# Look at this stuff! Isn't it neat? (Show us your collections of things!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550 "2022-01-28T05:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/61 "2022-03-04T18:05:35Z")
Recently I’ve developed a hobby of sending out Christmas and birthday cards to my friends and family around the world, and I bought this personalized pencil case from Etsy to help store my pens, stamps, and return address labels: [![](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/931747092928532574/949364082203590706/IMG_20220304_125321257.jpg?width=630&height=473) ](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/931747092928532574/949364082203590706/IMG_20220304_125321257.jpg?width=630&height=473) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/62 "2022-03-28T01:51:54Z")
Today I decided to photograph my personal meteorite strewnfield. All of these are pieces of the meteorite [NWA 869](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01204.x), which entered Earth’s atmosphere around 4,000-5,000 years ago and shattered into thousands of fragments that fell across tens of square miles of the Northern Sahara desert. They lay where they landed through the rise and fall of civilizations until in the beginning of the 21st century people finally decided that they were interesting and valuable enough to pick up. (The largest piece in the photos is 186 grams or 6 1/2 ounces.) [[Album] NWA 869 meteorites ![](https://i.imgur.com/LSGfFGf.jpeg?fb "NWA 869 meteorites") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/5ALNQli) (The sand in the photo has its own, slightly less epic story. I dug some of the [dense red clay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultisol) that famously covers the US South from my yard out of curiousity and washed it until all of the fine particles were gone, showing it to consist of around 5% to 10% angular quartz sand. Enough to make a new Sahara if the erosional conditions were right.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/63 "2022-03-31T02:33:00Z")
Back when the mask thing came down my sister ordered me a mask with dachshunds on it. But I guess she planned to give it to me at Christmas, because, when she died, we didn’t know about it. My BIL found it when going through her presents stash. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/64 "2022-07-12T01:18:49Z")
MOAR FOXESES! [![](https://i.imgur.com/b0ic7OK.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b0ic7OK.jpg) This is a bit worn, but I’ve had this sticker on my phone case almost since I got it earlier this year. And this just came in today. Originally, I was going to put it on my water bottle, but I realized it would come off in the dishwasher, so I put it on my computer instead. [![](https://i.imgur.com/FL2wclV.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FL2wclV.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/65 "2022-07-12T01:51:29Z")
Here’s my collection of a book from every country (plus some territories, not entirely separate sovereign nations, and similar). It is the cover photo for a Goodreads group I no longer actively participate in. [![](https://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1315105414p8/53809.jpg) ](https://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1315105414p8/53809.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/66 "2022-07-12T01:55:57Z")
Are they in their native languages, or in a language you can read? Also, which book is the one you have from The Bahamas? That’s the only foreign country I’ve been to. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/67 "2022-07-12T02:46:19Z")
The majority are in English (written in English or translated), while some are in French or Spanish. Bahamas: _Gertrude “Cleo” Lythgoe: The Bahama Queen: The Autobiography of Gertrude “Cleo” Lythgoe: Prohibition’s Daring Beauty: Including With the Whiskey Smugglers by H. De Winton Wigley_ ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/68 "2022-07-17T20:57:52Z")
This is fantastic! I don’t mean to pry, but you wouldn’t happen to have a list of these? (Or a higher res pic?) Anyway, really cool idea! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/69 "2022-07-18T02:52:18Z")
Sure! I’d be happy to post it next time I’m at a computer. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/70 "2022-07-18T03:08:15Z")
I was able to poke around by phone. Here’s a thread that includes my lists (there may be a book or two missing but the great majority are there). There’s also discussion with group members. > **[Around the World - Personal Lists 2011-2013: Stelleri infills the map...](https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1966969-stelleri-infills-the-map?comment=106129591#comment_106129591)** > > 27 discussion posts. Stelleri said: I've read a book by an author from every country, and now I'm replacing those as needed and filling in non-sovereign ... That Goodreads group is a great source of ideas, as is Ann Morgan’s _The World Between Two Covers._ People used to suggest books in comments on her blog; I’m not sure if they still do. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/71 "2022-07-18T04:46:42Z")
Brilliant—thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/72 "2022-10-20T02:06:13Z")
I realized I was running low on address labels, and the ones I bought before from Etsy: [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/24029563/r/il/6b13f2/2851135395/il_794xN.2851135395_kiyp.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/24029563/r/il/6b13f2/2851135395/il_794xN.2851135395_kiyp.jpg) …were out of stock, so I got some new ones from a different company on Etsy: [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/36687382/r/il/aa8acf/4134235696/il_794xN.4134235696_p6zu.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/36687382/r/il/aa8acf/4134235696/il_794xN.4134235696_p6zu.jpg) I got a new, larger fox sticker for my phone case to replace the one that was faded: [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1032471399673122816/IMG_20221019_215133113.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1032471399673122816/IMG_20221019_215133113.jpg) …a personalized tote bag from the makers of the pencil case, which I’m using as a shower bag… [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410854842529/Personalized_Fox_Tote_Bag.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410854842529/Personalized_Fox_Tote_Bag.jpg) And a 20-color LED three-tailed fox nightlight that uses a remote control. [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831409982427136/Fox_Nightlight_in_Blue.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831409982427136/Fox_Nightlight_in_Blue.jpg) [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410565419079/Fox_Nightlight_in_White.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410565419079/Fox_Nightlight_in_White.jpg) [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410259247204/Fox_Nightlight_in_Red.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931747092928532574/1028831410259247204/Fox_Nightlight_in_Red.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/73 "2022-10-20T03:15:47Z")
I love this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/74 "2022-10-24T23:32:17Z")
This is a cool thread! @ekedolphin , you’re probably aware that Audi made a car called the Fox in the 1970s. On eBay someone is selling this ad that looks interesting. But the price is near $300 which is ridiculous! [![](https://i.imgur.com/aw30I5P.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/aw30I5P.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550/75 "2022-10-24T23:40:17Z")
Here is a better picture of my baseball collection, of every team’s home ballpark that I’ve been to. The one I haven’t been to yet is the Atlanta Braves (yellow circle). [![](https://i.imgur.com/PKEa7O6.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PKEa7O6.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-show-us-your-collections-of-things/958550.md?page=3)