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« on: July 10, 2012, 04:13:34 pm » |
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By reading various threads, I have learned that many of us have hobbies in addition to soda machines. I have not really found a thread, though, that actually lays out members' other interests. According to my wife, I have too many hobbies.  I contend that I don't have too many hobbies, I just don't have enough money. I would love to hear the different kinds of things everyone is into and maybe how you got started. When I was little, my family always said I liked to mess with all the buttons and knobs on everything I came across. I'm not sure that is strictly true, but I have always liked to take things apart and to try to learn how they work. I think that's how I gained my interest in many of the things I like to collect. I suppose a short list of the things I like to/have collect(ed) includes: coke machines, juke boxes, just got my first stoner candy machine, matchbox/hotwheels, sports cards, and watches. What's your poison? |
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David
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Vendo 63
Popcorn Machine
...needs more toys.
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Kaleid20
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2012, 04:45:56 pm » |
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Coke\DP machines galore, Vintage Campers (currently rebuilding a canned ham)...dream is to have a 22 ft. 60's Airstream one day though. That's about sums it up as far as what my wallet can sustain. It's already at critical mass. I got into Coke machines when my wife's grandfather died. Cleaning out his garage we came across an old Coke cooler and the family said I could have it. Researching the history and how to go about restoring it left me hooked.
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Vendo 81D, 56, 44, 23 standard
Westy WE-6, WD-5, WH-5T
Cavalier 51, 72, C-12
Victor C-18
Dr Pepper Vendo 90
Dole Super Dispenser
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 05:40:11 pm » |
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Not to be creepy, but I collect other men's used pants... among other things!!
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Larry
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 06:17:12 pm » |
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Not to be creepy, but I collect other men's used pants... among other things!!
It's only creepy if the other men are still in them. I collect Advil for all the headaches my wife gives me because of my crap collecting. I have acquired over the years, which I guess turned into a collection at one point, old vending machines, em arcade games, console slots, motion beer signs, and now I have three jukeboxes. I use to collect coins, currency, and baseball cards back in the seventies, but they were all stolen from my folks house. My collections are heavier now. Harder to steal!!  |
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A lot of stuff.
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aspbear
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 06:22:31 pm » |
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I collect any Griesedieck Brothers Beer advertising and I also collect old police memorbila. My wife is really good about my collecting as long as I dont decorate the house with it...
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 06:51:38 pm » |
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I collect money to buy more machines... Yet in my spare time I collect soda door pushes, and used to collect PAM soda clocks I have a huge collection of McFarlane NHL figures from the 1st series. AND I have a very large collection (every set from 1966 Topps and O-PeeChee till 1992) of NHL cards. And I collect debt, which I'm quite good at.   |
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 08:44:58 pm » |
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Well, I have a few other hobbies that keep me pretty busy...most of them center around making money, which is then used to fund the other two!! First is my glass insulator lamps, I started building them a few months back and it's been a surprising business...over $3K so far in my first 7 months of building them, not too bad! Couple of links...my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/luceantica and some photos of one of my big installations in a bar in Texas (first and second photos): http://www.thrillist.com/food/dallas/tx/75205/uptown-/acme-fb_american_date-spots_great-beer-selection_great-cocktails_wineThe DC area Craigslist really reflects what a disposable society we have, and I take full advantage of that to dictate the rest of my projects...lawn tractors that "didn't start up this year", computers that "don't boot up", and other items that just don't work due to some simple problem. Of course these all fill the rest of my time...the 1965 Chevy II Nova, the real money pit of them all. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 09:04:11 pm » |
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When in college I watched NIGHT COURT with Harry Anderson, that got me collecting Vintage Neckties of the 40s and 50s. I had about 500 of them... Down to
a little over 125+ Awesome designs and wild colors...met a lot of neat old timers with great stories, then I started collecting vintage advertising, then ACL soda
bottles, then Coke bottles, then needed some carriers, then crates, then picnic coolers, then floor coolers. Also have a few older 30s, 40s telephones,
gumball machines and a 1950 Studebaker....
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Eric
WANTED:
Embossed Quikold Standard
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Creighton
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 09:19:26 pm » |
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Interesting how all have the same things.
Canned Ham camper mine: 1964 13' Serro Scotty
At least 5 dial phones, hand crank 78rpm record players, old radios.
5 or so candy machines, Marx electric toy trains.
Speedway arcade, Seeburg SP2C juke.
Signs, coins, cards, hot wheels, AFX slot cars, sand from the beaches I've visited.
Viewmaster's, toy canons, camera's, old tools.
Cap guns, BB guns, real guns.
Bunch of crap still in boxes from the last move I can't remember.
Great thread!
Creighton
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Zach
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 09:52:12 pm » |
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Pretty much the same things as everyone else but I'm also a licensed pilot so I do a bit of flying, hence why none of my machines are done! And also restoring a '66 mustang!
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