The traditional image of a stamp collector is seen in the logo of 'Showgard' mounts. It shows a man, probably in his seventies, looking through a magnifying glass at a stamp he is holding with a pair of tweezers (tongs) However, go to stamp days, visit clubs and check readers of, and writers for, magazines and the current image (in Australia anyway) is somewhat different. There are increasing numbers of female collectors, a lot more youngsters and middle aged people and the general attitude to the hobby is much more relaxed generally. Unfortunately, for competitions in anything above club level, there is still the "stuffed shirt" attitude to entries. Even Thematic and Topical classes are so bogged down with "rules" for layout that the casual visitor is put off. It is rather like reading an advanced textbook as opposed to a "general" one. It may be clever stuff but very off putting for the "amateur". I was involved with the competitive side of the hobby years ago (with some nice trophies to show for it) but found the collections were getting very specialised and serious. With this in mind I decided to form a collection which allowed the fun to come back in to my stamps. Obviously this would be for my own benefit as FIP would not be impressed! How to approach it though? I finally decided that the easiest way would be alphabetically and called the collection simply. . . .