Stuff

Sailor Steve · 09-24-12, 04:41 PM

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.

Books still in boxes.

More books.

Models and games still in boxes. Behind are the guitars, waiting to be set free again.

The comic collection is in my bedroom, along with the bike. It will go into the storage closet when everything else is unpacked.

The furnace room is also now the model closet. Only about half of those are unpacked, and I'm quickly running out of space.

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.

kiwi_2005 · 09-24-12, 04:57 PM

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

Gerald · 09-24-12, 04:57 PM

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

soopaman2 · 09-24-12, 05:10 PM

A bike helmet Steve?

You are too manly for one of them.

You are Sailor Steve! You are subsims Chuck Norris.

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

Sailor Steve · 09-24-12, 05:30 PM

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 · 09-24-12, 05:37 PM

Gory gory, what a hellava way to die.

Quote:

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 · 09-24-12, 05:44 PM

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

Jimbuna · 09-25-12, 08:35 AM

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 · 09-25-12, 08:50 AM

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

Herr-Berbunch · 09-25-12, 08:59 AM

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.

nikimcbee · 09-25-12, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

Herr-Berbunch · 09-25-12, 09:10 AM

And what about the two vacuum cleaners?

nikimcbee · 09-25-12, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

And what about the two vacuum cleaners?

Vacuum hoarding?

mookiemookie · 09-25-12, 09:37 AM

Needs more books and models.

Sailor Steve · 09-25-12, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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.

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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.

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

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.

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

And what about the two vacuum cleaners?

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Vacuum hoarding?

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.

09-24-12, 04:41 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Stuff 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. Books still in boxes. More books. Models and games still in boxes. Behind are the guitars, waiting to be set free again. The comic collection is in my bedroom, along with the bike. It will go into the storage closet when everything else is unpacked. The furnace room is also now the model closet. Only about half of those are unpacked, and I'm quickly running out of space. 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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-24-12, 04:57 PM	#2
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	That's quite a bit of stuff you have there, and i thought my comic collection was big. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-24-12, 04:57 PM	#3
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Not a bad collection you have here, hope you get room with everything, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-24-12, 05:10 PM	#4
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	A bike helmet Steve? You are too manly for one of them. You are Sailor Steve! You are subsims Chuck Norris. You do not need helmets to protect you, helmets need you to protect them. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

09-24-12, 05:30 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-24-12, 05:44 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,301 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That's a lot of stuff. I think you need to read some more Steve. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-25-12, 08:35 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,272 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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' __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-25-12, 08:50 AM	#9
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I Envy you for your book collection, only slowly building up one of my own.

09-25-12, 08:59 AM	#10
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

09-25-12, 09:10 AM	#12
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	And what about the two vacuum cleaners? __________________

09-25-12, 09:37 AM	#14
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Needs more books and models. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.