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Old 04-27-2023, 06:47 PM
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When I saw that title I thought this might be something eise...

I think Pete just likes to say "TRIM".

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When I saw that title I thought this might be something eise...

I think Pete just likes to say "TRIM".

Adam,

My first thought also. A little part of my brain is also still in the adolescent teenage gutter. I guess those of us who grew up in the 70's know that slang.
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I guess those of us who grew up in the 70's know that slang.
which strikes me as odd considering how little trimming of the area in question was going on in that era...
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I see more trim...memory lane. top/bottom borders look guilty to me...maybe all 4? But hey...it's in a slab
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I see more trim...memory lane. top/bottom borders look guilty to me...maybe all 4? But hey...it's in a slab
I don't believe anything above a 6 nowadays Pete, nor would I want anything above that in my collection.
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it's gonna come out someday...in a memoir...or autobiography of a dealer/trimmer...the majority of high grade cards like over 90% are altered.
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it's gonna come out someday...in a memoir...or autobiography of a dealer/trimmer...the majority of high grade cards like over 90% are altered.
I can see the book title now;
To quote the great John Lennon:

"I have blisters on my fingers, memoirs of a card trimmer"
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it's gonna come out someday...in a memoir...or autobiography of a dealer/trimmer...the majority of high grade cards like over 90% are altered.
I said the exact same thing about 3 years ago on a Facebook Group Called Tobacco Row...they HATED IT AND CALLED ME A FEAR MUNGER....sadly I think many know it’s true but couldn’t accept it.
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I think Pete just likes to say "TRIM".

it might have been 48 hours...eddie murphy...the first time I heard the term "trim?"
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