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Some Original Checklists - When it comes to cards, I'd say my organization skills are usually good. I don't have a huge collection, and the cards I do have are fairly well sorted, ma...
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one down, still nine to go - it's been a little while, but i have obtained one of my most wanted cards - a member of my "nefarious 9" - and i am here to document its arrival. 1986 spor...
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Match the song title: Paradise Theater - One of the interesting elements of returning to listening to current music over the last four or five years is the realization that bands from when I w...
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#106 U2 (+ Rattle and Hum 12-card set) - It's U2 revisited here at #106, just a few posts after we last saw them at card #101. This shot looks like it could be a candid of them sketching out a s...
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Board Game Friday: May 2025 Board Game Arena Plays - June is nearly over (already?!), but I still need to recap my month of May game playing over on Board Game Arena. May saw me complete 64 different games o...2 days ago
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172 - DAN WALTERS, PADRES, C - *The basics: *Dan Walters makes his first-and-only appearance in the 1993 Upper Deck set. In fact, this is his only Upper Deck card. *Card thoughts: *T...
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Flea Market Finds #174b: Best Haul of the Year? - Tuesday's post was the appetizer. Today's is the main course. It covers the purchase of a pretty cool set, a super cool and hard to find set, and some i...
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It's Inevitable - *Cards from buckstorecards turn the heat up!* We're passed the point of no return and there's no coming back. Summer is inevitable. It's busy. It's impos...
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2001 Topps Chrome "Before There was Topps" refractors - Y'all know I like refractors. Well, one niche that especially interests me are guys' *1st Refractor*, specifically talking about old-timers who played be...
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Oversized 2 - no theme - With as many items as I recently purchased from some bins of oversized collectibles, there is bound to be a lot of random. This post is kind of a catch a...
4 weeks ago
About Me
- Rod (Padrographs)
- Portland, OR, United States
- I am a Navy brat who went to 10 schools in 12 years in 4 different states. I have lived in 7 different states. I read two or 3 books a week. I manage a used bookstore for the county library system.
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3 comments:
I love the Turner!!
I was a Met fan then, but I have no memory at all of Steve Ratzer. You'd think at least I'd remember snickering at his name. (Hey, I was at the age where that sort of thing was funny!)
That Turner is awesome! Did he ever sign a copy for you?
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