Was enjoying the Mile Hile catalog over a glass of wine
 

beautiful catalog . . . interesting stuff . . . wow, beautiful Delongs . . . great catalog. . . and then I saw the dreaded word . . . that sickening word. . . was hoping I was mistaken. . . . but no, there is was. . . . I was immediately kind of quesy. Yes, there is was. Pasteboard. Blasted goddamm pasteboard. I hate you pasteboard. I absolutely 'effin despise you.

Yeah, that's a Drentism from way back. LOL. Hopefully he isn't still describing cards as the color of the Hawaiian sunset, I remember that one from way back when.:D

Moist pasteboard in my trousers. Beat that.

It's probably more technically correct than "cardboard" but it is such a distraction in the text. Like a wise-ass winking at you after a dry joke or something. Amateurish, and suggests the author doesn't really take his job all that seriously. An unwanted reminder -- ironically from an auction house -- that you're spending too much money on baseball cards! :eek:

I think you're being too harsh on Brian. He's just having fun with it is my guess, who gives a damn about the description anyway? At least he isn't telling people a PSA 8 Koufax is on the verge of being a 200K card.

Did your wine come from a glass bottle or did it emanate from pasteboard? ;)

Brian

little cheese with your whine?

Yeah, that's fair. But, if it was my consignment, I'd rather he play it straight.

"Extant". That's the one that gets me. It doesn't make me queasy, but it's annoying for some reason. :)