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Originally Posted by ejharrington
Don’t let the grumps bully you.
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I will acknowledge that I am a bit of a grump, at the very least, but I am in no way being a bully.
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Originally Posted by ejharrington
The big auction houses use the term 1/1 all the time.
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Yes, and they are wrong about it frequently, and I grumpily send them emails to point out their mistakes often.
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Originally Posted by ejharrington
But they’d rather make their point with the new guy.
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Better to teach the new guy correctly, than to wait until he's an old grump.
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Originally Posted by G1911
Or just maybe, “true 1 of 1” has an actual, definable meaning, and the claim made is simply untrue.
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Exactly, by any logical way of thinking "1 of 1" means "unique" as in "there is only one, and this is it".
The card being discussed is not unique, therefore my grumpiness has nothing to do with this conversation, but the "1 of more than 1" nature of the card does.
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Originally Posted by clydepepper
As the son of an educator, I am so proud to see that the members participating in this thread resisted the urge to include 'very' or 'highly' when using the word unique!
You have. at least temporarily, positioned yourselves above trolls and other such creatures. Congratulations!
There may be hope for us yet...
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I suppose that could make this thread very "1 of 1".
Doug "happy to be a founding member (and probably tallest) of the 7 dwarves" Goodman