep it at or under the speed limit. A small fraction of the action figures, salt/pepper shakers, and other small junk I collect. Lets not forget the guitars i have not picked up in about a year.:)

Nice to see LEFTY guitars!

bnorth
10-14-2017, 08:56 AM
Nice to see LEFTY guitars!

Weird/funny story on that. When I was young I played the violin for a few years, I played right handed. Several years ago when I decided to try guitar I bought that cheap red Maestro. For some reason my fingers would just not move properly in the different playing position. I turned it into a lefty and it worked for me. So after I decided I liked playing guitar I bought real left handed guitars. In that pic I had just turned the Maestro back into a righty before I sold it, I still have the other 3.

irv
10-14-2017, 11:39 AM
Cars.I have been building hot rods for 30+ years.Right now I have a 39 Buick street rod,a '55
Oldsmobile,and a '70 Nova SS.I'll try to post some pictures if I can figure how to with my phone.

Hopefully you can get some pics up as I'd like to see those!

Frame off restoration with my son. We started when he was 14 and finished when he got his drivers license. The only things original on the 87 YJ were the body and the AMC straight six . We deep sixed the FRENCH Transnition. My son did most of the work

Good job starting them young! I try to get my son involved as much as possible but it's getting harder and harder as he ages. With school, friends and his girlfriend, there never seems to be much time left.
I told him 4 yrs ago (when he was 12) when I gave him my old snowmobile, it is up to you to look after it and maintain it. We haven't sledded much in the last few years due to the lack of snow, but he knows that is still the case if that changes.

BleedinBlue
10-14-2017, 11:48 AM
That puzzle is crazy! Where do you get them that big?

Online. I ordered the NYC SKYLINE puzzle from Walmart.com and picked it up in store a couple days later. The Keith Haring puzzle was recycled from another monster puzzler who finished his up, took it apart and offered it to other puzzlers who wanted the challenge. These two are made by a company called Ravensberger. They now have a 40k puzzle available.

Bigshot69
10-14-2017, 02:43 PM
…aand also these.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2930/14167420180_d133e70907.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5573/14350679431_0972cc2f05.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5555/14352497642_ca8535e44e.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3859/14167495100_544a96fb12.jpg

Beautiful books, especially the TTA 59. I’m into comics as well.

samosa4u
10-14-2017, 05:27 PM
I collect Marilyn Monroe magazines, especially her early foreign covers (which are far more difficult to find compared to her US releases). Here are some popular covers below:

Glamorous Models - Aug, 1949

https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/marilyn-monroe-glamorous-models.jpg?w=475

Scope - Nov, 1952

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/13/b0/85/13b085ce642ac04fa922dc88ec5db10a.jpg

Foto Parade - Dec, 1949

https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/marilyn-monroe-photo-parade.jpg?w=458

tedzan
10-14-2017, 07:09 PM
OK, just one more of my hobbies....I think you'll find this story quite interesting.

I won this Pin-Ball in an auction in 1987. Did not cost me much, as it was in need of repair. Took it apart, loaded it into a Ryder U-Haul truck and drove it 80 miles to my home in Toms River, NJ.
I put my EE mind to work and got it fully operational. For 30 years it has provided my family and friends many hours of enjoyment. It is the very same Pin Ball machines us "dinosaurs" spent all
our nickels on at the Boardwalk Arcades at the Jersey shore playing them for hours and hours back in the 1950's and 1960's.

This machine is considered the "Babe Ruth" model of BB Pin-Ball machines. You get Three Outs and the choice of 3 batting speeds. However, you can score a lot of runs in that inning due to all
the "premium targets" you can aim for. The highest scoring one.....SUPER HOMER.....is a 50-Run target, which has been hit only 6 times in 30 years. Another neat feature of this game are the
plastic players running around the bases with respect to the Hits.

Over the years, several of the Net54 members (or readers) have played my machine and here are some of their scores....

Kim Vida....523 runs

Mark Macrae....502 runs

Pat R....355 runs

Ron Peterson....303 runs (my Grandson, then age 6)

Barry Sloate....score ?


I hold the record with 560 runs. I scored 560 runs on New Years eve 1989....that was the highest that's ever been tallied on my machine. Call it home field advantage.
That nite I hit the ball thru the 50 RUN's target.



http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=87682&highlight=united+super+slugger


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1950unitedsuoerslugger.jpg



TED Z
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bnorth
10-14-2017, 07:23 PM
OK, just one more of my hobbies....I think you'll find this story quite interesting.

I won this Pin-Ball in an auction in 1987. Did not cost me much, as it was in need of repair. Took it apart, loaded it into a Ryder U-Haul truck and drove it 80 miles to my home in Toms River, NJ.
I put my EE mind to work and got it fully operational. For 30 years it has provided my family and friends many hours of enjoyment. It is the very same Pin Ball machines us "dinosaurs" spent all
our nickels on at the Boardwalk Arcades at the Jersey shore playing them for hours and hours back in the 1950's and 1960's.

This machine is considered the "Babe Ruth" model of BB Pin-Ball machines. You get Three Outs and the choice of 3 batting speeds. However, you can score a lot of runs in that inning due to all
the "premium targets" you can aim for. The highest scoring one.....SUPER HOMER.....is a 50-Run target, which has been hit only 6 times in 30 years. Another neat feature of this game are the
plastic players running around the bases with respect to the Hits.

Over the years, several of the Net54 members (or readers) have played my machine and here are some of their scores....

Kim Vida....523 runs

Mark Macrae....502 runs

Pat R....355 runs

Ron Peterson....303 runs (my Grandson, then age 6)

Barry Sloate....score ?


I hold the record with 560 runs. I scored 560 runs on New Years eve 1989....that was the highest that's ever been tallied on my machine. Call it home field advantage.
That nite I hit the ball thru the 50 RUN's target.



http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=87682&highlight=united+super+slugger


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1950unitedsuoerslugger.jpg



TED Z
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Ted that is AWESOME!!! It also brings back a ton of teenage memories. I have played that version and a few others, haven't seen one in close to 30 years.

OsFan
10-14-2017, 08:22 PM
Beautiful books, especially the TTA 59. I’m into comics as well.

Thanks!

wolfdogg
10-14-2017, 09:12 PM
Records but slowed down. And deer hunting 😊

Roulette44
10-15-2017, 08:49 AM
Very big into comics - gold and silver ages mostly.

Justice League, Superman, and showcase are my three favorite runs (have top or Near top registry sets for all three)

Roulette44
10-15-2017, 08:55 AM
Few other shots

Jason
10-15-2017, 11:19 AM
Few other shots

Wow amazing books!

OsFan
10-15-2017, 03:25 PM
Very big into comics - gold and silver ages mostly.

Justice League, Superman, and showcase are my three favorite runs (have top or Near top registry sets for all three)

Brave and the Bold 28 is a top 3 favorite comic for me. Great stuff.

tedzan
10-16-2017, 06:08 PM
Ted that is AWESOME!!! It also brings back a ton of teenage memories. I have played that version and a few others, haven't seen one in close to 30 years.


Thanks, Ben

And, your right.... there's very few of these Super-Slugger Pin-Ball machines still in operation nowadays. I still remember a certain Pin-Ball arcade on the Asbury Park (NJ) boardwalk,
that had the Super-Slugger machine which was quite a treat. Since most of the BB Pin-Ball games along the Jersey Shore were the smaller (simpler) Williams machines.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1950unitedsuoerslugger.jpg


TED Z
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T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)

Bigshot69
10-16-2017, 09:09 PM
Few other shots

That Batman #1 is a beaut, Sir. Looks nicer than 4.5 IMO.

BruceinGa
10-17-2017, 05:54 AM
I collected coins, stamps and bb cards as a kid. I gave away all my cards in the early 60's to a friend and just six months ago gave my stamps and coins to my son.
This past spring I took up wood turning on a lathe and enjoy making lidded boxes and hope to advance to wine bottle stoppers and bowls.
I enjoy golf but don't have much time for it as most of my time is spent practicing, playing and traveling for senior softball. I was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2011 and in 2014 to The Legends of Softball Hall of Fame.
This is only part of my softball awards:
http://i64.tinypic.com/jfknrr.jpg

pow323
10-17-2017, 07:12 AM
I collect other than cards, Fred Kails, used to build models but can`t do that anymore with my hands and eyes, I still have toys when I was a kid that my Mom saved, I still have my coin collection and old Marx train set. I also collect Vintage Christmas Ornaments. Hope you enjoy the pics! Marc

slidekellyslide
10-17-2017, 09:40 AM
About 10 years ago my love for baseball postcards crept over to collecting postcards of my hometown Lincoln, Nebraska. I have about 6,000 different Lincoln cards, and amazingly I still find one or two per week that I don't already have. I keep them in binders in 4 card sheets. Lately a seller on ebay has started listing a collection of Lincoln cards that are just amazing, many of which I'd never seen before. These days I tend to get more excited about these types of finds than I do finds for my baseball collection.

silvor
10-17-2017, 12:50 PM
I am also into cars, although this hasn't moved in 15 years due to a cooked motor.

What year is that Monte? I had a 1975 and would love to have one again. But, after having 3 Mustangs and an old tractor, I realized I wasn't much of a mechanic! :)

steve B
10-17-2017, 07:56 PM
Besides cards and other sports collectibles, I've been into most mainstream hobbies at least a bit.
Stamps, coins, currency, comics, old bottles and insulators, beer cans, a few toys...
I also do a bit of woodworking and metal working, and I'm learning leather working (rented a workshop with a leatherworker friend so I may as well :) )

One of the less mainstream hobbies is old racing bikes - plus others that I happen to like.
This one is a bike built for motorpacing probably in the 1920s or 30's. Probably a Bastide, but it could be a US builder. It was raced in the NYC area, and crashed heavily at some point.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=123&pictureid=15693

This one's a bit more modern, it was built for the US team time trial team for the 1984 Olympics. I haven't researched enough yet to know if it was ridden in the games. 12 were made, and supposedly 11 of them were identical while the fourth was for a particular rider.(Only four team members, so a 1/3 chance) It was pretty much just a frame when I got it, and since most of the parts were special or specially modified I had to make them.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=123&pictureid=3851

I'm still into stamps, but have mostly focused on the Official stamps used from 1873 till the early 1880's
This one is my big find so far, printed from a special plate (#40) on an experimental steam press. There was a small amount of clear information about the use of the plate published in 1902, and a description of how to identify the six different plates was published in 1932, and then the stamps from the two steam press plates just about vanished. To the point that some experts thought the 1902 info might have been a mistake (Luff - the author did make some mistakes) Until I found this one with a portion of the plate number showing. No others have turned up since then, but a few without the plate number are probably identifiable because of this stamp.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=123&pictureid=16704

Steve B

Leon
10-18-2017, 07:33 AM
I don't have any other hobbies. :( ...This one takes all my time, however I do like to play competitive softball but not to the BruceinGA level.

Arazi4442
10-18-2017, 06:06 PM
I tried to get into book collecting about a year ago. I read a lot and thought it might be fun to get some signed first editions of some of my favorites. I got up to about 10 or 12 and kind of died out. I've seen all the posts on here about scammers in the card market. Books seem just as bad or worse. There's no authentication services and just about anyone can fake a signature.
Plus books just sit on your shelf once they're bought, cards seem much more interactive and fun.

JoeDfan
10-18-2017, 06:11 PM
I tend to spend a lot of time alone when I am not working, so to relax, I really enjoy sewing.

I also really love breeding exotic moths, and putting the lotion in the basket.

Oh, I have to go, Precious is barking, and there is someone at the door.

irv
10-18-2017, 06:20 PM
I collect other than cards, Fred Kails, used to build models but can`t do that anymore with my hands and eyes, I still have toys when I was a kid that my Mom saved, I still have my coin collection and old Marx train set. I also collect Vintage Christmas Ornaments. Hope you enjoy the pics! Marc

I like those old looking Street Rods models you have in your second pic. I was collecting Muscle Machines for a while but a dispute happened (allegedly) with who I was purchasing them from (mostly Wal-Mart) and they quit carrying them.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=muscle+machines+1/18&rlz=1C1GGRV_enCA750CA750&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhoPKntPvWAhUIh1QKHa6gDiQQsAQIRg&biw=1280&bih=541

What year is that Monte? I had a 1975 and would love to have one again. But, after having 3 Mustangs and an old tractor, I realized I wasn't much of a mechanic! :)

It's a 74. My Dad bought it in 75 with around 12,000 miles on it. 350 4 barrel with dual exhaust. I got it for graduating grade 12 in 82 and sunk a pile of money into it before I went full in with a Pro Street conversion.

bnorth
10-18-2017, 06:24 PM
I tend to spend a lot of time alone when I am not working, so to relax, I really enjoy sewing.

I also really love breeding exotic moths, and putting the lotion in the basket.

Oh, I have to go, Precious is barking, and there is someone at the door.

Through a mutual friend I can confirm you spend a lot of time alone and use a lot of lotion.:eek::D

JoeDfan
10-18-2017, 06:41 PM
You are too funny.

Say, are you about a size 14? :eek:

brob28
10-18-2017, 06:42 PM
Been scuba diving for 23+ years, see great things in great places with great people :D

spaidly
10-18-2017, 07:05 PM
Bourbon collector here

Me, too.
http://whiskeybent.net

bcbgcbrcb
10-18-2017, 08:53 PM
Well, as a toddler, I enjoyed saving Disney collectibles and toys in the early ‘70’s. By the mid ‘70’s, I had moved on to superheroes and comic books before deciding on sports collectibles from the late ‘70’s through the mid 2010’s. Most recently, I have gotten back into comic books on a very small scale along with related action figures. I also did some ice cream collectibles in between for a few years but eventually lost interest in that. I still do baseball but have been forced to sell most of my stuff in recent years to pay bills, etc.

pingman59
10-19-2017, 07:12 AM
APBA. Replaying the 1955 season, but my replay has stalled because of my BB card collecting.

EYECOLLECTVINTAGE
10-19-2017, 07:24 AM
Don't really know if this counts, but before my achilles rupture I was addicted to playing golf. So relaxing and just you against the course.

Bpm0014
10-19-2017, 08:12 AM
I don't have any other hobbies. ...This one takes all my time, however I do like to play competitive softball but not to the BruceinGA level.

Same here. Although I'm at the tail end of my career, I've had the chance to travel around the country and play ultra-competitive softball for one of the best sponsors around (who spares no expense). 3 more tournaments in Pittsburgh, California, and Vegas, and then done for 2017. Finally.

daves_resale_shop
10-19-2017, 08:28 AM
Took up obstacle course (Spartans etc) racing 2 years back... lot of fun, and they got me in shape for my first marathon...

Best part is having my two biggest fans at every event to cheer me on

BruceinGa
10-19-2017, 09:14 AM
[I] I've had the chance to travel around the country and play ultra-competitive softball for one of the best sponsors around (who spares no expense). 3 more tournaments in Pittsburgh, California, and Vegas, and then done for 2017. Finally.

Last month I played in Vegas in the 55 major nationals and also 65 major plus. Last weekend I played in Pensacola in the SPA Winternationals on a 60 major team and next month I'll be playing in Daytona at the ISSA Winternationals on 70 major plus team. The end of November I'll be in Cocoa Beach attending Softball Magazine's seniorsoftballcamp.com as a hitting instructor.
I just love the game!:D

rjackson44
10-19-2017, 09:18 AM
collect vintage toys and antiques love it

larrie804
10-19-2017, 10:23 AM
Along with Ted and Steve B I have been a stamp collector, in my case for 65 years+! Although I have stamps from all over the world my major collection is of 19th century stamps and covers. I particularly enjoy Civil War covers (and letters), fancy cancels and "stampless covers". I am at the point in my life where I am beginning to sell portions of the collection. The first to be sold will be my collection of Lions stamps and covers...probably one of the most comprehensive in existing.

As a 45 years member of Lions international I also collect Lions International trading pins.

Bpm0014
10-19-2017, 10:29 AM
Last month I played in Vegas in the 55 major nationals and also 65 major plus. Last weekend I played in Pensacola in the SPA Winternationals on a 60 major team and next month I'll be playing in Daytona at the ISSA Winternationals on 70 major plus team. The end of November I'll be in Cocoa Beach attending Softball Magazine's seniorsoftballcamp.com as a hitting instructor.
I just love the game!

That's great! Any WS rings? I'm lucky enough to have 2. I just got back from USSSA Worlds in Orlando. Came in 5th out of 121 (?) I believe.

whaler
10-20-2017, 04:55 AM
Well, for starters, I collect classic Thunderbirds.

Here's my vintage(ish) T-bird:
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1020&pictureid=23270

BruceinGa
10-21-2017, 05:33 PM
Last month I played in Vegas in the 55 major nationals and also 65 major plus. Last weekend I played in Pensacola in the SPA Winternationals on a 60 major team and next month I'll be playing in Daytona at the ISSA Winternationals on 70 major plus team. The end of November I'll be in Cocoa Beach attending Softball Magazine's seniorsoftballcamp.com as a hitting instructor.
I just love the game!

That's great! Any WS rings? I'm lucky enough to have 2. I just got back from USSSA Worlds in Orlando. Came in 5th out of 121 (?) I believe.
I have been on 15 or so national championship teams but only have a couple of rings. The one that I'm most proud of is my 55+ ISA MVP Senior national championship ring. I was selected mvp over teammate Bruce Meade.
Congrats on your 5th place finish out of 121! That's quite an accomplishment.

hcv123
10-21-2017, 09:48 PM
Few other shots

Nice Books :eek:

Beastmode
10-21-2017, 11:24 PM
I just completed my second 32000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Took most of a year. This is a pic of the first one I finished. The second pic is the second puzzle. It’s an in process picture from before I finished the job.

Can you tell me your strategy? My son tried to do a 3,000 piece puzzle and i had to get a 4x8 piece of finished plywood for him to get the thing started. Only got about 1,000 pieces into it and was very difficult.

cardcountry
10-22-2017, 01:14 AM
Cool thread!! I'm writing a musical with my son.