Spouses Who Also Collect

He like VW's?
I can see you have class Stampgal,
An Aussie husband who like VW's, wow,
For perfection, he needs to barrack for Collingwood.......

Like some stamps, I always wanted a Microbus, but could never
afford it.

translation please?!

Collingwood is a football team that plays our very strange brand of football called, funnily enough, Australian Rules Football. Barracking is what we call supporting or following a football team.

Collingwood's supporters are, by and large, of a particularly bogan variety (please Google "bogan").

Like stampgal, my wife has never complained about how much I spend on my collection.

As long as the food is on the table and the bills are paid, that's the main thing <G>. There would be a problem though is stamps became the main bill lol

Chimo

Bujutsu

Go the Pies!
(A bogan scan..sorry)

Stampgal, if your husband likes VW's and stamps,
there is a thematic on EXPONET on the Volkswagen
Absolutely Superb!

The guys and gals who exhibit here are at the top of their game,
very inspiring stuff.

The "Beetle"
http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0155/index0155a.htm

John Hotchner writes a short (typically one-page) monthly column for The American Stamp Dealer & Collector.

Today I received the September 2010 issue and Hotchner's topic, "Marriage & Philately" is directly related to this thread. I'm not sure; perhaps Bujutsu saw the article before me, hence his original post.

Anyway, there's a good line I want to share with you. According to Hotchner, one type of spouse is the one who hates/resents the collecting spouse. One collector told Hotchner:

"My wife promised to have my headstone made in the shape of a postage stamp, put my profile on it, and chisel "CANCELLED" across it."

I thought you would enjoy it...
KirkS

...and if it was a divorced widow that was getting alimony I guess it could say "Postage Paid".

Donna

I enjoy learning foreign languages

My wife says we don't need no stinkin headstones !

That's rich, Phil!

Maybe we can all be cremated. I understand Iceland now uses ash as in ingredient in their stamps

I agree with her of course..after a while who goes to visit headstones..give me a green burial in a burlap bag..go back to nature quick !!

I don't have a spouse, but the guy who will be mine if things ever go right understands (most) of my collecting interests. He doesn't actively collect anything at the moment, but he has collections of glass insulators, railroad lanterns, locks, and AMC parts for his 3 Javelins (those are cars, folks). I've shown him parts of my ephemera collection, and he seems to like looking at them. But he'd fall asleep at anything but a train or car show...

my spouse just stared as she saw what fun I was having and then when she got this amazing batch in from KGV she is now officially hooked... man its fun.. cannot wait to get her her catalog and start really getting the albums going she is so getting into it.. heck we stayed up half of last night just so she could talk about planning her book out lol ....

My wife collects Japan and a couple of topical selections. She has a heck of a time finding dealers that carry it, but when she can, she picks up a few things.