Meet and Greet- welcome to Net54baseball

[gabrinus]

Name---Jerry Tate
Age-----37
Day Job----former liquor store owner, recently sold out!!!
Location----Van Buren, Arkansas
Interests----Louisiana issues---t216s, t213s, t214s, d303s, also E92 nadjas+ e104 Nadjas, anything obscure
Other interests----Razorbacks, Cardinals, Red Sox, and Raiders(?)...latin women, good bourbon that I should never touch, listening to Tbob speculate who is a lesbian
Family----single
Years in hobby-----since 1982 with a few gaps
Shows-----not in years

[rc4157]

Name - Richard Cline
Age - 53
Day Job - High School Business/Web Graphics Teacher
Also coaching H.S. Basketball
Location - Arcanum, Ohio
Interests - '33 Goudeys and anything Reds
Family - Wife, married 30 years - 3 children, the last one is a senior in college.
2 girls and a boy.

**Going to have a granddaughter in May, our first**

Other Interests - Love to travel, wife and I made a conscious decision
to go places while we are physically able to go.
Enjoy playing guitar, it is relaxing. Spending too much time
on the Internet. Also reading good books.
Years in Hobby - Got back in about 5 years ago I guess.
Shows - Went to the National in Cleveland, loved it and enjoyed meeting
fellow Net54 members.

[frohme]

1. Name - Mike Frohme

2. Age - 47 most days

3. Day job - software architecture for a global energy data collection company

4. Location - Louisville, KY

5. Collecting interest - T207 (still), pre-war Pirates, mostly T206, T205

6. Family - girlfiend of more years than I should admit - about to change for the better (it'll be a nice Christmas)

7. How long in hobby - ~10 years active as an adult, couple of years in the late 80's - back since 2006.

8. Other interests - multiple pets

9. Do you attend shows? Used to do locals, regionals, National (Arlington) - nothing now, but hope to get to the National soon.

[Phillies*phan]

Name: Doug Bacon

Age: 35

Job: Making Harley Davidsons

Location: York PA

Collection: Only t206

Family: Married 8 years and our first child is due April 29th, a girl.

How long in hobby: Bought my first t206 at an auction I was at to buy furniture for my first house in 1999. Found it in my dresser drawer 2 years later and it was on from there.

Interests: PHILLIES. Thought it would be a good idea to get season tickets in 08. It was. 2011 tickets will be available if anyone wants to reserve.

Shows: Philly show once a year.

[CobbSpikedMe]

1. Name- Andy Huntoon

2. Age- 34

3. Day job- Property and Fund Accountant for a Commercial Real Estate Investment firm

4. Location- Belle Mead, NJ (near Princeton)

5. Collecting interest- Prewar: Jersey City players, T206's with period back stamps, horizontal cards, W516-1 with the Becker/Prize back, HOFers, T205 NY Giants; Postwar: 1954 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1980 Topps Autographed

6. Family- Married to my best friend, 4 yr old daughter and we just had son 4 weeks ago

7. How long in hobby- I collected as a kid, but didn't really get into it seriously until about 10 years ago

8. Other interests- Baseball history, accounting, oil painting, pen spinning

9. Do you attend shows? I try to go the Philly Show a couple times a year and enjoy seeing some board members there when I'm there.

[TexasLeaguer]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

8. Other interests- ..............................pen spinning

Wow, +1. I learned in my brief stint in debate.

[Writehooks]

1. Name- Murray

2. Age- 54

3. Day job- Writer

4. Location- Alberta, Canada

5. Collecting interest- 80% vintage boxing, 20% vintage hockey

6. Family- Wife, son (28), 5 cats

7. How long in hobby- 35 years

8. Other interests- Classic (pre-1968) TV, with a heavy emphasis on sci-fi and anthology series. Play oldtimers hockey when I'm not too sore.

9. Do you attend shows? Mostly in Western Canada / US Pacific Northwest. General antique and paper shows, as well as sports cards/memorabilia.

[asphaltman]

1. Name- Dave Faust

2. Age- 34

3. Day job- Estimator and Project Manager for Road Construction Company

4. Location- Canton, GA

5. Collecting interest- anything that strikes my fancy at the time...from 1800's to 1930's.

6. Family- wife, 2 daughters 5 and 1 1/2 and two stepkids 16 and 14.

7. How long in hobby- about 5 years now.

8. Other interests- Is there time for anything else outside of work?

9. Do you attend shows? Not much to pick from in Atlanta.


The wife and clan....


Myself with my youngest daughter

[Jason Carota]

1. Name- Jason Carota

2. Age- 31

3. Day job- Landscape professional (going on 16 years with the same company.) Design/Install/Fine Maintenance.

4. Location- Lowell, MA

5. Collecting interest- T206

6. Family- Wife and 2 1/2 yr old daughter

7. How long in hobby- 6 years since I returned to the hobby

8. Other interests- Hiking, baseball history, Red Sox, Bruins, music, reading, drawing (b&w,) and craft beer.

9. Do you attend shows? One or two a year. I try to make it to the Wilmington Shriner's show, but don't always get there.

[kkkkandp]

1. Name - Kevin Cummings

2. Age - 59

3. Day job- director of order processing and file maintenance for Pearson Education, world's largest publisher of educational materials

4. Location - Closter, NJ (about 1/2 mile north of NYC)

5. Collecting interest- 19th century, primarily the Old Judge set

6. Family - 1 wife (original), 2 daughters, 1 son

7. How long in hobby- back since 1983 with the birth of my son (whose birth announcement was distributed in packs of 1983 Topps)

8. Other interests - travel

9. Do you attend shows? I'd go to more if any had Old Judges worth chasing