+Kealia Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) I was doing some reading the other day and came across some discussions about the obsession of colelcting things. In short, it said that collections are a reflection of us and that to some extend we all collect something. that something could be geocoins, sports memorabilia, pictures, sotries, etc. but they all have some type of conenction to us. The fun is in the story of how you acquired the piece to add to your collection. Scouring stores (or in the case of geocoins websites), going to garage sales, checking the papers, etc. until you finally find that piece that you've been looking for - success! And the feeling that came along with it was euphoric, wasn't it? You then had a piece to talk about. When people inquire about it, or even if hte ydon't, you had a story to tell about how you go it, the memory associated with it (or the person) and what it meant to you. It went on to talk about how over time, the stories tend to become less important and the focus shifts to pure acquisition of "more". In a nutshell, we tend to put blinders on and start to get so focused on acquiring something we almost forget why we started collecting them in the first place. Interesting, I thought. It ended with a quote (and I'm sure I'm not entirely accurate on this, sorry): The acquisitive urge takes over and we lose sight of the beauty of the object being sought after.. (I'll try to correct the quote if/when I re-find the article I was reading) I found it to be very interesting and based on a comment in another thread I saw where somebody rushed to buy a coin and didn't realize until much later what it was (and that they didn't want it) I found it to be very appropriate as well. So...what other quotes do you find appropriate for geocoin collecting? I'll start ya off with one I used a long time ago: "A fool and his money are soon parted" edit: typos Edited June 4, 2008 by Kealia Quote Link to comment
+PengoFamily Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 “Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion.” - Paul Carvel "A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance.” - C.S. Lewis Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) I am beautiful then. If it tis true we are what we .....collect. Better than sitting around collecting dust. "An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last return." Georg Lichtenberg Edited June 4, 2008 by GEO*Trailblazer 1 Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Better than sitting around collecting dust. Touche! Quote Link to comment
+-Eleanor- Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts. " -Henry Moore Quote Link to comment
+Droo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I can quit anytime I want.... really!! - anonymous Quote Link to comment
YemonYime Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "If you don't sell some of those things, your art table is gonna collapse." - Mrs. Yime Quote Link to comment
+The Moop Along Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "If you don't sell some of those things, your art table is gonna collapse." - Mrs. Yime Winner Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Budget: a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 I can quit anytime I want.... really!! - anonymous Hmm, maybe a prize here for the most spot-on. Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Once we start collecting, the more you have, the more it gets valuable and that will stop us from responding to the present and taking on new ideas what the artists are doing now. ~David Elliott I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing. ~Leonard Nimoy My last contributions and from a genuine perspective. Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hubby and I always say that we are going to hand these down to our 7 year old neice that loves to go Geocaching, when we get to old and can't go geocaching anymore. But then we joke around and our saying is " We are going to sell off our geocoin collection for our retirement" sweetlife Quote Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "What does it have to do with geocaching?" ~ various old skoolers Quote Link to comment
+Six Little Spookies Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Resistance is futile. ~ The Borg Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "But honey, I'm only going to buy this 1 coin....I promise..." 200 coins ago!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Whoever Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Castle Man speaking to a friend at work, "I guess I collect these because I'm sick in the head". Friend from work, "They make pills for that ya know". Quote Link to comment
+prntr1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) My all time favorite And for goodness sake, it's a coin people, not a kidney. Hula Bum edit to add full quote Edited June 4, 2008 by prntr1 Quote Link to comment
+GBOTS Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 ~ For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity. ~ Jean Debuffet Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh) Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 But then we joke around and our saying is " We are going to sell off our geocoin collection for our retirement" sweetlife TTUMS here ~ Oh scoff ye not! Several years ago we sold part the Mr. Shop99er's collection of comic books and went to Hawaii for a month. Several more years later we sold the rest of the collection and some action figures and went on an 18 day cruise. The trick is knowing when to sell. That having been said.... geocoins, I believe, have hit the Beanie Baby Shark Jumping phase of their lives. I don't think anyone is going to be storing their collection in a deposit box at the bank any time soon. The Mr. collects the coins he likes and considers them his 'guy charm bracelet'. They're little chunks of where he's been, who he's met, what he's enjoyed. Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "A foole and his money is soone parted" - J. Bridges [1573] "I'm waiting to have a big castle or country home to put all of my collection in. I have an attic full of stuff in my friend's house in Virginia." - Ursula Andress "I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it." - Steven Wright Quote Link to comment
+D@nim@l Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "I've got a [insert crisis here] emergency and need to raise some cash so I'm selling some of my coins." seems to be a fairly common one. Quote Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 "I've got a [insert crisis here] emergency and need to raise some cash so I'm selling some of my coins." seems to be a fairly common one. Don't forget about the high rate of mysterious medical issues that always seems to arise before vacation time. Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) This group isn't just a forums gathering, we're a community! No, we're a FAMILY! had to edit as I'm just not thinking clearly at this time and flubbed my own thought! Edited June 4, 2008 by Rockin Roddy Quote Link to comment
+D@nim@l Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Ala the DE-motivational posters: Quote Link to comment
Jake - Team A.I. Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh) Thanks to Ebay and disposable income, you can collect all the coins though... (at least we hope the income is disposable.) Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Why does my post say ringbone? woof! Quote Link to comment
+gardengorilla Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 "what the heck, it's only a little piece of metal and some lead-based paint" derschlings I read this as a post shortly after I became active on this forum and put it on my profile.... Quote Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Why does my post say ringbone? woof! Thats in the General Topics. here it says "Why does my post say ringbone Damenace!" Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 "Exactly how many coins do you have?" my hubby Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If you love something Set it free. If it comes back, it was and Always will be yours. If it never returns, it was a... geocoin Quote Link to comment
+Hula Bum Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 My all time favorite And for goodness sake, it's a coin people, not a kidney. Hula Bum edit to add full quote You know what's funny is how the quote is used by so many now and has totally morphed into other meanings. I wonder how many actually know what it truly means (or meant as the case may be)! Never realized how many different ways it would be used. Yime?! Quote Link to comment
+BrierPatch Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 ...Having is not the same as wanting... It is not logical but it is true Spock Quote Link to comment
+UOTrackers Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) One of my Favorites...perhaps appropriate for all the Secret Coiners "Keep it secret, keep it safe!" JRR Tolkein also "My Precious" Moun10Bike V1 perhaps? Edited June 5, 2008 by UOTrackers Quote Link to comment
+Sparticus06 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 It's not like you can take it with you when you die...but then again, we could always bury them with ya. Nah. Too much weight, plus you aint being buried. - my wife Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Does it come in a copper version? Quote Link to comment
Theotokos Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 "I promise dear, this will be the last one I buy".....me, every couple of days Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 If you love something Set it free. If it comes back, it was and Always will be yours. If it never returns, it was a... geocoin Ok, lots of good posts so far, but this one really made me laugh. I'm surprised that with all the varying opinions out there on what is a "good coin" that nobody has said the ole' cliche: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I've resisted posting this up to now: "Mine! Mine! Mine!" Quote Link to comment
+Six Little Spookies Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Muggles? They don't see nuffin', do they? ~S. Shunpike Quote Link to comment
+Unkle Fester Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 My wife always says "another one?" That is until she found a series she liked. Ah debt, you old friend you. Quote Link to comment
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