Any forum OG's here still from back in the day 2003-2010 era?

mccardguy1 · March 13, 2026 7:06PM

@Ahmanfan said:
Mike Navarro is who you’re referring to.

Yes. Thats him> @waxman2745 said:

WinPitcher
julen23
rube26105
storm888
NickM
alnavman
corvette1340
leathtech
MULLINS5
otwcards
Leiascards

Randy "rube26105" Ruble passed away several years ago. I did stay in touch with him after I think he got banned from this forum and found out from his son he had passed away. Sadly, as I was looking for his obituary, it seems his son just passed a year or two ago.

Randy had an amazing collection of all sorts of "Stuff" and it is probably all still booby trapped if anyone had thoughts about checking out his collection.

waxman2745 · March 13, 2026 7:47PM

Randy "rube26105" Ruble passed away several years ago. I did stay in touch with him after I think he got banned from this forum and found out from his son he had passed away. Sadly, as I was looking for his obituary, it seems his son just passed a year or two ago.

Randy had an amazing collection of all sorts of "Stuff" and it is probably all still booby trapped if anyone had thoughts about checking out his collection.

Very sad. Randy was well liked and well respected on these forums from what I remember.

fattymacs · March 14, 2026 8:55AM

Old Rube sent me one of these with some stuff I bought on a drunk chat night

Stone193 · March 14, 2026 11:29AM

I miss Randy - he had a cryptic way of talking - if memory serves me all lower case - we're both Vietnam vets, so we had something of a bond.

I just got AI to list people I've contacted over the years: see who you remember?

This took about 15 minutes - just imagine how long it would take to alpha the list and remove duplicate DMs.

I moved the list to below - couldn't easily get the list in columns - AI wasn't compatible with the PSA platform? I see computers as having 2 speeds - on and off.

NJ80sBBC · March 14, 2026 12:17PM

Great list Mike. You have been a pillar here for so long. When I was a lurker for years I would always remember seeing your posts and enthusiasm. Guys like you, and many others, are what makes a forum welcoming and enjoyable.

John

Stone193 · March 14, 2026 1:29PM

Very kind John - thank you buddy.

Stone193 · March 14, 2026 3:09PM

AI is making me crazy - here's the new list of members I've come in contact with over the last 22 yrs:

ldferg · March 15, 2026 6:42AM

yes, still hanging around.

kmnorton · March 15, 2026 11:50PM

@nam812 said:

@pandrews said:
If so, whats up. This is my first visit here in years. Recently got back in the hobby a little bit, mostly because I figure it's time to sell some stuff before I'm gone and my kids don't know or care about my cards as much

I'd hit it.

Me too, Nick….but not on a Tuesday.

ReggieCleveland · March 17, 2026 10:34AM

I've stolen your "farted in an envelope and mailed it to me" countless times. It's my bread and butter. Welcome back!

Arthur

2dueces · March 17, 2026 1:42PM

Still here

aconte · March 18, 2026 6:06AM

Here since February 2001. Can't believe twenty-five years have gone by.
I rarely visit or post here.

BJY83 · March 18, 2026 10:38PM

Been here since 2003, I was just out of law school. I think this is my 3rd account thanks to some of the trigger happy mods we've had over the years. I miss the old boards and unfortunately a lot of the reason why they went to hell was because of those mods banning people for being critical of PSA. Ironic because I feel like now, they let everything go. There used to be some epic late night exchanges.

Any forum OG's here still from back in the day 2003-2010 era?

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