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Posted By: Jim VB

As a kid, I didn't buy packs until 1966 or so. Prior to that, my family lived in Queens. My dad worked in Brooklyn. The trash hauler at his company also picked up trash at the Topps printer. He kept my dad supplied with every sheet that Topps threw out. Like fools, my brother and I would sit at the kitchen table at night and cut our cards out of sheets. We always had thousands of cards (and would throw them out when next years cards came out.) This continued on from 1954 through 1965.

Brings a tear to my eye, too. (But maybe for a different reason.)