Poor people and their collections

yawie99 · February 7, 2004 1:16AM

Anybody visiting the St. Louis area is welcome to stop by for a tour.

Davemri · February 7, 2004 1:17AM

rw2win · February 7, 2004 1:23AM

toppsgun · February 7, 2004 1:24AM

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Great self-deprecating humor, BTW.

After further review, I see bubble mailers, calculators and most importantly, the CU Message Board displayed on his screen. What else of subtle interest can you spot?

qualitycards · February 7, 2004 1:26AM

Ahhh! But whats inside that cabinet and those boxes?

...jay

HartlandMan · February 7, 2004 1:32AM

Giant oaks from little acorns grow.

You have the grandest treasure yet...that child's toy over there in the corner.

SUPERPUNK813 · February 7, 2004 2:04AM

He loves fish. I mean Phish.

Paul.

minibeers · February 7, 2004 2:06AM

bag it, tag it, sell it to the butcher in the storeroom...

yawie99 · February 7, 2004 2:21AM

Thanks, kids. There's all kinds of crap in this room, which I call my playroom. My wife, on the other hand, calls it the place where I can go "be gay" with my cards, posters, video games, music, etc. She just doesn't get it. Also have to take the opportunity to show off the owner of those toys, my daughter Ella who's closing in on 18 months. She's been walking for half of that time, but has fortunately not yet demolished anything of value - except for all the scratches in the new living room furniture that we foolishly bought several months before she was born.

jackstraw · February 7, 2004 2:22AM

one thing is missing and i can't put my finger on it?

jackstraw · February 7, 2004 2:29AM

just kidding yawie but i couldn't resist

joker73 · February 7, 2004 3:47AM

Steve, there's gotta be a way to convince your wife your hobbies aren't "gay." I had similar challenges with my wife back when we were first getting serious, so I:

a) Asked her what kind of card set she'd have *some* interest in - hence, my T68 set was born (we're both history buffs, though I still look at the cards about 10x more than she does)

b) Made her go to a Phish show - 10/7/00 @Shoreline, under the "this could be the last show ever" premise. After that, she even started listening to my CD-R collection

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Adorable kid - and really odd/funny coincidence actually. We're planning to start our family soon, and always like playing the "name game" with each other. We've had a few boys names in mind for a quite a while, but have been totally stuck on girls names. Last night, while watching the DVD of Sinatra with Ella Fitzgerald, I suddenly turned to her and just said "Ella." We both liked it the more we thought about it - it's a really simple, but beautiful, name that isn't too common these days. Then I woke up and read this post ... so excellent choice

.

Robert

minibeers · February 7, 2004 3:53AM

OT: Shoreline is great. Saw the Dead there a bunch of times.

as you were...

GoSoxBoSox · February 7, 2004 4:59AM

That kid is priceless. Who needs cards?

jackstraw · February 7, 2004 5:54AM

did someone say the dead? just got in the mail today cap center 88 with a ripple encore

the only one i have ever heard the dead do.minibeers you want a copy?

yawie99 · February 7, 2004 8:32AM

Thanks, Tom. I'd like to see your latest addition (the human variety, not the cardboard kind) sometime.

Tipem · February 7, 2004 11:14AM

Yawie,

Did she say "Be Gay",I am sure that you think she said "e-bay" Sounds like she is giving you permission to buy cards

Good looking girl,BTW

I am sure that you are a proud poppa

Vic

BigKidAtHeart · February 7, 2004 11:32AM

<< <i>my daughter Ella who's closing in on 18 months... >>

My son Eli just hit 19 months...
(and he DOES like to mess with my stuff!)

yawie99 · February 7, 2004 11:56AM

That lawnmower pic is awesome, BKaH. He looks like quite the little man. And I guess I probably did just misunderstand my wife, Tipem.

CW · February 7, 2004 12:56PM

Good one, yawie!

Cute kid, too!

BKAH--

Nice pics of the little guy! Looks like he might size up to be a
nice linebacker.

(going crazy with the smilies, I know, but cute kids make you smile)

RobE · February 7, 2004 1:05PM

Here is a couple items from "poor man's" collection with,poor image hosting and poor picture taking.However,it's not so bad when a poor man gets to meet someone they admired as a kid like this legend.Nice guy too.

GoSoxBoSox · February 7, 2004 1:16PM

Steve,

Here's my new addition - Joey Gretzky

And here's my older addition - Tommy Carl (as in Yastrzemski)

http://home.comcast.net/~tompapa/wsb/media/284465/site1028.jpg

GoSoxBoSox · February 7, 2004 1:17PM

Steve,

Here's my new addition - Joey Gretzky

And here's my old addition - Tommy Carl (as in Yastrzemski) in his 1933 Ice King pose.

Poor people and their collections

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