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Post by hondobrode on May 5, 2019 23:01:44 GMT -5
I've been a pet owner / lover for years and the financial aspect of surgeries and vet bills is never pretty. In the past I'd looked at pet insurance and opted against it as what I had looked at didn't appear to be worthwhile. A friend recommended Companion Protect and I was impressed enough with them to get it for Sophie. Here's the website : www.companionprotect.comI've used it for a false scare with Sophie and it saved me $ 250 off of what I would have otherwise paid. As far as your canine friend, I'm very sorry to hear that. It breaks my heart when things like that happen and of course the bills are expensive. Your family is in my thoughts Icctrombone
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Post by impulse on May 6, 2019 9:19:13 GMT -5
Well, folks, after doing it piecemeal off and on over the years, I am finally ready to let go of my collection. I found a local place in town that makes reasonable offers on collections, and I'm going to do it. I am keeping a few framed key issues as keepsakes/decorations, but the day to day collection of floppies are off for their next journey.
While the experience of reading a paper comic is better than digital, boy, do they take up a lot of room. They've just been filling the closet in our guest room storage since we bought the house over five years ago and are not serving any purpose. I went through every single one by hand. Not saying I read them, but I touched every one more or less. I was surprised at how few I felt any pull to keep. I will be keeping a few of my collected editions, TPBs, etc, and the beautiful thing is I will actually have room to put them out and actually read them. There are a few I am interested in reading before I let go of, but honestly, I can always buy the TPBs with the proceeds or just go digital later when I have more free time. Too much else going on now.
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Post by beccabear67 on May 6, 2019 10:49:17 GMT -5
I've purged various collections/accumulations throughout my years often having just a few overlooked or worthless pieces left to haunt me. I haven't regretted parting with any too much, i got my enjoyment from the stuff and passed it on when I estimated I had finished with them. Once in awhile I have re-bought something again, mostly music albums or music books. Then I got back into a love for '70s comics rooted on those years when I was first into them. I really enjoyed assembling a second collection of those, this time with the gaps filled in I had once wanted filled yet hadn't gotten to, or titles I saw but hadn't tried then. I have some virtual e-comics, mostly of '60s issues, but I find I really just don't enjoy the reading of them on a screen, I doubt I ever will. I have bought and read some non-fiction magazines that way, like Alter Ego and Back Issue however and might again. I guess I expect I could see them all go poof in a power surge even though I have backed-up a lot of things on DVD-Rs stored in a dark area. I remember there was a commercial attempt to put out micro-film slides of expensive or golden age comics once or twice, but I think that wouldn't have worked out for me either.
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Post by brutalis on May 6, 2019 11:05:53 GMT -5
Purging is part of my yearly routine anymore for comics and books. Lots of times I pick up and read things which are new to try them out and see whether or not I like them. Other times I hear good things and will pick up a TPB to read it then. Usually once I have read these things I find that the one time reading was enough for me. I tend to hold onto special series I spent time and effort to collect (my FF/Avengers/Captain Marvel for an example) in my youth and trade off series once I can collect them in a TPB. I have nearly all of the Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase black and white volumes as they are easily stored and take up far less room than long boxes of single issues.
The few other series I have held onto are more or less limited runs which I collected new off the rack at the time during my teenage years like Godzilla, Shogun Warriors, John Carter, GI Joe and the early 80's runs of Batman and Superman as much of those have NOT been placed into TPB. All well read and loved and show such attention in their creases and tears and fading yellow pages...which hold many fond memories for me.
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Post by Confessor on May 6, 2019 13:39:06 GMT -5
So, I'm coming back to the U.S. in September! My wife and I booked our flights from London to Nashville yesterday and I can't wait! The plan is to hire a car and either spend three days in Nashville and then travel through Tennessee and northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, before returning to Nashville to fly home, or to use Nashville as a base from which to drive to places like Memphis, and the neighbouring states. We're not sure which is the best idea at this point, so I need to do a little research. As anyone who knows me will know, I absolutely love American people and American culture, so to be finally going to the south -- which has long been a dream of mine -- is incredibly exciting. We want to take in some Civil War and Civil Rights history, but the main thrust of our visit will be musical, visiting areas and places that are indelibly entwined with the history of rock 'n' roll, country music, and the blues. We'll also like to spend time away from the touristy places, just hanging out with American people from different walks of life...trying to get a real sense of America. We did this a fair bit in NYC and throughout Massachusetts and Vermont last year, and those are some of our favourite memories from our last holiday. But yeah...I'm stoked to be coming back to the U.S.A. again. Music City here we come!
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Post by impulse on May 6, 2019 13:46:25 GMT -5
Well, it seems I hung onto a lot of my early-mid 2000s Avengers books and minis like Civil War and some other things until just the right time. It seems that with Avengers blowing out $2 Billion box office records that Avengers, Cap, and Spidey issues that influenced recent movies are coming well back up in price. I got a higher value of my collection than I was expecting, so that makes it easier to part with them. I did emotional at the end when we were signing the contract. It's on consignment, so I can always back out and go get them at any time, but I don't think I will. Some of those I've had since I was a kid, but they haven't been doing anything for me for years but collect does and age in a box in a closet. At least now maybe they can bring joy to someone else.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 6, 2019 15:36:22 GMT -5
Well, it seems I hung onto a lot of my early-mid 2000s Avengers books and minis like Civil War and some other things until just the right time. It seems that with Avengers blowing out $2 Billion box office records that Avengers, Cap, and Spidey issues that influenced recent movies are coming well back up in price. I got a higher value of my collection than I was expecting, so that makes it easier to part with them. I did emotional at the end when we were signing the contract. It's on consignment, so I can always back out and go get them at any time, but I don't think I will. Some of those I've had since I was a kid, but they haven't been doing anything for me for years but collect does and age in a box in a closet. At least now maybe they can bring joy to someone else. What ones are they looking for now?
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Post by impulse on May 6, 2019 15:46:59 GMT -5
Well, it seems I hung onto a lot of my early-mid 2000s Avengers books and minis like Civil War and some other things until just the right time. It seems that with Avengers blowing out $2 Billion box office records that Avengers, Cap, and Spidey issues that influenced recent movies are coming well back up in price. I got a higher value of my collection than I was expecting, so that makes it easier to part with them. I did emotional at the end when we were signing the contract. It's on consignment, so I can always back out and go get them at any time, but I don't think I will. Some of those I've had since I was a kid, but they haven't been doing anything for me for years but collect does and age in a box in a closet. At least now maybe they can bring joy to someone else. What ones are they looking for now? I can't speak for every store, naturally, but some of the ones that do well now are some early New Avengers stuff (first Ronin for example) by Bendis in the aughts. I had the Alias run by Bendis (first Jessica Jones). He was most excited about my Amazing Spider Man # 300 (black suit). He was saying that and the issues right around it do well right now. I also had a bunch of Walking Dead which always sells now among various other things. Those were what stuck out. Oh I had some classic Uncanny X-Men, first Gambit, a few key ones from the 80s as well. He mentioned sets like Civil War, so maybe the recent events. I also unloaded A LOT of consecutive various issues from the last 15+ years since that is when I did the bulk of my collecting as an adult.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 16:10:50 GMT -5
Well, it seems I hung onto a lot of my early-mid 2000s Avengers books and minis like Civil War and some other things until just the right time. It seems that with Avengers blowing out $2 Billion box office records that Avengers, Cap, and Spidey issues that influenced recent movies are coming well back up in price. I got a higher value of my collection than I was expecting, so that makes it easier to part with them. I did emotional at the end when we were signing the contract. It's on consignment, so I can always back out and go get them at any time, but I don't think I will. Some of those I've had since I was a kid, but they haven't been doing anything for me for years but collect does and age in a box in a closet. At least now maybe they can bring joy to someone else. What ones are they looking for now? According to Bleeding Cool, the following comics have started going up in value based on copies sold on ebay since Endgame was released... (going to put in spoilers because they reveal movie details just in case... Asgardians of the Galaxy #1-1st use of the phrase Thor uttered in the movie (selling for 2 x cover) Captain America #25 (final issue of Remender series with Steve passing the shield to Sam) (selling for $10-$20) Thor #390 (The Captain wields Mjolnir) (averaging about $50 a pop but has sold as high as $71)
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2019 16:28:03 GMT -5
So, I'm coming back to the U.S. in September! My wife and I booked our flights from London to Nashville yesterday and I can't wait! The plan is to hire a car and either spend three days in Nashville and then travel through Tennessee and northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, before returning to Nashville to fly home, or to use Nashville as a base from which to drive to places like Memphis, and the neighbouring states. We're not sure which is the best idea at this point, so I need to do a little research. As anyone who knows me will know, I absolutely love American people and American culture, so to be finally going to the south -- which has long been a dream of mine -- is incredibly exciting. We want to take in some Civil War and Civil Rights history, but the main thrust of our visit will be musical, visiting areas and places that are indelibly entwined with the history of rock 'n' roll, country music, and the blues. We'll also like to spend time away from the touristy places, just hanging out with American people from different walks of life...trying to get a real sense of America. We did this a fair bit in NYC and throughout Massachusetts and Vermont last year, and those are some of our favourite memories from our last holiday. But yeah...I'm stoked to be coming back to the U.S.A. again. Music City here we come! As someone who has been in that area many times over the past 40 years visiting family, my suggestion would be that you should start in Nashville, do your things there, then move on to the next location. Nashville to Memphis is a three-hour drive minimum, so definitely not a day trip (plus, knowing your love for music, you'll want to be on Beale Street deep into the night, not leaving town at 9 to get back to Nashville before midnight). Nashville is in a bad location, north-mid-central in the state, about as far from the other three states as possible; you would have a three-hour drive into either Mississippi or Georgia, and the two-plus hour drive into Alabama is all interstate, which doesn't let you experience the South as I am sure you would like to. If you go to Memphis from Nashville, you can then drop down into Mississippi and have a number of options. Go straight south on 55 into Jackson (nice little city, and close to Civil War site at Vicksburg), then east on 20 to 80 to go through Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, and Macon, then 75 north up through Atlanta and Chattanooga. There's a lot to do and see, so you really can't go wrong with whatever you choose or wherever you go. Enjoy your time here!
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Post by Rob Allen on May 6, 2019 16:36:35 GMT -5
So, I'm coming back to the U.S. in September! My wife and I booked our flights from London to Nashville yesterday and I can't wait! *cues up "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton* That's a part of the country that I haven't visited, but you should be able to get some good local advice from MW Gallaher of Huntsville AL and our absent friend Dan Bailey in Montgomery. If you haven't already, I suggest you develop a taste for hominy grits. I suspect that you'll be eating eggs, toast and grits for breakfast a lot. And grilled cheese sandwiches the rest of the day. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to eat vegetarian in that area. You'll have a wonderful time anyway, I'm sure of that!
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Post by Confessor on May 6, 2019 16:47:29 GMT -5
So, I'm coming back to the U.S. in September! My wife and I booked our flights from London to Nashville yesterday and I can't wait! The plan is to hire a car and either spend three days in Nashville and then travel through Tennessee and northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, before returning to Nashville to fly home, or to use Nashville as a base from which to drive to places like Memphis, and the neighbouring states. We're not sure which is the best idea at this point, so I need to do a little research. As anyone who knows me will know, I absolutely love American people and American culture, so to be finally going to the south -- which has long been a dream of mine -- is incredibly exciting. We want to take in some Civil War and Civil Rights history, but the main thrust of our visit will be musical, visiting areas and places that are indelibly entwined with the history of rock 'n' roll, country music, and the blues. We'll also like to spend time away from the touristy places, just hanging out with American people from different walks of life...trying to get a real sense of America. We did this a fair bit in NYC and throughout Massachusetts and Vermont last year, and those are some of our favourite memories from our last holiday. But yeah...I'm stoked to be coming back to the U.S.A. again. Music City here we come! As someone who has been in that area many times over the past 40 years visiting family, my suggestion would be that you should start in Nashville, do your things there, then move on to the next location. Nashville to Memphis is a three-hour drive minimum, so definitely not a day trip (plus, knowing your love for music, you'll want to be on Beale Street deep into the night, not leaving town at 9 to get back to Nashville before midnight). Nashville is in a bad location, north-mid-central in the state, about as far from the other three states as possible; you would have a three-hour drive into either Mississippi or Georgia, and the two-plus hour drive into Alabama is all interstate, which doesn't let you experience the South as I am sure you would like to. If you go to Memphis from Nashville, you can then drop down into Mississippi and have a number of options. Go straight south on 55 into Jackson (nice little city, and close to Civil War site at Vicksburg), then east on 20 to 80 to go through Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, and Macon, then 75 north up through Atlanta and Chattanooga. There's a lot to do and see, so you really can't go wrong with whatever you choose or wherever you go. Enjoy your time here! Yeah, we'd worked out that Memphis is a three hour drive from Nashville, and the logistics of travelling into other states from Tennessee are quite difficult or daunting. Doing a "loop" from Nashville down to Memphis and then back through the northern parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and back to Nashville was our original plan. The thing is though though, having had a look at how much cool stuff there is in downtown Nashville, we were kinda thinking that maybe we'd wanna spend more than 3 days there (and maybe a day or two at the end of the holiday). But yeah, I think doing a loop like you're suggesting might be the only way to do it properly and get a real feel of "the South". Do you happen to have any ideas of good areas in Nashville or Memphis to be staying in? Like, maybe a little bit away from the centre to keep costs down, but still a 20 minute drive away. Like, when we visited NYC, we actually stayed in Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. That was perfect because it was way cheaper than staying in Manhattan itself, and we could be in Manhattan in 15 mins on the PATH train.
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Post by Confessor on May 6, 2019 16:51:13 GMT -5
So, I'm coming back to the U.S. in September! My wife and I booked our flights from London to Nashville yesterday and I can't wait! *cues up "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton* That's a part of the country that I haven't visited, but you should be able to get some good local advice from MW Gallaher of Huntsville AL and our absent friend Dan Bailey in Montgomery. If you haven't already, I suggest you develop a taste for hominy grits. I suspect that you'll be eating eggs, toast and grits for breakfast a lot. And grilled cheese sandwiches the rest of the day. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to eat vegetarian in that area. You'll have a wonderful time anyway, I'm sure of that! Good tip about MW Gallaher, I'll bear that in mind. And yes, I've already talked to dear old Dan Bailey about it on Facebook. As for vegetarian food, I think I'll be fine in Nashville. Elsewhere, not so much. I do love American cheese, but yeah, I might be sick of it by the time I leave to come home.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 17:06:27 GMT -5
*cues up "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton* That's a part of the country that I haven't visited, but you should be able to get some good local advice from MW Gallaher of Huntsville AL and our absent friend Dan Bailey in Montgomery. If you haven't already, I suggest you develop a taste for hominy grits. I suspect that you'll be eating eggs, toast and grits for breakfast a lot. And grilled cheese sandwiches the rest of the day. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to eat vegetarian in that area. You'll have a wonderful time anyway, I'm sure of that! Good tip about MW Gallaher, I'll bear that in mind. And yes, I've already talked to dear old Dan Bailey about it on Facebook. As for vegetarian food, I think I'll be fine in Nashville. Elsewhere, not so much. I do love American cheese, but yeah, I might be sick of it by the time I leave to come home. I think Phil Maurice is in Georgia as well. If you are seeking musical sites, are you looking at places like Dockery Farms or the place purported to be Robert Johnson's crossroad fundamental in the history oft he development of Delta Blues? -M
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Post by Confessor on May 6, 2019 17:16:50 GMT -5
Good tip about MW Gallaher, I'll bear that in mind. And yes, I've already talked to dear old Dan Bailey about it on Facebook. As for vegetarian food, I think I'll be fine in Nashville. Elsewhere, not so much. I do love American cheese, but yeah, I might be sick of it by the time I leave to come home. I think Phil Maurice is in Georgia as well. Good info, thanks. If you are seeking musical sites, are you looking at places like Dockery Farms or the place purported to be Robert Johnson's crossroad fundamental in the history oft he development of Delta Blues? Making it down to Clarksdale and checking out things like the Delta Blues Museum and the Rock 'n' Blues Museum (along with the crossroads at Highways 49 and 61) is pretty high on my list, yeah. I have a huge list of places I want to visit and things I wanna do, and realistically, some of those will have to be cut. But I'm hoping to make it to Clarksdale, yes.
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