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debm55

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13. Wonderful, Mad_Dem_X. Do you debox your Barbies?

Reply to Mad_Dem_X (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:49 PM

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Did you collect anything as a child or even now? I collected baseball cards as a kid. How about you? [View all] debm55 Saturday OP

Hundreds of different beer cans! Raastan Saturday #1

Thank you very much, Raastan. That is very unique. debm55 Saturday #9

Betsy McCall paper dolls. DURHAM D Saturday #2

Thank you very much for sharing with us. DURHAM D debm55 Saturday #11

Breyer horses biophile Saturday #3

Thank you biophite. Thos Breyer horses were beautiful debm55 Saturday #12

I had scrapbooks of celebrity pictures Mad_Dem_X Saturday #4

Wonderful, Mad_Dem_X. Do you debox your Barbies? debm55 Saturday #13

Usually, yes. Mad_Dem_X Saturday #20

Video games and comic books as a kid Polybius Saturday #5

Thank you very much, Polybius. My favorite was collecting the Archies comic books. debm55 Monday #22

Beer Cans and I have them displayed in my garage today Chasstev365 Saturday #6

Great and very funny. Chasstev365. That is funny. Love it. debm55 Monday #23

wacky packs surrealAmerican Saturday #7

Thank you very much, surrealAmerican. That's great. debm55 Monday #24

Old Straight Razors ScoutHikerDad Saturday #8

Oh those are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us. ScoutHikerDad. You are very creative. debm55 Monday #25

Thank you, Deb! ScoutHikerDad Monday #27

Great story, and lovely pieces! electric_blue68 Yesterday #44

I collected coins, baseball cards and glass insulators. House of Roberts Saturday #10

Another baseball card collector. Since I live in Pittsburgh, I have a lot of the Pirates, including Roberto Clemente. debm55 Monday #28

Home team would have been Atlanta since it's regionally the closest. House of Roberts Monday #33

A few things, like wnylib Saturday #14

Thank you for your wonderful and interesting post.wnylib. I live in Pittsburgh , Been to Lake Erie many times. I did the debm55 Monday #30

Erie is my home town so I so spent a lot of time wnylib Monday #36

I still have my 1960s baseball cards. rsdsharp Saturday #15

HAHAHAHHAHHAh. I still have my vintage cards, and I remember the thin Topps bubble gum that came with them. I had a debm55 Monday #31

May sound strange, but some_of_us_are_sane Saturday #16

Thank you very much for sharing with us, some_of_us_are_sane. That's very interesting. debm55 Monday #38

I've often wished I had dickthegrouch Saturday #17

Thank you very much for sharing with us.dicthegrouch for sharing your journeys with us. debm55 Monday #39

"Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy" Golden Books Grim Chieftain Saturday #18

HAHHAHHAHAH. Thank you Grim Chieftain. Love it. I used to have the Golden Books with the elf in the top debm55 Monday #40

At various times, True Dough Saturday #19

I am so sorry, True Dough. debm55 Monday #41

No need to be sorry, deb True Dough Monday #42

Debm55 you have a kinship with a well-known Democratic Governor DFW Sunday #21

I collected coins, and still do. Emile Monday #26

Books 📕 and I still do. Polly Hennessey Monday #29

stamps, coins and baseball cards gopiscrap Monday #32

I collected coins for a long time CanonRay Monday #34

'55 Dodgers joho260 Monday #35

Baseball cards and Matchbox cars subterranean Monday #37

I still have pokemon cards... Rizen Monday #43

As a 5th & 6th grader- baseball cards.... electric_blue68 Yesterday #45