Did anyone ever carry around unusual things?

[Nitro]

Most men usually have change in their pockets. I do to, along with washers, nuts, bolts and various small parts. I do not have any reason for carrying all this stuff, but it's always there. I just always stick small discarded stuff into my pockets and it has been this way for a very long time. I get some strange looks in stores when I'm looking for change.

I do that too

 

[royinpink]

Royinpink, I love the visuals!! My son does this too. He comes home from shopping with the most bizarre treasures in his pockets, I love it. He has gotten in the habit of giving the things he finds to the shop owners lately. One store associate paid him $1 because he found a pair of scissors they had been missing!

I always loved the sound of the formica chips on the display at my aunt's interior design shop. And I still hoard paint sample cards. I would love to have one of the Pantone color sets...

Your son sounds like a kindred spirit. He must've been so proud when he found the scissors! (I would have been, anyway.) Pantone <3

(Sorry for delayed response--took me this long to think of what I wanted to say.)

 

[Coupe]

These. If accompanying my mother shopping, by the end, I would have full handfuls and pockets of random plastic crap:

sock hangers

zip ties

tag fasteners

There were probably other things. Rocks and stones, as you mention. A rabbit's foot. I forget what all.

ETA: I almost forgot! Formica and paint samples. Mesmerizing.

Wow, royinpink, I had no idea there were so many different types and varieties of plastic tags and hangy things! And, I actually carry some different paint chips on a keyring - I heard about some people on the spectrum having them, so the next time I went to a Home Depot, I picked out a bunch of colors I liked, cut them into circles, punched holes in each one, and attached them to a keyring! And attached to the keyring is a keychain of Diddl, the cartoon mouse from Germany.

 

[royinpink]

Wow, royinpink, I had no idea there were so many different types and varieties of plastic tags and hangy things! And, I actually carry some different paint chips on a keyring - I heard about some people on the spectrum having them, so the next time I went to a Home Depot, I picked out a bunch of colors I liked, cut them into circles, punched holes in each one, and attached them to a keyring! And attached to the keyring is a keychain of Diddl, the cartoon mouse from Germany.

I never knew people on the spectrum were known to have a paintchip keyring. Where'd you find that out?

 

[Coupe]

I never knew people on the spectrum were known to have a paintchip keyring. Where'd you find that out?

I first heard about them in this book called The Social Success Workbook for Teens: The Social Success Workbook for Teens: Skill-Building Activities for Teens with Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, and Other Social-Skill Problems (An Instant Help Book for Teens): Barbara Cooper MPS, Nancy Widdows MS: 9781572246140: Amazon.com: Books

At one point, it talks about how some folks select different colors from their array of paint chips in order to identify/communicate how they are feeling when they don't quite have the words to describe it. I think some Special Education classrooms use them, as well. I thought this sounded like a good idea after reading about it, so I made one of my own - although, I don't use my paint chips to communicate my emotions so much as I just chose colors that I like looking at or identify with.

 

[Juliet8080]

At WinCo (or maybe other grocery stores) when you pour out the candy into plastic bags and you have to tie them with those paper-looking ties, I would just take a bunch of them because I loved the red and blue stripe that goes down each of them. I would just carry them with me because they were just wonderful.

 

[JessH0601]

I didn't grow out of my baby doll until about age 9. (Step dad threw her away
For a while, I had a green and white marble egg that I was convinced was going to hatch into Yoshi.
I collected dice and carried them for a while.
I also never missed picking up coins no matter where I went, so I always

 

[Knit Hat]

I used to carry tiny bibles, or really, just tiny version of anything. Mostly though, I would carry around a cologne bottle modeled after the Goodyear blimp. I was, and still am obsessed with blimps, or airships in general.

 

[CloudDog]

I always carried a crossword puzzle book, a notebook and a pen I'm case I saw something, thought of something interesting or wanted to draw and I still do. Ever since I was a little girl.

 

[wyverary]

I carry around this, a miniature oboe bell made out of rejected grenadilla wood. My preferred method of stimming is to rub my thumb into the little "bowl" indentation on the bottom; it's nearly invisible, which proves handy in situations such as being in public and at work.

ETA: Oops! Forgot to upload the file!

 

[Coupe]

I didn't grow out of my baby doll until about age 9. (Step dad threw her away
For a while, I had a green and white marble egg that I was convinced was going to hatch into Yoshi.
I collected dice and carried them for a while.
I also never missed picking up coins no matter where I went, so I always

I have one of those "keyring/bike chain" fidgets too, JessH0601! They're awesome.

 

[Manuheleku]

Nothing I consider unusual, a pocket knife, slingshot and keys, maybe junk I found laying around outside.

 

[gregmcph]

In my car I have a blob of Blutak. The stuff you use to stick posters onto walls.
It has been squished into a perfect cube.
Don't touch my blutak. Don't squish it into another shape. It's a cube, okay?

 

[royinpink]

I first heard about them in this book called The Social Success Workbook for Teens: The Social Success Workbook for Teens: Skill-Building Activities for Teens with Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, and Other Social-Skill Problems (An Instant Help Book for Teens): Barbara Cooper MPS, Nancy Widdows MS: 9781572246140: Amazon.com: Books

At one point, it talks about how some folks select different colors from their array of paint chips in order to identify/communicate how they are feeling when they don't quite have the words to describe it. I think some Special Education classrooms use them, as well. I thought this sounded like a good idea after reading about it, so I made one of my own - although, I don't use my paint chips to communicate my emotions so much as I just chose colors that I like looking at or identify with.

Oh, I see. That makes a lot more sense than what I was imagining, which was just like a tendency for people to collect paint chip keyrings.

 

[CloudDog]

I used to carry and take to bed with me a crystal salt shaker and a green metal night light, age about 5

I had to have a button in my mouth for a year after giving up smoking

 

[Ericho]

Didn't do it as a kid and it's hard to do nowadays with my wallet, glasses, keys, and watch.

 

[Jay Bowles]

Hi, this is my first post on this forum. Anyway I used to carry around a favourite book. Usually something that adults thought was far to advanced for my age. I loved the crisp paper and smell of a new book and it would accompany me everywhere; often not being read at all. I also collected things I found such as fossils and small stones that I found attractive. In fact I still do this! I loved picking up colour paint charts from shops and studying all the colours avidly.

 

[marthacannary]

I carry tons of stuff with me all the time. Cannot go anywhere without it all.

Give me a few minutes and I will snap a pic of it all on my desk.

Okay, here we go... Lets play a game of identify the stuff I carry with me all the time.

The three items in the lower right corner goes in my pockets. The rest goes in my purse.

 

[Coupe]

It seems to me that you must be really into photography, marthacannary !

 

[dragonless]

Feathers, rocks, shells. While out walking i frequently stop to examine or pick up something that looks interesting, probably to the confusion of anyone with me. i seem to be fairly good at seeing camouflaged animals or objects (but horrible at recognizing people - ha!). Many years ago i found a beautiful arrowhead while walking on a beach covered in stones with the same general shape and color. It is my most treasured item.