You know you are a card junkie when.....

[A2000]

When you have 5 or more bookmarks on your browser dedicated to baseball card related websites.

[prewarsports]

When you still eat the gum in a 1987 Wax Pack you just opened last week.

[AndyG09]

When you're constantly looking for the mailman to come down the block and then shake his hand after he delivers the cards you've been waiting for.

[scooter729]

When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.

[sycks22]

When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by sycks22

When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.

I was thinking this same type of thing....concerning....

"ok, so how much do I need for bills with regards to how high this particular card goes....and will I see another one or do I need to rob Peter to pay Paul with money from somewhere else to absolutely try to get this example?"

Oh the mind games we play with ourselves .

[hunterdutchess]

when my wife knows the mail man a little to much because she has to sign for all of my cards while I am at work

[wolfdogg]

Originally Posted by scooter729

When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.

I have done that before but with my cell phone or any digital clock.....when I see 3:11 I instantly think of 1952 Topps Mantle

[celoknob]

when you ask for a new menu because yours is creased.

[glchen]

when you read old auction catalogs on the stool and before bedtime.

[vintagerookies51]

when the wallpaper on your phone is of your card collection

[D. Broughman]

When you give your Grandson (Nolan) a Nolan Ryan rookie card for his first birthday

[Kzoo]

....since around age 10 (mid 80's for me), you immediately check the yellow pages in your hotel room for card shops when on vacation or on out of town business.

Matt

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Back in the early 1980's a fellow I knew got so caught up in his pursuit of the T206 set that he sold his riding lawnmower to buy an O'Hara. Problem was he lived on about a two acre lot and his grass went wild.

He is now divorced, don't guess his wife shared his love of the monster?

[horzverti]

...when you're age 12 and you have your the local, hometown dealers' home phone numbers.

...when your dog's middle names are Jefferson and Burdick.

...when you reserve your vacation a year in advance so that you can attend the National.


Love this thread

[alanu]

When you constantly overpay for card(s) you have to have and then sell them later at a lower price to buy the next card(s) you have to have.... or what I like to say the Buy High, Sell Low strategy

and when your savings account is actually cards, you deposit cards when you have extra money and then withdraw and sell them when you need money... kind of related to the strategy above

[deadballera]

when you see on the sports ticker for baseball scores and you read Cobb from Tampa Bay. For a second or two, you actually think Cobb for Detroit.

when you "soak" your vintage cards in a large spoon over an open flame...

[Gradedcardman]

...when you don't hesitate to make a $1000 offer on a T206 PSA5 Carolina Brights common but decide to eat home because going out to dinner costs too much...