Meet and Greet- welcome to Net54baseball

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Hi Ya'all! (typed in a southern drawl of which I wish I had)

Name: A.J. Johnson
Age: 43
Day job: SVP Client Partnerships at HYFN (digital ad agency) and owner of www.liquorstore-online.com and www.oldguysrule.com
Location: Native Los Angeleno
Collecting interests: 1914 Cracker Jack, HOF T206 & 33 Goudey, Ted Williams, Nolan Ryan, Rod Carew. Early 1900's game used bats and equipment.
Family: wife and 3 boys (15, 13 & 6)
How long in hobby: Started as a kid in the 80's. Started pre-war in my 30's. Sold everything to buy a business. Re-started again in my early 40's.
Other interests: Family Fun times (traveling, involved with kids' interests). Movies (watching with family & friends or even solo), live music and festivals (alternative rock // SXSW, Life is Beautiful), baseball (die hard Red Sox fan) and football (whichever team my fantasy guys play for), Fantasy Sports (Fanduel is fun but sick of the commercials), restaurants with my wife.
Do you attend shows: Been to the last two Nationals. Hoping to get to Atlantic City!

[Bestdj777]

Not sure if I did this a while ago, but a lot has changed over the past couple of years:

Name: Chris
Age: 31
Day job: Attorney. I specialize in defending pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in products liability actions.
Location: New York City
Collecting interests: I almost exclusively collect Mickey Mantle cards (1951-1969), but I do have an eccentric mix of pre-war cards, modern game used memorabilia from some of the New York sports teams, and watches (my only non-sports collecting area at this point).
Family: wife and a fluffy white dog
How long in hobby: Collected as a kid but have been back in the hobby for about 8-10 years.
Other interests: I like to travel, watch terrible reality TV shows, and spend time with my family.
Do you attend shows: I've been to one Hofstra show and would love to go to a National at some point.

[Joshwesley]

I'll play

Name: Josh
Age: just turned 35
Day job: director of property management for a local commercial real estate firm.
Location: Mobile, Alabama (Gulf coast)
Collecting interests: t-206 HOF'ers and rare backs.... Really any of the dead ball era sets, candy/caramel cards.
Family: wife and 6 month old daughter!
How long in hobby: collected in the late 80's-mid 90's like everyone during the boom...... Found this site randomly while waiting on my daughter to be born 6 months ago.... Built a nice little collection in a short amount of time.
Other interests: spending time with family, college football ( Go Gators!) and tennis... I played in college and still teach private lessons... Finances my card obsession.
Do you attend shows: Never but I would sure like to

[billyb]

1. NAME.............Bill Boyd

2: AGE...............67

3. DAY JOB..........work hard everyday at being retired........(law enforcement 40 years)

4. LOCATION.......Gladwin, Michigan

5...COLLECTING INTERESTS.....Am currently selling off my 1970s and newer cards, will be going to pre war and more photos.

6...FAMILY........Two sons and 4 grandchildren

7...HOW LONG IN HOBBY......Since 1984

8...OTHER INTERESTS......volunteer as a genealogist, fishing, golf, recently buying and selling antiques, thus am able to locate some historical items and donate them to historical societies, or where ever they belong.

9...DO YOU ATTEND SHOWS......have not in the last 10 years, as not many in Northern, Michigan. But do want to attend a National, mainly to meet and greet the members of 54.

[dabigyankeeman]

Wow, cant believe how big this thread is, I have read thru a lot of it, will got back little by little and read the whole thing, this is interesting as hell.

1. NAME.............Arnie Prichep

2: AGE...............67

3. DAY JOB..........retired, love being an unproductive member of society

4. LOCATION.......south Florida

5...COLLECTING INTERESTS.....cards from New York teams in all sports but mainly Yankees (all years from 1904 thru current on the Yankees, just old cards on the other teams), also cards of Jewish athletes in all sports.

6...FAMILY........Wife and me, thats it.

7...HOW LONG IN HOBBY......Got in late 1979

8...OTHER INTERESTS......Used to collect Coca Cola memorabila but sold it all, used to do a lot of photography but not anymore, love music and am always playing concerts on dvd's. Love cars from the 1950's and 1960's, love skyscrapers - always watch tv shows featuring the old cars and skyscrapers. Love to watch baseball and Formula 1 auto racing on tv. Used to play golf and tennis. A lot of "used to" stuff here, guess my life is condensed now!!!

9...DO YOU ATTEND SHOWS......I attend our one show a month down here, loved going to a show every weekend in the heyday of collecting. Been to two Nationals, 1986 and 1990, boy they were great, would love to get to another one day.
__________________

[clydepepper]

Name....Raymond 'Robbie' Culpepper

Age...59

Retired

Location...Columbus, GA

Family...locally- Aunt & Uncle & one wonderful Dog; siblings and their families live in Atlanta area, Utah, and Hawaii.

Hobby Interest...Koufax, Mantle, Ryan, The First Five, Atlanta Braves and local players; Baseball History.

Time in Hobby - on & off since opening my first pack in 1964 - sold collection three times - became more active since retiring from actually playing.

Shows...have not attended one yet, but hope to next year (with my new hip)

Activity...I played Baseball for about twenty years including high school, college, and local 'semi-pro' league...LHP
.
.

[Joshchisox08]

1. Name- Josh Buckley

2. Age- 29

3. Day job- contractor for United Aerospace Technologies. I maintain a database and prepare a power point presentation for monthly executive reviews with Pratt & Whitney Canada's management team. The presentation shows the MTBF and MTBUR of engine part removals for the past month. I have another project that I work as well but it's not as interesting. Get paid like crap but it's great experience.

4. Location- East Hartford, CT

5. Collecting interest- T206

6. Family- Fiance' and a 3 year old son (god I wish my fiance' was his mother).

7. How long in hobby- The past 3 years but altogether I started when I was about 10 and stopped at about 18. Picked back up when I was 26 or 27

8. Other interests- Beer, ex-bowler (won two league tournaments and shot a 280), this site, researching and developing checklists for other pre-war sets.

9. Do you attend shows? I used to when I was younger but no longer. Went to one in the past 5 years.

[chipperhank44]

1. Name- Trey Cumby

2. Age- 31

3. Day job- Instructional Designer

4. Location- Little Elm, Texas (N Dallas burbs)

5. Collecting interest- Pre 1920 HOF Postcards

6. Family- Wife of 10 years and a 7 year old son

7. How long in hobby- 10 years as an adult

8. Other interests- hunting, fishing, flag football, Jesus

9. Do you attend shows? I try to attend local DFW shows, the National when its in Chicago, and Tristar in Houston.