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HAW! That's hysterical! I'd love to go to the Spam museum, but I've
never been able to eat the stuff; the saltiness and slightly gelatinous
texture just repel me. I'm inclined to think that your brother-in-laws
are right.

katieW. wrote:
SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, my. It is made right here in my home state, about 2 hours to the
south. There is a huge SPAM museum, which I've heard is a must see.

SPAM was a regular dinner growing up. sliced spam and sliced potatoes,
thrown in a skillet with butter, fried until everything was nicely
browned and crispy.

My esteemed brothers-in-law are responsible for my never being able to
eat SPAM ever again. They swear up and down that SPAM is just an
abreviated ingredients list: Snout, P*n*s, a**, and Mucus.

GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never been able to eat it since.

However, the entire town of Austin, MN smells like pork on production
days.

Kalera Stratton wrote:

I do have a can of Hormel Potted Meat Food Product... I have to

replace

it now and then because they expire. One of the ingredients is the
mysterious "Partially Defatted Pork Fatty Tissue", and another is
"Mechanically Seperated Chicken". It should have a big "DO NOT EAT"
warning label!

I also have a big can of "Multi-Purpose Food", a box of "Sliming

Herb",

some grass jelly, some yam jam, and a can of Aunt Penny's White

Gravy.

I know what you mean about the accidental collections; I have a

special

affinity for turtles, which my family takes to mean that I collect
turtle stuff. I don't. Well, not voluntarily.

Lori Greenberg wrote:

Kalera, you crack me up. Promotional Pork Slogans and Amusing

food? You

must have a can of potted meat then. (that's a real thing, isn't

it?)

I've been trying hard to *not* collect things. I don't really have

any

collections other than frogs because I said I liked them once and

now get

them occasionally. Be careful of what you gush over as a gift

because you

might end up getting them year after year! I had to stop that

chain once,

but that's another story.

So, I've tried not to accumulate because with 2 kids, the house

starts to

shrink. I do like to collect funny word-isms (which I've called
Indiana-isms because it seems like my relatives from there do it

the most).

Things like "bordello" mushrooms instead of portabello.

"mannuerisms" (said

like anuerism) instead of mannerisms. Or words used in the wrong

context (I

just typed that 'cotext'....see what I mean?) Of course, I collect

them in

my head and they disappear...they really take up little room that

way. )

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com



--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

We have a package of meat in the freezer labeled "road kill". Coarse ground
moose.

Tina


"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
...
I do have a can of Hormel Potted Meat Food Product... I have to replace
it now and then because they expire. One of the ingredients is the
mysterious "Partially Defatted Pork Fatty Tissue", and another is
"Mechanically Seperated Chicken". It should have a big "DO NOT EAT"
warning label!

I also have a big can of "Multi-Purpose Food", a box of "Sliming Herb",
some grass jelly, some yam jam, and a can of Aunt Penny's White Gravy.

I know what you mean about the accidental collections; I have a special
affinity for turtles, which my family takes to mean that I collect
turtle stuff. I don't. Well, not voluntarily.

Lori Greenberg wrote:
Kalera, you crack me up. Promotional Pork Slogans and Amusing food?
You
must have a can of potted meat then. (that's a real thing, isn't it?)

I've been trying hard to *not* collect things. I don't really have any
collections other than frogs because I said I liked them once and now
get
them occasionally. Be careful of what you gush over as a gift because
you
might end up getting them year after year! I had to stop that chain
once,
but that's another story.

So, I've tried not to accumulate because with 2 kids, the house starts
to
shrink. I do like to collect funny word-isms (which I've called
Indiana-isms because it seems like my relatives from there do it the
most).
Things like "bordello" mushrooms instead of portabello. "mannuerisms"
(said
like anuerism) instead of mannerisms. Or words used in the wrong
context (I
just typed that 'cotext'....see what I mean?) Of course, I collect them
in
my head and they disappear...they really take up little room that way.
)


--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

How about "feminint"!

Tina


"Polly S." wrote in message
...
Lori Greenberg wrote:

Indiana-isms because it seems like my relatives from there do it the
most).
Things like "bordello" mushrooms instead of portabello. "mannuerisms"
(said
like anuerism) instead of mannerisms. Or words used in the wrong
context (I
just typed that 'cotext'....see what I mean?) Of course, I collect them
in
my head and they disappear...they really take up little room that way.
)


"bordello" mushrooms hahaha I love those mushrooms and will probably
never think of them the right way again!

One of my pet peeves, and its not a funny one, is people saying
'supposebly'. I want to yell "Supposebly? Supposebly? Its supposedly!!!"
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh running away!


I do not know why that one bothers me so much. =)

--
Polly
---
don't spook my groove...
icq 13968113
http://saxoncreek.com/

Give examples of books you've liked, please.

Tina


"Helen C" wrote in message
...
I'm in need of reading material *waving hand!* I don't even care what
it is at this point (as long as it's NOT a kids book)

Maybe trade beadwork for postage? Let me know.

Later,

Helen C


Polly S. wrote:
Sarajane Helm wrote:

ooops...I forgot to add cobalt and other blue glass.
AND I'm noticing a lot of us have books!!!!


yeah I forgot that! My poor bookcase is in dire need of thinning out...
the books are overflowing into disorganized piles!!!

Diamonds honey, not narwhals.

So if I announce that I am collecting narwhals, this should slack off a
bit...

vintage cut/pressed glass anything: sugar bowls, milk jugs, vases, serving
bowls, lidded bowls, boxes. Clear glass for preference.
vintage bevelled mirrors
Brook reckons I'm a tractor-beam for broken down old furniture which "I'm
going to do up one day."
vintage (is there a trend here?) dress and knitting patterns
old sewing notions and stuff like buckles, buttons, lace etc which I use in
my dress making - they don't just gather dust.
Just started collecting vintage lace linens

I like old stuff.

Oh, and beads.




"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
ups.com...
I know that the things I collect influence my beadwork. For instance,
the black and white vintage photos I gather compulsively make their way
into my jewelry, and other things do too. So----
*What Do YOU Collect?*

Please, keep it not-too-long....I realize for some of us, who collect
EVERYTHING under the sun, the list is quite huge. But it might help us
all learn about each other better if we keep it to our Top Thousand
Collecting Jones.

Ready? GO!!! (And I mean everybody! It helps the doldrums to think
about this stuff, right?)

You like Barbies too? My fave is my 1958 doll (the date is stamped on the
back of her neck.) She was second hand when I got her as a hand me down from
a cousin in about 1969. She is still in great shape, but I never had any
clothes for her. I've since collected several vintage Barbie fashion
patterns (Simplicity, I think) from the period and made a wardrobe for her.

I sew, but don't stash. Which according the women in the store where I work,
makes me abnormal. I sew it up as I buy it. According to one woman, fabric
is not for sewing. It's for putting in the cupboard.
Marisa AU/NZ

"Arondelle" wrote in message
oups.com...
I come from a long line of pack-rats, on both sides of my family, so
where to begin?

Objects:
Fabrics. I had a huge stash of fabrics before the fire, some of which
were scraps I had saved from childhood sewing projects, and some had
been my mother's that she had never gotten to use. Of course, 90% of
the stash was destroyed, and I have been feverishly trying to build it
up again. I don't know why; I already have enough cotton "fat
quarters" to make a quilt big enough to drape the entire three-story
apartment building right to the ground.

RPG dice. Can never have enough dice, even though I haven't play in a
face-to-face game in 5 years.

Beads (Really????) ;-)

Swarovski chandelier crystals

Buttons. Ya never know when you might need a rainbow-colored fish
button...

Books, another collection that went bye-bye.

Teapots and fancy tea to brew in them

Rhinestone brooches, the tackier the better. I like the 1950's vintage
the best.

Candles. My candle jones got so bad, I've started making my own. You'd
think that after the fire (which was started by an unattended candle) I
would be terrified of candles, but I'm not. I am, however, safety
concious to the point of paranoia.

Barbies and Beanie Babies. I'd like to collect Carpatina dolls and
their clothes, too, but they're a bit out of my pocketbook at the
moment. The one I do have, Emma, was a gift from the doll's designer.

"Models" for 3D computer graphics. You can find quite a large number
of high quality software objects for free on the internet...

God and Goddess statues, from assorted pantheons. I'm particularly
fond of the Hindu elephant god, Ganesh.

Rocks and shells

Calculators (The gods' gift to the mathophobic)

I'd say Christmas/Solstice/Halloween ornaments, but I prefer to make
them rather than buy them. Does having a large bunch if them count as
a collection?

Themes:
Dragons
Wizards
Gargoyles
Fairies (this was an "accidental" collection, but I'm ok with it. The
Girlfriends think gargoyles are too scary.)
Spirals and labyrinths
Ivy Leaves
Cats, especially Calicos
Wolves
Halloween

Arondelle (on Google)

Marisa Cappetta wrote:

I sew, but don't stash. Which according the women in the store where I work,
makes me abnormal. I sew it up as I buy it. According to one woman, fabric

Now thats just wrong!!! hehehe

--
Polly
---
don't spook my groove...
icq 13968113
http://saxoncreek.com/

Helen C wrote:
I'm in need of reading material *waving hand!* I don't even care what
it is at this point (as long as it's NOT a kids book)


They are mostly well read paperbacks... medieval fantasy, a few
historical fiction and non-fiction, maybe a couple of Anne Rice and John
Grisham (have to see what my daughter left of those!) and such. Some
real gems though! If you want some of them give me a week or so to get
my equilibrium back and I would be happy to send them! Cool! This would
give me a good reason to actually do something about the overflow!

--
Polly
---
don't spook my groove...
icq 13968113
http://saxoncreek.com/

katieW. wrote:
SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, my. It is made right here in my home state, about 2 hours to the
south. There is a huge SPAM museum, which I've heard is a must see.

SPAM was a regular dinner growing up. sliced spam and sliced potatoes,
thrown in a skillet with butter, fried until everything was nicely
browned and crispy.

My esteemed brothers-in-law are responsible for my never being able to
eat SPAM ever again. They swear up and down that SPAM is just an
abreviated ingredients list: Snout, P*n*s, a**, and Mucus.

GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never been able to eat it since.

However, the entire town of Austin, MN smells like pork on production
days.

Then there is the annual Spam Festival in Austin Texas, with awards for
best Spam dessert! I think it falls right after the (canned) Corn Festival!

--
Polly
---
don't spook my groove...
icq 13968113
http://saxoncreek.com/