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Ricky YMy favorite memories go back to 1972-74 period...
I remember collecting the 72 Topps set..togehter with my best pal Robert, trading for our needs..but during the summer he moved away to another town. Meanwhile I finished the set. Later that fall, I visited him and asked him if he finished the set and he said "yeah finally!" and showed me the Bobby Bonds and Juan Marichal cards..and my jaws dropped to the floor..I then found out about the semi-hi and high numbers which didn't make its way to my local 7-11 or the corner drug store...so I didn't know they even existed.. 
Took me another 10 years or so to get those completed!
Also remember sitting on a nice summer day in my friends mobile home park porch..swapping 73 and 74 Topps cards...I still remember I had to give the guy a 74 Reggie Jackson to get 74 Dave Sells common card that I needed... :-P
Ricky Y