Meet and Greet- welcome to Net54baseball

[frohme]

1. Name - Mike Frohme

2. Age - 47 most days

3. Day job - software architecture for a global energy data collection company

4. Location - Louisville, KY

5. Collecting interest - T207 (still), pre-war Pirates, mostly T206, T205

6. Family - girlfiend of more years than I should admit - about to change for the better (it'll be a nice Christmas)

7. How long in hobby - ~10 years active as an adult, couple of years in the late 80's - back since 2006.

8. Other interests - multiple pets

9. Do you attend shows? Used to do locals, regionals, National (Arlington) - nothing now, but hope to get to the National soon.

[CobbSpikedMe]

1. Name- Andy Huntoon

2. Age- 34

3. Day job- Property and Fund Accountant for a Commercial Real Estate Investment firm

4. Location- Belle Mead, NJ (near Princeton)

5. Collecting interest- Prewar: Jersey City players, T206's with period back stamps, horizontal cards, W516-1 with the Becker/Prize back, HOFers, T205 NY Giants; Postwar: 1954 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1980 Topps Autographed

6. Family- Married to my best friend, 4 yr old daughter and we just had son 4 weeks ago

7. How long in hobby- I collected as a kid, but didn't really get into it seriously until about 10 years ago

8. Other interests- Baseball history, accounting, oil painting, pen spinning

9. Do you attend shows? I try to go the Philly Show a couple times a year and enjoy seeing some board members there when I'm there.

[TexasLeaguer]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

8. Other interests- ..............................pen spinning

Wow, +1. I learned in my brief stint in debate.

[Writehooks]

1. Name- Murray

2. Age- 54

3. Day job- Writer

4. Location- Alberta, Canada

5. Collecting interest- 80% vintage boxing, 20% vintage hockey

6. Family- Wife, son (28), 5 cats

7. How long in hobby- 35 years

8. Other interests- Classic (pre-1968) TV, with a heavy emphasis on sci-fi and anthology series. Play oldtimers hockey when I'm not too sore.

9. Do you attend shows? Mostly in Western Canada / US Pacific Northwest. General antique and paper shows, as well as sports cards/memorabilia.

[asphaltman]

1. Name- Dave Faust

2. Age- 34

3. Day job- Estimator and Project Manager for Road Construction Company

4. Location- Canton, GA

5. Collecting interest- anything that strikes my fancy at the time...from 1800's to 1930's.

6. Family- wife, 2 daughters 5 and 1 1/2 and two stepkids 16 and 14.

7. How long in hobby- about 5 years now.

8. Other interests- Is there time for anything else outside of work?

9. Do you attend shows? Not much to pick from in Atlanta.


The wife and clan....


Myself with my youngest daughter

[Kawika]

1. Name- David McDonald [kawika = David in the Hawaiian language, the w is pronounced as a v]

2. Age- Pushing 70

3. Day job- Retired LPLS [Licensed Professional Land Surveyor]

4. Location- Honolulu, Hawaii

5. Collecting interests- Just about anything pre-1957 that turns my crank, lately with a favoring for minor league stuff, post cards and da kine; Polynesian art

6. Family- Wife Jeannette, no cats, no kids; Fifi the Gecko and a cast of thousands of tropical vermin

7. How long in hobby- 10 yrs plus small kid time

8. Other interests- Traveling to obscure corners of the globe [Antarctica, Samoa, Lethbridge, Alberta]; Kyokushin karateka/pseudo-toughguy

9. Do you attend shows? Been to two Nationals and would go to any half-decent shows I could if the Pacific Ocean had an Interstate.

Jeannette and me, Elephant Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 2003


The Lei Makers by John Kelly


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