What did you collect when you were younger that you no longer collect?

nothing

most things i collected when i was younger i still collect such as porcelin dolls and waterglobes

When I was a kid, I used to collect model airplanes.

lice

Tarzan comics (kid); miniature people, furniture, boats, cars & trucks (kid); Rolling Stones LPs and memorabilia (cardboard promo items, etc.) (younger adult); Mexican colonial heavy brown furniture (younger adult); dance music 12" singles (younger adult); badges with sayings, like "Make Love Not War" (younger adult); Grateful Dead LPs (younger adult) -- all that come to mind right now.

Lots of things--seashells, rocks, Beatles stuff, 45' s (records), gum wrappers (to make chains out of), That's about all I can think of

Model cars. I wish I still had them - I'd be rich.

Souvenir spoons. I still have some of them, but I don't collect them anymore.

Gum wrapers to make chains out of, records, the records I gave to my sister because she likes them and they have some value to them, I just lost intrest in them, my sister has some costume jewelery, I lost intrest in too.

i used to collect star/celebrity photos.......... i still have the collection but don't send for them anymore. i have some pretty good ones.

popcicle sticks, stickers/decals (including some collectible series like Wacky Packages), matchbooks, comics, Magazines (Dynamite, Omni), posters, vinyl albums ...

When I was real young I used to collect those little match-box cars and hot-wheel cars. Then in my teens I collected snakes and other reptiles. At one time I had over 150 snakes, a bunch of different lizards. I also raised mice and rats for snake food.

I used to collect stamps for a period of time.
I used to collect those special Canadian quarters until I spent them all.

Cards

Cartoons to i love the cartoons there the best

I loved Alf and collected anything that had him on it. I've still got my Alf doll, but everything else has disappeared over time.

I collected bird figurines for a few years. I had a ton of them. I'm not sure why I choose to collect them, though. I don't even like most of them now.

I didn't collect anything really.

SMURFS

Postage stamps.

Neighbours cards (Ozzie Soap), Elvis cards, stickers

magic the gathering cards. Its been ages since I last played that game. Also, imho, the game has so many flaws with it, but thats another story.

All right! Another Elvis fan! Rock on!!

Those high-bouncing balls you get from a machine for a quarter, Garbage Pail Kids cards, the little slip of paper that sticks out of hershey's kisses, fortunes from fortune cookies... I was a real packrat. Other things I still do collect: things that glow in the dark, little plastic/rubber lizards and frogs, quirky little toys.

key fobs

Teddy bear ornaments. I had loads.

Lego

Marbles and postcards. My sister collected jokers from decks of cards.

I used to collect stamps and coins, but I just don't have the time I used to. But now I like antiques.

Sugar packets.
I also had an obsessive collection of international beer cans which surrounded the living room on perimeter shelves near the ceiling. Each had been opened with a nail from underneath, and preserved. I had multiple copies of each filed away in boxes in the garage, and a data base of my inventory.
It would take a lot more effort to describe all the things I still do collect. Metaphysical toys and knick-knacks is the main one though, especially optics and spherical things, and items that conjure an affinity with ancient cultures or different ways of seeing things.

Rocks. I used to have quite a large rock collection when I was a kid. I had books about rocks too, an identification kit and some other accoutrements...

Stickers and Garbage Pail Kids cards (for those of you who have no idea what those are, they were a demented collector-card spoof of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls).

Garbage Pail Kids were the shiz-nit! Do you still have yours? I thought I was the only one in the universe that remembers them!

Oh yeah, for a while I collected Wacky Packages cards (ancient precursors to the Garbage Pail Kids cards).

I think they're still in my closet in my mom's house... somewhere under all my junk. I think I had at least a couple hundred, since I inherited my older brother's collection, too, when he lost interest in them. It was great when the card with your friend's name (or your sibling's!) was truly offensive.

Cat figurines all sizes, all kinds.

fireflies!

umm... beats me...

head pigeons!!

Why is his head so big?whhhy is his head sooooooo biiiiiiiiiiggggggggg?

*beats you*
*runs*

No kidding - chewed chewing gum! All the colours! (Only ones that I chewed though!)
I haven't thought of that in a while, if it wasn't for this survey; I never would have remembered this!

Wow! Looks like I'm the only one with this strange collection...

I forgot to mention a couple of things I used to collect -- those little cardboard (larger than post-card size) miniature psychedelic-posters that used to be used to advertise rock bands in San Francisco was another thing. Also blacklight, psychedelic-type, and op-art posters of regular size. Also certain types of videotapes that either showed a lowflying plane flying over the countryside and cities or video-art images that were supposed to assist meditation, relaxation, etc. -- these latter are still available in "new age"-type catalogs; I used to call 'em "trip tapes." Got rid of all this stuff years ago though; too bad, some might be valuable now-especially those rockband poster-cards.

I got rid of my gum collection on the insistence of my Mom and sister (she shared the room with me) because I kept my collection stuck to the headboard of my bed. She said it grossed her out... I still don't get it!
I don't regret getting rid of it - it wouldn't have accrued any kind of value no matter how old it was!

Comic books. In fact, they would probably be worth something if I still had them now.

"Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?" Lyrics from an old novelty pop tune.

Not all of them... I did notice that some kept their flavour!!

Thimbles. I now collect Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) stuff.

stuffed animals

I seem to recall someone else here collects Piglet stuff.

Barbie Dolls. Cabbage Patch Kids, Garbage Pail Kids, Business Cards

boys

Food Stamps

Really, nothing? Sounds almost unbelievable. No dolls, books, coins, nothing? Surely you can think of something. What do you collect now?

I collect ashtrays and milk glass and shot glasses. I had things as a child but not a collection of any specific thing.

Coins, stamps, feathers, stones, bottles...

YUp, i've got the clock (with swinging hips), posters, CD's, tapes, records, wall hangings, earrings...

All right! Ever been to Graceland?

Nope, live in New Zealand and costs a fortune to get there, would love to though. You?

I went there back in 1989. I enjoyed it, but my visit could have been better--my tour group was in such a rush to get to another destination (it was a multiple-destination trip) that I didn't have time to really take my time and see it all thoroughly.

Are you planning on going back then?

Hopefully someday.

How'd you get to NZ? parents? born there? I want to myself, but it seems they want you to be rich to allow you citizenship. I'd want to run a llama ranch and small internet media enterprise.

Yeah i was born here, so were both my parents. They don't want you to be rich, but you do have to get a certain number of 'points' to get in the country, these 'points' are made up of amount of money you are bringing with you, if you have a job here, if you have family here, if you have University degrees (education) etc...

I don't have any money, and about 20 years of community college courses, which don't really seem to be part of the point map. I'd be self-employed, but at a sustenance level, not as an employer. Investment money, profit-loss statement, masters degree - any way you look at it, it seemed to be looking for how much profit you would bring to NZ, and not just could you you make a living for yourself. I'd love to be wrong about that though.

After years of people coming here who are simply now just bludging off our country, while us hard working people who pay taxes are paying for them to be here, i can understand it.

well thanks, I'm not giving up hope.

I need to collect some of those right now. Too bad, we must just go hungry.

Do you have any family to help you? Why don't you qualify for food stamps? How many kids did you say you have at home? Many churches have food pantrys. They give away groceries to the less fortunate. My mothers church does this for her. You should not have to go hungry. There are ways. You can make it happen. Be brave.

Thanks Kitti. Nah, where I live about 300 miles from the closest family. We are all by ourselves (immediate family) down here. I had to leave my hometown in 1994 because I couldn't be around after the ex got out of prison. He was sent in 1993 because he tried to kill me with a baseball bat. I have 3 kids in the home right now--my two daughters and my grandson also me and my husband (he's disabled). My 19 year old son is in college and only comes home during the summer. He will be here soon. They say our income is over. My husband receives SSI and I work full-time. I have used churches in the past. I feel so bad that I work and still cannot make it. I am looking for a job I can do on the weekend. My other is 8-5 monday-friday. My dad sends us a check usually around the first of the month to help buy diapers and milk for the baby, and I sure appreciate it. It's just that I feel bad seeing someone on welfare and buying all those goodies and I cannot afford to buy those for my family. We eat a lot of beans, rice and potatoes. I usually buy in bulk because it is cheaper and I do coupons all the time, if it is going to save money. I even used coupons all the years I was able to collect food stamps. It sure helped me buy more.

How old are your daughters? Do they work and help w. finances too?

No the oldest ( the mom of my grandchild) is 16, she is going to work this summer. The other is 14 and will be working with a youth program this summer.

Do you have custody of your grandchild? Your daughter should be able to get some sort of government support for her child. WIC or food stamps, No?

I don't have custody of my grandson. Adrianna receives WIC only. Everything else is based on my income so she cannot receive any other stipends of any sort.

Nothing

Stickers.

football aka soccer stickers

dolls