Thank you! It is pretty much a life long interest that I hope to enjoy for many more years!

Thank you!

Yes, it usually ends up making the most sense to just collect the stamps of your home country, since that's where they are the most plentiful. Interestingly enough, I ended up with a lot of Australian

For sure, the "free market" part of capitalism has gotten lost...

The oligarchs pretty much run the Universe... and they will dish us up ever larger portions of their shit, and expect us to be happy!

There's always a sales pitch to the effect that we are "better off" because of all the ostensible "innovations and benefits" being foisted upon us. Just this morning I wasted a good

Clearly, you are actually playing the hand you were dealt, not just complaining about it. My wife is much the same... she has an autoimmune condition that make many things incredibly painful to do... but

MTG certainly has endured over the years! Back when we had our gallery/shop in town, one of my frequent visitors was an artist whom — it turned out — had created the art of a number of cards. He was an

Sometimes RE-discovering an old favorite hobby can be a great pastime. Thanks for your kind words!

Ack! Yes, I know ALL about starting too many things and ending up with chaos!

You're welcome; good luck!

This is a wonderful topic! I was just writing a post about hobbies and came here to get the link to the community to add... and saw that you are doing Postage Stamps for February, so I added that in the

Just a little bit at a time has a way of adding up to something, if you just stay patient with it!

Thank you for nominating one of my posts! And congratulations @nancybriti1!

Thank you!

I haven't tried, myself, but around here the easiest (allegedly!) way to buy crypto with cash is the Coinstar change machine at our local Safeway. I don't know what sort of commissions they charge, but

Well, I suppose it's only natural in some way that our hardships — little and large — are what we end up relating over. And in this world in which we live? Smooth sailing seems to be quite the rarity!

Thank you for your good wishes and kind words!

Thank you! It's just nice to think we can leave "something" for the future in a generally accessible place. And given that we will likely be moving more and more towards a highly digitized future,

Sadly, most of the original aspects of "Netiquette" have been long lost... in particular "don't say anything to someone online that you wouldn't say to their face." I think it's turning