March 16, 2002
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If you could go back in time, what would you have started collecting as a child that you believe you would benefit highly from?

Nothing. I had collecting things. But if forced to choose, probably Microsoft stock.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

I've always collected snippets of knowledge and I find them very valuable.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

I'm not a big fan of collecting so it would have to be low maintenance and small enough not to create a clutter situation. Probably autographed books seeing as how getting the autograph would add something to the trip.

Alias Irrelevante

Money! Lol. I think that's the only thing I'm really lacking right now.

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

Besides stocks and bonds? Probably land (like in NYC), paintings or toys from the Munsters. (The TV show)

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

Precious Moments Figurines

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

More knowledge, more friends, and stock in the companies that have gone up on the market.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

I would have opened a savings account and saved every penny I earned or got.

Christina
MI   USA

All the X-men comics. I could be rich.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

I guess that I would have started to collect records because they are scarce nowadays and some are even worth thousands of dollars.

Kyle

I suffered some brain damage years ago and my memories of my past are very vague. I wish I would have saved EVERYTHING from my past - magazines, comic books, clothing, records, school papers, etc. so I could see what my life was like. I also wish I would have taken more photos.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

Money...all those pennies and birthday money I got from friends and family.  If I had pit all that in a savings account. I would have a nice chunk of change by now. Oh well, Live and learn.

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

girls. lots of pretty girls.

A-Dog, 19
|McMinnville
, OR  USA

Common sense. =)

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

Eh, I collected what I wanted as a child, and I wouldn't take that back. The only reason to buy stuff I wasn't interested in would be to make money now, and that's just greedy. The only thing I might change, collection-wise, would be to complete the collections I wanted to complete when I WAS a child. Like, my brother and I were each missing one Ewok action figure. I had the one he was missing, and he had the one I was missing. I wish we'd each had all the Ewoks.   But it's not like I had it that rough, toy-wise. I had lots of toys.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA    USA

First off, I would have saved all my baseball cards. I had a ton of them and they would be worth thousands of dollars now. But, I think if I could go back and start collecting things, it would be stories and memories. I would pay attention a lot more to a lot more things. I think that would benefit me the most.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

I wish I had my original Barbie dolls, My husband would like to have his comic books. Then we would be able to "retire" off the profits!!! (ha Ha)

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

Knowledge.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR    USA

I did a lot of writing even as a child. I wish I had held onto some of those ramblings...it would have been a really cool addition to the book I'm looking to write.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT   USA

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