So, are you enjoying your 3-day, 4-day, 5-day holiday weekend?
This is the time of the year that it gets quiet in my neighborhood (save for the forthcoming fireworks). Everyone clears out for the lake or the campsite or whatever people that I can't relate to do. I went for a walk earlier today and saw one guy trimming the curb and two teenage girls playing tennis. That was it.
I don't have the luxury of clearing out. I am not even getting a holiday day off, just two days off this week -- if I can find a second day. There was another shake-up at the office recently and now when I step into my department, I'm talking to myself. It's weird. And I don't know what's going to happen later when schools ramp up again.
The social media sites are quiet now, too. Not a lot of blog interaction. Twitter is extremely wonky, so much that I can barely use it. So, I might as well show some cards I got here. I'm not going anywhere and nobody's reading anyway so I don't need to be fancy.
Speaking of not fancy, that's what I can get away with when things are quiet. Nobody's going to call the complaint department because I'm showing Panini college cards.
I received these from Zippy Zappy. They're North Carolina cards, which I don't collect. But it's sometimes Dodgers third baseman Michael Busch (and a variation, of course) and it's a pretty color.
These all arrived from gcrl and it's all of the Topps Series 2 Dodgers except for James Outman, I'll have to do something about that on my own. But the rest of the set is complete! I don't need to buy these myself. Wooo!
My goal is not to purchase any Series 2, which shouldn't be that difficult. I'm expecting a complete set gift at Christmas time so no need wasting my money on inserts, which are really not good this year.
Jim sent a couple other current items, including the Max Scherzer card at the top of the post. Gee, it's good to see the '87 design again. It had been so long.
The Luis Rodriguez "VV" card completes the three-player Dodger set for that particular insert for me. The two Heritage cards go toward the set chase -- or at least the non-SP portion of the set chase. I'm not doing what I did with 2008 Heritage again. (Uh, TBA on next year's Heritage).
Speaking of which:
I received a bunch of cards from this year's marvelous set from Junk Wax Jay. He's also gone a bit nuts with Heritage this year and likes it just as much. He sent a few more cards than these here, but that picture turned out crooked and I'm too lazy to reshoot.
So that gets me to 60 percent of the set and if you throw out the short-prints, I've got 74 percent of it complete.
This is what's left, SPs included:
1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 48, 49,
54, 59, 60, 63, 67, 70, 71, 74, 80, 83, 84, 85, 88, 92, 95, 97, 98, 99,
102, 105, 106, 109, 114, 122, 125, 127, 132, 135, 136, 140, 142, 147,
152, 154, 162, 166, 168, 169, 172, 173, 178, 179, 182, 187, 193, 196,
199, 200, 203, 204, 212, 218, 221, 224, 236, 238, 241, 243, 246, 247,
249, 253, 256, 257, 260, 261, 266, 272, 273, 277, 282, 284, 287, 288,
289, 292, 307, 308, 309, 321, 326, 328, 330, 332, 336, 338, 344, 347,
351, 354, 358, 362, 364, 366, 371, 375, 378, 380, 383, 384, 387, 392,
399, 401, 402, 403 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413,
415, 416, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431,
432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 443, 444, 445, 446, 448,
449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464,
465, 466, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479,
480, 481, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 490, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496,
497, 498, 499
I also need a fair amount of extra Dodgers since I've got to get two of them -- that ol' team collector/set collector issue. I need all except Betts, Muncy, Outman and Thompson. I'm good on most of the leaders cards, but need two of the Betts-Buxton All-Star card.
I don't know why I'm broadcasting that today though. You're all at the lake. You can't even get an internet connection!
Just one more group of cards to show. I received a pack of Bowman as a thank you gift from one of the guys who was laid off at work. He's a great guy and a terrific worker and has already landed a new job in his chosen field.
He knows I collect but obviously not that I don't collect Bowman. Here's what was inside:
Anyway, enjoy the holiday if you can. My vacation's coming (I think). And then we'll see how quiet I get.
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Comments
2: so are the following Heritage. Mark them off your list.
14, 36, 39, 49, 83, 88, 109, 114, 127, 142, 166, 173, 200, 236, 238, 241, 243, 249, 256, 266, 277, 288, 358, 362, 380, 399.
Enjoy the holiday!
I hope your work situation gets sorted out. Layoffs are never easy, or enjoyable.
(Reading blogs is part of my normal routine, so it's not just because of the holiday).
The '74 design came out nice this year, and I want to get some, but it's pointless since I either don't know these guys or the ones I do are on different teams now.
I'm still hammering out my 4th of July plans. If it were up to me, I'd be sitting in my office organizing cards. But reality is... I'll either be with my dad... or at my friend's house for her family's bbq. As long as it cools off... I'm happy with either.
I can probably help you out with some of those Heritage needs - I'll take a look through my dupes in the next day or two!
Sorry to hear about the job issues. I've dealt with that a few times in my life. Ill keep you in my thoughts that you can find some peace in the situation.