Technostalgia

Boys’ Life: Triple Stamp a Double Stamp

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Welcome to Sunday morning here at Atomic Toasters, where we take a gander at a bit of vintage advertising from old Boys’ Life magazines. Today’s ad comes from outside of the usual time fame of my personal collection, it is a 1975 issue via Google Books, that seems timely. The US Postal Service wants you to learn history through stamp collecting, and they have chosen a few highlight events and people to showcase that. Pay special attention to the stamp in the middle!

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User Input

User Input: The Fine Line Between Hoarding and Collecting

One of the first additions to my collection

I had never really thought of myself as a “collector” of anything. I tended to buy things that I needed, and once I had met that need, never really considered it again. Where I started to run into problems, however, was when I would purchase [...]