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Newspaper cuttings
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Dec 7, 2009
Well, I s'pose this is a hobby. I can't resist cutting snippets from newspapers, especially if they're scienceuy things, but I'm also interested in history, archaeology, literature. I refer to these articles in my teaching
It started when I was a child and I used to keep scrap books. However, I've found that I could find the articles more easily idf I inter-leaved them between the appropriate pages of text books, encyclopaedias etc etc.
I still have specialist scrap books for Recipes and Gardening, but many of my articles have no logical home, so they're in a pile on my desk.
My wife thinks this activity is an obsession and it drives her mad 
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Newspaper cuttings
The H2G2 Editors Posted Dec 7, 2009
>>>My wife thinks this activity is an obsession and it drives her mad
It doesn't seem *too* bad. Apparently cutting out and collecting newspaper obituaries is quite popular with some. Your desk sounds like it's a right mess though.
Newspaper cuttings
AgProv2 Posted Dec 8, 2009
What about mine, then...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A30466181
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A8145812
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A8145812
... I got ther bug during childhood and have never lost it. At least Herself is tolerant and gives me the nearly-full run of the basement...
Newspaper cuttings
AgProv2 Posted Dec 8, 2009
Whoops, last one should have read
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A8101289
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