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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 30, 2014 14:21:40 GMT -5
I had baseball cards as a kid, and stamps very briefly. When my brother and I were in our teens, we split the collections this way - I kept all the comics, even the ones that he had bought, and he kept all the sports cards, even the ones that I had bought. I still have all the comics; he sold a few key cards for about $1000 when he was broke a few decades back.
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Post by gothos on Jun 30, 2014 16:36:53 GMT -5
Got pulled over by John Law for an expired license sticker. I thought that when I bought the car new, they were supposed to give me a sticker good for 2 yrs from the time of sale, but the dealer now claims that it was supposed to be from the time the car went on sale. Yet I know of one person-- also a resident of my state-- who bought a new car and got a 2-yr stickers from the date of sale, so I have a feeling my dealer is ****ting me.
If it's true that in my state dealers are free not to supply such stickers, I guess my only way to beat the ticket is to ask for a jury trial and try to delay as much as possible so that the officer won't appear.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 30, 2014 17:21:12 GMT -5
I think your right that the dealer sorta screwed you. Just another example of how weasel-y can be.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 17:54:53 GMT -5
My father is a big-time philatelist, with a huge high-grade collection that includes a lot of really rare items. He has a US #2 (issued in 1847) that he bought for $25 in 1963 and is today worth somewhere around $3,000, as well as a complete 1930 Graf Zeppelin set (only 227K of these stamps were ever sold) which can go for $1,500 or more. That's great to know, my dad is big-time too, except his area of specialty is the (former) British empire. His grandfather passed it on to his dad so it's quite formidable... I'll be wallowing in a pile of New Zealand and Australia International Post later...finally got a $20 Uluru....
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 1, 2014 9:39:22 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! Done reading the Silver Age material for the Alter Ego article. Now all I have to do is write the damned thing...
Cei-U! I summon the happy dance!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 10:26:00 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! Done reading the Silver Age material for the Alter Ego article. Now all I have to do is write the damned thing... It's always something ...
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 1, 2014 10:40:29 GMT -5
Considering I've had a lot of what I'll be writing churning around in my brain for six months, it'll be a relief to let it out. Plus I reeeeeally need the money, thanks to one of usual dyscalculia-caused accounting f-ups.
Cei-U! I hate math!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 10:59:21 GMT -5
Plus I reeeeeally need the money, thanks to one of usual dyscalculia-caused accounting f-ups. Cei-U! I hate math! Ouch. Reminds me of the time, back when I was a poor college student, my wife & I boarded our cat at the vet's during our Christmas trip to see her parents in Phoenix. And forgot to make note of the boarding bill in our checkbook. Oops.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 15:35:44 GMT -5
Mark Waid has announced he is doing a new creator owned series for BOOM! with "one of the most revered artists" in the industry as the artistic collaborator-a good friend with whom he's never had the opportunity to work...
in the background of the video announcement was a Batman cowl, a Batman action figure and a poster-sized print of the Superman vs. Ali cover...could they all be hints pointing to the identity of his collaborator-I know Mark likes to do things like that..so I am guessing a few of our Neal Adams fans may be seeing new work from him soon....we should know by San Diego...
-M
PS along those lines it seems Steranko is talking with Dynamite about doing a Shadow one-shot or mini as he loves the characters and both sides said if a deal that works financially for both sides can be worked out they would love to do it...so fingers crossed.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 1, 2014 16:22:50 GMT -5
Steranko and Adams. Let's cross our fingers !
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Post by gothos on Jul 1, 2014 17:45:56 GMT -5
Got pulled over by John Law for an expired license sticker. I thought that when I bought the car new, they were supposed to give me a sticker good for 2 yrs from the time of sale, but the dealer now claims that it was supposed to be from the time the car went on sale. Yet I know of one person-- also a resident of my state-- who bought a new car and got a 2-yr stickers from the date of sale, so I have a feeling my dealer is ****ting me. If it's true that in my state dealers are free not to supply such stickers, I guess my only way to beat the ticket is to ask for a jury trial and try to delay as much as possible so that the officer won't appear. One last question for the room and then I'll shut up about this-- Has anyone ever bought a new car and not received a sticker good for two years' inspection from the date of sale? Assuming that your state requires new cars to be pre-inspected for such a period...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2014 17:47:43 GMT -5
Got pulled over by John Law for an expired license sticker. I thought that when I bought the car new, they were supposed to give me a sticker good for 2 yrs from the time of sale, but the dealer now claims that it was supposed to be from the time the car went on sale. Yet I know of one person-- also a resident of my state-- who bought a new car and got a 2-yr stickers from the date of sale, so I have a feeling my dealer is ****ting me. If it's true that in my state dealers are free not to supply such stickers, I guess my only way to beat the ticket is to ask for a jury trial and try to delay as much as possible so that the officer won't appear. One last question for the room and then I'll shut up about this-- Has anyone ever bought a new car and not received a sticker good for two years' inspection from the date of sale? Assuming that your state requires new cars to be pre-inspected for such a period... I've never bought a car that had a sticker of any sort. The dealer gives you a temporary registration and then you go to DoT within a week or so and license the vehicle.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 20:23:07 GMT -5
My replay is the same as Slam's. I've bought cars from dealers in only 2 states, though -- Arkansas & Arizona.
Never lived anywhere where any sort of state-issued sticker was good for more than one year, either.
Arkansas stopped requiring inspections sometime during the '90s, I guess. They haven't been required in Alabama in the 12 1/2 years I've lived here.
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 1, 2014 20:23:39 GMT -5
Mark Waid has announced he is doing a new creator owned series for BOOM! with "one of the most revered artists" in the industry as the artistic collaborator-a good friend with whom he's never had the opportunity to work... in the background of the video announcement was a Batman cowl, a Batman action figure and a poster-sized print of the Superman vs. Ali cover...could they all be hints pointing to the identity of his collaborator-I know Mark likes to do things like that..so I am guessing a few of our Neal Adams fans may be seeing new work from him soon....we should know by San Diego... -M Mark Waid and Neal Adams?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 20:35:51 GMT -5
Harrison Ford seen walking down stairs, two weeks after breaking his leg. What a boss. In other movie news, I heard the new Transformers was absolutely awful. Just horrid.
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