Thanks Jay

My winnings don't hold a candle to most here - but I was happy with adding to the Postcard collection.

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Dave, your winnings are fantastic. Congratulations!

Whenever I feel the need to exercise I lie down on the sofa until the feeling passes.

Was thinking the same! Some really amazing pickups! Congrats to everyone who was able to add some killer pieces to their collections!

Nice to read a happy thread once in a while. Just sayin.

I well recall my professor at Ball State University quoting the disturbed character who wrote those words you quoted. There wasn't a class member in the large hall that didn't wince at hearing them.

So, Yoda, if ye wish to be an inflated tadpole, 'tis all your own choosin'. Some day, the feeling to which you refer will indeed pass, along with you.

'Tis also true, the bell will one day toll for me, but I prefer to feel young and vigorous again for as long as I can, and stay that way til I die. With Type 2 diabetes, I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, TO DIE WITH MY FEET ON!

--- Brian Powell

the second bidder would not have been blown out of the water....

So who is this disturbed character that he quoted?

Isn't that a Mark Twain line?

Brian, may the force be with you. John

Sean, I haven't the foggiest notion; regardless, when John quoted it, I instantly recalled the occasion when Dr. Edmonds closed the class with those hideous words.

All the best, Brian Powell

And with you as well, my friend.

Best regards, Brian Powell

I Googled the gist of the line, and it seems to have been uttered as a joke in late June, 1937 by film and state actress Edna Mae Oliver. Ms. Oliver was a hoot to enjoy in films, and I recall her in DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, and especially PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. I also remember her to be rather tall and slender, so my assumption that the individual who uttered such nonsense was enormous was "off-base", to get us back to America's national pastime.

Yes, so back to our niche of the woods, that Honus Wagner cabinet is simply stunning. A centerpiece, to be sure.

Let's all have a peaceful day in the turbulent USA, and pray someone invents a kill switch for "the squad"!

---- Brian Powell

That's four people and like a dozen followers. If Trump stops talking about them, the networks would stop covering them.

George Soros and his many "owned" minions would beg to differ, using whoever and whatever they can to take down our great country.

It has been way below the belt for quite some time, and the wicked 4 scream all kinds of unfair, untruthful, and idiotic accusations if you so much as disagree with them, or say anything that could be misconstrued against their agendas.

I'll leave it at that; our moderator prefers us to leave politics alone, which is best. We need this happy place, even if a recent hobby development has made many of us unhappy.

--- Brian Powell