I have been sensing that a little in the last couple years. Since the posts where there was a discussion whether the club, ccgtcc should be renamed to something like Casino Chip and Gaming Tokens and Slot Card, Ash Tray, Matchbook, Cocktail Napkin, Swizzle Stick,Playing Cards and Dice, Bareware, Shampoo, Soap, Urinal Cake and Ice Machine Colectors Club.

It is my fear that this is like any adiction to an ellicit drug or something. It seems to start with something innocent like a casino chip or a set of dice or maybe a deck of cards. Then you find yourself, like me last June, going through your shaving kit and suitcase deciding what I could throw away when I went home so that I could cram in all the useless casino stuff that I picked up along the way. This can of shaving cream or that bottle of shampoo a few self recorded CDs.... I think I filled the sink in my room with all kinds of stuff that I didn't need to take home.

I think the chip collectors are still there but there is just more and more neat stuff to collect every time I go out there. This year I went to the snack bar a couple times at the Bowling Center and once at Terrable Mikes. I got 3 of those large plastic Pepsi cups and filled them up with matches and the hand cleaning tissues and keychains a few chips and some tokens some silver strikes and countless other things. Then there were all the decks of cards and a few T-Shirts and all. 2 or 3 Hurricane Glasses. Then, you can't forget the Mardi Gras Beads, All those Mardi Gras Beads. If I had room, at the gift shop, there was a really cute stuffed Alligator that I wanted to take home with me.