it's that time again....How old are you and what do you do?

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Posted By: Jason Carota

27 years old.
Landscaper.

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Posted By: JK

40, labor & employment lawyer, father of two (5, 3), Heels fan.

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Posted By: Aaron Cowan

I'm 24 yrs old, Engineer at Micron in Boise, Idaho. I collect Pre-war St Louis items.

Aaron Cowan
acowan19@gmail.com

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Posted By: Mike

35 Years Old. Grand Forks, ND. Private CPA with tax work on the side. I collect t205's, and started with t202's. I became a father last week (daughter). I was given my first Ty Cobb (t202) this weekend as an early fathers day gift. I figure I will return the favor this mother's day with a Walter Johnson.

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Posted By: Dave Snyder

Aaron,

My company sells ion implanters, as well as cleaning and curing systems to you guys. Small world.

www.axcelis.com



Paul,

Nice to see someone else on the board who knows capital equipment


-Dave

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Posted By: Joe Tocco

I'm a 32 year old nuclear engineer working at a commercial power plant in Illinois. First kid is on the way, which I have not even come close to grasping. I mainly collect modern and semi-vintage, but I'm working on a mid-grade N162 set (all 50) and dabble in pre-war football cards, Jim Thorpe baseball items, and any other pre-war football-related item that I think would look cool in my card room .

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Posted By: george gogol

I am 31 years old.
I teach sixth grade in a Michigan Public School, South of Lansing.
I am working on a graded,3-4 range, t206, t201, p2, t207, 1934 goudey, and unfortunately any thing that catches my eye.

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Posted By: Chris Z

I am 35 years old. I am an Optometrist and dabble in residential land development.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Tom:

The last I heard, another of the founding 16, John Pardon was in and out of the hospital with cancer -- is there any update as to his condition

Rich

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

age: 41
father of 4 ages (18, 6, 2, 2)

I am currently a network Engineer and spend most of my days in a Cisco PIX. My original passion is Dallas Cowboy football cards which I have parlayed into a nice part time income. The success of my Cowboy card site motivated me to create a Yankee card site which motivated me to learn more about vintage pre war cards so here I sit.

martyOgelvie
nyyankeecards.com

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

46, May 5th. Own a Carpet store (no glamour)in town, perhaps one of the nicest showrooms in the state of Michigan ,I advertise Michigan's Lowest Price and am doing quite well for a change.

Tell tale sign: great month buys cards
crappy month : sell cards/....man do I love this hobby !

Professions : an accomplished raggist, and an adjuster. I rag on people who do not act right and I adjust them accordingly.

Unlike most: I do not think Iam cool...never owned a pair of sunglasses til I was 43 (RAY BANS)...how I roll out, treat life as long as my heat is on and the food is hot , Iam blessed enough.

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Posted By: steve yawitz

I'm 33 and teach 4th grade. Plus I have two little monsters of my own, 4 and 1.

http://imageevent.com/yawie99

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Posted By: Zach S.

Lee,

Don't take it seriously... I was only joking about the "bragging". I'm just jealous but soon enough I'll be back in Death Valley. In the mean time you'll have to keep up the insanity for me.

Zach S.

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Posted By: T E

51, writer (I actually sold a book to Harper Collins Children's division last year which is being held hostage, just kidding H-C, ha ha) and I sell stuff on ebay to support my jones...

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

25 yrs old; Attorney at Morrison and Foerster on 6th Avenue in NYC.

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Posted By: Mike

Mike Campbell

just turned 53. Ouch..Live in the Minneapolis area, on a large lake. Beautiful view each day. Hate the jet skis and the snowmobiles however. Very happily married. Two great kids. Both out of college. Yeah. Daughter was two time all conference high school shortstop, and one time all state shortstop. All conference shortstop in College. Son is working at Medtronics. Wife is pre school teacher. I was in commercial banking for 23 years. Retired, and am now President of my own real estate investment company. I collect mainly Jimmie Foxx related items. But do dabble a bit in Ruth, gehrig, and Hack Wilson. Even a bit of black Sox. I received an e mail from a national deale rwho we all know, asking me if I would be interested in a particular Foxx piece. Unreal...after I receive it, I will scan it. Neither him nor I had ever seen one like it. Too cool to comprehend. Can't say right now. Not made of paper....!!!! My office walls are almost completely covered in Foxx things. I also have about 70 original newsphotos and wire photos of Ruth, Foxx, gehrig, Williams, etc. etc. Cool to frame.

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Posted By: rob ray

48 yrs young,commercial video editor/ voice-over announcer for 26 years. Happily married to a physical trainer (who wishes she could train ME!),
no offspring;we live in Greenpoint,Brooklyn.Lived pre-marriage days on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Can't wait to move upon retirement (hopefully by 55) to a small town (New Mexico or Texas,where my wife is from)and leave the big city behind!

I've been fascinated by this site for a long time;never posted;always lurked!
Recently got back into T 206 collecting after years away from it.Sold most of my grandfathers' and fathers' Goudey/tobacco cards back in the mid-80s (wish i hadn't).
It's come to this:This site and Old cardboard get a lot of my free time nowadays,which I don't have an awful lot of.
You folks make for some wonderful reading!

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Posted By: Judson Hamlin

38 and an Assistant Prosecutor - which is probably the most fun you can have practicing law, if you have a slightly dark sense of humor.

Two daughters, 7 (going on 15) and 4; and a wife who is an IT wonk at a pharmaceutical company.

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Posted By: Mike

Mike Gray
I'm 16, careerwise I pull, package and ship UPS packages. Also, I do scrap metals. Refrigerators, Cars, Aluminum etc....

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Posted By: Bob

I always thought the LSU fans were the loudest, most obnoxious and rudest in the SEC but you guys can't hold a candle to the Texas Longhorn fans who are the worst in any conference anywhere in America PERIOD.
Sorry guys, I am sure you are the exceptions
GO HOGS!!!!

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Posted By: Dan

39 years young, 21 years in the Navy and am now a US Navy Lieutenant who came up through the enlisted ranks to make Electronic Technician Chief Petty Officer (SUBMARINES) then was commissioned as a Limited Duty Officer (Submarine Electronics). Live in La Maddalena, Italy and work as the Port Operations Officer, I get to play with 2 tug boats, 3 Landing Craft Mechanized, 7 fast response boats, 3 RHIB boats and 2 mooseboats and other cool stuff all day, not to mention the best sailors in the World work and play here.

Saw earlier in this post that one of the other members lives here as well, Zach S., I darn near fell out of my chair when I saw that. For those of you that do not know this place, it is a SMALL and I mean SMALL island north of Sardegna, Italy which is a large island that for the most part the rest of Italy hardly acknowledges as part of Italy. Take out a map and look us up, it is a flea in the big realm of things, but it is paradise to say the least.

Zach S. drop down to the Port Ops barge one day and introduce yourself. It would be good to meet up with a fellow collector.

Ciao'

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Posted By: anthony

38 yrs (last time i was told)

wish i was a ninja but i'm in law enforcement

currently working on my first book

when in doubt, keep it!

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

39 and I will be turning 40 in less than a month.

I own a video store and we will be going on to our 22nd year this summer...take that Blockbuster!!!

Of course I think everyone knows already that I collect all Nebraska related baseball memorabilia pre 1960s.

PS Bob I have found the Longhorn fans to be some of the nicest in the Big XII - of course y'all's rivalry with them goes back much further than ours. If you want to discuss WORST fans in the world you would be talking about Colorado Buffalo fans. They had to have the entire student section removed from the football game against Nebraska 2 years ago in Boulder before the game could resume. It is the only venue in the Big XII I will not go to.

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Posted By: Mark Evans

57, retired government lawyer, Falls Church, Va.

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Posted By: Jeffrey Lichtman

41, criminal defense lawyer, NYC.

Dylan, law sucks unless you pick the right area that suits you. I like what I do but it turns to deep love when on trial.

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Posted By: David Davis

41 years young; recently relocated from New York City to Santa Cruz, CA. I sell collectibles on eBay for a living for the past 8 years. I collect green pieces of paper with pictures of dead famous people on them. I love learning about vintage cards, and pick them up at auctions as a result of what I have learned from the people on this board.

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Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen

Ken Cohen - 55 - Foreign Service Officer (retired) - but after 6 months of goofing off back at the State Department in DC working on a contractual basis.

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Posted By: hrbaker

My name is Jeff, I am a recovering cardboard addict. I am 47 years old, married for 21 years with a 17 yo daughter and a 6 yo son (same wife, in case you were wondering). I am in commercial real estate leasing.

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Posted By: Russ Bright

wow, i saw this post this morning when I woke up and there were no responses and now we're close to 100!!!


I'm 28

I play video games for a living (QA at the largest independant video game company in the world!)

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Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

I'm 39 years old.

Part owner of an environmental services/engineering company outside of Wash. DC

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Posted By: Colt McClelland

38 years old, married, 2 daughters (7 and 8).

Practiced law for 6 years, then started a structured settlement firm in 2000. We essentially broker a tax free annuity that is used when settling personal injury lawsuits. Any personal injury lawyers out there - I would love the chance to work with you.

Lived in Kansas City my entire life except for 4 years at Univ. of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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Posted By: Bill Kasel

I, like Leon am a technology consultant; focusing on Unified Communications and wireless technologies, but I work with the commercial/SMB market, not the big guys in Madison, WI. Even though they bowed out in the 2nd round I am a huge Badgers fan (95' BA).

I'm 33, wife and two beautiful kids - a son(4) & daughter(1).

I'm guessing my sales would be at least double if I had never found this board and spent so much time viewing it on a weekly basis.

Bill

My personal collection - http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f176/fkm_bky/

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Posted By: Lyman

tBob, I agree totally with your assessment of longhorn fans. Unfortunately, I am an A&M grad condemed to live in Austin. --Lyman

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Posted By: Preece1

I will be 42 at the end of this month and I am an investment banker in NY. Specifically, I run the commercial paper conduit for a German bank (DZ Bank).

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Posted By: Ray Piskadlo

Turning 31 in May... I teach a Crime Scene Investigation/Forensics course for seniors in high school who are interested in law enforncement, law, and medicine. I also coach Boys Soccer and Track & Field at the same school.

I collect T206, T200, T209-1, T3 (NY Nat'l only), and most recently E95.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Lyman, I have found the Texas A&M fans to be some of the nicest in the Big XII also. Baylor fans seem indifferent and the Texas Tech fans are horrible.

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Posted By: Brian

At 24, I am a personal fitness trainer, bodybuilder, ex-pro ball player with the Cleveland Indians(2001), and have created my own Sports Agency called MSA. Only collect the BEST!

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Posted By: Matt Goebel

and I am a partner in an oil & gas production company

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Posted By: Rich H.

Hi.

I'm 35 years old and have been in private practice in Dallas, TX as a plastic surgeon over the past 4 years. I hold a faculty position at UT Southwestern teaching residents and fellows as well.

Married with a 6 month old daughter.

Working on T206, T205, 1915 Cracker Jack, 1933 Goudey, 1952 Topps. The monster is nearly complete (96%) in psa 5.33. Have recently completed a high grade 59 set in psa 8 - going to auction to fund my pre-war habit.


Rich

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Posted By: Zach S.

Delete... accidental double post.

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Posted By: Zach S.

Bob,

I appreciate the comment about us being loud, rude and obnoxious. It takes a lot of effort to rise to that level. Apparently we're going to have to try a little harder to push past the Longhorn fans.

Zach S.

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Posted By: Jack

I'm 41, Married, and I have three boys 5,7 and 10
I've been dealing with cards (for fun) for the last 20 years, I got hooked on the Monster (t206) for the last 6-9 months or so. I've got about 30 cards psa 4-7. It will probably take the next 20 years to finish but it is very enjoyable, I read just about everything on this board, I just don't post much. I also own a video store (14years) in Wisconsin. Take that Netflix!!

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Posted By: Denny

I'll be 48 in May! I'm a Retired Bubble Head (Us Navy Submarine Sailor, 22 Years) My Background is in Electronics Engineering, but nowadays I like workin' & Playin' with my Family. Daddy to many wonderful Children ... I'm very busy in everythng I do. Just recently Relocated to San Antonio from San Diego, Ca.(7 months now), Altough I'm originally from Long Island, NY. I Love to buy and Sell Old Stuff...Always Lookin'!
For the Past 20 + years - God, Family, Baseball have been my passions...
Lookin' forward to a few San Antonio Missions Games.
And I'm pretty much a type card collector, partial to M116's, D322's & T200's.

Hey Zach, How's the Boat Life Treatin' Ya!

Life's Grand,
Denny

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Posted By: Cobby33

37- Litigator and adjunct professor at a local law school. Very unglamorous, which is cool.

Go Gauchos!

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Posted By: Dave

Turning 31 in May. Married with a daughter 17 months old and two stepkids, a girl and a boy 12 and 10.

I'm a estimator/project manager for a construction company in Atlanta. My main area of work is with Full Depth Reclamation of roads in poor condition..not that anyone here would know what that means...however on the outside chance someone here is in the southeast US and is a county or city engineer or roads director...let me know! Ha Ha

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Posted By: Scott L

36 years old, work in institutional asset management.

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Posted By: jay behrens

44 year old scurrilous reprobate, misanthrope and professional derelict who does inventory for Menards.

Jay


I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: peter chao

Jay,

That's sweet, your my kind of guy.

Peter

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Posted By: peter ullman

pete ullman...37 yo dentist. Would love to work in cards though!

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Posted By: Chris Mc

39, I am a third generation trust funder, living off of the interest.(JK) I wish! I own a small tree and landscape company that services the North fork of Long Island and Westhampton to Hampton Bays.