People collect some strange things, don&#39;t they?

@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

I've heard of this before. Who on earth would want to buy it? Only another weirdo I guess.

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

12 Nov 22

@JudyEv I have no clue. It seems disgusting to me.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

@DaddyEvil Me too.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (14564)

• Hong Kong

12 Nov 22

The dad of my cousin's husband loved to collect all sorts of old stuff - furniture, vase, carpet etc. He passed. It took his sons/daughters quite a while to clear the stuff.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

Some people are very keen about collecting all sorts of things. It must be hard when they pass to try to find a home for things their loved one has treasured.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (14564)

• Hong Kong

12 Nov 22

@JudyEv Yes, it was hard to find a place to keep all the stuff. I think they chose to keep some in better conditions.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (13810)

• Australia

12 Nov 22

I'd like to see some of these just for curiositys sake!

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

I can't imagine what is special about them. I also find it hard to believe that there are many different types but I guess there must be.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16760)

• China

12 Nov 22

I haven't seen the photo.Here there are many people who are crazy about collecting antiques and celebrities' calligraphy and paintings that are expected to appreciate.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16760)

• China

13 Nov 22

@JudyEv It is also beyond me why some would collect things like carpet protectors.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

I've used the same photo on this post. I can understand collecting the things you've mentioned but carpet protectors seems an odd choice. I guess they'd be cheap.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

12 Nov 22

I remember this photo, poor piano, it was in a very bad shape. I agree that people collect the most weird things. My husband collected very old Disney Comics... I am thinking to sell them on e-Bay

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

12 Nov 22

@JudyEv They are in very good conditions, he never looks at them, I wonder why not to get rid of them.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

@LadyDuck It can be hard to get rid of our special things. Maybe there are lot of memories tied up with the comics.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

Old comics could be valuable if they're in good condition.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87814)

• Bangalore, India

12 Nov 22

The piano looks in bad shape. I don't remember seeing it. I did miss that post. People have weird hobbies. Collection of small things doesn't require much of space. But furniture and stuffs like that would need a lot of space

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

@arunima25 We can't take in too much more here either.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

That's very true. Best to collect small things if you must collect something.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87814)

• Bangalore, India

12 Nov 22

@JudyEv Actually. We keep running out of space in the house to keep the much needed things

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@mayka123

@mayka123 (16605)

• India

14 Nov 22

Who would want to buy old carpet protectors?

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@mayka123

@mayka123 (16605)

• India

14 Nov 22

@JudyEv Do you have the habit of collecting anything?

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Nov 22

Only someone who is collecting them I guess. It seems very strange to me too.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Nov 22

@mayka123 I collected Beswick horses for a while. They are quite expensive china ornaments. Now I'm a bit sorry I did.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (46968)

• India

16 Nov 22

Yeah it makes me so surprised to see what all people like to collect. I was into a more "routine" kind of collection of Sports - mainly Cricket news clippings from the newspapers. I wonder how these collectors find the space in their house to do all such things and the time as well? Yet passion for something often makes us do a lot.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (46968)

• India

17 Nov 22

@JudyEv It was perhaps an in-thing till early 2000s. Then Internet took over in various forms.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Nov 22

When I was a child, making scrapbooks was popular. We'd cut out pictures or articles about whatever it was we were interested in.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Nov 22

Well, at least someone found a use for that old rotten piano.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Nov 22

If he is good at restoring wood then he probably has a really good looking display case.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

No doubt he is very pleased with his 'find'.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

@rebelann It would be nice to think it is now looking much better. It was very sad to see it looking so awful.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

13 Nov 22

We have an old piano rotting away in the one-room schoolhouse down the road from us. It probably isn't in much better shape than the one in the paddock.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

13 Nov 22

@JudyEv There was a time when foot pedal pump organs were popular and no one wanted them anymore. My Dad picked one up at an auction ludicrously cheap. The guy he was bidding against wanted it for firewood. It's still with the family somewhere. I think one of my nieces has it.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

@koopharper Fancy buying it for firewood. That's pretty sad really.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

At an auction, they weren't able to give this one away so it came out to the paddock. There are a lot of pianos being offered for free on our local Marketplace.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139720)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Nov 22

That is strange that he would the piano for displaying anything in it. People are strange.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Nov 22

They are indeed. Perhaps he put a shelf in it or something.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

13 Nov 22

I am curious as to what era the coasters are from and why they are collectible.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

15 Nov 22

@JudyEv Maybe it's similar to collecting matchbooks from different bars and restaurants, if the coasters have something on them signifying where they're from or what they commemorate.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Nov 22

@DWDavis Could be. I don't recall any of the coasters I've seen being remarkable in any way. I'll have to do a bit more research.

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

I have no idea why they are collectible. I've never heard of anyone else collecting them. And I really don't know how old they'd be. I'll ask our contact when we see him again.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Nov 22

As long as he is respectful of coasters...

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Nov 22

@JudyEv I remember little rubber things from childhood. Is that what we're talking about?

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@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

@TheHorse The ones I'm most familiar with are about the size of the bottom of a cup, slightly cupped and with carpet stuff on the bottom. You sit table and chair legs on them to protect the carpet.

@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 22

I've only ever seen a couple of different sorts of these carpet protectors. I've no idea what is so 'collectible' about them.

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Hera Hestia

@Herahestia93 (152)

• Indonesia

13 Nov 22

One of my acquaintances also likes to collect, but trash that can no longer be used. I don't know what he's thinking. Such as bottles, broken plastic plates, cardboard, and other rubbish. But he just collects all of that, he doesn't recycle it, he doesn't even sell it. He forbids people to throw it away. The house looks so dirty.

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