Alvaroo's Collections & Hobbies

Curiosities: banana and other fruit's stickers...

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Last summer I visited my friend in Lviv, Ukraine. I've noticed his new collection of many small, colorful things... Yes, it was his fruit stickers collection!

Since he has a lot of interesting for me things, I've also started collecting stckers, just to have some for exchange :).

And here they are!

Fruit stickers collection: Karamelo, Sechi, Sonnen Suss, FruitAltea, Sechara, UTC, Ripoll, Sunflavour, Luco, Snack Bananas, Golden Delicious (3x), Incaland Farmer

Fruit stickers collection: Zespri, classic Chiquita, Bonita, QDF, O, Don Limon, Cobana, Don Mario, Costa Sol, Consul, Citronex, Florida, LaCaseta, Cherie

Fruit stickers collection: Friol, Citely, Mangoes, Solete, Tuttofrutto, Salvetti, Si Senor, Amigo, Jaffa, Wielka Orkiestra Switecznej Pomocy (Polish charity sticker), Citronex, Hellenic Citrus, La Paz, Fino Fruits, Domaine des Preaux, Bello, Banaking, Wanita, Copal

Fruit stickers collection: Aksun, Persimon, Juibilo, Mangola, Sarilar, Coopval, Sin, Batman, Picasol, Mary, Natur, Golden B

Fruit stickers collection: Chiquita Rainforest Alliance, Madremia, Citronex, Banandes, Toppins, Coagri, Altun, Semt, La Cana, Jaffa, Hasat, Jaffa Sweetie

Fruit stickers collection: Oro Bonito, Fyffes, Bouquet, Del Monte, Mehadrin, Gala, Defry, Beautiful, Frutiboni, Porto Fruit, Balakanakis

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Wine Corks: mis en bouteille story once again :)

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Today I'm happy to show you another part of my corks collection - different versions of 'mis en bouteille' :).

According to Wikipedia, 'mis en bouteille' means:

"... au château, au domaine, à la propriété": these indicate the wine was "estate bottled", on the same property on which it was grown
"... par ..." the wine was bottled by the concern whose name follows.
"... dans la région de production": the wine was not bottled at the vineyard but by a larger business at its warehouse; this warehouse was within the same winemaking region of France as the appellation, but not necessarily within the boundary of the appellation itself.
"... dans nos chais, dans nos caves": the wine was bottled by the business named on the label.

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'au domaine' with nice fields, 'dans nos caves' stamp

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'I' unnamed nomacorc with grapes (synthetic cork), 'dans nos chais' - LEC

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'a la propriete', many versions, one nomacorc 38047

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'dans la region de production', 'au domaine' and others.

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'dans nos chais', 'au chateau', 'dans nos caves' - examples

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - classic 'a la propriete' signs...

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The Simpsons TCG: last photos of complete set :)

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As I mentioned in last post: there's the last part of my 'The Simpsons' TCG collection :D. I need to come back to my wine and beer collectibles again ;).

Take a look, comment, and enjoy!

* photos are a little blurry, I still have troubles with my camera :(. I'm sorry...

The Simpsons TCG scene cards: playground, Springfield Elementary, Isotopes game..

The Simpsons TCG scene cards: Moe's Tavern, Kwiek-e-mart, Krusty Burger...

The Simpsons TCG scene cards: Springfield Town Hall, Who shot mr. Burns...
And some action cards: Bart's guilt by association...

The Simpsons TCG action cards: Bart & Homer

The Simpsons TCG action cards: Homer & Krusty

The Simpsons TCG action cards: Krusty & Lisa

The Simpsons TCG action cards: Lisa & mr. Burns

The Simpsons TCG action cards: mr. Burns

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The Simpsons TCG: another pack of cards...

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My friend Mike asked me yesterday to upload more of TS tcg cards, so I've got nothing else to do, than make him happy. Tomorrow I'll upload last pack of cards...

:D

The Simpsons tcg cards: Maggie ver. b, ver. c, Marge (all three versions), Martin Prince, Mayor Quimby, Millhouse, Moe

The Simpsons tcg cards: Mojo, Mr. Teeny, Helen Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Nelson, Number One, Officer Lou, Otto Mann, Patty

The Simpsons tcg cards: Poochie, Skinner, Professor Frink, Rainer Wolfcastle, Ralph, Reverend Lovejoy, Rod & Todd Flanders, Santa's Little Helper, Selma

The Simpsons tcg cards: Sherri & Terri, Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Mel, Smithers, Snake, Sbowball II, Squeaky-voiced Teen, Stampy, Chalmers

The Simpsons tcg cards: Uter, Wendell, and some scenes: the couch, Bart's treehouse...

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The Simpsons TCG: I've got them (almost) all! #1

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I've been searching for 2 years for the last card of 'The Simpsons' TCG - 'the Collector' promo card.

Now I have all regular 156 commons and rare's, but I still don't have IT... Maybe you have it?

If there is somebody, who wants to trade with me - please... :D

BTW: the game is fantastic!

Take a look, this is the first part:

The Simpsons Trading Card Game - Bart, Homer, Krusty, Lisa, Mr. Burns, Apu, Barney, Bartman, Bleeding Gums Murphy

The Simpsons Trading Card Game - Blinky, Bobo, Brad Goodman, Bumblebee Man, Captain McCallister, Carl, Chief Wiggum Cletus Del Roy, Comic Book Guy

The Simpsons Trading Card Game - Dancin' Homer, Disco Stu, Dolph, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Dr. Nick Riviera, Duffman, Edna Krabappel, Fat Tony

The Simpsons Trading Card Game - Future Burns, Gil, Grandpa Simpson, Groundskeeper Willie, Hank Scorpio, Hans, Herb powell, Itchy & Scratchy, Janey Powell

The Simpsons Trading Card Game - Jasper, Jumbo, Kang & Kodos, Kearney, Kent Brockamsn, Lenny, Lunchlady Doris, Lurleen Dumpkin, Maggie ver. A

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Stationery for swap: cleaning my drawers

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There's a time for cleaning your chest of drawers, albums and boxes full of collectibles. There's a time, for letting things go.

So, today, I've uploaded some of my 'other' stationery photos. As usual - if you are interested in exchange, please let me know in comments section below :).

A5 stationery for swap: 911 & Peter Andre

A5 stationery for swap: big cats & cats

A5 stationery for swap: cartoon & Porsche cars

A5 stationery for swap: cartoons

A5 stationery for swap: Biker Mice from Mars & other cartoon

A5 stationery for swap: cats

A5 stationery for swap: gymnast & romantic theme

A5 stationery for swap: Mickey and Minnie & Rocky VI

A5 stationery for swap: nature

A5 stationery for swap: No Doubt & Just 5

A5 stationery for swap: romantic theme (color + B&W)

A5 stationery for swap: romantkic theme

A6 stationery for swap: Rocky VI / dog / Speed 3 / Bolek i Lolek (Polish cartoon)

A6 stationery for swap: cars / footbal teams / cat / 'love'

A6 stationery for swap: cartoons, 101 Dalmatians

A6 stationery for swap: cats / dog / clear / cartoon

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Beer Caps: searching 2nd page in my albums...

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Another chunk of my album - 35 beer caps, mostly German-type of beer :). Some are Austrian, some rather British are from USA (Summit)...

If you are interested in my caps - feel free to comment!

So, here they are: