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just for fun, let's do a "letterman-esque" top 10 list "when do you know you spend to

coachvinnycoachvinny Posts: 634 ✭
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my lame entry:

# 10 - when you know your local post office employees on a 1st name basis

who can come up w/ # 9???
i ain't often right
but I've never been wrong
it seldom turns out the way
it does in the song
once in a while
you get shown the light
in the strangest of places
if you look at it right

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  • kuhlmannkuhlmann Posts: 3,326 ✭✭
    #9 when you have over 1000 posted messages on a couple of different message boards.
  • KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    # 8 - When you look at a woman and grade them on a 1-10 PSA scale basis.
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  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    #7--- When trying to decide what would be good for supper, it sounds more appetizing to spend $13.00 on a Happy Meal and a pack of cards instead of a steak dinner.
  • OnlypsahockeyOnlypsahockey Posts: 1,479 ✭✭
    #6 - When Joe Orlando sends you a Christmas card.
    57 Topps (83%) 7.61
    61 Topps (100%) 7.96
    62 Parkhurst (100%) 8.70
    63 Topps (100%) 7.96
    63 York WB's (50%) 8.52
    68 Topps (39%) 8.54
    69 Topps (3%) 9.00
    69 OPC (83%) 8.21
    71 Topps (100%) 9.21 #1 A.T.F.
    72 Topps (100%) 9.39
    73 Topps (13%) 9.35
    74 OPC WHA (95%) 8.57
    75 Topps (50%) 9.23
    77 OPC WHA (86%) 8.62 #1 A.T.F.
    88 Topps (5%) 10.00
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #5 - when your best friend tells you he hasn't "got any" in a while....and you immediately think of a UPS delivery!
    Mike
  • QUIKQUIK Posts: 316
    #4 when you cant say a thing about anything your wife spends
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    Always Buying & Collecting 1957 Topps Baseball 1914 cj,s 1978 bb and any Hof bb
  • wick70wick70 Posts: 340
    #3 - When your son's middle name is "Goudey"

    Enjoy collecting vintage baseball cards, memorabilia and autos
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  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797

    #3 - When you spend more on cards at Wal-mart than you do for your wife's Valentines day present.
    Collecting Interests:
    Ripken, Brooks & Frank Robinson, Old Orioles, Sweet Spot Autos, older Redskins - Riggins, Sonny, Baugh etc and anything that catches my eye. image

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  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    # 8 - When you look at a woman and grade them on a 1-10 PSA scale basis.

    image) That's the best!!! You'll have to tell me how that works. If one breast is substantially larger than the other does that make them off center? I'm sure after all successful dates the ladies have an "ST" qualifier?
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i># 8 - When you look at a woman and grade them on a 1-10 PSA scale basis.

    image) That's the best!!! You'll have to tell me how that works. If one breast is substantially larger than the other does that make them off center? I'm sure after all successful dates the ladies have an "ST" qualifier? >>


    Grade these!

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    I know, they get around...the guy sells these tops as "bling, bling slings" on ebay from time to time.

    Stone
    Mike
  • kuhlmannkuhlmann Posts: 3,326 ✭✭
    those are gem mint 10 psa bvg bgs gai sgc and whoever else image
  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    It's safe to say that pair hasn't been trimmed....at least I hope not.
  • nearmintnearmint Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭


    << <i># 8 - When you look at a woman and grade them on a 1-10 PSA scale basis. >>



    The nice thing about this is that even a 3 is Very Good.

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  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭
    #2 - When you can look at a stack of PSA cards and know how many there are without counting.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1 Answer:

    When the 1955 Bowman Don Mossi baseball card starts looking beautiful.
  • BugOnTheRugBugOnTheRug Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭
    #1a

    Whenever you check 7 or 8 times a day online for the posting of your 'mechanical error' corrections - obviously already knowing what those corrections are.

    BOTR
  • JustinJustin Posts: 183
    When your OCD medicine is running you $10,000 per year for extra dosages.
  • mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    Honorable mentions:

    When you know DSL's address without looking at the invoice.

    When your card bill is higher than your rent.

    When you do a search for 19XX Topps on ebay and search through all of them looking for your boy.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>#1 Answer:

    When the 1955 Bowman Don Mossi baseball card starts looking beautiful. >>



    In case you didnt get the joke;
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  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭


    << <i>those are gem mint 10 psa bvg bgs gai sgc and whoever else image >>



    When you submit those babies, they sure wouldn't fit in Card Saver I's!!
  • CADILLACN97CADILLACN97 Posts: 184
    When your tank is on empty, but you only put enough gas in to make it to the card store.

    Or when you buy a money order for 17.50 (for ebay items), hand the cashier a $20 and tell them to put the rest in gas.

  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    How about
    When you tell your girlfriend that her Valentine's Day present will be late because you just HAVE to win that bid on ebay!
  • sprintcardssprintcards Posts: 31
    LOL, good thread..... just had to add this one...

    How about when you are good enough at grading women on the 1-10 scale that you start using .5 scale and subgrades because you can now distinguish between an 8.5 and a 9. My friends and I have done this before for the hell of it. Not all women are created equal! I know this is a PSA board, but sometimes that .5 can make a big difference! LOL Have a good one.......


    STOP MAKING THE GAME-USED CRAP CARDS!!!!
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    Some additional ones:


    You hand out your business cards in penny sleeves


    You keep family photos in 9 pocket sheets


    Your main credit card is the MBNA Platinum ESPN Visa Card.


    "So many of our DREAMS at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we SUMMON THE WILL they soon become INEVITABLE "- Christopher Reeve

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    when the waitress asks how do you want your steak and you say

    "Near mint to mint" image

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When you joined this forum just 3 months ago and your post count is already over 300.

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    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    When you start sending ALL your mail in bubble envelopes.

    When you immediately recycle all incoming mail that's NOT in a bubble envelope.
  • KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Grade these! >>



    Mike those would obviosly come back with no grade as it is very obvious that they have been altered.

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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    How about when you reply to threads that are titled
    "ust for fun, let's do a "letterman-esque" top 10 list "when do you know you spend too much time/money on sportscards!"
  • CollectorChrisCollectorChris Posts: 144
    ...When you pay for your bigger purchases with postal money orders (from ATM cash) to avoid leaving the evidence that a check or credit card would leave.

    ...When you say to your woman, "Ah, not tonight. It's the last night of the Lelands auction."

    ...When you "encode" the SMR price of all of the cards on your wantlist by moving the decimal point a space to the left, so that $450 card appears to be only a $45 card.



  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭


    << <i>#4 when you cant say a thing about anything your wife spends >>



    So absolutely true. I would extend this to say that you would even tell your wife to go out and buy something nice because you feel guilty about how much money you just spent on cards.
  • highendhighend Posts: 534 ✭
    10- you encourage your daughter who just turned driving age to hitchike because the high insurance premiums will cut into your card budget.

    9- a seventy -seven year old viagra addict has kidnapped your wife,and all you think about is the idea that the old geezer may have some pre-war cards laying around.

    8- you prefer the way cardboard feels as opposed to breasts.

    7- at sunday services you give the usher a dirty look because the bulletin he handed you is obviously riddled with print defects

    6- you get arrested as a peeping tom when you are caught trying to steal a glimpse of a neighbors slabs.

    5- you make a nightie for the mrs. out of psa slabs and still can't figure out why she won't wear it (or give you any)

    4- you overhear your wife talking to her friend , who recently caught her husband downloading porn. and your wife says "i don't have to worry about jim, he gets off looking at baseball cards"

    3- you get your wedding anniversary mixed up with the date you joined ebay.

    2- you ask a total stranger to use his laptop computer to check the status of your auctions

    1- you actually spend time thinking this stuff up.
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