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Old 09-27-2011, 07:56 AM
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Default You know you are a card junkie when.....

You know you are a card junkie when.....

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Your heart beats faster as you are about to enter a card show
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Your wife calls you a dork for closely inspecting, sniffing, commenting on your cards (something like "damn look at the colors on that one") and you take it as a complement
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When the wallpaper display on your cellphone is an E107 Honus Wagner.

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When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.
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you sneak on to the Net 54 website at least eight times during a nine hour work day to make sure you're not missing anything.

I check here more than eBay, and I could actually buy cards there, not just read about them.
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When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.
You know you're a card junkie when baseball cards become porn.

Smelling cards is number one. My girlfriend never gets it. I smell every new card I get. Be it some junk wax at Target or something in the mail. It must be sniffed.
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Get frustrated with my daughter when she keeps creasing and roughing up the edges on the cardboard coasters in the restaurant....
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When you have 5 or more bookmarks on your browser dedicated to baseball card related websites.
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When you still eat the gum in a 1987 Wax Pack you just opened last week.
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When you're constantly looking for the mailman to come down the block and then shake his hand after he delivers the cards you've been waiting for.

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Back in the early 1980's a fellow I knew got so caught up in his pursuit of the T206 set that he sold his riding lawnmower to buy an O'Hara. Problem was he lived on about a two acre lot and his grass went wild.

He is now divorced, don't guess his wife shared his love of the monster?
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When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.
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When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.
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When you look at the BST section even when you have $9 in your checking account in hopes there's a steal in there.
I was thinking this same type of thing....concerning....

"ok, so how much do I need for bills with regards to how high this particular card goes....and will I see another one or do I need to rob Peter to pay Paul with money from somewhere else to absolutely try to get this example?"

Oh the mind games we play with ourselves .
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when my wife knows the mail man a little to much because she has to sign for all of my cards while I am at work
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...when you're age 12 and you have your the local, hometown dealers' home phone numbers.

...when your dog's middle names are Jefferson and Burdick.

...when you reserve your vacation a year in advance so that you can attend the National.


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When you constantly overpay for card(s) you have to have and then sell them later at a lower price to buy the next card(s) you have to have.... or what I like to say the Buy High, Sell Low strategy

and when your savings account is actually cards, you deposit cards when you have extra money and then withdraw and sell them when you need money... kind of related to the strategy above
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when you see on the sports ticker for baseball scores and you read Cobb from Tampa Bay. For a second or two, you actually think Cobb for Detroit.
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when you "soak" your vintage cards in a large spoon over an open flame...
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When your mailman asks if you collect cards.

What the 2 or 3 bubble warp envelopes that come every day gave it away???
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When this thread makes you feel normal.

I don't need therapy!
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when you keep your favorite cards next to your 'go bag' so if you have to evacuate quickly those cobbs and wagners won't be left behind
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When you have a seprate bookshelf dedicated to old auction catalogs.
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....since around age 10 (mid 80's for me), you immediately check the yellow pages in your hotel room for card shops when on vacation or on out of town business.

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When you pass Mile Marker 145.2 on the highway on your way to work every day, and immediately think of 1915 Cracker Jacks.
I have done that before but with my cell phone or any digital clock.....when I see 3:11 I instantly think of 1952 Topps Mantle
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When you never go away on vacation, or do so grudgingly, because you're afraid to leave your collection unattended.
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When you never go away on vacation, or do so grudgingly, because you're afraid to leave your collection unattended.
Or... never go on vacation without a robust internet connection.
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When imagining that you are making the bb card find of a lifetime helps you fall asleep at night!

BTW, my eyes are wet from laughing so much as I am reading this thread!
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Or when you never go on vacation because you stop and think about the card or cards you could be buying with that money instead...
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Or when you never go on vacation because you stop and think about the card or cards you could be buying with that money instead...
Pretty much the case here...
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When your wife walks into your office asking what you are looking at on the computer and you respond, "porn", but she dismisses the comment by saying, "No, you're not. You're looking at baseball card crap again", turns around, and leaves the room without ever seeing what was on the screen.

(This happened this weeked. BTW, she was right. I was looking at baseball card stuff and not at porn.)

... maybe I need help.
My wife stopped asking a long time ago.. She'd probably be relieved if she were to catch me looking at porn..
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When you wear clothing until it has holes in it but your cards are immaculately stored...

When you would rather go to a card show than get laid...

When your wife sends you off to the National every year to "go play with the other dipsh*ts..."

When you add up the cost of a family vacation and then determine how many cards on your want list you could buy instead...
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. . . when I look at my XM radio and it has

MLB Network
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and the first thing I think is Single Print (for SP and not Starting Pitcher).

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when you come home from work and find a great lot of cards on eBay. You place a bid and get a message from eBay that shill bidding is against company policy. You just bid on your own auction.

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When more than half of the closet space in your bedroom is occupied by baseball cards.
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...when you don't hesitate to make a $1000 offer on a T206 PSA5 Carolina Brights common but decide to eat home because going out to dinner costs too much...
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When your wife gives your card collecting hobby a name, 'baseball card girl', and claims whenever your on ebay and net54 that you're cheating on her with 'baseball card girl'.
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when you can rationalize all the money you spend believing you can just sell them and make your money back.
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when you come home from work and find a great lot of cards on eBay. You place a bid and get a message from eBay that shill bidding is against company policy. You just bid on your own auction.

Yep, I did that.

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edited to add....because I could see myself doing it too!!
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You know you are a card junkie when.....

As a kid, you cut the tabs off all your '52 Red Man's, but you keep sending them in to SGC at least twice every year, hoping they won't notice.
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When you can remember the card numbers and pictures on thousands of cards from years ago, but can't remember names and faces of relatives and co-workers.

When you're never satisfied with a perfectly good Ex and feel the insatiable need to upgrade it to NrMt.

When you keep duplicates around just in case you decide some day to start a second set.

When you enjoy a thread like this because you realize there are others just as passionate about the hobby as you.
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