T206 green portrait Cobb centering....SURVEY....updated

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ChiefBenderForever

I just saw the eye's move in Erics avatar and it really freaked me out, I thought I was seeing things or having a flashback !!

The first time I saw them I freaked out too....I am sitting at my desk just laughing....

[DerekMichael]

I am breaking my word, I do have one more thing to say to you Sir. I apologize for this whole thing,, and I mean that with complete sincerity. Obviously, it is not my place to voice my opinion amongst you and you peers. I am 25, own ten T206 cards currently and have never made a single post or contribution to what you gentlemen do here, only used it once a few months ago to conduct research on Sovereign 350 ( apple/ lime green ) and Sovereign 460. However, when I went on the page about the Ty Cobb ( green portrait ) in regards to the centering I was honestly sort of shocked. I know people will present different facts and research and we all get to learn awesome new things by sharing acquired knowledge with each other, but to be completely honest, some of the things I saw were just very unsettling ( i.e. the Pinnochio pic etc. ). I know I do not know Mr. Z like any of you guys. I have only actually spoken to him two separate times right around Christmas when we were talking trade and he was a very nice man. He taught me about Jack Dunn and Shag Shaughnessey and really had a passion for these cards, just like I do with my Dad. I do not question anyones knowledge AT ALL, that is what makes these sites so fun. I bet you could teach me things that would blow my rookie mind. I guess I just really found some of that stuff to be way, way too much and it bothered to a point where I decided to chirp about it and not think about the negative aspects of my action whatsoever. There really is nothing else I can say, other than I am sorry for disrupting what you and your friends do here. It is fantastic and nothing can match the experts who have seen it all first hand. Nada. I hope you and your friends continue to enjoy your cards and good luck finding what you covet. ALL of you guys do really great work. I mean that. I will stay in my place from now on and just use the site for research as I originally intended.

Derek

[wonkaticket]

Derek,

There’s no need for you to apologize. It doesn’t matter if you have 10 T206’s or 1000’s. It doesn’t matter if you're 25 or 75 everyone here is equal. Some of the smartest collectors I know have the smallest collections knowledge doesn’t come from time or quantity of anything. It comes from the willingness to learn and the desire to continue.

Feel free to chime in and ask or say anything. This isn’t about hierarchy or who has completed what or how many of what. Only the little people talk down to others with the old chestnut “I’ve completed this many sets or been doing it this long so be quite or I don’t need to listen to your thoughts."

Someone’s personal background/timeline or collecting prowess doesn’t rule out you having a thought or input on here.

I’m happy you voiced your thoughts it’s all good. Just don’t be mad at me for voicing mine. I too could take the bird’s eye view of how you handled talking to me the same way you felt I was hard on the beaver (Ted).

At the end of the day you are no rookie we all collect cards. Feel free to learn and feel free to question never blindly follow someone because you think you don’t have the right to ask questions or disagree.

Also know on a personal level regardless if you believe me or not I wasn’t picking on Ted just because. There’s more of a back story you may not be aware of that’s all I was saying. At the end of the day I don’t doubt Ted loves cards and baseball never have never will.

What I had issues with is clearly voiced in this thread, for you the reader to decide on, nothing more nothing less. As for pictures not everyone can read (Dan McKee) some folks like picture books that's sometimes why I ad them.

I wish you the best; sorry you had to break your word. Hopefully that’s all that get’s broken with the recent auctions seems a few of our piggy banks may get broken too.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Also I take comfort or pride in knowing that at the age of 25 that the most disturbing picture you’ve found on the net was my Pinocchio pic. (Joking)

[Ease]

Originally Posted by Leon

The first time I saw them I freaked out too....I am sitting at my desk just laughing....

I made it to be like the paintings in Scooby-doo.