O/T but may be somewhat helpful

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Posted By: Trae R.

Hi Dave, I'm Trae. 25 Years old, soon to be engaged, currently living in the Greater Daytona Beach, FL area. I own a small business (Thinkable Inc.) doing web application programming and project management. I graduated from a private college in Tampa, FL with an AS degree in Interactive Media in 2001. In short, I'm a nerd... but you wouldn't know it if you met me on the street. I have 15 tattoos and I surf a few times a week.

When I'm not working or spending time with my girlfriend I am doing something relative to T206's whether it be shopping on eBay, browsing Net54, or doing some web/print projects with the ole' White Borders. As a "kid" (some would argue I still am...) I collected shiny crap... baseball and basketball until I was 11 or so and got back into collecting at 21 buying up a bunch of 50's & 60's Topps stuff until I came across T206's and I quickly sold all of the crap and focused soley on them. I've handled about 1000 in 3 or 4 years which has been lots of fun. I still haven't completed any group of cards that would be considered a set or sub-set. I buy and sell often, however I am finally sitting on some mid-grade cards I have deemed "house savings" - but I don't know how I am going to part with them when the time comes. I'm trying to focus on portraits only right now, but for my "keepers" collection I've been contemplating a low-grade full set attempt and I see you are as well. We'll see how that goes. Anyhow, that's the nutshell version of who I am. Cool thread idea by the way.