To New Member Flavius

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Greetings Flavius,

I noticed that you are a new member, having just joined on February 4th, and I want to say welcome to Net54baseball!

I'm curious about your choice of the user name Flavius. In the first century there was a Jew named Josephus who eventually took the name Titus Flavius Josephus. As Josephus, he was a Jewish leader in the fight against the Romans in the First Roman-Jewish War. When the future Roman emperor Flavius and his son Titus, who was also to later become a Roman emperor, had Josephus' group of approximately 40 Jews trapped in a cave, Josephus convinced his group to kill each other rather than surrender, and then he would commit suicide. But after the rest of the Jews had killed themselves off leaving just Josephus to commit suicide, he instead surrendered to the Romans. He "prophesied" to Flavius that Flavius would some day become emperor. When Flavius did become emperor, he granted Josephus his freedom. Instead of returning to the Jews, he chose to serve as an aide and historian for Flavius and Titus and took their names. He became known for writing Jewish history for a Roman audience (meaning pro-Roman). In other words he benefited for betraying his own people. In my opinion, that's almost as bad as inadvertently being sent a baseball card that one didn't buy and then putting it up for sale rather than returning it so it could be sent to the rightful owner.

Something else I'm curious about are the following posts:

Originally Posted by flavius

I met Al Bridwell in 1968 when I visited the Baseball HOF for the first time. He was there and while I had no idea who he was at the time, my father did and I believe got an autograph that is long gone now . That is about all I know regarding the situation.

You said that you met Bridwell in 1968. About an hour before making that post you made this one:

Originally Posted by flavius

http://oi50.tinypic.com/51pz0y.jpg

These are the majority of jerseys/autos I have from my collection from when I was a kid. I've tried to look up some of these but I haven't been able to find anything on several including the "Best" Autographs of Eric Chavez (1998, I think Minor League?), Danny Peoples (1998), and Richard Almanzar (1996). On the back of those it says Authentic Autograph etc etc. I know the autographs and everything are genuine as every card I had back then was pulled from packs.

So if anyone has some information on these I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

You say the cards were from when you were a kid.

I've downloaded and attached the image. It looks like they are mostly from 1995-2005.

So, let's assume you were around age 4 in 1968. That would make you about 31 in 1995 and 41 in 2005, those years when you were a kid.

Now that I've busted your chops, let me pass on something useful that some members don't realize is there or forget about. In the upper half of every forum page there is a bar that has functions including User CP, FAQ, and Search on it. You can use the Search function to find threads and posts on things like T206 Backs and Lenox. On Net54, rarely does a week (some would say an hour) go by in which we don't have a new thread discussing T206 Backs. It's always ok to ask questions if you need help or don't understand something. And there is usually somebody who can quickly provide you with answers, like Rob did. But also many things have already been answered many times on the forum. By taking the time to search and read older threads and posts, you can quickly pick up a lot of knowledge

Again, Welcome to Net54Baseball!

Best Regards and Happy Collecting
Craig