Entombed in Plastic

[t206fix]

I love the slab... and I think that the cards do too. Many of these cards are old and worn pieces of cardboard. They are like elderly grandmas that just want to lay down and take a nap without being fondled. They are 70, 80 or even older. And all that you young whipper snappers want to do is to pull them out of their slabs for a night on the town for your own jollies, without really thinking about what they want.

The slab is like a retirement home for these old relics. These old cards have gone through the World Wars and the Depression. They've been through tornadoes, fires and floods. Some may have been through an ugly divorce or two. The slab is like heaven - just a place to relax and spend the rest of their days, unmolested.

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by cardboardbliss

They are like elderly grandmas that just want to lay down and take a nap without being fondled. They are 70, 80 or even older. And all that you young whipper snappers want to do is to pull them out of their slabs for a night on the town for your own jollies, without really thinking about what they want.

Tony - Thats hilarious. I love putting personalities/traits with inanimate objects. I think of slabbed cards as the pissed of kid standing in the corner for something they did wrong and all they want is be freed to play with the other...but I do enjoy taking them out on a night on the town!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by cardboardbliss

I love the slab... and I think that the cards do too. Many of these cards are old and worn pieces of cardboard. They are like elderly grandmas that just want to lay down and take a nap without being fondled. They are 70, 80 or even older. And all that you young whipper snappers want to do is to pull them out of their slabs for a night on the town for your own jollies, without really thinking about what they want.

The slab is like a retirement home for these old relics. These old cards have gone through the World Wars and the Depression. They've been through tornadoes, fires and floods. Some may have been through an ugly divorce or two. The slab is like heaven - just a place to relax and spend the rest of their days, unmolested.

Grandma calls the slab her Fountain of Youth. She hasn't gotten a new wrinkle in years.

[tiger8mush]

sometimes I buy slabbed cuz they are cheaper. For example, there is a microscopic wrinkle or paper loss or mark that is not easily visible but the card has nice eye appeal. Thats when I crack and put into a binder!

"Collect and let collect"

Rob

[gorrister]

Today was a better day - freed 7 today.

[dabigyankeeman]

I must have freed over 200 cards thru the years. I buy a lot of older star cards graded because it gives a reall good feeling that the card is authentic (i do look and try to figure if the slab has been tampered with before i buy), but i like to display ALL my cards from tobacco to goudey to modern cards in albums in plastic sheets, so out of their plastic womb they come.