Really Dumb Questions for Net54 Experts

[Fballguy]

I'm trying to upgrade a set I've had for a while and am driving myself a little nuts trying to determine which cards are upgrades and which are not...so my question:

What is more desirable, a card with four sharp corners but a barely perceptible half inch hairline crease or a card with no crease but slight touches on the corners?

Thanks in advance.

[Fballguy]

What the heck...while I'm at it:

A card with perfect centering but slight corner wear, or slightly off center with sharp corners?

I can keep this up all day. I've got others...

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I'm trying to upgrade a set I've had for a while and am driving myself a little nuts trying to determine which cards are upgrades and which are not...so my question:

What is more desirable, a card with four sharp corners but a barely perceptible half inch hairline crease or a card with no crease but slight touches on the corners?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Fballguy

What the heck...while I'm at it:

A card with perfect centering but slight corner wear, or slightly off center with sharp corners?

I can keep this up all day. I've got others...

An upgrade should be readily apparent to a typical sousaphone player. If not, it is merely an alternative, not an upgrade.

In other words, is CT an upgrade from TX, or is TX an upgrade from CT? The answer depends on other factors. Your answer may differ from mine.

However nearly all would consider a condo on a tropical island an upgrade from a condo in Burkina Faso. That’s why there are very few sousaphone players in Burkina Faso.

Hope this helps.

[T206.org]

How many chucks does it take a woodchuck to chuck a full 2x4?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by T206.org

How many chucks does it take a woodchuck to chuck a full 2x4?

Assumes a woodchuck could chuck wood

[TUM301]

Where do babies come from ?

[jchcollins]

Why didn't Topps stockpile NOS inventory of their vintage sets? As about a 10 year-old (circa 1987) when I first found out about "old" cards, I just naturally assumed they did this - so I wrote a letter to Topps saying please I just started collecting, could you send me examples of say...some 1953 cards? I was flabbergasted when they wrote me back and instead of sending cards they provided me with a list of dealers who could sell me the cards that I asked about.

Sounds like a dumb question today, but wasn't to me in 1987.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

An upgrade should be readily apparent to a typical sousaphone player. If not, it is merely an alternative, not an upgrade.

In other words, is CT an upgrade from TX, or is TX an upgrade from CT? The answer depends on other factors. Your answer may differ from mine.

However nearly all would consider a condo on a tropical island an upgrade from a condo in Burkina Faso. That’s why there are very few sousaphone players in Burkina Faso.

Hope this helps.

That helps, thanks. Sousaphone lessons are a bucket list item for my retirement years, so I will definitely NOT be moving to Burkina Faso. In the meantime...

Tropical Island > CT > TX

[barrysloate]

Why have there been several Pope Johns, several Pope Pauls, but not even a single Pope Ringo?

[egri]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Why have there been several Pope Johns, several Pope Pauls, but not even a single Pope Ringo?

There may not have been a Pope Ringo, but there have been several Pope Richards (though none with the last name Starkey) and even a few Pope Georges for good measure.

[darwinbulldog]

Can't beat the original. Anyone else like Pete best?