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[Bester]

1. Name- Britt Ester

2. Age- 28
2b. Years in Hobby- 2 (pre-war)

3- Occupation- Financial Services

4. Collector focus- Mel Ott & Texas League (Pre-1950)

5. Family- Single with dog (boxer)

6. How long on Net54? since 2008 ish?

7. Going to national- No

[bbsports]

1. Name: Bill Brodhead
2. Age: 55
2b.Years in the hobby : 46 years of fun, fun, fun
3. Occupation: School Teacher
4. Collector/ Dealer: Specialize in T206 cards since 1972, also other T & E cards as well
5. Family: Single
6. How long on net54: 1 year
7. Going to the National: Yes, just Wed. & Thurs.

[glchen]

1. Name- Gary Chen

2. Age- 37 next month
2b. Years in Hobby- only as a kid, and re-started this past April after 20+ year hiatus

3- Occupation- Software Development for large corporation

4. Collector/Dealer focus- prewar

5. Family- wife, 10 month son

6. How long on Net54? since April

7. Going to national- No

[lharri3600]

1. Name: Larry Harris
2. Age: 55
2b.Years in the hobby : 6 years after a looong absence
3. Occupation: Retired
4. Collector/ Dealer:T206 cards
5. Family: Married 3 beautiful daughters-2 grandduaghters-1 grandson
6. How long on net54: 2 years
7. Going to the National: Yes-all week

[Kawika]

1. Name: David McDonald
2. Age: 60 (now officially pushing 70)
2b. Years in hobby: 10+/- collecting vintage
3. Occupation: Retired Land Surveyor
4. Collector focus: Baseball cards, the older the better
5. Family: Wife Jeannette (she knows how to pronounce Lajoie)
6. How long on Net54? First post on Oct 30/03 (as BigSpiderBeck): "How do you pronounce Lajoie?"
7. Going to the National this year? No can
8. Favorite sports team: 1905 New York Giants

[Blunder19]

1. Name: Jamie Blundell
2. Age: 27
3.Years in the hobby : 4 years for t206s 20 years for modern baseball cards
4. Occupation: SEO Software Sales
5. Collector/ Dealer: I only collect T206 cards, and really love the miscutts oddities t206s
6. Family: Have a Girlfriend
7. How long on net54: 3 years
8. Going to the National: not this year

[FUBAR]

1. Name- Jim Drysdale, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2. Age- 40
2b. Years in hobby- off and on for 35 years (grandpa got me started)

3. Occupation- Currently unemployed but Hydraulics/ Oilfield/ mining/ heavy equipment are my fields

4. Collector/dealer focus- Baseball- Star Cards from pre war to 1980
hockey- 1952-1988, a few newer ones
Football- Mostly newer stuff- peyton manning
MMA cards-GSP especially

5. family- Single, no kids, 1 dog helps me keep my sanity

6. How long on Net54?- 6 months or so

7- Going to the National this year? no, my USA paperwork expires in 1 week, so i cant cross the border after that until i renew.

8. Fav Teams - Colts, Jays, Oilers
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[rhettyeakley]

1. Name- Rhett Yeakley

2. Age- 32
2b. Years in hobby- since 1986, prewar exclusively since 1998

3. Occupation- Fighting tooth decay

4. Collector/dealer focus: Colgan's Chips, 1911-27 Zeenuts, E121-like backs, whatever else catches my eye.

5. family- wife, 3 year old girl, and 3 month old boy.

6. How long on Net54?- started posting on this board's predecessor (about '99 I guess)

7- Going to the National this year? Not this year
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[Doug]

1. Name- Doug

2. Age- 29
2b. Years in hobby- 12

3. Occupation- Supervisor

4. Collector/dealer focus- 1950s-60s Topps

5. Family- Single w/ one dog

6. How long on Net54?- I started on the old Full Count BBC board in 1998-99

7. Going to the National this year? Nope. It would probably be fun, but I can find most of my postwar needs on eBay w/o the travel expenses.

8. Favorite sports teams- The Cincinnati Bearcats (explains the avatar and eBay ID bearcat-doug) and the Cincinnati Reds.

[GoldenAge50s]

1. Name- Fred Young

2. Age- Just turned 70 last Sun
2b. Years in hobby- Bought my 1st packs in 1948 & still have all my "treasures" from the '50's, but been selling the dupes since 2001.

3. Occupation- Retired from yrs in retail business

4. Collector/dealer focus (it's ok to be a dealer on this board )- Buying things of interest off & on, but primarily trying to reduce my backroom full of "stuff"!

5. family- wife and 20 yr old daughter ---(Yeah, I'm a slow starter!)

6. How long on Net54?- Don't recall (Remember, I just turned 80!

7- Going to the National this year? I planned to, but I can't remember where it is! (Turning 90 is HELL!)