I've got a bat on my shoulder and a hole in my head!!

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by JSteele

Finally, I can contribute something meaningful to a thread! You want holes, I got holes. I'm thinking at Christmas time I'll wire up a red light bulb to Wildfire's card and rename him "Rudolph". The only thing I can say about Castleton is "nice groupings"?

Schulte again demonstrates the pull to the upper right quandrant. Castleton is an even later example when Annie needed to switch to a shotgun . Mr Oakley was none too happy.....

[bbcard1]

through the years I have had A LOT of small hole punched T206s...some worse than others...anyone have any idea why people did this? it is frequent enough for me to believe it was not the work of just a couple of people.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Schulte again demonstrates the pull to the upper right quandrant. Castleton is an even later example when Annie need to switch to a shotgun . Mr Oakley was none too happy.....

Neither was Mr. Castleton.

I believe that Mr. Schulte's middle name was Rudy. Sources to the contrary are blatantly false. His lighted nose was mistaken for a "wildfire" one evening by a myopic neighbor and the nickname stuck, (better than the light bulb in his nose). The reindeer story came later.

Rudolph the famous reindeer was actually named after Schulte..............and now you know the rest of the story. PH

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Neither was Mr. Castleton.

I believe that Mr. Schulte's middle name was Rudy. Sources to the contrary are blatantly false. His lighted nose was mistaken for a "wildfire" one evening by a myopic neighbor and the nickname stuck, (better than the light bulb in his nose). The reindeer story came later.

Rudolph the famous reindeer was actually named after Schulte..............and now you know the rest of the story. PH

Gene Autry, the late owner of the Angels and the singer on the most popular version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, originally was going to sing the song about Schulte. Wildfire took a page from the Honus Wagner playbook and threatened legal action (He didn't care for Singing Cowboys). The lyrics were hastily changed and the rest you already know.....

[freakhappy]

Was Schulte a brown noser...we'll never know