{"id":192,"date":"2007-11-24T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:53:35","slug":"collections-the-mugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"Collections: The Mugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Since I was a youngster<\/span> I have liked collecting things. I probably started with collecting rocks and bugs. As I entered my teen years I collected stamps and baseball cards. When a movie called Star Wars<\/span> hit the theaters in 1977 I began collecting Star Wars toys. I no longer have the rocks and bugs. I still have the stamps and cards, although I have not done anything with them for years. I finally stopped collecting Star Wars toys this year when I finally ran out of room in the house.<\/p>\n

It did not take long after becoming an adult leader in Boy Scouting that the various Scout-related collections began. I have already told you about the patch collection. This time I would like to tell you about a collection I really never intended to start – the coffee mugs.<\/p>\n

First of all,<\/span> let me state that I do not drink coffee. I do not care for the taste of it. I know that puts me in a minority among Scout leaders. I do not need that cup of java in the morning to get me going. So why do I collect coffee mugs when I have no intention of ever using them?<\/p>\n

I do not remember<\/span> how the first mugs arrived in my hands. Many of the early mugs were given to me as gifts. These gifts began to accumulate. And then, every once in a while when I was attending a Scout function, I saw a mug that grabbed my attention. Soon, I had a collection of the things.<\/p>\n

Today, that collection<\/span> includes over sixty coffee mugs. Some are from council events. Some are from fundraising projects. A few are from high adventure bases. A couple are general Scouting themed. Sixty mugs may be smaller then some leader’s collections, but I know it is larger then most people’s.<\/p>\n

I still do not<\/span> go out of my way to collect the mugs, but if I come across one that catches my attention it may find itself sitting on the shelf with the rest of them. The mugs take up a lot more room in the house then the patches do so I have to limit myself with what I buy. I have discovered that mugs do not flatten very well when you try to place them into notebooks.<\/p>\n

The mugs are<\/span> on display in my recreation room, which is also the “Scout” room. Every time I dust them (which is not as often as I should), I think to myself that I really should donate these to the local historical society. But after they are cleaned and repositioned I decide I will keep them a little longer.<\/p>\n

The shelves are<\/span> almost full now, which means the collection will have to come to an end. Unfortunately, knowing me as I do, once I start collecting the mugs I will find something else to begin collecting. (When I quit collecting the Star Wars toys I began collecting medieval weapons.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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