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09:43:14am
"...and i fill them right up with stamps and covers. They actually work pretty good because i can store them 4 or 5 high on my desk . The only problem is the one i need at the time is usually on the bottom. "
Sounds like a restatement of the philatelic axiom to Murphy's Law.
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Sounds about right ! Some might say "get a life" but i realize now that health and contentment are the treasures of life.and the little stamps bring me contentment !
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"The only problem is the one i need at the time is usually on the bottom."
Had the same problem with my 7 Scott catalogs when I had to stack them!
Fortunately they are now vertical and in order on a shelf.
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"Some might say "get a life""
This is the bane of the hobby, and I am puzzled as to when the expression, and the belittling tone in which it is usually said, came into the language. Certainly in the 1950s it was considered wise for a schoolchild to have a hobby, and stamp-collecting was high on the list of suitable examples.
I suggest that stamp-collectors are not thought to be out there consuming goods or luxury items, but instead holed up in their rooms on their own. Economically they are not contributing by buying the same stuff as the rest of the world; socially they are suspect because they are indoors and solitary.
'Get a life' has the unpleasant tinge of cultural fascism: do what we do, take an interest in what interests us, or we will point you out.
I say the people you meet on these boards (and I've only just joined) are very probably more interesting than these 'Get a life' or 'You need to get out more' jeerers! I do not want their life, thanks.
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Interesting commentary, Guthrum. Google n-gram indicates that "Get a life" was first used in books in the mid-1960s (predictably) but didn't really take off until the late 1980s.
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I heard it once or twice on T.V. it stuck in my memory bank !! I am certainly not a conspicuous consumer..35 bucks gas for the truck..15 dollars a week or so on stamps..thats about all i need !
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Phil, how ever do you get by on only $15 per week for stamps??? 
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My wife spends the rest...its strange i have no budget..but i keep track every year of what i spend on stamps and it seems to be about the same within a hundred dollars every year !
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"mine are still on the floor..they take a lot of shelf space..the one i need is ALWAYS on the bottom !"
Me too Philby. I swear, at night time an alien comes in and puts the one I will need the next day at the bottom!
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11:46:55pm
" ... Some might say "get a life" ..."
And some might find their nose bent double.
Admittedly I am not doing that much these day, but I have had a life, a hell of a life, at that. I suppose there are a few that have done the things that I have or better. But I don't think I'd trade my adventures for those of many others.
And the best part is I'm ashamed of almost nothing. I'd do it all again if I could.
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Some of us are never bored..if nothing else is going on i always have stamps and covers nearby to sort. When my wife goes to Joanne Fabrics or Michaels she will sometimes bring a pack of three 13x14 x 3 plastic storage boxes and i fill them right up with stamps and covers. They actually work pretty good because i can store them 4 or 5 high on my desk . The only problem is the one i need at the time is usually on the bottom.
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29 Jan 2015
09:43:14am
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"...and i fill them right up with stamps and covers. They actually work pretty good because i can store them 4 or 5 high on my desk . The only problem is the one i need at the time is usually on the bottom. "
Sounds like a restatement of the philatelic axiom to Murphy's Law.
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Sounds about right ! Some might say "get a life" but i realize now that health and contentment are the treasures of life.and the little stamps bring me contentment !
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"The only problem is the one i need at the time is usually on the bottom."
Had the same problem with my 7 Scott catalogs when I had to stack them!
Fortunately they are now vertical and in order on a shelf.
-Steve
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re: i sort therefore i am !
"Some might say "get a life""
This is the bane of the hobby, and I am puzzled as to when the expression, and the belittling tone in which it is usually said, came into the language. Certainly in the 1950s it was considered wise for a schoolchild to have a hobby, and stamp-collecting was high on the list of suitable examples.
I suggest that stamp-collectors are not thought to be out there consuming goods or luxury items, but instead holed up in their rooms on their own. Economically they are not contributing by buying the same stuff as the rest of the world; socially they are suspect because they are indoors and solitary.
'Get a life' has the unpleasant tinge of cultural fascism: do what we do, take an interest in what interests us, or we will point you out.
I say the people you meet on these boards (and I've only just joined) are very probably more interesting than these 'Get a life' or 'You need to get out more' jeerers! I do not want their life, thanks.
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Interesting commentary, Guthrum. Google n-gram indicates that "Get a life" was first used in books in the mid-1960s (predictably) but didn't really take off until the late 1980s.
Bob
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I heard it once or twice on T.V. it stuck in my memory bank !! I am certainly not a conspicuous consumer..35 bucks gas for the truck..15 dollars a week or so on stamps..thats about all i need !
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Phil, how ever do you get by on only $15 per week for stamps???
-Steve
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My wife spends the rest...its strange i have no budget..but i keep track every year of what i spend on stamps and it seems to be about the same within a hundred dollars every year !
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"mine are still on the floor..they take a lot of shelf space..the one i need is ALWAYS on the bottom !"
Me too Philby. I swear, at night time an alien comes in and puts the one I will need the next day at the bottom!
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31 Jan 2015
11:46:55pm
re: i sort therefore i am !
" ... Some might say "get a life" ..."
And some might find their nose bent double.
Admittedly I am not doing that much these day, but I have had a life, a hell of a life, at that. I suppose there are a few that have done the things that I have or better. But I don't think I'd trade my adventures for those of many others.
And the best part is I'm ashamed of almost nothing. I'd do it all again if I could.
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