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[Sean]

Originally Posted by nat

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

But how is he going to get his Aaron rookie "dream card" if his wife is unhappy that he spent $500? This doesn't sound promising.

[irv]

Originally Posted by nat

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

LOL.

Originally Posted by Sean

But how is he going to get his Aaron rookie "dream card" if his wife is unhappy that he spent $500? This doesn't sound promising.

..........especially when she sees the money I just spent last night on more 52's from "Invest in Baseball", let alone, Kemdawg's cards!

[ValKehl]

Irv, whenever your wife complains, just tell her how much your 1952 Topps Mantle has increased in value (I'm assuming you've had this card for a while).
Val

[cool-vintage]

Name: Josh
Age: 19
Location: KCMO area
Occupation: College student (Business major)
Favorite Baseball Team: Kansas City Royals
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Sam Crawford T206 Polar Bear
Dream Card: Any Old Judge of a KC player
Collection Focus: At the moment: T206,KC players or players with KC connections (KC as a birthplace,hometown,etc.),players with unique stories, and almost any hockey (mainly STL Blues, and vintage)
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Since I don't really have any income the most I spend in a year is $150-200

[autograf]

Name: Tom
Age: Few months shy of 50.....sigh
Location: Louisville, KY
Occupation: Big Brown Package People....Intl Network Planning
Favorite Baseball Team: Cincinnati Reds.....sigh
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Hmmm......can't pick just one
Dream Card: Pete Browning N173 OJ Cabinet
Collection Focus: Nonsports, Topps sets, Type Cards,
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: One Meelion Dollars [pinky next to mouth]. Actually just way too much

[Bpm0014]

Name: Brendan
Age: 38
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation: Nursing degree, then health insurance, now banking
Favorite Baseball Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 2 signed T206 Larry Doyle's
Dream Card: T206 signed Ty Cobb
Collection Focus: T206 set (about 20 away!), T206 player game used bats
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $10k