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Timo1978
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HaHa, do not worry Emihet, you are not the only one and i guess you will return again and again...If that continues i will know Pondus sanctuary better than my own room With every visit i find some Details i must have somehow overseen at my latest visits... |
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kakapo
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WOaWwwwwwwww !!!!!
René, I knew you had some stuff but that is beyond all my expectations:)) All these, banda dacota, Dynapower.....amazing collection and amazing room to practice. Congratulations
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kakapo
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I'm glued on my screen
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Pondus
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TonyL asked: What are you going to do with all, if not most of your collection when you grow older? Will it be an inheritance to your children, or will you retire and open up a table tennis shop?
Answer: Honestly, I haven't thought about it. I guess I'll have to see when I get that old. — ZApenholder said: Pondus, if I can squeeze in USA in my NA visit, I defiantly must come and visit this POI. Reply: Sounds good, ZAP - I'd love to have you come by. — Yogi_Bear asked: Pondus, what did you feed your wife with in order for her to agree with all this? Answer: LOL. — Rich215 asked: Do the super cool furry stools have memory foam under the covering? Answer: They don’t. — Fatt said: Ok i hope it does not sound jealous or negative in any way and here is my question: mmmhhh… forget about it i won't be a party pooper. Reply: Bring it. — Shaibu said: Ok - I'm going to be a party pooper. Pondus, you've said that you only have time to play ~once a week. On the other hand - you've bought ~500 blades in 2 years - so your buying rate is ~5 blades/week. Doesn't quite compute, does it? It would take you 10 years just to play one session with each one of the blades you already own. This just seems totally silly to me. Reply: You're right, Shaibu, it is indeed silly. But the thing is, I simply collect the blades because it is fun for me. I don't intend to actually play with all of them. The vast majority of the blades I've collected, I’ve never played with (and don't plan on doing so). It’s sort of like people that collect stamps - they do it because they enjoy collecting them, not because they're looking to mail out a ton of letters. Edited by Pondus - 05/05/2014 at 10:05am |
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beeray1
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I like that analogy a lot for some reason.
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Pushdeep
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Did you recently win the lotto or sold a surprise valuable antique that's been sitting in your attic? 2 Years to accumulate a collection seems sudden.
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Pondus
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Ha.. I wish. No, I simply came back to TT after being more or less gone from it for about 20 years. And with the Internet and Forums and stuff like that, I was quickly lured in by pictures of other people's collections and such. I went a little crazy at first, but I basically don't buy many blades anymore. Once in awhile something special will catch my eye, but other than that I've chilled out quite a bit. Edited by Pondus - 05/05/2014 at 12:18pm |
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slevin
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errrmmmm..., not impressed at all Pondus.
Where's your collection of robots??? Just kidding!!! I've just nominated your basement as one of the 7 wonders of the table tennis world!
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BH-Man
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Absolut WUNDERBAR.
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liulin04
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Rene, I showed your sanctuary to one of my friends yesterday who also knows Hercules. He said Hercules' collection is huge already. When he saw all of the blades that you have, and the short stories of the individual blades, origins, etc., that I narrated, the only words that came out of his mouth were, "Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, ...., wow"
You get the picture... |
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LOOPMEISTER
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sandiway
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Pondus,
Your collection is certainly something very special but I'm actually more interested in the playing area. (I also have a playing area in my house. I have some custom features but I don't have GerFlor.) What are the dimensions of the area Width X Length X Height? Thanks very much. Sandiway
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yogi_bear
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it's like having so many mistresses too or you can call this a harem?
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ttTurkey
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Wow, if someone just showed me those pictures I would have guessed that it's either a really tidy table tennis shop or a table tennis museum.
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benfb
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Just curious: how come you don't have a huge collection of rubbers on display?
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Pondus
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Because I don't collect rubbers. Or balls. Or edge-tape. Or net-height-rulers... |
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benfb
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I think you should collect balls. Small, interesting set of variety. |
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Pondus
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Nah... collecting balls is for Stanislaw Schmidt. See his collection here: http://www.tischtennisbaelle.org/english |
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benfb
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Wow! I had no idea.
I could, by the way, imagine someone collecting robots. A little expensive, but there aren't that many varieties and they all have interesting mechanics and features. It would be like people who collect cars or tractors. And it would really seem that rubbers should be collected by someone. That would seem to me to be similar to collecting blades. Oh, and someone should collect table tennis memorabilia as it relates to entertainment -- mainly use in the movies, but possibly in music too. I do have a whole bunch of stuff from the release of Balls of Fury. |
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W0LovePP
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Are you still collecting, slowing down, or stop completely?
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Pondus
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I've slowed down considerably... I only get something if it's really unique as far as what I'm looking for. I think I've gotten less than 10 blades this year - and "gotten rid" of more than that. |
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Dean
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Some minutes ago I saw your thread for the first time
President Pondus, I bow to you!
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jt99sf
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I'd like to see your blade box collection !!
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Photino/Super Viscaria : H3 (FH)/Dr N pips(BH)
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Pondus
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LOL - yeah, I have A LOT of boxes... all stored away in storage. |
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speedy
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Pondus,
I had 300+ blades at one time, and I thought I was sick. Also, I have seen many many collections over the years, and nobody comes close to what you have here. You have the most "complete" collection of table tennis equipment ever, blades, rubbers, table, shoes, shirts, short, robot, etc... and most importantly, a room dedicated for table tennis. The only thing you don't have is a picture of Speedy on your wall, just kidding... but, it's not a bad idea. You might want to collect some pictures of the members of this forum and put them in that room to show the friendship that you also collected over the years. I usually don't comment on anyone's collection, but this one is too much. I almost cry because I am so happy for you . I just want to say this: You are officially the SICKEST table tennis EJ in the world (It's a compliment from Speedy himself) AWESOME COLLECTION!!! Edited by speedy - 06/07/2014 at 10:37am |
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SPEEDY
Viscaria Super ALC ST JOOLA Rhyzen CMD(FH) Nittaku Moristo SP (BH) |
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takethat
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Second story bastard, hate him.Must say at least I have more shoes.Take that.
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zzzuppp
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OK the time has come to ask the question in the back of people's minds.
Maybe I'm being impolite, but how the hell did you get the money to buy all that, and have a tolerating family? |
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acid
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Unbelievable .....
Very nice colletion ... Well done !
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GwaiLo
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My commute to the nearest club is ten minutes and I thought I was pretty close! With this setup yours must be around thirty seconds? Honestly, when I saw your line-up of butterfly timo boll blades I was blown away, the colors are amazing.
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mahomedy13
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the first time my eyes have seen such a thing and...WOW!!!
I would love to come to your house just to have a physical look
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