2023 National Thread (Last Batch of Photos added as well as Final Thoughts)

BLUEJAYWAY

Thanks for the time/effort in all the reports. Very informing.

detroitfan2

@nam812 said:

@detroitfan2 said:

@JoeBanzai said:

@Tibor said:
Here it is. Google "Toll roads Chicago area". All the info you need. When we use
the GPS it tells us 30 miles in advance of the toll road. You can then adjust
your trip. No GPS?, there are all kinds of signs alerting you. Relax. Rental car??
The rental car company pays it, then bills your CC. Read the the contract. This
isn't going to be a bunch of money, $20 probably.

Personal vehicle. I've done what I can.
Moving on.

Joe his reaming out was intended at me for whatever reason.

There are plenty of reasons.

That's for saying I'm slow on the base paths.

I might have implied slow but I meant old

nam812

@detroitfan2 said:

@nam812 said:

@detroitfan2 said:

@JoeBanzai said:

@Tibor said:
Here it is. Google "Toll roads Chicago area". All the info you need. When we use
the GPS it tells us 30 miles in advance of the toll road. You can then adjust
your trip. No GPS?, there are all kinds of signs alerting you. Relax. Rental car??
The rental car company pays it, then bills your CC. Read the the contract. This
isn't going to be a bunch of money, $20 probably.

Personal vehicle. I've done what I can.
Moving on.

Joe his reaming out was intended at me for whatever reason.

There are plenty of reasons.

That's for saying I'm slow on the base paths.

I might have implied slow but I meant old

Well I'm both, but you don't get to say it.

Cakes

@DBesse27 said:
Marc, great pack> @Vagabond said:

@DBesse27 said:
Marc, great post…. Apparently saying f-a-n-n-y isn’t allowed on here but I wanted to tease you about your sweet pack you had there.

The fanny pack was just purchased on Amazon for like $12 a few days before. In the past, I would see people wearing one but this year I said, why not. I would rather have that on than to be carrying a bookbag as I have in the past years. I love how everything was accessible right in front of me without having to take my bookbag off and search for things. It very convenient.

Sorry for the duplication, it was giving me a hard time. And good for you for not giving a F!

I agree, it shows he has some stones. I use one when I river fish! My feet hurt for days after wading the Shenandoah. I guess it doesn't help that I weigh 50 pounds more than I did years ago.

rtimmer

@burghman said:

@daltex said:

@Vagabond said:

Question: does "BBCE" mean the original packs are present? If so, $1000 seems like a steep premium for FASC.

FASC is “from a sealed case” meaning that the box was pulled right from the case and no one picked through / replaced packs. Non-FASC are “buy at your own risk” - they are promising that the packs inside are legit from the year and product, but can’t promise that they are the original packs that came in the box.

I don’t know about the year shown, but if it’s common knowledge that boxes could easily be picked through to ID the desirable packs, maybe the $1K premium for FASC makes sense?

They only do the “original box! This many Jordan’s etc.” special designations on 86 Fleer boxes. The 88 Fleer packs are mostly too hard to see thru the front to see the top card so a mixed box isn’t much of a downgrade, you can see thru the back though where the stickers lie and you’d want to get 3-4 of those with Jordan in an unsearched box.

JoeBanzai

Final update on toll road charges.
Credit card was charged $13.50 for my trip to Chicago to spend thousands of dollars in Illinois.
I'll be doing my best to never spend any more of my money there ever again.
I'm not all that upset about it, but I am sick of the government's charges, fees and taxes.