What are the best places to sell T206 cards?

[buymycards]

Craig, I agree with you about getting away from the internet and working out but Adrian also needs to be careful with that advice.

My problem is that I tend to go overboard on everything. When I first started running in 1978 I loved it so much that I soon became addicted. I had to run every day and pretty soon 5 miles a day wasn't enough. On the weekends I would run 20 miles a day, and then I had to start running marathons. Pretty soon 8 minutes miles wasn't fast enough and even in my late 30's I had my mile time down to 5:00.

When I started biking it was the same way. I did the same thing when I started fishing. I went fishing 4-5 times a week and I was pretty obsessed with it. I'm lucky that I live a mile from the Wisconsin River. Same with golf. I played golf every day for a couple of years. Now it is baseball cards.

I think a lot of us on the board have the same type of personality that I have. I'm trying to back off a little bit. I run a few miles 2-3 times a week, bike 10 miles once a week, work out at the gym twice a week, and I'm thinking seriously about giving up on selling cards and just enjoying collecting for a while.

Thank God that I can channel my energies into my hobbies instead of alcohol or cigarettes or drugs. A sex addiction might be fun!

Rick

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Thank God that I can channel my energies into my hobbies instead of alcohol or cigarettes or drugs. A sex addiction might be fun!

Rick

I'm right there with ya. Was never into drugs though, and alcohol was easier to kick than I thought it would be. Cigarettes are proving tough, but I've never really made much of an attempt to quit. From what I understand, convincing yourself to quit is the hardest part... And Trust me, a sex addiction is fun on the surface, but it can be as much trouble as anything else. Even after kicking it, your mind still wanders and plots, especially with how readily accessible sex/porn is on the internet. And no, I'm not talking about this fake Tiger Woods, self-indulgent, top of the world, excuse for when you get caught crap. Which seems to be the case with most celebrity sex addictions.

Once you get your priorities straight(family, work) it's a matter of finding that glue to fill the voids.. For some it's religion, for me it's baseball/music.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Congratulation to Adrian!! 1000 posts, in what has to be record time!
I think Adrian is a wonderful member of net54. Eccentric perhaps but at least he is not a dried up prune of a curmudgeon like some of you/us constipated old farts. Many happy decades from now, Adrian might just be one of the leading lights of the hobby. I have no doubt that Adrian is a good man. Dave Pierson

[Zone91]

Cardboard Junkie

Thanks sir that means a LOT to me!!!

I just want to add there are a LOT of good people here as well!!!

Post # 14

[bigtrain]

Adrian, I think I have posted this concern before several weeks ago. You do not seem like a bad guy to me. You are putting way too much personal information out there on the internet. This is potentially dangerous. In my profession, I defend people charged with crimes. Many are good people who have made bad choices. But, make no mistake, there are some really bad guys out there who could easily track you down based on the information you are volunteering. Smarter people than you have been scammed and/or injured because of personal information like this. There is no reason to let people know how much money you have to spend or how valuable your collection is or to share very personal information about your childhood or health issues that a scammer could use against you. Please be careful.

[smotan_02]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

Adrian, I think I have posted this concern before several weeks ago. You do not seem like a bad guy to me. You are putting way too much personal information out there on the internet. This is potentially dangerous. In my profession, I defend people charged with crimes. Many are good people who have made bad choices. But, make no mistake, there are some really bad guys out there who could easily track you down based on the information you are volunteering. Smarter people than you have been scammed and/or injured because of personal information like this. There is no reason to let people know how much money you have to spend or how valuable your collection is or to share very personal information about your childhood or health issues that a scammer could use against you. Please be careful.

+1. Addresses can be found in about 5 clicks, even in Canada. I just did it.

[Zone91]

People with criminal records can't even enter Canada for one...second my 2 neighbors are RCMP officers (same thing as the FBI) and third I did over 20 years of martial arts....kempo karate (I am a second degree black belt), aikido (I have my 1st degree black belt) and mixed martial arts so I can more than defend myself....you forget I lived in the poorest neighborhoods when I was young and had to defend myself a LOT (probably close to 100 times) of times on the streets. My dad was a very aggressive man and very strong when he was not sick he started me at the age of around 5 in martial arts.

And finally ALL (and that is not many) my valuables are in 2 separate banks in their vaults....and even if the person tortured me and said he would kill me if I do not comply I would let him simply kill me (I would NEVER honor his requests no matter what he said or did) that is if he was able to get to that point without me defending myself.

Guns are very hard to come by in Canada as well.

I do not act like a tough guy (martial arts showed me to respect others unless I am in danger of course) with people but I sure can defend myself if need be.

Leon told me I could use some extra posts the other day so I am using them today.