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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Adam S Dodd, post: 477572, member: 9676&quot;]Thank you Peter for the opportunity to provide members with an introduction.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know where it came from or why it is, but I have been collecting for many years.&nbsp; I am a Federal employee by day (with 9 months until I am retirement eligible), and an artist/philosopher the rest of the time. I see the things we make as reflections of our humanity and provide tremendous insight into ourselves and the times.&nbsp; We can learn about how people lived, what they thought beautiful, virtuous, what they like to eat and how they had fun.&nbsp; My favorite pieces are those that beg the question &#039;Why on Earth did someone make this thing?&#039;&nbsp; &#039;What were they thinking?&#039;&nbsp; In our lifetimes, we have seen more change in how we live than perhaps any other period in time.&nbsp; No future generations will grow accustomed to occasional sonic booms, crawling under their desks at school during &#039;civil defense drills, or wonder who it was that called if they didn&#039;t get to the phone in time to answer it.&nbsp; I collect Japanese china, all kinds of plates and pottery, but particularly souvenir plates, old photos, works or fine and not so fine art, glass (carnival, uranium, art glass), mid-century barware, Syroco, records and players (victrola to 45s).&nbsp; When I retire, I plan to open at charitable organization and open up shops and thrift stores to fund its work.&nbsp; Thanks again for the opportunity to say &#039;Hi&#039;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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