05-15-2003, 04:26 PM
Hi there TubeDude,
Ah this takes me back to my collecting days. Unlike you, I didn't collect stuff to make stuff, I collected it because it was cheap or free. In Japan, I had around 3,000 rods and around 400 reels, 50 or so tackle boxes, ashtrays, nets, pictures, food utensils, bottles, you name it, if it had a fish on it, or fish related I had it.
Upon moving back to the US, I decided to liquidate everything but what I would bring home to fish with and... and old early WWII Japanese Imperial Army fishing reel. I had a room that was filled so full you could only stand in the middle 2 square feet of open space. Otherwise a forest of rods, yada yada.
I've never looked back and vowed to never collect again. If TubeBabe were to squawk tell her my story. She's bound to feel better. ha ha
JapanRon
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