>>>On the radio this morning I heard that the Muppet stamps will be released today. There are 11 different stamps in the set.
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>>When I was a kid, collecting stamps was very normal (and almost cool to do). Is stamp collecting still normal? I wonder what happend to my stamp collection. I had maybe 10,000 stamps form mostly Europe and the Soviet Union.
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>I don't think philatelists were ever regarded as cool! Now numismatists! ... :-)

hey is that a nice way of calling me a nerd? If it is...thanks :)

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>I was into coin collecting. Still got them up in the attic: crinkly coins, aluminium coins, coins with holes through them, Kennedy silver dollars, Buffalo cents, Coronation crowns, Churchill crowns...

The Kingdom of Norway still has coins with holes through them. Just one less step if you want to "fish" a vending machine :)