The Net 54 100

[Al C.risafulli]

His contributions to the hobby

Has Bruce contributed anything to the hobby? Besides wishing for people to die, I mean.

-Al

[Rich Klein]

That Adam could hold his own very well in a battle with the group.

I think it's time for Bruce to pull a Jesse Belvin

Rich

[botn]

I may hold the record for death threats received from one or more of the Bruces and I might add, one of the first to receive one back in May 2006. I beat out Brian Daniels by a matter of hours.

Some that come to mind and have been memorialized in emails are:

Hoping I die from cancer one cell at a time.
Burning in numerous fires alone, with my family, at my home and office.
On 3 different occasions he told me that he was sending someone over to my home or office.
On more than one occasion he has wished that me and my friends die a slow and painful death (but did not specify by what means).
Too many times to count he has wished me and my family suffer greatly.
He was looking forward to reading my obituary.
Though a little less permanent he told me he would use mace on me when he saw me.

It's all in good fun. I know he did not mean any of it. He just likes to joke around like that.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by botn

Hoping I die from cancer one cell at a time.

OK. Let's go with defective weirdo.

[sago]

Hi,
I had an account on the old forum, and stopped visiting about 2 years ago for several reasons.

One of them was the bs spewed by Dorskind, and receiving one of his quaint little e-mails. This, along with the political discussions that are now confined elsewhere, and some of the cliqueness on this board, made it not worth reading at all, for me.

In the two years, I see that some things have changed, for the better, and some things never will.

Dorskind has been trolling this board for years, and should be banned. If he had just joined as a new collector, and started making threats to board members, his banning would be almost immediate. Being a known quantity should never excuse one's behavior or intent.

I was hoping for a better and more on topic first new post; oh well.

FWIW, that's my two cents as a former member, and someone who just started reading again. If you think people are not going to be turned off who visit this board for the first time, and get assaulted by his venom, think again.

[Exhibitman]

In my business when my cross-exam draws an overwrought defensive response like that I know I've hit a raw nerve. I guess we all know where Bruce's armor has its cracks now.

Brucie boy, I'd guess that one of my articles in VCBC or Old Cardboard has brought more benefit to this hobby than all of your bigoted, bb-brained, elitist rants combined. Only a balloon-thin ego resting on a foundation of insecurities and a lifetime of interpersonal failures could respond as you do to a little good-natured ribbing. Shatner's suggestion that Trekkers get a life goes double for you. I have a home like many others here, filled with family and friends, the laughter of children, the warmth and comfort of others I love and who love me at the end of the day. I'll gather with my extended family tomorrow evening for the first night of Passover and enjoy an experience you will sadly never have: a normal human life.

Tonight, after the lights are out, when the cards are put away and you climb into your lonely, cold bed, remember that no matter what cards you acquire, no matter how many posts you make here, no matter how many people you insult or threaten over the internet, you do not matter to anyone in the world. If you were to drop dead in your apartment tonight whilst masturbating over the latest card you acquired (or perhaps just the latest issue of "Big 'Uns", or "Stud" or whatever else squeezes your lemon), odds are that no one would know, care or find out until the rotting smell offended your neighbors.

Now, if you'd like to make a death threat to my face instead of on a computer, I will be in NYC this summer and at the National too (as I have been every year since 2004) and we can meet up and "talk" it over. No? That's what I figured. See, Brucie, we are all on to you here. There are two kinds of guys, Brucie, there are those with big brave balls, and those with little mincey balls. Guys with big, brave balls don't spout inane threats from internet chat rooms; they live in the real world. They show up at the National, for example, and talk face to face with the people they call out. But that's not you, no siree. Lob your threats from your co-op, mincey balls...we know the score.

Adam

When our time comes, we are more than certain that there will be a group of people that care by our side

Whilst we have never heard of the magazines you reference, we wonder if your obsession with masturbation emanates from the fact that you can't satisfy your wife or that she is sick and tired of you.

Your vile commentary is shameful at best. We will be in Baltimore. If you want to confront us, so be it. You will pay the price, big time

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

In my business when my cross-exam draws an overwrought defensive response like that I know I've hit a raw nerve. I guess we all know where Bruce's armor has its cracks now.

Brucie boy, I'd guess that one of my articles in VCBC or Old Cardboard has brought more benefit to this hobby than all of your bigoted, bb-brained, elitist rants combined. Only a balloon-thin ego resting on a foundation of insecurities and a lifetime of interpersonal failures could respond as you do to a little good-natured ribbing. Shatner's suggestion that Trekkers get a life goes double for you. I have a home like many others here, filled with family and friends, the laughter of children, the warmth and comfort of others I love and who love me at the end of the day. I'll gather with my extended family tomorrow evening for the first night of Passover and enjoy an experience you will sadly never have: a normal human life.

Tonight, after the lights are out, when the cards are put away and you climb into your lonely, cold bed, remember that no matter what cards you acquire, no matter how many posts you make here, no matter how many people you insult or threaten over the internet, you do not matter to anyone in the world. If you were to drop dead in your apartment tonight whilst masturbating over the latest card you acquired (or perhaps just the latest issue of "Big 'Uns", or "Stud" or whatever else squeezes your lemon), odds are that no one would know, care or find out until the rotting smell offended your neighbors.

Now, if you'd like to make a death threat to my face instead of on a computer, I will be in NYC this summer and at the National too (as I have been every year since 2004) and we can meet up and "talk" it over. No? That's what I figured. See, Brucie, we are all on to you here. There are two kinds of guys, Brucie, there are those with big brave balls, and those with little mincey balls. Guys with big, brave balls don't spout inane threats from internet chat rooms; they live in the real world. They show up at the National, for example, and talk face to face with the people they call out. But that's not you, no siree. Lob your threats from your co-op, mincey balls...we know the score.

Whoa! This would make some of the Flame Of The Year award winners on usenet look tame.

[Kawika]

Barry: Supermarket-grade Kona goes for about $12 per pound. Top grade Kona from boutique coffee farms on the Big Island goes for probably $20 or more per pound. The way I slug back coffee I stick with the cheap stuff.

Y'all: Anytime Bruce posts, N54 lights up like it's on fire. This place would be far less entertaining if he didn't drop in once in a while. This isn't exactly some ongoing erudite discussion by SABR scholars sitting at the Round Table of the Algonquin anyway. Like others I wonder if he really is some Mergers & Acquisitions hotshot with an ultra high grade NYC apartment and a museum quality collection or if he's just some defective weirdo. The trick is not to take him seriously. The third person shtick, the busted syntax, the death wishes, it's all like a comedy act as far as I'm concerned. Ban Bruce? That would be like banning the Reverend Jim from Taxi or, heavens forfend, Kramer from Seinfeld. The place just wouldn't be the same. The guy that should be eighty-sixed is that damn kawika. Thinks his shoes don't stink because he lives in Hawaii. That bloody tedious sense of humor, if you can call it that. And always posting that friggin' autographed Lou Gehrig Goudey. Make a maggot gag. There's a guy I can't stand.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Kawika

...This isn't exactly some ongoing erudite discussion by SABR scholars sitting at the Round Table of the Algonquin anyway..... The guy that should be eighty-sixed is that damn kawika. Thinks his shoes don't stink because he lives in Hawaii. That bloody tedious sense of humor, if you can call it that. And always posting that friggin' autographed Lou Gehrig Goudey. Make a maggot gag. There's a guy I can't stand.

Kawika has been observed at an erudite discussion of SABR scholars, as is evidenced by this photo. He's the one on the left, eating Canadian hot dogs.