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Posted By: <b>Ryan</b><p>Just wanted to let everyone know of my positive experience with Al. I had posted the 60's Baseball form that I was looking for some 1967 Topps baseball cards.<br /><br />He kindly send me 2 of the higher priced cards at no charge and asked for nothing in return. This is another reason why these forms are so great!<br /><br />Thanks again Al! You are a true gentleman!<br /><br />Ryan

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Posted By: <b>andy becker</b><p>i have had many dealings with Al. <br />he is one of the true gentlemen of the hobby, one of the nicest i have ever dealt with.<br />

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Thanks for posting this. I/we love to hear about good stuff. Sounds like Al is a good guy .....

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Posted By: <b>Anthony N</b><p>I'll echo those thoughts on Al. Truly one of the good guys in the hobby.

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>Al is one of the kindest, most generous guys I've ever met, not just in the hobby, but anywhere.<br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Karma is spelled with a "K". <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> Thanks for sharing this story.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>"Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos!"<br /><br />--Homer (Simpson)

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>"Karma Police [don't] arrest this man."<br /><br />--Radiohead (sort of)<br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for my blog, interviews, articles, card galleries and more!<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>And let us not forget: "Your carma ran over your dogma."<br><br>-

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>What does it mean that "karma" has so thoroughly infiltrated pop culture?<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>JimB, as you well know, the word often doesn't contain the essence.<br />I'm speaking only of the culture; this thread touches upon the essence methinks.<br /><br />best,<br /><br />barry

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Barry,<br />It is certainly among the most mis-used (loan) words in the English language.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>Is "karma" even in the English language?<br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Al,<br />I think at this point, it is an English loan-word from Sanskrit. There comes a point when a word's usage is so common in one language, even though it originates from another, that it becomes a loan-word in the second language.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>From the Oxford Compact English Dictionary: <br /><br /><br />"karma<br />/kaarm/<br /><br /> • noun (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as affecting their future fate.<br /><br /> — DERIVATIVES karmic adjective.<br /><br /> — ORIGIN Sanskrit, action, effect, fate."<br /><br />Technically the definition is not completely accurate for Hindu or Buddhist traditions (which have different definitions and doctrinal uses for the term), but it is closer than most pop culture usages (e.g. "parking karma")<br /><br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Frank Evanov</b><p>Getting back on track.....Al Richter is a great guy. My wife and I met him at the 2007 National and she mentioned she's a longtime Mets fan. A few weeks later, Al sent her some cool 1970's Mets stuff!! That's class.<br><br>Frank