2010 Wishes

[HRBAKER]

Maybe Archive can stop by and mediate lest anyone be misquoted.

In 2010 I would like to find the following:

1. '23-'24 Exhibit Jim Bottomley
2. E98 Jack Coombs - red
3. 1959 Bazooka Ken Boyer (sorry)
4. 1921 Roger Peckinpaugh Exhibit
5. E125 Eddie Plank/Frank Baker

Happy Holidays.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Yankeefan51

If we were concerned that fools like you and your friends were laughing at us, we would never built several multi-million dollar business...

In your dreams. Bruce, it's high time you put your money where your mouth is. You've been spouting this particular line for so long you probably have even yourself believing it.

You work out of your tiny apartment. You have no office, no staff (some "Group"!). You don't even have a website. Hell, "The Dorskind Group" is not even listed in the Manhattan directory!

...or developed one of the most extraordinary baseball memorabila collections extant

Sez who?

I'm calling you out, Bruce. You have a distinct choice. You can reply with your usual name-calling, in which you direct everyone to RateYourProfessor.com, or you can provide some tangible proof of your business success.

Either back up your bluster, or, please, can the crap.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by SethY

I in no way want to insert myself into this situation, argument, or whatever you might call it but the fact that someone is worried about racism online, especially a hobby board worries me. Elitism is a problem; to those who need to feel better: most people truly don't care about others who attempt to "show off" and prove their "superiority" through their material possessions. Can't we all just get along? As cliche as it sounds this is a place to talk about the hobby and enjoy ourselves, not to be racist and hatred to those you do not even know. I am a 17 year old and seem to know better than some on this board, who are relentless in their worthless causes. Whatever this argument is, no one will actually "win" except the website and community as a whole when it comes to an end. I am not calling out anyone in specific and have no grudges because I do not know the details of the argument. Despite this, I can tell that there is a problem and it bothers me that it is getting in the way of hobby conversation and cluttering the boards.

To whoever you are and whoever you may be in the future, grow up, this is no place to prove you are better, stronger, richer, tougher, etc. than someone else.

Thanks all.

Happy Chanukah (I'm celebrating!), Christmas, Kwanza, and holiday season to all!!

Seth

Well put Seth. Stop the babyish bickering and just talk about cards, that's why we are all here in the first place.

[Jim VB]

David,

It's not worth it. Don't dredge up old fights. I've probably had two other disputes with Bruce since this one.


To Bruce I would add:

You said: "And we choose to write in the second person...if that bothers someone, so be it."

No. You don't write in the second person. Writing in the second person DOESN'T mean that you pretend there is another person there with you. You write in the first person plural. That's very different (and weird.)


I thought they taught that kind of stuff at first rate, Ivy League, schools.

[barrysloate]

It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.

[Leon]

I rarely ask folks to say, or not say, anything on the board. That being said I don't think it was necessary to bring back an argumentative thread from 3 weeks ago. Just my 2.5 cents.....

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Leon

I rarely ask folks to say, or not say, anything on the board. That being said I don't think it was necessary to bring back an argumentative thread from 3 weeks ago. Just my 2.5 cents.....

You're right, Leon. Not a good way to start the new year.
I apologize, and my resolution is to hold my tongue.

[marvjung]

For 2010, I've decided to switch over from the 206's and focus more on the 213's - 20/80% split; I dunno, something about the 213's I find more attractive than the 206's (maybe it's a Southern thing...)

Also, I wish in 2010 the back and forth "love" banter to continue on this board - quite possibly the BEST male, "soap-opera" around. It certainly takes a little edge off of my work day when I read. Granted, 90% of the time, I'm at a complete loss when the arguments start (I get confused at trying to keep up with all the Joe's, Jim's, and John's - but it's fun!) and I have no idea what anyone is talking about

[wolfdogg]

1. Finish up my '52 Topps with all variations that I know of (or hear of) that can be verified.
2.Love to see those books that have Bruce's collection in them........why do never see any posted pictures of these fabulous pick-ups? Anyone know what the books are?

[jbsports33]

I hope to keep moving forward with my website and collect boxing and baseball programs and add more in cards

Jimmy

[quinnsryche]

My top 5 wants for the year would be: (All graded SGC only, 40-60)
1. M116 Hugh Duffy
2. T207 Doc White
3. T212 Obak 1911 Reddick
4. T212 Obak 1910 Raymer
5. Fan Craze Buck Freeman

[DJR]

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[Kawika]

Careful, man. They fight arrows with missiles.

[rman444]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.

Barry - you forgot the comma.

Should be:

It's "weird," Jim.

Unless you think Jim is weird, which would be ok, I guess.

Sorry, couldn't resist

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by rman444

Barry - you forgot the comma.

Should be:

It's "weird," Jim.

Unless you think Jim is weird, which would be ok, I guess.

Sorry, couldn't resist

The comma should be outside of the quoutes.

"weird",

[Jim VB]

Whatever way Barry types it is fine with us.


(He was, of course, correcting a spelling mistake, made by our "administrative assistant." We, immediately, corrected said mistake, and fired the assistant. That's our story and we're sticking to it.)


Sincerely,

The Jim VB Group

[GoldenAge50s]

The comma should be outside of the quoutes.

Should be "quotes", Dan!

[Anthony S.]

Strunk and White would beg to differ. Comma inside the quotes. However, they're dead, so I doubt they'll kick up a fuss.

[rman444]

I am looking it up and I believe that the comma should be inside the quotes.

Shame on you for correcting the person who corrected Barry!

[Kawika]

Quotes doesn't have a second "u".
(Try saying "kick up a fuss" five times quickly).

Weird Jim

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by rman444

I am looking it up and I believe that the comma should be inside the quotes.

Shame on you for correcting the person who corrected Barry!

The comma should be inside the quotes.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

The comma should be inside the quoutes.

I fixed your post for you Rob.

[barrysloate]

Thanks for pointing out the comma; I'm not sure but it might be acceptable either way, especially since Jim is weird and misspelled "weird" simultaneously (that was a joke)

As far as placement of punctutation within quotations, at the end of a sentence one would put the quotes after the period. I honestly don't know how that applies in the middle of a sentence. It seems like it should be the same but I would have to look it up.

I see that Anthony has already looked it up, saving me the trouble. Thanks Anthony...because it sure seemed like a lot of work.

[Jim VB]

I can't wait until we get into the riveting discussion concerning writing styles using first, second, and third person points of view!


(For the record, whenever I get in these grammar/punctuation/usage jams, if I can't get an answer from Barry or Rob D., I ask my kids. You should have heard the rousing discussion we had while doing the annual family calendar! I wanted to know if it was "Mother's Day" or "Mothers' Day.")

[slidekellyslide]

Seems awfully wierd to me that punctuation goes inside of quotation marks. English is a second language to me.

[Anthony S.]

It gets weirder. In England the convention is indeed to put the comma outside the quotation marks. Then again, Americans created the language in the first place, so we're right.

[barrysloate]

I forget many of these rules myself. I just wing it and hope nobody notices, because when I make a mistake it's big trouble...and Dan B. just misspelled "weird." This will never end.

[slidekellyslide]

I misspelled "weird" just for you Barry.

I did have to look up the quotations rule because I don't trust any of you. I normally consider myself a decent writer and am a bit embarrassed that I didn't know that, but I don't write for a living so I forgive myself.

[Kawika]

Rule of thumb in etiquette and proper English usage:
If Amy Vanderbilt can jump out of a window you can do whatever the heck you please.

[Jim VB]

Barry,

As a moderator, Dan can see my spelling mistake, even after I have edited it. I have no doubt he did it wrong on purpose.

[Anthony S.]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Rule of thumb in etiquette and proper English usage:
If Amy Vanderbilt can jump out of window you can do whatever the heck you please.

Okay, I had to google that one to get the reference, but very funny stuff.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Vanderbilt

[barrysloate]

It crossed my mind that Dan made a deliberate error, but I still felt obligated to point it out. It's my OCD.

[iggyman]

This just in.........BREAKING NEWS!!!!

Thanks to the efforts of the crackerjack members on the Net54 prewar baseball card group, the British government advised primary school teachers to stop teaching the "I before E except after C" rule.


Here is the Associated Press article:

LONDON - It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — "i before e, except after c."

But new British government guidance tells teachers not to pass on the rule to students, because there are too many exceptions.

The "Support For Spelling" document, which is being sent to thousands of primary schools, says the rule "is not worth teaching" because it doesn't account for words like "sufficient," "veil" "weird" and "their."

Jack Bovill of the Spelling Society, which advocates simplified spelling, said Saturday he agreed with the decision.

But supporters say the ditty has value because it is one of the few language rules that most people remember.


On a side note, one question concerning grammar in the 21st century, is it "weird" or "weird"???

Lovely Day...