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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2622581, member: 76194"]That is why I ignore the paper currency section and the world coins section. I used to be a paper money, and US and foreign coin collector in my teens, and even dabbled in fossils and space memorabilia. At one point I even collected watches and fountain pens. I have the collector's gene in me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thankfully I've controlled my watch and fountain pen addiction and cut the collections down to the 5 watches I wear the most, and the 7 fountain pens I use the most, and eventually got out entirely of the paper money, space memorabilia, US and world coins hobbies.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I fell for ancients (which got me back to coins), and now I fell for fossils again. I'd like to keep it there and not go into more hobbies. Life is too expensive to have more than 1 or 2 hobbies, which is a lesson I learned several years ago when I had to cut down on the other hobbies (right around the time my son was born). Trust me I don't want, need, and cannot afford more than 2 hobbies...and you guys are not helping by reminding me of all the cool hobbies out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2622581, member: 76194"]That is why I ignore the paper currency section and the world coins section. I used to be a paper money, and US and foreign coin collector in my teens, and even dabbled in fossils and space memorabilia. At one point I even collected watches and fountain pens. I have the collector's gene in me. Thankfully I've controlled my watch and fountain pen addiction and cut the collections down to the 5 watches I wear the most, and the 7 fountain pens I use the most, and eventually got out entirely of the paper money, space memorabilia, US and world coins hobbies. However, I fell for ancients (which got me back to coins), and now I fell for fossils again. I'd like to keep it there and not go into more hobbies. Life is too expensive to have more than 1 or 2 hobbies, which is a lesson I learned several years ago when I had to cut down on the other hobbies (right around the time my son was born). Trust me I don't want, need, and cannot afford more than 2 hobbies...and you guys are not helping by reminding me of all the cool hobbies out there.[/QUOTE]
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