Stuff

[Sailor Steve]

As I mentioned in my 'OFFLINE' thread, two weeks ago, after years of no access, I finally cleaned out my storage unit. That's $40 per month I no longer have to pay, and everything I own is now under one roof. I've only unpacked about half the boxes, mainly because I've found everything I was actually looking for. All my naval and aviation books are now on the shelves. The rest is stuff I picked up when I worked at the book distributorship and grabbed things that looked even remotely interesting. After fourteen years I still haven't read most of them.

Anyway, this is how my poor cluttered place looks now.

Books.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/1Books.jpg

Books still in boxes.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/2MoreBooks.jpg

More books.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/3StillMoreBooks.jpg

Models and games still in boxes. Behind are the guitars, waiting to be set free again.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/4ModelsGamesJunk.jpg

The comic collection is in my bedroom, along with the bike. It will go into the storage closet when everything else is unpacked.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/5Comics.jpg

The furnace room is also now the model closet. Only about half of those are unpacked, and I'm quickly running out of space.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/6ModelCloset1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/7ModelCloset2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/8ModelCloset3.jpg

I plan to buy another bookshelf on the 1st of October, and another one the month after that. I had one that was broken, but when I tried to fix it it just broke some more. It now lives in the trash dumpster.

Well, back to work. :sunny:

[kiwi_2005]

That's quite a bit of stuff you have there, and i thought my comic collection was big.

[Gerald]

Not a bad collection you have here, hope you get room with everything, :yep:

[soopaman2]

A bike helmet Steve?

You are too manly for one of them.:D

You are Sailor Steve! You are subsims Chuck Norris.

You do not need helmets to protect you, helmets need you to protect them.:D

[Sailor Steve]

I don't quite have the dexterity I used to. The first day I wore it I went down a hill at the University of Utah. At the bottom was a set of steps - only three of them. Instead of pulling back on the handlebars and riding them on the rear wheel, I grabbef for the brakes instead. The bike and I did an end-over and I landed on the sidewalk head first. My first thought was "I just scratched up my brand-new helmet!" My second though was "I didn't just scratch up my tired old head!"

Unfortunately I don't wear it as often as I should.

[soopaman2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18

Gory gory, what a hellava way to die.:D


There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute,Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit,He was a mess, they picked him up and poured him from his boots,And he ain't gonna jump no more.

[AVGWarhawk]

That's a lot of stuff. I think you need to read some more Steve.

[Jimbuna]

Great to see you have your gear out of storage....now when we're on Skype we can both honestly say we're speaking from the 'man cave' :)

[antikristuseke]

I Envy you for your book collection, only slowly building up one of my own.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Nice one, Steve. It's been a long time coming. Now you just need your PC to break again so you can read the books and make the models. :D

[nikimcbee]

Nice one, Steve. It's been a long time coming. Now you just need your PC to break again so you can read the books and make the models. :D

:haha:

You could open up your own online hobby shop with all those models.

[Herr-Berbunch]

And what about the two vacuum cleaners? :hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

And what about the two vacuum cleaners? :hmmm:

Vacuum hoarding?:haha:

[mookiemookie]

Needs more books and models. :woot:

[Sailor Steve]

That's a lot of stuff. I think you need to read some more Steve.
I am. I divide my time as carefully as I can.

I Envy you for your book collection, only slowly building up one of my own.
I've got a few years head start. What amazes me is that I still buy at least one historical reference every month. I'm waiting for the new edition of Burt's British Battleships of World War One to be released. I have taken notes from his British Battlships: 1889-1904, but the WW1 volume has eluded me for years. If it's not out by the first of October I have my eye on Friedman's new British Cruisers of the Victorian Era.

Nice one, Steve. It's been a long time coming. Now you just need your PC to break again so you can read the books and make the models. :D
I'm reading plenty, as I seem to have time to spare these days. The models have to wait until I can afford a computer desk. My model-building table is currently doing that job.

You could open up your own online hobby shop with all those models.
Actually it's rather small these days. I started the collection when I worked for a hobby distributor back in the late '70s. I lost more than a hundred to a fire in 1997, many of them very rare.

And what about the two vacuum cleaners? :hmmm:

Vacuum hoarding?:haha:
One of them was in my storage and I couldn't get it home on the train. I bought the second one cheap. It's nice and has cool attachments but the belt is broken so I'm using the older one until I can get a new belt. Then I will either throw or give the old one away. :sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

Needs more books and models. :woot:
I agree. I buy both whenever I can.

[antikristuseke]

I've got a few years head start. What amazes me is that I still buy at least one historical reference every month. I'm waiting for the new edition of Burt's British Battleships of World War One to be released. I have taken notes from his British Battlships: 1889-1904, but the WW1 volume has eluded me for years. If it's not out by the first of October I have my eye on Friedman's new British Cruisers of the Victorian Era.

Im owrking on gathering the complete works of David and Leigh Eddings as well as all books on the battletech universe untill the dark ages bullcrap hits. Also have some volumes on Estonian military history.

[Jimbuna]

I agree. I buy both whenever I can.

Venture into diecast...I dares ya :03:

[Sailor Steve]

Venture into diecast...I dares ya :03:
I'd rather build them myself, thanks. Besides, where would I get a diecast Caudron G-4? Voisin La-III? :D

[Jimbuna]

I'd rather build them myself, thanks. Besides, where would I get a diecast Caudron G-4? Voisin La-III? :D

I've never really looked at much pre WWII stuff tbh but that is probably a good question :hmmm:

[Kloef]

That's alot of books and , yeah stuff i guess.

By the look of it you'll need to stash away things everywhere you can, i would seriously consider using the bathroom and more 'workspaces' to stash away all of that.:haha:

In my case i just use the 'stuff it untill it's full then call the trashman' room under my apartment, i got loads of stuff too but most of it is in my hobbyroom where my PC used to stand, and my books and such are there too i hate the smell of old books and they dehumidify the house:yep:

I guess i have stuff that i would never throw away, like the newspapers from the landing on the moon, some old albums i got from an old man who stayed in England during the war that contains unique pictures. Some aircraft instruments and mostly books, books and magazines like 5 years of Air Forces Monthly and other stuff i gathered during airshows etc.

I guess during a lifetime some things really grow in sentimental value, so i understand your 'problem' :rotfl2:

[Sailor Steve]

So let's see some pictures! :sunny:

[Kloef]

First landing newspaper:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/2012-09-25212025.jpg

The photoalbum, it's 70 years old all pictures in the album are pre 1940, this is just one of the pics and bad quality phonecam so i will spare you:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/2012-09-25212807.jpg

As far as uploading goes photobucket seems really slow so maybe i will post a pic or two more another time:03:

[Jimbuna]

Please do because those above are cool :cool:

[TarJak]

Good to see you getting your stuff out of storage Steve. Nothing more satisfying than findinf old treasures.

[Jimbuna]

Good to see you getting your stuff out of storage Steve. Nothing more satisfying than findinf old treasures.

One step at a time if you please...he's just learned how to use Skype :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/2012-09-25212807.jpg


A Link trainer. I've spent many an hour in my youth in one of those. The left side bellows was knackered so if you went too far to that side it used to stick there until some kind soul pushed you back to level 'flight'. :D

[Platapus]

Perhaps words of wisdom from the Great Philosopher might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x_QkGPCL18

[Buddahaid]

What's "Space 1889"? Don't tell Jules Verne established Moonbase Alpha!

[Sailor Steve]

Kloef, those are awesome! :rock:

Please post more.

A Link trainer. I've spent many an hour in my youth in one of those.
When I was a kid in the '50s the airlines still used them. My dad, a pilot for United, let me play in one for a few minutes.

What's "Space 1889"? Don't tell Jules Verne established Moonbase Alpha!
No, but what if he had? What it is, is the original SteamPunk role-playing game. All those Edgar Rice Burroughs gadgets work, and you have ether flyers and aliens but all weapons are from that era, and so are attitudes and opinions. It's lots of silly fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1889

[Cybermat47]

if you want to get rid of those models, send them to me!
I'll take the He 111 and Me 262!

[Sailor Steve]

Maybe when I die.









But don't count on it. :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Maybe when I die.









But don't count on it. :O:


:o Steve's eternal?

[Sailor Steve]

:o Steve's eternal?
No, just leaving his stuff to his oldest friends. :sunny:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steve, mate, it's been a long time. Remember me from, err, a very long time ago. :D

Can I just clarify, is that your oldest friends, or the friends you've known the longest? :hmm2:

[Kloef]

Some more i made with better daylight, just a phonecam

Bristol Blenheim, lovely aircraft:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/2012-09-26175655.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/2012-09-26175130.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Can I just clarify, is that your oldest friends, or the friends you've known the longest? :hmm2:
Yes.

[Jimbuna]

Your oldest!! :o

Strike me off the list :O:

[Sailor Steve]

Your oldest!! :o

Strike me off the list :O:
The friends I've known the longest are older than you. Well, except for one, but I've know him since he was born. :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

The friends I've known the longest are older than you. Well, except for one, but I've know him since he was born. :sunny:

That's a relief :o:03:

[McBeck]

if you want to get rid of those models, send them to me!
I'll take the He 111 and Me 262!
Have build both - prefer the 262 :-)