============ The Morning Thread ============

[hoopster3977]

Joe Collector here. I sent my Bowman wrappers in last week, Topps received them on May 11th. 27 packs of Hobby Goodness being shipping to me.

Why are so many people so upset about something that is free and didn't lose any money over the issue? The majority of the buyers/rippers knew what the situation was.

 

[metallicalex777]

Good Morning Gents!!! We are still lucking out with all this beautiful weather as of late

Ralph - CONGRATS on the home! Hope the remodeling goes as smooth as possible...if you need to do electrical in the attic you should hire someone other than yourself

Andrew - Wow that sounds like a bunch of lousy craziness going on in the school. I can see how losing ESL takes away from it all. Good luck finding something new and hopefully better man!

Kevin - Good morning! Did you get my PM?

Richard - Just read your PM and thanks for the return! I will try to get a couple cards PM'd back to you to get something to work

George - If you go to work in the UK with the other Mates...how long will you be there or could it be a permanent move?

Taylor - Missing wallet...check the fridge/freezer. I put mine there one time with the groceries.

Paul - Nice Canseco from yesterday...especially as it is one from the set that has a picture on it.

Everyone else I missed (no intention) - Have a great day and it is one more step closer to Friday

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Nice!

I must have missed the pics.

It's been years since I have been fishing... I want to say I went last in 2008.

That's gunna change this year.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

holler

 

[metallicalex777]

holler

You are like Bryce Harper today...working the doubles?

 

[ThoseBackPages]

You are like Bryce Harper today...working the doubles?

yes indeedy!

im not a fan of being up and working at this early hour though lol

 

[metallicalex777]

yes indeedy!

im not a fan of being up and working at this early hour though lol

You also stay up at night until the "normal" time for yourself too right? I'm the opposite of you...I work 11am-8pm and really wish I had my early mornings back. I just like to get work out of the way. Do you have any work from home options where you work?

 

[George_Calfas]

Ralph, people are upset because they are shut out. Many of us buy over the internet and have ZERO shot at free stuff. This promo was great for those with an LCS or direct shipping........the modern day "Joe Collector" will not be getting free stuff from this promo.

Alex; not sure. Maybe a 1-2 year gig......maybe just summers for the next 2-5 years. We will get the ball rolling; maybe something will come of it and maybe nothing.......nice to have your research recognized and know that people are interested even if nothing comes of it.

 

[gracecollector]

Morning kiddies. Walleye are the best catch for eating!

Think this is my first MT post of the week. Been pretty busy last couple of days. Spent 3 1/2 hours at a Cub Scout leader meeting last night, planning our entire next year. Best outing is going to be an overnight sleepover this fall in a WWII submarine that floats in Lake Michigan at the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Gonna have a lot of scanning to do tonight. Have a 30+ card shipment coming from COMC and a 15 card shipment from Burbank. Not sure why I decided to add team cards to my Grace and Zimmer collections, but been buying up various 2000-20012 Topps Yankees, Cubs, Dbacks and Rays team cards in all their variations (base, gold, black, copper, HTA, limited edition, 1st edition, Topps employee, chrome, gold ref, black ref, retrofractor, heritage). Took me quite awhile to compile a checklist of what I needed!

 

[ThoseBackPages]

You also stay up at night until the "normal" time for yourself too right? I'm the opposite of you...I work 11am-8pm and really wish I had my early mornings back. I just like to get work out of the way. Do you have any work from home options where you work?

Yes, you are correct. i have a hard time going to sleep before 3am. most nights i get home around 1am and have things to do when i get home. so eating and winding down gets me to sleep around 3

 

[1st4040]

off to Boston.. will check back later on since I have the afternoon off..


Hey Alex them Lakers better get something done tonight..

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Do we have any Penn State baseball fans here?

They are giving away free team-signed posters today.

http://www.facebook.com/pennstatebaseball

 

[muskiesfan]

Good afternoon guys. I hope everyone has a great day.

George- Glad the meetings went well. Hope everything continue to go smooth with the meetings and writing. Hopefully England works out for you. Make the PO? No rush and I am very sorry for asking.

Ralph- Great pics! I always enjoy your fishing pics.

Richard- You did a great job fixing the car up!

My newest article: Great Scott! Not So Much... http://stripehype.com/2012/05/16/great-scott-not-so-much/

Sorry to spam and run. A bit busy today, tomorrow will be worse. lol Nothing important, just running some errands and working on tomorrow's article.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Man, finding Twins ROMLBs is harder than I thought...

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Man, finding Twins ROMLBs is harder than I thought...

THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!

 

[George_Calfas]

Joe, PO tomorrow with a couple extras.

 

[alexs64]

off to Boston.. will check back later on since I have the afternoon off..


Hey Alex them Lakers better get something done tonight..

yes they better!

 

[thefatguy]

6.5 hours left on my new Friday
Tired as hell....need a 5 hour energy now, and another 5 hours after that

Still have 6 hours of true work (driving) ahead of me though. Can't mail it in today.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

ugh, San Antonio scores 7 in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game at 9

 

[ChasHawk]

Good afternoon boys!Busy as always, and sick of my coworkers BS...