What do you collect?

[Menuhin]

I like gel pens the best

Rollerball pen mechanism has gradually dominated the writing instrument market since its introduction, for some good reasons: they never dry out, write a few times longer before the cartridge needs to be replaced, and are in general a lot cheaper and much easier to maintain.

[Menuhin]

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I personally bought a Jinhao X159 (~$3), a pack of zebra G nibs (~$10) and switched the original nib. It's finnicky, but it works and when it works, it's amazing
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Exactly, China has its Gateron (keycaps and switches) equivalence in the fountain pen section too.

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P.s. But I am not sure what are the modern "standards" in FP - I bet pretty much similar to the mechanical keyboards: the Germans and the Japanese, some presence of the smaller US manufacturers, and some other Asian manufacturers. Not sure about the Koreans for FP.

[Mr.Nobody]

Well as a minimalist and a pragmatic man, I think I will stick to the supermarket ballpoint pen for the time being...you can get one from almost anywhere and you don't need to maintain it, nor need you to worry about it...

Once trapped in a rabbithole the odds is slim to get out of it...and one rabbithole is enough...I am referring the keyboard thing.

[adhoc]

Yeah, it indeed is a rabbithole one can hardly get out of.

[Menuhin]

The possibility to and the way to get out of rabbithole in its many forms is a good topic to investigate.
It seems to be a form of addiction.

And collecting behavior can be linked to the "fear of missing out", a form of anxiety and feeling of insecurity and incompleteness.

[Mr.Nobody]

@Menuhin
Collecting in a pathological manner is a kind of mental disorder, people need professional help and treatment in that case. But normal collectors just collect for fun, to enjoy the feeling of owning something rare and worth owning, and gradually grow a little bit greedier during the process.

My motto is "Better best than most", keep the collection the right size is quite important, knowing what should stay and what should go reflects how well one knows about oneself as to what one really wants.

[Chyros]

I've been collecting mementos of countries I've been on holiday to since 2005. I try to make them iconic for the country they represent.

[seebart]

Oh that's actually pretty nice Tom, I was expecting an obscene collection of ugly smileys.

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[Chyros]

Worship Green .

[XMIT]

Oh, and I collect shipping containers. Just one for now. Let's hope it stays that way.

[rsbseb]

I just realized I have a pretty good collection of hard drives as well. I don't intentionally collect them but I just never seem to have time to back up the important stuff on them to a common location. I really need to put it on the to do list, they're taking up precious shelf space in the office that I would rather use for books.

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[Mr.Nobody]

@Chyros
Nice wooden shelf man!
@rsbseb
A HDD collection, that's odd, what's in them, favorite hardcore porn?

[rsbseb]

@rsbseb
A HDD collection, that's odd, what's in them, favorite hardcore porn?

Only if you consider pictures of cars porn, there's quite a bit of that in there. Otherwise just family pictures, some journals, architectural drawings, and pictures from past projects. Pretty much a record of the last 20 years of my life.

[seebart]

Only if you consider pictures of cars porn...

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Worship Green...

Oh god.

[Mr.Nobody]

pictures like this?

[rsbseb]

pictures like this?

No, not exactly. My car pictures are mostly "in progress projects" or pictures from shows or events. Tearing down cars and modifying them used to be my main hobby. As for pictures of pretty girls with cars, I never really understood the appeal, it's kind of like putting ice cream on a steak. When I look at a car I'm not interested in having people or anything else getting in the way of the details. As for pictures of pretty gals I'll pass, I've never cared for being teased, not my thing.

[mr_a500]

I didn't even see the car in that picture for the first few minutes.

[citrojohn]

pictures like this?

Hmm, isn't that the one that had too much frontage for racing and had to be supplemented by a sportier model? (You can supply your own punchline. )
It transpires that car is a Playboy prize. It took me a few looks to realise it is in fact pink. Unusually subtle for Playboy!

[Mr.Nobody]

@rsbseb
You've made yourself fully understood pal!
@mtz_a500
Don't leave this forum plz, it's so boring without you.
@citrojohn
Is it only me, it seems that vintage girls have some kind of womenly warmth that modern girls lack. I prefer vintage girls, they are more sexy and hot to me, on the other hand, modern girls are too "plastic"

[mr_a500]

@mtz_a500
Don't leave this forum plz, it's so boring without you.

Who is mtz_a500? He seems to be copying the last part of my username.

If you're talking about me, then let me tell you - I am very boring. Explosively boring, you could say.

Is it only me, it seems that vintage girls have some kind of womenly warmth that modern girls lack. I prefer vintage girls, they are more sexy and hot to me, on the other hand, modern girls are too "plastic"

Yes, you've got that right. Also a lot of those plastic modern girls have arrogant bitch attitudes. That's why I prefer to watch old movies too - when women were classy and polite, not a bunch of loud-mouthed twits with "attitude".

[Mr.Nobody]

@mr_a500
The way people raise children are quite different nowadays, which causes serious personality issues...in both men and women..

[seebart]

Obviously "mtz_a500" is a clone of mr_a500. "Personality issues" can also develop later in life Mr.Nobody!

[cookie]

It seems that I collect a lot of ORM bugs lately.... my own tho

[seebart]

It seems that I collect a lot of ORM bugs lately.... my own tho

Of course many here will not know what "ORM" even is...

[mr_a500]

It seems that I collect a lot of ORM bugs lately.... my own tho

You collect bugs from the Oak Ridges Moraine? There are quite a few bugs there, but I have no idea why anybody would collect them.

[seebart]

It seems that I collect a lot of ORM bugs lately.... my own tho

You collect bugs from the Oak Ridges Moraine? There are quite a few bugs there, but I have no idea why anybody would collect them.

I think it's something else on this case.

[mr_a500]

I don't really collect. I perfect. If I like a certain thing, I'll usually buy one or a couple (backup), then if I see a better one later, I'll buy that. Once I'm satisfied with what I've got, I'll move on. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a while to be satisfied. (..like with keyboards )

I've already perfected 1950's rotary phones, 1960's lava lamps & reel to reel, 1970's portable B&W TV & tape, 1980's colour TV & VCR. Things after the 80's don't really interest me - except maybe watches. (...if they've got 60's or 70's styling)

I've also got lots of antique hardcover and leather books. I'll occasionally buy one from time to time, but I'm not collecting. I'm running out of shelf space anyway.

I've got all the 70's/80's computers I need (actually more than I need, with lots of backups ) and I think I've finally got all the best keyboards. (...unless a reasonably priced uber rare 60's or early 70's thing turns up ..but eBay prices have gone insane lately so I don't think there's much chance of that.)

[seebart]

I don't really collect. I perfect.

You seriously need to use that for your signature. I don't think I've prefected anything but I'm pretty much at an end with my keyboard collecting. It will be mostly sales from now on if anything.

[mr_a500]

One thing I do seem to be collecting is squirrels! These guys are all over the place.

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I already have enough squirrels. I don't need more.

[seebart]

I already have enough squirrels. I don't need more.

I'd say your squirrel collection is missing a Euro delegate, not sure how we might get that to you?

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