They’re not just transistor radios, they’re “transistorized” radios. Is that a real thing? I have no idea, but it sure sounds way cooler! These guys look like they just walked off of the pages of a comic book, don’t they? There’s just something about these large hunks of plastic that appeals to me so much. I still […]
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Q is for Quiz Time!
Relax, put the pencil down, I’m not really going to quiz you — though I did think about it. No, today’s challenge set me off on a Quixotic quest for a topic beginning with “Q,” the next letter in the Blogging from A-to-Z Challenge. This was no easy task, but eventually I stumbled across this beauty… The […]
P is for Puzzles
On any given day, chances are that you will find a half-assembled puzzle on the living room floor of our home. Building puzzles is an activity that can be done for as long or as short a time as you have available and it’s a calm activity that our whole family can enjoy together. I’ve been collecting […]
O is for Organization
The Blogging from A to Z Challenge continues, and today’s topic is one that I think most every collector strives to achieve — an organized collection. It’s hard to enjoy and appreciate a collection if it’s not organized in some way or fashion, whether its arranged in a neat tidy row on a shelf or filed away using […]
N is for Naphtha
If you’ve been following along with me this month, today’s choice of topics might have you scratching your head, but bear with me, it’s relevant, I promise! The longer one collects things, the more tools he adds to his bag of tricks to repair and preserve items that may not arrive in minty condition. One of […]