Let’s get something straight: I’m not a serious collector of anything.
I tried, I really did. I started collecting postage stamps at age 9.
But then I failed the test for my Brownie badge in Stamp Collecting. That was because Brown Owl (this is seriously what Brownie leaders are called in the UK) Brown Owl, I say, waved a dis…
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