Anybody Have Guilts About Game-Used Collecting

[Fnazxc0114]

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frik i shot 8 racoons last weekend. are the pics you take after you shoot them in the face?

[frikativ54]

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frik i shot 8 racoons last weekend. are the pics you take after you shoot them in the face?

Given your opinions on proven science, I wouldn't put much esteem on a lot of what you say.

[frikativ54]

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frik i shot 8 racoons last weekend. are the pics you take after you shoot them in the face?

[xpress34]

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...you might be a Collyer Brother.

Who are the Collyer Brothers???

And is that REALLY Eddie Gaedel's famous 1/8 th jersey in the back ground???

[xpress34]

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I didn't do that, but I got an email from the guy who auctioned Gonzo's gum. After that incident, Topps did a big original art piece of a Bazooka comic featuring Gonzo and Bazooka Joe, had Gonzo sign it and auctioned it for charity, and I won the auction. He emailed me to find out who the heck I was. The piece was featured in an S.I. article on "oddest sports collectibles". I was so proud.

GW -

That's funny. Gonzo use to come into Niketown Denver everytime the D'Backs were here... very laid back easy going guy.

He actually was here in Denver when the whole GU Gum thing broke and Topps flew in a rep along with Double Bubble reps and eBay reps and Gonzo chewed a piece of gum for them that they certified and re-auctioned on eBay since the original auction was shut down and they donated all the winnings to charity...

We asked Gonzo about the gum incident when he came in that morning and he was amazed, amused and a little disturbed that we already knew about 'Gum Gate' the day after the original auction was closed down.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Who are the Collyer Brothers???

And is that REALLY Eddie Gaedel's famous 1/8 th jersey in the back ground???

The two most prolific collectors of the 20th century. The Collyer Brothers did not own the Gaedel flannel.

[Fnazxc0114]

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frik only giving you a hard time. coon skins go for about 20 bucks a pop where im at. we kill them becuase they are bad for the turkey/quail crop. they eat their eggs. those are some nice pics though. as far as the proven science not too sure where that ones from?

[Fnazxc0114]

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as far as guilt goes sometimes i feel guily spending so much money, but then my wife tells me its ok. if i were spending the mortgage payment or running up credit card debt then id feel bad. i prolem is my hunting and game used addictions. belive it or not the hunting one is worse than the g/u by about 2 to 1

[OaklandAsFan]

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Pretty much everything I own was personally given to me so no, I have no regrets.

[geoff]

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I do have Guilt sometimes after I Buy a Item or Items.I have toned down in recent Months in Buying and focused more on Trading if possible.But I get over the Guilt really fast and enjoy what I get because Collecting is a part of my Life and I enjoy doing this and I will keep on Collecting no matter what.

Always looking for Orioles Game Used Items.

Thanks
Geoff

geof631@yahoo.com

[godwulf]

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Always looking for Orioles Game Used Items.

Are you a fan of Pull Piece? (I think he's Korean.) I hear he may make the 25-man roster out of Orioles ST this year.

(Inside joke for those who read my "What the heck do I have?" thread.)

Btw, Brian even called his opposite number at Max Bats, who didn't have a clue what this was, either.

The world may never know.

[gingi79]

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Now Xpress you know I support you on the whole wearing game worns thing but ya look like Fred Durst in this picture Is it true Lip Bizkit is getting back together? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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as far as guilt goes sometimes i feel guily spending so much money, but then my wife tells me its ok. if i were spending the mortgage payment or running up credit card debt then id feel bad. i prolem is my hunting and game used addictions. belive it or not the hunting one is worse than the g/u by about 2 to 1

I definately have guilt about my G U collecting. I spend way more than I should on it, and have been of the "those guys" that a lot of you here refer too: I have a lot of debt on many cards that I expertly "manage" so that I end up paying close to nothing in fees and interest.

But it's a LOT of work, and you have to have PERFECT credit. I juggle balances between (drumroll please..........) 13 different credit cards. Not something I would suggest for anyone with less than a BA in Finance.

If you screw up ONE time with a late payment, or not make a balance transfer at the right opportunity, it's like a house of cards......you have to have a strong stomach. But it's all about the hobby. It's a passion, and it's a healthy passion. I make sure my other financial responsibilities are met first.........usually.

In reagrds to the hunting thing.......nothing personal, but I think people that hunt are twisted. HOW can you shoot a cute animal like that (a racoon or a deer)?

I feed racoons, squirels, birds, all the time right out of my hands where I live. I love God's little creatures. I leave a little bowl of water just outside my back door......so when the racoons climb down out of the huge tree in the front of my house and scamper accross my roof (we can always hear them).......they know that they have a "sink" to wash off the food I am about to hand them (a trait of racoon.....they ALWAYS try to wash off whatever they are about to eat). One night we were almost out of everything, so all I had to hand them were a few Orio cookies. Just like clockwork, the masked guy dipped em in the water.......All I could think was how crappy taste a sauggy Orio cookie must have tasted.....the little guy kept coming back for more. He ended up with a stomash ache in our patio.......I felt bad for him.

And please, DON'T come at me with the "it's mandated to reduce the deer population where I'm from" garbage, or "Do you KNOW how many possible deseases squirrels can carry" noise. If you shoot a living animal that's not a threat to your life.......you're a sick f&*k......period.

They also try to mandate the reduction of you "back country" folk from reproducing with your family members........and look how unsuccessful
THAT'S been over the years.....(please enter banjo theme from 'Deliverance' here)..........

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......by the way, that's "Limp Bizkit" gingi79.....

[godwulf]

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In reagrds to the hunting thing.......nothing personal, but I think people that hunt are twisted.

Adding to the off-topic veer, my two cents - s.s., you are not alone. If you caught your ten-year-old going around the neighborhood killing stray cats, you'd take him to a shrink...but if a grownup wants to participate in the "thrill of hunting", you sell him a high-powered rifle and a license, and everybody's supposed to be all right with that? Hunting, unless it's the only way you and your family have to eat, is evidence of a mental disorder...or, at the very least, of some missing emotional component.