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Jason LI was home during the summer break, and Mom came home from the grocery store late one morning (Cubs game hadn't started yet)....We had a split-level home, with the stairs just outside the kitchen door, and to this day, I can vividly remember it was a sunny, hot day already, and I recall her handing me that first pack of 1984 Fleer, saying she saw it at the checkout and thought I might get a kick out of it, since I'd been indoors watching so many ballgames that summer...I sat there on the third step, opening it and going through it while she unpacked the groceries.
2 cards I recall getting in that pack are Pete Rose and Keith Moreland. And that was all I needed...a star and a Cubbie. Then I found out there was a secondary market for them...ooo boy!
Thanks Mom, you have cost me thousands since!
but to be honest, what an incredible gift it was, I have made friends through the hobby, and having a hobby can be a critical part of a person's development, in my opinion....which doesn't really explain what happened to me, but hey! 
Thanks for the thread...