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Posted By: <b>George</b><p>I think that the Bruces are aware that this is the United States of America, and we do not have royalty here. Therefore, when the Bruces refer to themselves as “we,” eschewing the use of the vertical pronoun, it must be for another reason.<br /><br />There is a type of schizophrenia known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), in which an individual has more than one personality. A famous example of MPD was Norman Bates in the movie “Psycho,” who was also Mrs. Bates. As far as the Bruces are concerned, who knows how many personalities they may have?<br /><br />Clearly, there is the dynamic and aggressive Bruce, who has amassed a fortune and used it to accumulate baseball cards. Then there is the old (olde ?) English Bruce, who sees himself as an associate of Sherlock Holmes, and who uses words like “whilst” when he really means “while.” And then there is the sensitive and tender Bruce, who craves to be loved and admired by the community of baseball card collectors. Possibly the Bruces, when they were a 10-year old boy, did not have the best collection of baseball cards in the playground, and resolved to correct this situation in the future, but who knows? <br /><br />By now, the Bruces have achieved all of their goals, with the exception of being universally recognized and admired by all other baseball card collectors. To help achieve this goal, they have subtly proposed to create a list of the 100 greatest collectors, cleverly omitting their own name from the list, while waiting expectantly for someone else to insist that they, the Bruces, must, of course, be added to the list………and certainly very close to the top. Inexplicably, this has not yet occurred. My suggestion to the Bruces is they offer an expensive (but expendable) card to the first person who nominates them for the list.<br /><br />Then the Bruces will have done it all.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Jim Clarke</b><p>There is an ole saying. "If they are talking about you good or bad, thats GOOD! When they stop talking about you.. that's BAD" <br />On a good note.. I think Bruce Babcock is a great person with a super collection, while we are talking about, all the Bruces.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Henry Eshelman</b><p>I was hoping someone would bring this up<br><br>Thanks, Henry Eshelman<br /><br />Website:www.freewebs.com/vintagebaseball

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>George, <br />--just for the sake of accuracy--<br />Multiple personality disorder was replaced with Dissociative Identity<br />Disorder in the DSM (American Psychiatric Association) some years back.<br />It is not categorized as a form of schizophrenia but as a dissociative <br />disorder.<br />all the best,<br /><br />Barry<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Lee Behrens</b><p>I personally have minimized my posting on this board because of "Mr. Dorkskin" The routine is old and he has NEVER contributed anything wothwhile to this board, all he is is talk and no show. We have never seen any of his (sorry, Their) cards from this so called "Toughest Want list" it is all talk. Why is he not considered one of those worms that infect forums? <br /><br />As long as he is allowed to continue his "act" and not contributing I will be a minimal contributor on this board and use the new board as an outlet.<br /><br />Lee

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Posted By: <b>Bottom of the Ninth</b><p>Time to stick a spit through the pig and roast him. Though someone is going to have to remove his head from his rear so that it can be done properly. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>How can you tell which is which for removal?

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Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>no one has seen his(their) collection?<br />wow.<br />then I may actually have a better one!<br /><br />What new board are you referring to?<br />Jason L

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Posted By: <b>Bottom of the Ninth</b><p>Ah J Levin...Great question.<br /><br />The rear would be the one with more hair and fresher breath.

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Posted By: <b>andy becker</b><p>alright greg....you cracked me up <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>E, Daniel</b><p>reading this is like watching gang rape. who exactly among the posters feels so great by toppping the last with unbelievable malice upon viscousness.....friggin ubelievable.<br /><br />daniel enright

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Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>I did see some of his cards at the Reading Show so know for a fact he does have nice material. His 1912 Boston Garter that he brought to get graded was a very nice card.<br /><br />So I will vouch for him that he does have and was told by a very prominent collector that has been to his place in New York and also verifies he has quality cards.<br />

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Posted By: <b>martindl</b><p><br />Though i'm not a fan of the piling on that happens on here, I can't resist posting this excerpt from Wikipedia in relation to Pluralis majestatis (the Royal "we")<br /><br /><br />It was said that United States Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told a subordinate who used the royal we: "Three groups are permitted that usage: pregnant women, royalty, and schizophrenics. Which one are you?"; similarly, Mark Twain extended this privilege to "people with tapeworms".<br /><br />Maybe the next poll should be to pick which one we is. Me thinks tapeworms would get a lot of votes.

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>the tapeworm comment........<br />Hilarious.....<br />

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>martindl, that was one amusing post... super! A PSA 10 of a post!! A PSA 10 with untrimmed and unsoaked qualifiers!!!

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I've been to Bruce's apartment many times and have seen his collection many times, too. And he does have some really nice material, though he was forced to sell some of it a couple of years ago. But he and I just spoke about conducting himself in a less antisocial manner on the board. Did I get through to him? I guess we'll find out.

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Posted By: <b>Cobby33</b><p>Daniel-<br />Amen, brother. Unfreakingbelieveable. Truly. And unfortuantely not limited to this thread.

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Posted By: <b>E, Daniel</b><p>I don’t know Bruce Dorskin at all, never spoken to him, or emailed him, nada.<br />I don't collect what he collects, I don't have his money, his circles, his anything. And, his writing style no doubt has pompous written all over it.<br /><br />But tell me, as you try to ‘fix’ his social graces, how his original post was so offensive it has devolved into this new thread all about Bruce, and what people would like to do to him? And I don’t think you’ll find anything. His follow ups were clearly in response to some extremely ungenerous and anti-social responses to his post by others who have never liked him, and will never like him…..and then a quick piling on by the 'pilers on'.<br /><br />So, just wondering, as you try to disembowel him post by post, perhaps we should send a shout out to those who would be so exceptionally thuggish in their writings that perhaps they too hold responsibility for such diatribes and invective, and that it does not exactly reflect so marvelously on their own character.<br /><br />But that would be asking for fair play, parity, decency, and that rarely seems the norm on this board. Perhaps everyone else who writes with unusual traits, perhaps grammar for example, we could all jump in and start a tar and feather thread so as to demean them, and ourselves in the process. Yes, there is more than saying 'we' that pisses people off about Bruce. My advice - get the hell over it in time for the rest of your lives.<br /><br /><br />sincerely<br />Daniel<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>thanks for playing.....