Now for something different

Enthusiast - Defined - By a dictionary - I hope we are not talking about number 2.

1.	a person who is filled with enthusiasm for some principle, pursuit, etc.; a person of ardent zeal: a sports enthusiast.

2.	a religious visionary or fanatic.

or A nicer view

One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit: a baseball enthusiast.
A zealot; a fanatic.

And

Collector - Again I hope it is not #2.

1.	a person or thing that collects.

2.	a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.

3.	a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby.

So I will the interpretation to all of you collecting enthusiast or Enthusiastic collectors.

LOL.

Bill

When does an enthusiast become a collector?

By: justpen : January 11th, 2008-06:04

I was shocked the other day when I was at my AD’s. I overheard him tell one of his staff that I was a collector. I never thought that I was, and I did not really like to hear this, as I thought that I was just an enthusiast.....perceptions are interesting...

No confusion there...

By: pplater : January 11th, 2008-06:08

...surely a collector can also be an enthusiast, just as an enthusiast can also be a collector? Cheers, pplater.

I guess a collector is one that has many watches that they keep but do not use and an enthusiast is one that uses every watch. That would be my intrepretation as well but maybe I would adjust it to: A collector is one who has many watches but only wears s...

Collecting only is something cold (in my mind!!!)

By: Tassos : January 17th, 2008-02:14

Collecting - a genetic imperative?

By: cazalea : January 11th, 2008-10:20

I used to work for Thomson Corp, which was owned by Ken Thomson (aka Lord Thomson of Fleet). He died a couple years ago and with his passing the world lost a great collector. The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto received over 2000 works of art from him, ...

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