New experiment....

CDsNuts

All this speculation about cracking and resubmitting and special treatment, etc, etc, etc.... has me thinking of a new experiment that will no doubt cost me more money than it's worth. I'm thinking about sending in 10 70-80s semistar cards I think have a shot at a 10 with no min. grade requirement, then cracking them (even the 10's) and resubmitting with a min. grade 10.

I'm curious to see how the results compare.

Lee

Stone193

Lee

That would be interesting.

But to complete the study - it would be cool if you resubmitted again with no min grade after you asked for that min grade 10.

Would be interesting to see what that qualifier on your sub does to their predisposed mindset?

mike

zef204

I think many guys have done that with 86 fleer bkb. I was upset with myself for not doing that when I submitted the top 30 condition cards from my set. They all were cherry and could each have been a 10 on a given day. I got no 10's.

CDsNuts

Hey, if you had the choice between getting tens on all your 86 Fleer basketball, or contracting Mad Cow disease, which would you choose?

Lee

ToppsCo1lector

Mad cow disease looks like fun!

zef204

<< <i>Mad cow disease looks like fun! >>

At least for a little while.

I imagine the novelity wears off slightly before you die.

But hey, I got nothin going on.

ToppsCo1lector

That's what I'm saying! I mean yeah, a perfect jordan/ewing/akeem would be nice, sure. But doesn't anyone else think about the lifetime of enjoymeny(however short I might add) that mad cow disease would be?!

zef204

<< <i>That's what I'm saying! I mean yeah, a perfect jordan/ewing/akeem would be nice, sure. But doesn't anyone else think about the lifetime of enjoymeny(however short I might add) that mad cow disease would be?! >>

Awesome. That is all.

Stone193

<< <i>Hey, if you had the choice between getting tens on all your 86 Fleer basketball, or contracting Mad Cow disease, which would you choose?

Lee >>


Lee

The MC disease beats a rusty sword! God, I hate when that happens.

ArchStanton

Mad cow disease. Whew! I never want to get that again.

52mantlebuyer

AN experimental treatment for vCJD which has been hailed as a wonder drug does not halt the disease, according to a study today.

Families of those struck down by the incurable condition have credited Pentosan Polysulphate (PPS) with saving the lives of their loved ones.

Research for the Medical Research Council found that patients taking the blood-thinning drug were living for "unusually long periods".

But the publicly funded body found no evidence that PPS could stop the human form of mad cow disease, which has killed more than 160 people in the UK.

Professor Ian Bone, a consultant neurologist at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, observed seven patients for the study.

He said: "The drug does not appear to halt the progression of the disease. Loss of brain function continues after treatment has started and, where measured by imaging, loss of brain tissue also continued."

Patients with vCJD usually live no more than 14 months, however the study found those treated with PPS were outliving this timeframe, although researchers found no conclusive link between survival and the treatment.