The only drink to toast you for putting that set together... giraffe whisky!!Took a break from the discussing and reading about Bourbons on the Whiskey thread to buying some more Bourbons.
Finding them in 4 days was half the fun.
Not sure if Double Jeopardy comes in play here, but it should.
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Frownie face away, I guess?
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It's got real bits of giraffe in it...so you know it's good.
Would you say that 60% of the time it works every time?
Where is @LampShade when we need him to show up and say “I love lamp”?
I thought this specific comment was important to respond to, as it pertains to chippers or collectors of almost anything, and is an interesting conversation about the continuum of hobbyist -> collector -> hoarder.
By the way, I don’t know you from Adam to know if you’re joking, but it’s worth a discussion. All I remember is that you killed the quiz on my giveaway, even though you were mostly guessing.
There’s a store in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo called
RIF LA. Days before a major sneaker drop, there are (or were, pre-COVID) lines of people that wait as long as 4-5 full days, camping on the sidewalk, peeing in water-bottles and sometimes even placing ads on Craigslist for people who can relieve them / wait in line for them briefly while they go to the bathroom, take a shower or get a bite.
Sneakerheads are much like chippers. They buy, sell, trade and love finding deals, and if the more serious ones knew of a sneaker find that was the equivalent of finding ~50 mint boat chip sets, and they had to fly cross country a few rimes to convince a retired show designer to part with that collection, I suspect they might.
In fact, I suspect that had any passionate chipper found this dude before I did, arrangements would be made to meet him, see if there were Delaware locals that could build a relationship, and there would be a major secret group buy in the works, with the pooling of the financial resources of dozens of chippers.
In fact, I think the sum total of the NAGB efforts to make the NAGB happen were probably hundreds and hundreds of collective hours more than my half-dozen flights and few days to go cross-country to convince an old guy to give up mint boat chips for $2.60/chip.
The American Psychiatric Association which publishes the DSM-5, has 6 criteria for what they called “Hoarding Disorder”.
Int are no distinct diagnostic criteria for collecting.
- Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with personal possessions, regardless of their actual value.
- This difficulty is due to strong urges to save items and/or distress associated with discarding them.
- The symptoms lead to extreme cluttering of the home or workplace that renders them unlivable or unusable.
- The individual experiences clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning which may include maintaining a safe home or work environment.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another medical condition such as dementia.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another psychological disorder such a major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Collectors seem more flexible in the way they establish and hold onto their valuables than do hoarders. They may begin collecting stamps as children, move on to coins as teenagers, comic books as young adults, whiskey or bourbon as they get older, and some of them might even collect defunct casino tokens and chips.
Collectors also trade or sell all or part of their collection without experiencing the mental anguish of a hoarder.
Regarding the value of their collection, hoarding is defined as difficulty parting with items regardless of their value. Hoarders may collect truly valuable items, but they may also collect—quite literally—garbage.
Most importantly, a must for all conditions evaluated in the DSM-5, hoarding must cause significant distress in someone’s daily routine. Hoarders have challenges holding jobs, having normal familial ties and relationships, and being part of their community. They also experience extreme regret and guilt for the practice of hoarding.
In fact, a published scholarly article about this distinction states thusly: “Unlike hoarders, most collectors have good family relationships, interact in a social context with other collectors, and don’t experience guilt or regret. They participate in an active community of collectors, developing friendships within the community, and may even share their interests with family members.”
Sounds like most of my friends here on PCF, and definitely sounds like me.
Anyway, thought it was worth the discussion. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread-crapping.
I only get an hour for my lunch break...I thought this specific comment was important to respond to, as it pertains to chippers or collectors of almost anything, and is an interesting conversation about the continuum of hobbyist -> collector -> hoarder.
By the way, I don’t know you from Adam to know if you’re joking, but it’s worth a discussion. All I remember is that you killed the quiz on my giveaway, even though you were mostly guessing.
There’s a store in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo called
RIF LA. Days before a major sneaker drop, there are (or were, pre-COVID) lines of people that wait as long as 4-5 full days, camping on the sidewalk, peeing in water-bottles and sometimes even placing ads on Craigslist for people who can relieve them / wait in line for them briefly while they go to the bathroom, take a shower or get a bite.
Sneakerheads are much like chippers. They buy, sell, trade and love finding deals, and if the more serious ones knew of a sneaker find that was the equivalent of finding ~50 mint boat chip sets, and they had to fly cross country a few times to convince a retired shoe designer to part with that collection, I suspect they might. And if said shoe designer was prone to occasional bouts of silence, I suspect they might indulge him in those as well.
I also suspect that had any passionate chipper found this dude before I did, arrangements would be made to meet him, see if there were Delaware locals that could build a relationship, and there would be a major secret group buy in the works, with the pooling of the financial resources of dozens of chippers.
In fact, I think the sum total of the NAGB efforts to make the NAGB happen were probably hundreds and hundreds of collective hours more than my half-dozen flights and few days to go cross-country to convince an old guy to give up mint boat chips for $2.60/chip.
The American Psychiatric Association which publishes the DSM-5, has 6 criteria for what they called “Hoarding Disorder”.
Interestingly, there are no distinct diagnostic criteria for collecting.
- Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with personal possessions, regardless of their actual value.
- This difficulty is due to strong urges to save items and/or distress associated with discarding them.
- The symptoms lead to extreme cluttering of the home or workplace that renders them unlivable or unusable.
- The individual experiences clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning which may include maintaining a safe home or work environment.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another medical condition such as dementia.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another psychological disorder such a major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Collectors seem more flexible in the way they establish and hold onto their valuables than do hoarders. They may begin collecting stamps as children, move on to coins as teenagers, comic books as young adults, whiskey or bourbon as they get older, and some of them might even collect defunct casino tokens and chips.
Collectors also trade or sell all or part of their collection without experiencing the mental anguish of a hoarder.
Regarding the value of their collection, hoarding is defined as difficulty parting with items regardless of their value. Hoarders may collect truly valuable items, but they may also collect—quite literally—garbage.
Most importantly, a must for all conditions evaluated in the DSM-5, hoarding must cause significant distress in someone’s daily routine. Hoarders have challenges holding jobs, having normal familial ties and relationships, and being part of their community. They also experience extreme regret and guilt for the practice of hoarding.
In fact, a published scholarly article about this distinction states thusly: “Unlike hoarders, most collectors have good family relationships, interact in a social context with other collectors, and don’t experience guilt or regret. They participate in an active community of collectors, developing friendships within the community, and may even share their interests with family members.”
Sounds like most of my friends here on PCF, and definitely sounds like me.
Anyway, thought it was worth the discussion. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread-crapping.
Took a break from the discussing and reading about Bourbons on the Whiskey thread to buying some more Bourbons.
Finding them in 4 days was half the fun.
Not sure if Double Jeopardy comes in play here, but it should.
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So you're saying as long as I have someplace to put them all I don't have a problem. Whew!
Live look at WW seeing Barrie’s relevant post.
I remember we would camp out overnight in line for 12+ hours at Niketown SF or outside of True on haight st just for a chance to purchase a particular sneaker. This was back in 2004.I thought this specific comment was important to respond to, as it pertains to chippers or collectors of almost anything, and is an interesting conversation about the continuum of hobbyist -> collector -> hoarder.
By the way, I don’t know you from Adam to know if you’re joking, but it’s worth a discussion. All I remember is that you killed the quiz on my giveaway, even though you were mostly guessing.
There’s a store in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo called
RIF LA. Days before a major sneaker drop, there are (or were, pre-COVID) lines of people that wait as long as 4-5 full days, camping on the sidewalk, peeing in water-bottles and sometimes even placing ads on Craigslist for people who can relieve them / wait in line for them briefly while they go to the bathroom, take a shower or get a bite.
Sneakerheads are much like chippers. They buy, sell, trade and love finding deals, and if the more serious ones knew of a sneaker find that was the equivalent of finding ~50 mint boat chip sets, and they had to fly cross country a few times to convince a retired shoe designer to part with that collection, I suspect they might. And if said shoe designer was prone to occasional bouts of silence, I suspect they might indulge him in those as well.
I also suspect that had any passionate chipper found this dude before I did, arrangements would be made to meet him, see if there were Delaware locals that could build a relationship, and there would be a major secret group buy in the works, with the pooling of the financial resources of dozens of chippers.
In fact, I think the sum total of the NAGB efforts to make the NAGB happen were probably hundreds and hundreds of collective hours more than my half-dozen flights and few days to go cross-country to convince an old guy to give up mint boat chips for $2.60/chip.
The American Psychiatric Association which publishes the DSM-5, has 6 criteria for what they called “Hoarding Disorder”.
Interestingly, there are no distinct diagnostic criteria for collecting.
- Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with personal possessions, regardless of their actual value.
- This difficulty is due to strong urges to save items and/or distress associated with discarding them.
- The symptoms lead to extreme cluttering of the home or workplace that renders them unlivable or unusable.
- The individual experiences clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning which may include maintaining a safe home or work environment.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another medical condition such as dementia.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another psychological disorder such a major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Collectors seem more flexible in the way they establish and hold onto their valuables than do hoarders. They may begin collecting stamps as children, move on to coins as teenagers, comic books as young adults, whiskey or bourbon as they get older, and some of them might even collect defunct casino tokens and chips.
Collectors also trade or sell all or part of their collection without experiencing the mental anguish of a hoarder.
Regarding the value of their collection, hoarding is defined as difficulty parting with items regardless of their value. Hoarders may collect truly valuable items, but they may also collect—quite literally—garbage.
Most importantly, a must for all conditions evaluated in the DSM-5, hoarding must cause significant distress in someone’s daily routine. Hoarders have challenges holding jobs, having normal familial ties and relationships, and being part of their community. They also experience extreme regret and guilt for the practice of hoarding.
In fact, a published scholarly article about this distinction states thusly: “Unlike hoarders, most collectors have good family relationships, interact in a social context with other collectors, and don’t experience guilt or regret. They participate in an active community of collectors, developing friendships within the community, and may even share their interests with family members.”
Sounds like most of my friends here on PCF, and definitely sounds like me.
Anyway, thought it was worth the discussion. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread-crapping.
Fortunately never had to camp out at Huf SF (R.I.P Keith Hufnagel). I was always able to pick up what I needed without hassle. Waited in line for a few hours at Recon before.
I thought this specific comment was important to respond to, as it pertains to chippers or collectors of almost anything, and is an interesting conversation about the continuum of hobbyist -> collector -> hoarder.
By the way, I don’t know you from Adam to know if you’re joking, but it’s worth a discussion. All I remember is that you killed the quiz on my giveaway, even though you were mostly guessing.
There’s a store in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo called
RIF LA. Days before a major sneaker drop, there are (or were, pre-COVID) lines of people that wait as long as 4-5 full days, camping on the sidewalk, peeing in water-bottles and sometimes even placing ads on Craigslist for people who can relieve them / wait in line for them briefly while they go to the bathroom, take a shower or get a bite.
Sneakerheads are much like chippers. They buy, sell, trade and love finding deals, and if the more serious ones knew of a sneaker find that was the equivalent of finding ~50 mint boat chip sets, and they had to fly cross country a few times to convince a retired shoe designer to part with that collection, I suspect they might. And if said shoe designer was prone to occasional bouts of silence, I suspect they might indulge him in those as well.
I also suspect that had any passionate chipper found this dude before I did, arrangements would be made to meet him, see if there were Delaware locals that could build a relationship, and there would be a major secret group buy in the works, with the pooling of the financial resources of dozens of chippers.
In fact, I think the sum total of the NAGB efforts to make the NAGB happen were probably hundreds and hundreds of collective hours more than my half-dozen flights and few days to go cross-country to convince an old guy to give up mint boat chips for $2.60/chip.
The American Psychiatric Association which publishes the DSM-5, has 6 criteria for what they called “Hoarding Disorder”.
Interestingly, there are no distinct diagnostic criteria for collecting.
- Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with personal possessions, regardless of their actual value.
- This difficulty is due to strong urges to save items and/or distress associated with discarding them.
- The symptoms lead to extreme cluttering of the home or workplace that renders them unlivable or unusable.
- The individual experiences clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning which may include maintaining a safe home or work environment.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another medical condition such as dementia.
- The hoarding is not attributable to another psychological disorder such a major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Collectors seem more flexible in the way they establish and hold onto their valuables than do hoarders. They may begin collecting stamps as children, move on to coins as teenagers, comic books as young adults, whiskey or bourbon as they get older, and some of them might even collect defunct casino tokens and chips.
Collectors also trade or sell all or part of their collection without experiencing the mental anguish of a hoarder.
Regarding the value of their collection, hoarding is defined as difficulty parting with items regardless of their value. Hoarders may collect truly valuable items, but they may also collect—quite literally—garbage.
Most importantly, a must for all conditions evaluated in the DSM-5, hoarding must cause significant distress in someone’s daily routine. Hoarders have challenges holding jobs, having normal familial ties and relationships, and being part of their community. They also experience extreme regret and guilt for the practice of hoarding.
In fact, a published scholarly article about this distinction states thusly: “Unlike hoarders, most collectors have good family relationships, interact in a social context with other collectors, and don’t experience guilt or regret. They participate in an active community of collectors, developing friendships within the community, and may even share their interests with family members.”
Sounds like most of my friends here on PCF, and definitely sounds like me.
Anyway, thought it was worth the discussion. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread-crapping.
He was always such a nice guy when we’d go in
You can say that in jest, but consider the lengths -- and potential lines -- that many folks here would endure if TCR's closed-casino chip sales were held only at his physical location rather than online.
Sounds reasonable. I’m in. I’ll bring TRKs and bagels.
I'll sponsor the playing cards.
don't get them mixed up
Well, one is buttery, and the other is creamcheesy.
Best post I have seen in a long time!Well, one is buttery, and the other is creamcheesy.
You, good sir, spent at least 10x more time, effort, and patience responding to your "thread crapper" than I ever would have. You deserve some kind of medal.
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