Collector Mania....

[1964white]

Talking books and pre- 60's detective fiction...Every room here bar the bathroom and kitchen has a bookcase or two including the HSL where I built one into the stair well, there's 4 in the study and a small one built behind the master bedroom door....

Wow !

I have built-in shelves within my wardrobe plus four cabinets full of CD's, two in a bedroom, two in the hall & one in the lounge

Where do you acquire your talking books/detective books from Faaip ?

[John in Louisiana]

Talking books and pre- 60's detective fiction...Every room here bar the bathroom and kitchen has a bookcase or two including the HSL where I built one into the stair well, there's 4 in the study and a small one built behind the master bedroom door....

Very cool.

I have a mostly-complete set of Nero Wolfe first editions. Takes up almost half the bookcase next to my bed.

I also collect bottles of French red Cote du Rhone wine I have about 70 bottles at present (all different ) but have had as many as 120 . Now considering about to start collecting box`s of Cuban cigars .

I tried collecting wine once, but went back to books. I still buy plenty of wine, mind you, but I don't collect. You can read a book and still have the same book left over when you're done.

[hector]

is it wedding cake or just having your photo taken that you like Hector?

Deffinately the cake Bert.... I don't like having my photo taken, I am hardly on any of the old wedding photos....

What else do you have a best man for????

[The Subhuman]

Wow !

I have built-in shelves within my wardrobe plus four cabinets full of CD's, two in a bedroom, two in the hall & one in the lounge

Where do you acquire your talking books/detective books from Faaip ?

Online or WH Smith maybe a bookshop or two, really good one in Cranleigh or there was not been there for a couple of years. All our CD's are on one wall above the TV and then curling around the next wall. Cassettes in several shelves in the study, LP's across the top of 3 bookcases

[The Subhuman]

Very cool.

I have a mostly-complete set of Nero Wolfe first editions. Takes up almost half the bookcase next to my bed.

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No first editions, out of my price range unfortunately, but there's no much under 50 years of age. I have a 1960's complete set of Agatha Christie (around 90 something,) Everything by Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L.

Ernest Bramah is a favourite, not many written but I love the Max Carrados books from the 10's and 20's ...the blind London detective.
Berkely Gray' creation Norman Conquest, a sort of Simon Templar or The Toff (another excellent creation this time John Creasey) a shady 1960's creation a dodgier version of the wonderful Paul Temple (Francis Durbridge)

then there's the locked room specialist Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr)

I've owned most of the books (because that's what my pocket money went on (Allowance?) as a kid) from very young and they're still on my bookcase and they were second hand when I got them and a lot have been read multiple times. I always to this day have a book on me wherever I go, there's always 3/4 by the bedside and right now about 10 in the car.

[The Subhuman]

and not forgetting Sherlock or the guy you see if you scan your eyes left. That's a Dirk Maggs production who's an absolute genius with sound.

[1964white]

Online or WH Smith maybe a bookshop or two, really good one in Cranleigh or there was not been there for a couple of years. All our CD's are on one wall above the TV and then curling around the next wall. Cassettes in several shelves in the study, LP's across the top of 3 bookcases

In other words crammed !

[The Subhuman]

yep, shelves for media of one sort or another are everywhere, that's not including the 20 some boxes of books in the attic. Until the internet came along I'd read around 2-3 hours a day. I always liked to read in the bath so me and Douglas Adams and the captain of the B ark have a lot in common

Someone will get that reference

[1964white]

yep, shelves for media of one sort or another are everywhere, that's not including the 20 some boxes of books in the attic. Until the internet came along I'd read around 2-3 hours a day. I always liked to read in the bath so me and Douglas Adams and the captain of the B ark have a lot in common

Someone will get that reference

Is it connected to the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy ?

[hector]

Yup.... Golgafrinchans...... one version of the captain of the B ark was played by David Jason, (the LP I think)

The Golgafinchans were a useless bunch of loonies (middle class management, tired telephone sanitisers etc) who were no bloody use, and sent off into space to colonize a new planet before theirs was destroyed, believing the remaining 2/3 rds of the planet were following....

I could go on.... but Douglas wrote it much better... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[The Subhuman]

Yup.... Golgafrinchans...... one version of the captain of the B ark was played by David Jason, (the LP I think)

The Golgafinchans were a useless bunch of loonies (middle class management, tired telephone sanitisers etc) who were no bloody use, and sent off into space to colonize a new planet before theirs was destroyed, believing the remaining 2/3 rds of the planet were following....

I could go on.... but Douglas wrote it much better... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

He did and mostly when in the bath....listening to Wuthering Heights on repeat. The story goes he did his best thinking while in the bath, came up with all sorts of plot lines but by the time he got out got dried and dressed he's forgotten them...so he ran another bath. Iused to read till the water went cold then run another hot one while still in it, around 4 hours in the bath was my record at around 14

[The Subhuman]

Yup.... Golgafrinchans...... one version of the captain of the B ark was played by David Jason, (the LP I think)

The Golgafinchans were a useless bunch of loonies (middle management, tired telephone sanitisers etc) who were no bloody use, and sent off into space to colonize a new planet before theirs was destroyed, believing the remaining 2/3 rds of the planet were following....

I could go on.... but Douglas wrote it much better... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

and hairdressers..you forgot hairdressers. The radio play (still the best) was the original version (before the books) and yes David Jason.

The Golgafinchans ended up on pre-historic planet earth where they tried to make leaves currency

[1964white]

Anymore collectors on board ?

[liggy]

Looks like hector has the most expensive hobby
Wonder if he put the first three under the patio

[hector]

Ssshhhhhhhhh

[liggy]

Ssshhhhhhhhh

Oh dear big hec's a serial killer

[1964white]

Looks like hector has the most expensive hobby
Wonder if he put the first three under the patio

Or buried in the woods

[John in Louisiana]

Looks like hector has the most expensive hobby
Wonder if he put the first three under the patio

Serial killing is not terribly expensive.

[The Subhuman]

Cereal killing is even cheaper

[1964white]

Phase 5 of sorting my collection of CD's sorted in some assemblance of order

All artists I own three or more of their albums in alphabetical order

All rock/punk/indie/metal/etc in A to Z order more or less

Soul/hip-hop/rap/dance/r&b/etc in A to Z order

As are my country/jazz/world music collection

Just classical/easy listening stuff to sort out & I'm almost there as Andy Williams sung

My frustrations are over for the time being. 64 is a happy man