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On Sun, 15 May 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:

> I guess I'm trying to figure out what your 'packrat vs. collector'
> comment at the front has to do with the rest of your comment.  Is there
> some higher, more-esteemed thing called a 'collector' that is superior
> to a packrat?  I agree that organized and managed collections are
> better.  I just don't know where to draw the line without coming off
> like we're labeling (self-labeling) ourselves with some sort of clinical
> disorder and/or stepping up onto a pedestal.

A collector collects.  A packrat accumulates.

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