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[Dustanh1]

Dustan Hedlin
27 years old
I live in Peru, IL...I have lived in small towns in IL all my life.
I am a Supervisor at a PetSmart distribution center in Ottawa, IL.
I have a BS in Elementary Education, graduated from Western Illinois University in 2005.
I have no kids, and I'm not sure if I want to have any. Maybe one in a few years.
Along with collecting pre-war cards, I enjoy collecting autographed baseballs, hard to find cards of alumni from the University of Michigan football and basketball teams.
I like to read anything from sports books to philosophy to war novels to Calvin and Hobbes.
I am a die hard U of Michigan football fan. I have more fun watching them than I ever have watching the Cubs.
I have been to all 30 MLB stadiums, except for new Yankee Stadium and the new Mets park. Going to those next year.
Now that my friends and I have hit all the MLB parks, we are working on all the college football stadiums in the Big 10. We have been to 5 of the 11. We also intend to get to random bigger programs, like USC, Texas, Oklahoma, etc. We went to the Florida Auburn game in the swamp 2 years ago when Auburn won on a last second FG. I paid $75 for a student ticket and a student ID.
My favorite color is blue and my favorite food is tacos.

That is all.

[David W]

Dave Williams, age 46 Warsaw, Indiana.

I own a janitorial and packaging supply company. I am married with 5 children, 4 daughters ages 9 to 18 and a son age 7. My 18 and 14 year old daughters are High School soccer players for Warsaw HS. They just won their first game 9 to 0. I still play softball and soccer somewhat competitively, but gave up basketball a few years back.

I was raised in Central Illinois, and am a die hard St. Louis Cardinal fan, and have over 200 unique Lou Brock cards and memorabilia. I am currently working on obtaining cards of the top 10 at each position all time for the Cardinals.

I am an active member of the Warsaw Wesleyan Church, we have also been foster parents for about 15 years, taking in around 100 children over that span.

I am a graduate of Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana with a degree in business.

[Bobsbats]

Bob Hamlin: 37
Live in a suburb of Philadelphia. My dad and I have been collecting cards since the mid 80's at the "old" Willow Grove card show at the George Washington Motor Lodge.
I work in a dermatopathology labratory as a supervisor for 6 years now.
Married for 14 years and a father of two.
I coach baseball almost 9 months a year for a local league and a travel team

We have been lurkers on this website for probably 5-6 years without ever posting. We currently are going through a transition phase with our collection....(collecting on a budget stinks), we have gone from trying to obtain a card for every HOF'r, but most of the 19th century guys ( our true passion) has become very difficult. Thanks to Leon and the other moderators for doing a great job with this site.....its a good retreat from reality sometimes. The stuff that people own on this site is amazing and I will try to post from time to time.

[zork1974]

Andy Palmer
Age: 35

I went to my first ball game at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto during the 1985 season. Bell, Barfield, Moseby, Griffin, Fernandez, etc were my favourites growing up. I was also a huge Gary Carter fan (my grandmother got me a team signed Expos ball at spring training in 1982) and I still collect his cards today.

I was a comic geek growing up and I worked at Lookin' for Heroes Cards & Comics during my high school years in Kitchener, Ontario. It was during this time that I joined their N.L. Rotisserie Baseball League. From there I started to collect baseball cards. Went to University of Waterloo for my BA, and York University in Toronto for my B.Ed. I'm now a special education teacher in Kitchener, Ontario.

I've been married for 6 years and loving every second of it. We have a beautiful early 19th century arts & crafts home with all the original parts (everything from heating grates to door knobs and hinges). As you can see, transitioning into pre-war baseball cards isn't too much of a stretch for me. I'm a type collector with my eye on Old Judge cards. I also love the T200 Fatima set. I'd like to complete it some day.

Oh. And I love hockey. Pretty Canadian, eh?