You know you are addicted when....

[Leon]

You know you are addicted when............


I had a dream last night about a Magie portrait (seriously). And I don't even collect T206s!!


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[sportscardpete]

It figures! Even discussions about dreams lead to t206's


I think you know when you're addicted when you have stacks of auction books in your bathroom.

[71buc]

When you have a drain tube sticking out of your stomach, a catheter, and are connected to an IV bag and still find yourself reading Net54 at 3:00 AM. I am truly pathetic

[wonkaticket]

You know you’re an addict when….

You have 4 of the same $50-100 commons and you wrestle with the thought of letting one go.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Leon was it a spicy dream? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[tcdyess]

That's not pathetic, that's dedication!!! Hope your feeling better!!!

[PowderedH2O]

You sell some baseball cards to make a bigger purchase (house, college, car, etc...), and then end up using a bunch of the money to buy more baseball cards.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

You know you’re an addict when….

You have 4 of the same $50-100 commons and you wrestle with the thought of letting one go.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Leon was it a spicy dream? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Don't know about spicy but it was in a 5 holder!!

[Jaybird]

... when you start a card show with 2 buddies just to be able to hang out and talk cards all day.

[BradH]

I've had dreams about cards in general, but never about a specific card (I don't think). I do sometimes find myself in meetings at work, daydreaming about whether or not I should pull the trigger on a card I've had my eye on on eBay or in an auction.

I've wondered before - when was the last time I went an entire day without thinking about cards in some form or fashion? I truly have no idea, but I'm sure it's been years.

[markf31]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

I think you know when you're addicted when you have stacks of auction books in your bathroom.

I'll go a little further...

When you have at least one auction catalog in each room of your house; living room, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen/dining room, daughters bedroom (she likes playing with the older ones that I don't have an interest in keeping). When the catalogs are current they rotate around my house including the back patio.

[Zone91]

I know I am addicted because I have to write the post # each time I write here.....lolllll had to say it!!!

Post # 5

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by Zone91

I know I am addicted because I have to write the post # each time I write here.....lolllll had to say it!!!

Post # 5

hahahah very nice.

[Runscott]

...when, as a seller, you become so enamored with your inventory that you just let it pile up and instead of selling, get cheaper in other areas of life.

[Cardboard Junkie]

You know your addicted when you have 200K in cards and buy a 1985 Ford pick-up for a grand. Dave.

[t206hound]

You know you are addicted when you spend three days concocting a trade involving four people to obtain two beater T206s...

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by Zone91

I know I am addicted because I have to write the post # each time I write here.....lolllll had to say it!!!

Post # 5

LMAO Classic, good one.

[sycks22]

When the only books you read are old auction catalogs

[Craig M]

You know you are addicted when....the highlight of your day is checking Net54 for a Zone sighting

[Pythonfactory]

Well if Leon is willing to share his dreams...

I also don't really collect T206 although I do have a few. Two nights ago, I had a dream where I was on an adventure with several friends to collect one of every front in order to turn them in for a giant framed picture of the T206 Wagner signed by every player in the set. Only one of these pictures was available so their was an intense hunt to be the first to complete it. The rest of the details are kinda vague but I remember having to lie, cheat, steal, negotiate, and avoid being killed by the other collectors (and some gangsters who were out to make a buck) during the adventure. Last thing I remember was standing in front of the giant picture (we are talking like 6' x 6') hanging on the wall, examining all the individual autographs on it, and then my alarm for work went off =(

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by 71buc

When you have a drain tube sticking out of your stomach, a catheter, and are connected to an IV bag and still find yourself reading Net54 at 3:00 AM. I am truly pathetic

I'm with Tim.
No pathetic there
Could see myself doing same thing

[Howe’s Hunter]

Just figured it was time someone said it, but then again, I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that.

[GoldenAge50s]

You KNOW you must be addicted when you have spent a few minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY for the last 10 yrs trying to figure out a way to make money off the 5 Monster boxes of 1988 Donruss you have in the backroom & can't come up w/ anything, so you gave it one more day & think again tomorrow!

[Shoele$$]

......when you have Net54 and BST sub forums bookmarked to your home screen on your iPhone........and can't stop from tapping those icons all day long......

[ethicsprof]

you know it when you answer this question again, happily, on the same board for
around a decade now.
all the best,
barry

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Leon

You know you are addicted when............


I had a dream last night about a Magie portrait (seriously). And I don't even collect T206s!!


.

Leon, your subconscious is telling you to collect T206s.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

You know your addicted when you have 200K in cards and buy a 1985 Ford pick-up for a grand. Dave.

I know what you mean. I just spent $10,000+ in REA, and I'm trying to get another year out of a 1996 Honda Civic with 340,000 miles on it.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by Sean

I know what you mean. I just spent $10,000+ in REA, and I'm trying to get another year out of a 1996 Honda Civic with 340,000 miles on it.

Those 90's Honda cars are damn near bullet proof. I bet you could keep going a lot longer with a good tune up

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Shoele$$

Those 90's Honda cars are damn near bullet proof. I bet you could keep going a lot longer with a good tune up

We have a Honda Civic and a Honda Accord. Both of them are going on 6 yrs old and they both run like a champ. (knock on wood)

[Zone91]

I take the bus to go around I had 3 new cars in my life and 2 years ago decided the hell with it the bus passes every 30 minutes and goes everywhere I need to go and only cost me less than 10$ a month (a few tickets only is what I use)...the grocery store and all the rest is only a 30 minute walk back and forth...so I walk a LOT...need newer shoes more often but save at fortune in the end. Everything can be ordered online now so why bother paying so much for a car.

No more cars for me until I am told old or no longer healthy enough to walk that extra mile. I live in a big city so I doubt I will even bother to buy one then.

Post # 9

[Sean]

I guess this is how some of us afford all these cards.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean

I guess this is how some of us afford all these cards.

and this is how some afford them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nhgfjrKi0o




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[4815162342]

My problem is that I enjoy cars too.

[wonkaticket]

Yeah but Leon your van rocks!

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

My problem is that I enjoy cars too.

Yeah that's a problem for me too...

[nickedson]

... When you're reading your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and daydreaming about your T-206 cards.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Yeah but Leon your van rocks!

more like....

[Tobacco&Gum]

When you say "screw it, the kids will be just fine going to community college"

[z28jd]

I have a great one from yesterday! I brought a handful of change to Dunkin Donuts to buy food and a drink, then came home and spent $370 on a Cy Young card off ebay before I even took a bite of a donut...I was literally being too cheap to spend a couple bucks more on real food. I weighed it out and decided DD for less than $5 was the right choice

[atx840]

When you are visiting your in-laws in their tiny condo and your only "quiet" option to participate in REA/chat with the board at 5:30am is wedged behind the hotwater tank in the stanky storage room for 8 hours.

True story...hey Wonks!

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by Leon

We have a Honda Civic and a Honda Accord. Both of them are going on 6 yrs old and they both run like a champ. (knock on wood)

Hell they're just barely broken in Leon

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by atx840

When you are visiting your in-laws in their tiny condo and your only "quiet" option to participate in REA/chat with the board at 5:30am is wedged behind the hotwater tank in the stanky storage room for 8 hours.

True story...hey Wonks!

LOL, funny and true.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

My problem is that I enjoy cars too.

After flirting with my last venture into 911 Turbos, I've finally came to the conclusion that spending $50,000 on temperamental 90's super cars, was the worst possible investment. Sure 911Ts are really holding their value today, but when you start counting up service receipts, the "luster" of your investment quickly wears off. I've given up the sports car hobby..........for now

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Shoele$$

After flirting with my last venture into 911 Turbos, I've finally came to the conclusion that spending $50,000 on temperamental 90's super cars, was the worst possible investment. Sure 911Ts are really holding their value today, but when you start counting up service receipts, the "luster" of your investment quickly wears off. I've given up the sports car hobby..........for now

As you and I previously spoke about, and I was steadfast in my thinking, don't buy a used race car such as a 911T. It will be in for service more than you will drive it. Then too, when I hit turbo with the clutch in, so I could jump off the line, that probably didn't help a whole lot either. But what are you supposed to do in a race car like a 911T? I had to race from stoplight to stoplight.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by Leon

As you and I previously spoke about, and I was steadfast in my thinking, don't buy a used race car such as a 911T. It will be in for service more than you will drive it. Then too, when I hit turbo with the clutch in, so I could jump off the line, that probably didn't help a whole lot either. But what are you supposed to do in a race car like a 911T? I had to race from stoplight to stoplight.

That's what it's made for

Some of my old buddies in the Porsche club had some of nastiest tricked out 911s I had ever seen. The HP and torque they were laying down left me starring at the flame shooting out of their rear ends, lol.....if any of you are 930 owners, you know what I'm talking about

[Zone91]

atx840

Hahahaha that me me laugh!!!

Post # 11

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Shoele$$

That's what it's made for

Some of my old buddies in the Porsche club had some of nastiest tricked out 911s I had ever seen. The HP and torque they were laying down left me starring at the flame shooting out of their rear ends, lol.....if any of you are 930 owners, you know what I'm talking about

That's funny, I owned a 1978 Porsche 911 from 1995 to 2003. I had to decide between the car and baseball cards. Since I only drove it about 2000 miles a year I sold the 911 to a friend. The last I heard he moved to Mississippi a week before Katrina hit. I don't know if the 911 survived.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean

That's funny, I owned a 1978 Porsche 911 from 1995 to 2003. I had to decide between the car and baseball cards. Since I only drove it about 2000 miles a year I sold the 911 to a friend. The last I heard he moved to Mississippi a week before Katrina hit. I don't know if the 911 survived.

Mine was a 1979, 930T.....I only lost one race in it...to a camaro with about a 1.5ft blower coming out of his hood. I used to race from light to light on Westheimer on Friday and Saturday nights, when I lived in Houston back in the mid 1980s...

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I have a great one from yesterday! I brought a handful of change to Dunkin Donuts to buy food and a drink, then came home and spent $370 on a Cy Young card off ebay before I even took a bite of a donut...I was literally being too cheap to spend a couple bucks more on real food. I weighed it out and decided DD for less than $5 was the right choice

I think you are onto something. I consider $50 for a card nothing, but will buy a plain $8 burger to save the extra buck for bacon.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by Runscott

to save the extra buck for bacon.

Blasphemy.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I think you are onto something. I consider $50 for a card nothing, but will buy a plain $8 burger to save the extra buck for bacon.

I would buy the bacon and save the $8