tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390422136858076282.post7878872682153690734..comments2024-02-20T00:49:52.379-09:00Comments on Collector's Crack: Those were the days.cynicalbuddhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13459221069829023793noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390422136858076282.post-84781012026937783212010-11-17T09:26:09.607-09:002010-11-17T09:26:09.607-09:00My story is similar to yours in many ways - I am a...My story is similar to yours in many ways - I am a fellow Wisconsinite and also started collecting with those wood-bordered 1987 Topps cards (still one of my all-time favorite set designs). My prized Ken Griffey Jr. collection started in about 1992 and has since grown to over 600 cards! I've always been a set builder too, but usually I ended up with sets missing a handful of cards because the early-to-mid 90s was that terrible "post-card stores carrying commons, pre-rise of eBay" period. I'm a few years younger than you, so my prime collecting years were 1987-2000, which is when I too was forced to put collecting mostly on hiatus due to being a poor college student. It was only in the last year or so that I've truly gotten back into collecting - first by buying some random Griffeys on eBay, and then the pack-buying bug returned with a vengeance! <br /><br />Oh, and I also own a Billy Ripken fuck face card. :)Milwaukee Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760646759273077821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390422136858076282.post-21512810679942102332010-11-12T18:35:36.139-09:002010-11-12T18:35:36.139-09:00It was 1978. I was 10. We were vacationing in Flor...It was 1978. I was 10. We were vacationing in Florida. My Dad gave me and my brother each a dollar and told us to walk to 7-11, pick up a pack of cards, and whatever else we wanted. We begged him for the rest of our week long vacation to go back and buy more cards. We emptied the box. My brother, the Pirates fan, was so excited to get a Kent Tekulve card (he pronounced it Teck-you-lev).the sewingmachineguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041850862520319891noreply@blogger.com