Night Owl Cards

One of the elements that drives me most in this hobby is simply obtaining all the cards that I wanted when I was a kid. Like most kids of that time, I didn't have a lot and I was forever in want mode. I received a small weekly allowance, which permitted me to buy --- well, nothing really. I'd have to save up that allowance for three or four weeks to get whatever I wanted. Grandma came around, oh maybe a couple times a year, with a 20-dollar bill, but other than that, you have a birthday and Christmas, son. This lasted into my teenage years. WANT. WANT. WANT. I received a paper route and even the meager cash I landed from that was practically a windfall for me. Finally, for the first time ever, I could buy cards every week! That's what I did. Sometimes with my brother, sometimes alone. I'd walk to the store, about a mile-and-half to buy -- about three packs. That's what I could afford. As I've mentioned many times, on our card trips we discovered that a Greek mar...