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Sridhar: Each of my magnets have a country name and an image of the speciality of the country, like I have a camel from Morroco, a beach from Cyprus, the shape of Australia from Australia, a toy of Sherlock holmes from London, Eiffel Tower from Paris, etc! :D
Q- Yes I did get that but unfortunately I seem to have corrupted the file.Would love to have it again if you can fwd it to me.
Alan - What a superb idea.I do glass painting and will def use one of those ganeshas as a model.
Lamby - Yup ..we've always lived in thiruvanmiyur - adyar areas..so we did have the herald then :lol:
Platforms from 70s?? unfortunately dont have those obvious reason being I wasnt born until it was almost the 80s :lol:
Anyways I dont just collect shoes for display..if I cant wear them then I throw it off..so unless its wearable and in fashion I wouldnt have that model :).
Wow! Anoushka, you have been to all these places? Is your hubby a hardcore travel enthusiast like you? :D
I collect fridge magnets too..but dont think of it as a collection :) rather I just think of it as a momento of the places we've visited.So it didnt strike my mind when we were speaking of collections :)
Hmm.....well, even I was born at the end of the '70s, in fact into the '80s already! Still, sumhow I'm fascinated by things tat r '60s & '70s-istic! :huh: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ssanjinika
Neways, one of my mom's colleagues wears platform shoes (altho NOT old '70s ones! :D) bcos of her height, she wants to look taller....
Aside, I think they can be an excellent defence weapon for ladies, esp. if ur travelling in crowded buses......u know wat I mean! :)
I liked collecting them too wen I was in Singapore, wher I'd go on buying fridge/wardrobe magnets! :lol:Quote:
I collect fridge magnets too..but dont think of it as a collection :) rather I just think of it as a momento of the places we've visited.So it didnt strike my mind when we were speaking of collections :)
I hav mostly of Singapore, made of hard plastic, soft plastic & even wood......
'not tat much enthu'd abt them now.......altho ther r sum magnets tat I'd jus LOVE to hav now......like this one :):
http://www.hrdkiosk.com/polyester-fabric/14413518.html
Pity they wud turn out to be a bit too expensive..! :(
A cute one there, Lamby!
Alan,Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
both my hubby and myself love travel... I haven't gone to all those places mentioned in my post above but I've gone to all the countries in UK (Britain, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland), Germany, Swiss, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway,Denmark, Sweeden, Spain, Portugal, France, Hungary, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia and Bahrain... (23 Countries including India & Ireland) :) And I've travelled all over India as well! :) My parents love travel too....
btw, I heard you were in Kochi naval base, I used to have friends there, I've been there quite a few times myself ... about 18 years ago!
Yea Paaji, it sure is....! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
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Btw, Anoushka, sory cant help asking- u wer transferred to Kochi from Madras rite? So where was it tat ur folks had the Herald/Lamby & later the 'old' Fiat?? :D
If u feel this is gona digress to much u can pm me! :)
Btw, neone collect old ads/campaign posters?? I jus found a few related to nutrition dating to the late '70s in an old folder tat belonged to my dad! Still in good condition (both the folder & the posters!) :D
Also had sum ads of the 'new' Ambassador Mark 4 & 4 different models of lorries/buses of Ashok Leyland found in a Sept. 79 issue of Readers Digest many yrs ago.....but they got misplaced during a houseshift.....! :(
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Lamby, my parents had a lamby in early 1970's in Chennai and then upgraded (???) to Bajaj Chetak in 80's. They also had the Herald in late 70's which was upgraded to Old Fiat in 80's. The Herald was sold in Madras, the Lamby was given to my uncle and which then later died a sad death in Madras!
The Old Fiat was bought in Bombay from my uncle, stayed in Madras for a couple of years before moving to Kochi where it got sold.
At some stage we had both our ambassador and Old Fiat. :)
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Many tks for the reply (& ur patience!), Anou! :D
Hmm......sounds like u were lucky u had relatives who had old cars as well! :)
Also glad to know ur 'amnesia' hasnt made u forget these memories! :wink:
Neways, better put the brakes here b4 Alan gets wild! :lol:
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OK now, reverting to topic in qsn., as I asked, neone hwo happens/ed to collect old ads cut out from magazines/papers or campaign posters? :)
I used to collect interesting newspaper articles as a school student- ones like 2 headed goat, etc but then gave up after a while!
Tats interesting to hear Alan! :)
But I guess its much too difficult to preserve newspaper & old mag. cuttings as the paper tends to deteriorate evn faster comp'd w/ posters....
When i was around 13 i used to collect interesting articles from Newspapers and magazines and i used to paste those things in a seperate notebook...I was doing that for around one month or so.One day i opened that note, all pages in that note got loosened.I got highly irritated :evil: and i looked at my brother who was sitting next to me,he gave me a :roll: look.I asked him who did that.He said he dont know.I went and complained my amma.Amma said that my brother tore the paper from my notebook without looking at the content.I went to him and tore the entire notebook into pieces and threw it on him.The worst part was even that time my brother kept his face :roll: ....... :lol:
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Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
I still have the habit of collecting articles from mazagines & paste that in a separate note books.
I collect "SPEAKING TREE" from The Times of India, its all about spirituality... I cherish these articles, whenever i get time... I keep a softcopy, bcoz paper detoriates very fast and one more thing we can share such articles with our friends
Yeah & those used to catch all the dust in the world because I used to keep them under the bed& I developed an allergy........so my mom threw them all out & burnt them! lol! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta
I collect old British and American comics and comic annuals from the 1940's and 1950's. Also toy figures- animals, soldiers, cowboys, knights in armour etc. plastic as well as lead from the same period.
Oh that reminds me, we had a guy in College who was obsessed with TinTin Comics!
I'm don't collect as much as I avidly read comics such as Calvin & Hobbes, Opus, Garfield (sick of it now), The Far Side, Dilbert...I use to read MAD magazine quite devotedly as well...my brother has quite a collection of illustrated comics...spiderman and spawn mostly
Archies and Tintin! :thumbsup: Tintin Rocks My Socks!! I've read every single one! :thumbsup: When I was in India last week, I bought a whole set of Tintin Cartoon VCDs @ Giri Traders, Opposite of the Mylapore Kabaleeshwarar Temple. So yeah, it's not just the Comics. :P
Hey Machi!! How u doing?? :D
Nice to see u back again........so, had a nice time in India?
Say, u said u wer going only for like, 2 weeks but u seem to've taken longer than tat?
Last week huh? I was in Madras last weekend.....:)
Neways, reg. comics, I used to hav a large collection of 'Champak' & Tinkle comics until I grew out of my teens! I dont know wher they all r now.....!
Well..wow that!! I thought I was the only "TinTin-Asterix" crazy here.I just completed my collection of Tintin and asterix comics.Fancy meeting another Tintaholic here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Surya
Well, I admit even I was very much fascinated by Tintin at one point- but more by watching his cartoon on TV (cartoon network, no longer watch it now! :)) rather than reading the comics! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by ssanjinika
Btw, SS, if u really r a Tintaholic as u claim, u surely wud've come across this familiar car featured in one of his comics (I jus found this pic. by google, no idea wich of Tintin comics its from & its in French!):
http://mapage.noos.fr/dardelf3/tintin/Herald.jpg
:lol: :D
Now that her vacation has begun, my lil neice is collecting & pasting interestng news & pics in a scrap book! I used to do that long ago!
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Originally Posted by Lambretta
:lol: :D
Well...I think its from black island..though am not sure.I will check it out for u over this weekend.My books are still packed away..the move u see :( .We gotto get a huge bookshelf to hold all the books.Threw away the old one since ..well my husband suddenly decided that he didnt like it anymore :evil: .Hoping to do that this weekend and hence the delay in checking it out.Will def let u know for sure by next monday :D
SS, relax! I wasnt curious to know wat comic of Tintin its from....jus wanted to show u the pic. of tat car (u know y!) in one of the comics! :D
Neways...happy moving! 'hope it wont keep u away from here for too long! :)
Ippataikku....
Parents oda vayiterichalai than settukittu varen
Oho, neengalum-aa?? :lol: :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikkonen
Angayum athe case ah?
Ama! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikkonen
Oh! forgot..i used to collect bird feathers too...from clourful ones to the dull brown ones.
Then, one day, the teacher asked us to do a collaage and i made one of a bird with all the beautiful feathers i collected over the years :D
Even now, whenever i go for a walk, if I see a beautiful feather, i just pick it up, feel it and keep it.. :D
Tintin Stuff....Comics, T-shirts, VCDs, etc.
i collect memories & friends & punniyams(GOD thats so hard collecting them) :)
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Originally Posted by crazy
adhenna naan enga enna sonnalum sirikiraanga?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
ah solla marandhudhen
i also collect paavams!
Crazy!! "Punniyams" &"Paavams" are wonderful things to collect..Better the ratio be 60:40 or atleast 50:50 Illana "Naragam" thaan!!!
i am already in naragam, idhula innoru naragama. adhuvera illam enakku naragam fixed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
I hope that is 'Aandava Kaapathu!'.. Why Norway is not that hell right??Quote:
Originally Posted by crazy
no no norway is hell for me! and even world itself is hell!
(anyway dont take my words serious)
i hope i can see heaven, even though i have no permission there.