[GH85Carrera]

My grandparents were born before radio broadcasts, and were married before they owned a radio. My dad was born soon after that, so he grew up with radio as something that was just part of life.

When television came along, radio programs all moved to the TV. My grandmother used to listed to as the world turns when it was first broadcast on the radio, and loved the change to TV, even the crappy static filled black and white picture.

Grandma had a old 1950s era Bakelite radio one of the cousins really wanted, and no one else wanted it.

I have seen the photos of the large living room radios the entire family gathered around. I don't remember ever hearing my parents or grandparents talking about it. If they did I did not listen as I did not understand the concept at all back then.

One of my wife's relatives collected barbed wire. He had a large wall in his barn of hundreds of types of barbed wire. It was pretty cool as a collection, but not something you wanted in a house. Each piece was a couple of feet long, and mounted on a board.

There are endless things to collect. Usually unless it is something like coins, or something with intrinsic value, there is little desire from the kids to want it.

My wife also collect Flow Blue china. She has several wall displays and several cabinets full of it. All pretty enough, but not really worth all that much (I think) I have no idea what she paid for it.