Thread: What other AD's do you have?

Coleman lanterns and stoves
Books, novels and Techinical Manuals
Guns of all kinds

Don

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

Okay for me is is vintage slide rules, always one in my pocket and on my desk at my day job.

Have you considered one of those wrist watches with the built in sliderules, like the Breitling Navitimer or Citizen Nighthawk, Tony?

It's nice to see other readers here. People are often amazed at all my books, which really aren't that many. When I tell them I want my own library they think I'm joking

I LOVE the library in Meet Joe Black. My dream is to have something similar. I want a large, beautiful study with comfy chairs, perfect lighting, and a big table in the middle to spread out on if I need to. I eventually want to accumulate all basic human knowledge in book form. It will cover everything from math to science to art, etc. Not to mention a good deal of brain candy My ultimate goal is to have enough stuff that no matter what I or my family needs, be it educational or otherwise, I've got it all right there. Plus I just like books

I collect crap! Lots and lots of crap! Me (and my family) have so much crap that I swear it would be much easier just to burn the house down and walk away than to have a garage sale and turn my crap into somebody else's goodies!!!

No, I actually collect a few guitars: A Yamaha steel string cutout acoustic, Yamaha classical acoustic, Schecter Omen 6 electric, and a Traveler Speedster electric.

I also have 4 computers, and a bunch of guns.

Oh if I were only rich...

RAD is new to me, but I am not new to compulsive collection of odd stuff. My oldest and most deeply rooted obsession is with fire arms. I think that most enthusiasts eventually migrate toward a sub-set of firearms; mine is main battle rifles of the world. K98s, GEWs, Mosin-Nagants, Arisakas, Enfields, Garands, 03A3s, Krags, Springfield trap doors, G3, FN-FAL, M14, etc. etc. etc.

I also use obsolete equipment on my small farm. It started out as a necessity due to cost but quickly turned into an obsession. Now I farm almost exclusively with equipment older than 1960... my Dad is worse, he farms with horses.

There was also the huge collection of obsolete computer equipment I just threw out (that collection was totally on accident).

Hehehe, this is fun to read.

Anyways, mine is wood. I love building stuff, so I see a piece of awesome wood, I get an idea for it, and BAM, I own another piece of wood lol. Padauk has been a recent favorite.

I have a few potential others that really haven't taken off yet, like watches and books. I fall into the group that would love to have a nice library at some point.

My other main AD is audio/headphones but that's slowed down quite a bit lately. It actually helps with my RAD and associated ADs since for now it's a lot less expensive than the audio was. Plus it takes up a lot less space in our small place which also makes the Mrs. happy.

Well I collect pipes and pipe tobacco and all things pipe related.
So that gives me PAD and TAD bad. Plus I collect knives, nothing special, just regular pocket knives. Some guns, rifles, shotguns and pistols.
And tools, I love tools. Which is one of the things I love about straight razors and honing, I can buy lots of hones and assorted items. I consider a hone a tool.

Originally Posted by stogieiv

Well I collect pipes and pipe tobacco and all things pipe related.
So that gives me PAD and TAD bad. Plus I collect knives, nothing special, just regular pocket knives. Some guns, rifles, shotguns and pistols.
And tools, I love tools. Which is one of the things I love about straight razors and honing, I can buy lots of hones and assorted items. I consider a hone a tool.

I am thinking about getting into the pipe and tobacco thing, the main thing holding me back is he wife, sigh. Other than that, razors and related paraphrenalia, books, and working on my collection of small animals encased in blocks of lucite.

Just watches, mostly American pocketwatches and vintage seiko wristwatches.