You know you are a card junkie when.....

[Leon]

You know you are a card junkie when.....

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Your heart beats faster as you are about to enter a card show :)

[aquarius31]

Your wife calls you a dork for closely inspecting, sniffing, commenting on your cards (something like "damn look at the colors on that one") and you take it as a complement :)

[e107collector]

When the wallpaper display on your cellphone is an E107 Honus Wagner.:)

Tony

[terjung]

When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.

[Howe’s Hunter]

you sneak on to the Net 54 website at least eight times during a nine hour work day to make sure you're not missing anything.

I check here more than eBay, and I could actually buy cards there, not just read about them.

[WillBBC]

When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.

You know you're a card junkie when baseball cards become porn.

Smelling cards is number one. My girlfriend never gets it. I smell every new card I get. Be it some junk wax at Target or something in the mail. It must be sniffed.

[atx840]

Get frustrated with my daughter when she keeps creasing and roughing up the edges on the cardboard coasters in the restaurant....:rolleyes:

[A2000]

When you have 5 or more bookmarks on your browser dedicated to baseball card related websites.

[prewarsports]

When you still eat the gum in a 1987 Wax Pack you just opened last week.

[AndyG09]

When you're constantly looking for the mailman to come down the block and then shake his hand after he delivers the cards you've been waiting for.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Back in the early 1980's a fellow I knew got so caught up in his pursuit of the T206 set that he sold his riding lawnmower to buy an O'Hara. Problem was he lived on about a two acre lot and his grass went wild.

He is now divorced, don't guess his wife shared his love of the monster?

[scooter729]

When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.

[sycks22]

When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.

[Leon]

When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.

I was thinking this same type of thing....concerning....

"ok, so how much do I need for bills with regards to how high this particular card goes....and will I see another one or do I need to rob Peter to pay Paul with money from somewhere else to absolutely try to get this example?"

Oh the mind games we play with ourselves :(.

[hunterdutchess]

when my wife knows the mail man a little to much because she has to sign for all of my cards while I am at work:confused:

[horzverti]

...when you're age 12 and you have your the local, hometown dealers' home phone numbers.

...when your dog's middle names are Jefferson and Burdick.

...when you reserve your vacation a year in advance so that you can attend the National.


Love this thread

[alanu]

When you constantly overpay for card(s) you have to have and then sell them later at a lower price to buy the next card(s) you have to have.... or what I like to say the Buy High, Sell Low strategy

and when your savings account is actually cards, you deposit cards when you have extra money and then withdraw and sell them when you need money... kind of related to the strategy above

[deadballera]

when you see on the sports ticker for baseball scores and you read Cobb from Tampa Bay. For a second or two, you actually think Cobb for Detroit.

[pariah1107]

when you "soak" your vintage cards in a large spoon over an open flame...

[Tim Fritz]

When your mailman asks if you collect cards.

What the 2 or 3 bubble warp envelopes that come every day gave it away???

[Jaybird]

When you wake up too early and instead of rolling over and going back to sleep, decide to check your ebay "saved searches" one more time.

[Jcfowler6]

When this thread makes you feel normal.

I don't need therapy!

[90feetaway]

when you keep your favorite cards next to your 'go bag' so if you have to evacuate quickly those cobbs and wagners won't be left behind

[Robextend]

When you have a seprate bookshelf dedicated to old auction catalogs.

[vintagerookies51]

when the wallpaper on your phone is of your card collection

[D. Broughman]

When you give your Grandson (Nolan) a Nolan Ryan rookie card for his first birthday:D

[Kzoo]

....since around age 10 (mid 80's for me), you immediately check the yellow pages in your hotel room for card shops when on vacation or on out of town business. :)

Matt

[wolfdogg]

When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.

I have done that before but with my cell phone or any digital clock.....when I see 3:11 I instantly think of 1952 Topps Mantle:D

[celoknob]

when you ask for a new menu because yours is creased.

[glchen]

when you read old auction catalogs on the stool and before bedtime.

[brianp-beme]

when it seems perfectly natural to you to want to see a depiction on cardboard of a grown man named Heinie Groh.


Brian

[kcohen]

When you never go away on vacation, or do so grudgingly, because you're afraid to leave your collection unattended.

[Jaybird]

When you never go away on vacation, or do so grudgingly, because you're afraid to leave your collection unattended.

Or... never go on vacation without a robust internet connection.

[ValKehl]

When imagining that you are making the bb card find of a lifetime helps you fall asleep at night!

BTW, my eyes are wet from laughing so much as I am reading this thread!
Val

[jp1216]

When you kneel in church and pray for the finds to come and give thanks for last weeks haul...

[yanksfan09]

When you never go away on vacation, or do so grudgingly, because you're afraid to leave your collection unattended.


Or when you never go on vacation because you stop and think about the card or cards you could be buying with that money instead...

[novakjr]

Or when you never go on vacation because you stop and think about the card or cards you could be buying with that money instead...

Pretty much the case here...

[novakjr]

When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.

My wife stopped asking a long time ago.. She'd probably be relieved if she were to catch me looking at porn..

[Exhibitman]

When you wear clothing until it has holes in it but your cards are immaculately stored...

When you would rather go to a card show than get laid...

When your wife sends you off to the National every year to "go play with the other dipsh*ts..."

When you add up the cost of a family vacation and then determine how many cards on your want list you could buy instead...

[Gene Palmer]

When you start looking for stats on your wife's back.

[Cy2009]

. . . when I look at my XM radio and it has

MLB Network
Red Sox SP
Josh Beckett

and the first thing I think is Single Print (for SP and not Starting Pitcher).

Cy

[Northviewcats]

when you come home from work and find a great lot of cards on eBay. You place a bid and get a message from eBay that shill bidding is against company policy. You just bid on your own auction.

Yep, I did that.

Best regards,

Joe

[martingale]

When more than half of the closet space in your bedroom is occupied by baseball cards.

[Gradedcardman]

...when you don't hesitate to make a $1000 offer on a T206 PSA5 Carolina Brights common but decide to eat home because going out to dinner costs too much...

[t206blogcom]

When your wife gives your card collecting hobby a name, 'baseball card girl', and claims whenever your on ebay and net54 that you're cheating on her with 'baseball card girl'.

[Jaybird]

when your wife calls the Net54 dinner "Dinner for Schmucks" and you take no offense. Just so long as she lets you go, she can call it whatever she wants.

[joeadcock]

when you can rationalize all the money you spend believing you can just sell them and make your money back.

[Leon]

when you come home from work and find a great lot of cards on eBay. You place a bid and get a message from eBay that shill bidding is against company policy. You just bid on your own auction.

Yep, I did that.

Best regards,

Joe

Now that's funny.

edited to add....because I could see myself doing it too!!

[GoldenAge50s]

You know you are a card junkie when.....

As a kid, you cut the tabs off all your '52 Red Man's, but you keep sending them in to SGC at least twice every year, hoping they won't notice.

[Collectorsince62]

When you can remember the card numbers and pictures on thousands of cards from years ago, but can't remember names and faces of relatives and co-workers.

When you're never satisfied with a perfectly good Ex and feel the insatiable need to upgrade it to NrMt.

When you keep duplicates around just in case you decide some day to start a second set.

When you enjoy a thread like this because you realize there are others just as passionate about the hobby as you.

[Brian Van Horn]

You know you are a card junkie when.....

You try to color coordinate your wardrobe with your latest pickup.

(I disavow any connection to this thought other than posting it.)

[CW]

when you start rating women on a card grading scale -- poor for the dogs, very good for the butterfaces, near mint for the "girl next door" types, and gem mint for the hotties. :)

[Brian Van Horn]

And Authentic would be........

[carrigansghost]

Chuck, don't grade them, just collect them all. Now they may not be in your collection long, but you once had them.

Rawn

[packs]

...every time you pay rent you think of the card you could have bought with that money.

[joebrandon1977]

When working in corporate America and you're in a boardroom meeting implimenting a new rating system for vendors; and you reference baseball card grading and the benefits of having 1/2 point grades.

[sbfinley]

A couple that have happened to me recently:

1. Paying X amount for a card that you "just have to get" and then within the month selling it for 85% of X amount to fund the purchase of another card that you "just have to get."

2. Whenever my wife and I get into a fight and she deems herself to be in the wrong she will buy something off of my ebay watch list to apologize. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's pretty awesome.

3. I'm that guy that still carries cash so when I stop to pump gas I usually go inside to pay. To prevent being that guy who forgets what pump he's at and having to walk to the window or back outside, when I stop at the pump I mentally attach the pump number I am at with a jersey number. (e.g. If I'm on pump three I'm parked at Babe Ruth.) Last week I asked for $20 on Stan Musial. The look the lady gave me was priceless. It wasn't the first time it has happened, and probably won't be the last.

[Bosox Blair]

when you start rating women on a card grading scale -- poor for the dogs, very good for the butterfaces, near mint for the "girl next door" types, and gem mint for the hotties. :)

She has better eye-appeal than her technical assigned grade...:)

Cheers,
Blair

[terjung]

And Authentic would be........

Restored? Altered?

I can think of a few that fit that category :)

[milkit1]

when you receive a card september 15th but dont tell anybody until 11:59 eastern standard time on september 30 cause your a thread starting whore.

[Big Six]

...you are posting on Net54 at 3:37 AM.

[bh3443]

when at 19 you drop out of college because your education's taking up the time you need to open up a card store and run shows.

when you give away baseball card packs at your wedding as center pieces.

when your will states that your Hank Aaron Rookie card will be buried with you.

[ullmandds]

You argue with total strangers...on an internet message/chat board...regarding how a card was graded...by a third party grading service...that you don't even own...or have an interest in buying?!

[brett 75]

You are one of the people featured on the show "Hoarders" because of the size of your collection !

[hunterdutchess]

maybe shes doing the mail MAN!

[Tom S.]

...you have a tab running with the owner of the local card shop.

...you experience an anxiety attack because it's been EIGHT FREAKING DAYS!!!! since you have added a card to your collection.

[2dueces]

When someone hands you their business card and you grade it cause there is a dinged edge.

[teetwoohsix]

...you are posting on Net54 at 3:37 AM.

:D:D Too funny !!! Something similar came to my mind the first time I read through this thread- glad I'm not the only one :)

This thread is excellent- and a great thing to read first thing in the morning.

Sincerely, Clayton

[pwilk17]

when you find your wife in bed with the mailman and your first thought is - did he deliver any cards today.

[dabigyankeeman]

When you sneak the mail into the house so your wife doesnt see the bubble envelopes, and if she does see a new card you tell her you are tired of buying all these three-dollar cards.

[dstraate]

You drink 3 vodkas every night and your wife has and intervention...

about baseball cards

[dstraate]

And Authentic would be........

my ex

[ScottR81]

when u start to con your 10 year old out of his cards for a upcoming rookie.

[novakjr]

And Authentic would be........

One that was at least born a woman...I'd hate to see what "questionable authenticity" would look like.

[novakjr]

When you notice that no one ever seems to be on these boards on Sundays, and those that are rarely post anything, yet you stay logged in all day and keep checking just in case someone posted something new in the BST..

Or you're afraid to leave the house because you might miss something in the BST. A few weeks ago, I took the wife and kids out to eat, and was gone for about an hour... Honestly one of the best deals that I've seen ever in the BST was posted less than 5 minutes after I left the house, and was bought by someone less than 5 minutes before I got home. Sadly, I haven't taken them out to eat since(I keep telling her I'm too exhausted from work). I'll send the wife to get take-out or drive-thru, but that's it...One day she'll figure out why, and I'll probably be in some trouble..

[Leon]

When you notice that no one ever seems to be on these boards on Sundays, and those that are rarely post anything, yet you stay logged in all day and keep checking just in case someone posted something new in the BST..

Or you're afraid to leave the house because you might miss something in the BST. A few weeks ago, I took the wife and kids out to eat, and was gone for about an hour... Honestly one of the best deals that I've seen ever in the BST was posted less than 5 minutes after I left the house, and was bought by someone less than 5 minutes before I got home. Sadly, I haven't taken them out to eat since(I keep telling her I'm too exhausted from work). I'll send the wife to get take-out or drive-thru, but that's it...One day she'll figure out why, and I'll probably be in some trouble..

LOL.....37 people just clicked over to the BST when they read this :)

what's even more sad.....instinctively I was one of the 37 (for those keeping count, I made that number up, there were probably more)

[novakjr]

LOL.....37 people just clicked over to the BST when they read this :)

what's even more sad.....instinctively I was one of the 37 (for those keeping count, I made that number up, there were probably more)

Even though I'd already checked the BST before I posted that, it's sad, but my own post made me paranoid enough to check again...

Edited to add: And then your post and my reply, made me check again...Dammit...

[wolterse]

You're a cardboard junkie when...

...you have more pictures of cards on your computer than of your family....

[alanu]

You know you are a card junkie when.....

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Your heart beats faster as you are about to enter a card show :)

Even when it's a show where you've only found vintage cards once in the past 2 years.

[almostdone]

You know your a cardboard junkie when...

-You are gone from you're family for a number of days and your four year old is waiting up to see you before bed but you still drive an hour out of your way to meet another board member and see his colletion (hi Chris!)

-You can't get to sleep at night so you try to counting Hall Of Famers in your collection instead of sheep.

-For some stupid reason you hold on to a cap to deoterant that say "If you still have your baseball card collection you must be a Mitchum man".

Done all three in the last two weeks

Drew

[Brendan]

You know you're a card junkie when you

Wake up every Saturday and search the Internet for card shows. Then, when you see any sign of a card show within 50 miles you hop in the car.

[rainier2004]

when your wife can explain to guests the differences between e145-1's and e-145-2's then gives you "the look".....

[bosoxfan]

When someone hands you their business card and you grade it cause there is a dinged edge.

This a good one...LOL

[Pup6913]

When you hope someone knows what your license plates mean

[Fred]

Ok Andrew, I think you've found the meaning of this thread.... nice plate...


I think you know you're a junkie when you make posts like the following post:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=142195

Jay, good luck finding that bad boy...

[dog*dirt]

You know you are a card junkie when you give out candy AND baseball cards for Halloween

[tedzan]

When you hope someone knows what your license plates mean


Hey Andrew

Check this out......I knew when we wheeling & dealing in Chicago this Summer that we had more than T-cards in common :)


<img src="http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt113/zanted86/b60tbirdt206.jpg" alt="[linked image]">



TED Z

[nebboy]

When you have 2 stashs of cash for buying cards. Small that the wife can find and raid, and the big well hidden one just waiting for the next good B/S/T post.

[Pup6913]

Hey Andrew

Check this out......I knew when we wheeling & dealing in Chicago this Summer that we had more than T-cards in common :)


<img src="http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt113/zanted86/b60tbirdt206.jpg" alt="[linked image]">



TED Z


To funny Ted. I almost bought a 66 T-Bird this summer. Great minds think alike.

[brickyardkennedy]

When your hands shake as you fumble to open that envelope holding your latest acquisition(s).

[shaunsteig]

... when there are far too many prior posts on this thread that feel eerily familiar.

great thread, thanks for starting and for all the others for chiming in...

[skelly]

When you look at the business card someone just gave you and wonder what it might grade.

[DoubleJ]

When you give your girlfriend an engagement ring and she gives you the Ty Cobb T206 she's been waiting 2 months to give you.

[novakjr]

When you give your girlfriend an engagement ring and she gives you the Ty Cobb T206 she's been waiting 2 months to give you.

Or, When you give your girlfriend an engagement ring because she gives you the Ty Cobb T206.

Also, assuming that's a true story...Congrats.

[snider4prez]

Wow DoubleJ that is very cool!!!! Congrats on the card and engagment. Welocome to the board was well.

Trevor

[DoubleJ]

Wow DoubleJ that is very cool!!!! Congrats on the card and engagment. Welocome to the board was well.

Trevor

Thanks. It is a true story. I forgot to mention that she picked the red portrait because red is for love.

[snider4prez]

LOL Ok now that went to far and I don't beleave you anymore :D Just kidding good luck with the marrage and the card collecting! Just FYI collecting cards is way easier :eek:

[Runscott]

Thanks. It is a true story. I forgot to mention that she picked the red portrait because red is for love.

She probably picked the red portrait because he is looking away. Tell her you want the green to let her know you have your eyes on her.

JK - congrats.

[zljones]

When you go from zero credit card debt to owing thousands.

When the painters are supposed to paint the inside of your house while your at work and you take your collection to work so no theft risked.

[Texxxx]

When you open up your checking account statement and one whole page is transfers to paypal for buying cards.

[MooseWithFleas]

When you give your girlfriend an engagement ring and she gives you the Ty Cobb T206 she's been waiting 2 months to give you.

This would be my dream. I just did the former... waiting for the latter now :D

[joeadcock]

DoubleJ

Cool story true or not.

As I recall, your name was in Saturday Night Fever.