Why did Topps make cards smaller?

SAllen2556 · #1 02-06-2019, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I don't know, nor do I know why more and more people start sentences with the word 'So'...as if interrupting a thought stream?

It also occurs to me that more and more oral conversations are started with 'I mean'...is this just to assure the listener that the speaker is sincere?

These last two non-answers are grammatically correct. I just thought I would show off as, evidently, one of the last humans to care enough to communicate properly.

Randy - all this is in jest of course, as I am constantly trying to amuse whatever audience appears. I trust you will not be too offended.

Back onto your question, I am grateful, that, once they did change the card size, they stuck with it. It sure is more convenient for both displaying and storage.

.

There is nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction. Many teachers back in the stone age taught that it was incorrect because kids would overuse them.

Your arrogance belies your ignorance.

Oh, and I thought Topps reduced the size of their cards so they would fit in those plastic sheets.

ALR-bishop · #2 02-06-2019, 08:01 AM

The people who made those 1, 2, 3, 4 and other odd size pocket sheets were probably protesting Topps decision to go with the current standard size

Volod · #3 02-06-2019, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

There is nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction. Many teachers back in the stone age taught that it was incorrect because kids would overuse them.

My stone age teacher (the guy that starred in those Geico commercials) used to ask kids who started sentences with a conjunction what they were conjoining. The kid would then scratch his head and mumble, "huh...?"

Mark17 · #4 02-06-2019, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volod

My stone age teacher (the guy that starred in those Geico commercials) used to ask kids who started sentences with a conjunction what they were conjoining. The kid would then scratch his head and mumble, "huh...?"

My favorite similar grammar-related comeback is this classic from Cheers:

Sam: Haven�t you got customers to be waiting on?
Diane: You ended that sentence with a preposition.
Sam: Haven�t you got customers to be waiting on, Mullet-head?

Volod · #5 02-07-2019, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark17

My favorite similar grammar-related comeback is this classic from Cheers:

Sam: Haven�t you got customers to be waiting on?
Diane: You ended that sentence with a preposition.
Sam: Haven�t you got customers to be waiting on, Mullet-head?

Good one, Mark.

Recalls Winston Churchill's response to another grammar nag - �Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.�

homerunderby · #6 02-11-2019, 11:25 AM

If I remember correctly the 1956 Elvis Presley set
https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewSe...resley-(R710-1)

was the first Topps set to use the 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" format

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
FS: 1975 Topps Baseball - Lot of (69) cards. Make a reasonable offer	Oneofthree67	1960-1979 Baseball Cards B/S/T	1	08-26-2015 04:51 PM
What are some smaller pre-war sets	markf31	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	18	06-29-2012 07:50 PM
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers Looking for (cuts, cards, 5x7, 8x10, smaller items)	jgmp123	Baseball Memorabilia B/S/T	1	05-26-2012 01:21 PM
now you see it now it's smaller- scan size	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	0	01-16-2006 09:10 AM
smaller card toploaders?	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	6	11-15-2005 03:36 AM