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[al-x]

Hello:

I love these stories of finding old comics or baseball
cards in an attic or garage sale:

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Family members cleaning out their grandfather's attic in Ohio have stumbled across a find that could be worth millions: century-old baseball cards of such Hall of Famers as Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Cy Young.

And the cards are in superb condition.

Experts say it's one of the biggest, most exciting finds in the history of sports card collecting.

Two cousins came across the cards from 1910 in a soot-covered box last February in the Ohio town of Defiance. They say the cards belonged to their grandfather, who died in the 1940s.
The best of the bunch — 37 of the 700 or so cards — are expected to bring a total of £322,785.32 when they are sold at auction in August.

Al...

[brucegray666]

I just experienced my other half's road rage for the first time ever today. Most amusing!

[craggy]

Charisma Carpenter has Stephanie Familar's 2nd most recent avatar as her twitter pic.

[Steve Sensible]

I sometimes think if not for the threads where pointless arguments spiral round and round forever, there'd be no activity at all in this place any more.

[Christian U]

We certainly used to be more active. I blame the death of the N&CA section.

[garjones]

I think without Al's thought provoking threads we'd be in trouble.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Without thought provoking our brains would atrophy.

[Ulf Imwiehe]

Without someone provoking thought our thinky thing would sink I think...

[Don Lerch]

Provoking always makes me think of being poked with a stick so I can do with less provoking

[njerry]

I sometimes think if not for the threads where pointless arguments spiral round and round forever, there'd be no activity at all in this place any more.

I disagree with you.


And I'm willing to disagree pointlessly for as long as it takes.

[Mike]

This man conducted a 500 strong male Welsh choir. I think he looks like what you'd expect if Gareth and Timmy Mallet could somehow have a baby.

[stephanie familiar]

i'm pleased with myself. there was a spider in my bed and i didn't even scream.

[garjones]

He's Tim Rhys-Evans, took a youth choir to 3rd place in Britain's Got Talent this year. Yes he does look like a cross between Timmy and Gareth.

[Jim Ohara]

We certainly used to be more active. I blame the death of the N&CA section.

I blame Facebook.

[Christian U]

Eh. People don't have conversations on facebook. Not proper ones, you know, the kind that go back and forth endlessly until you think your head will explode but it doesn't because Ohhhhhhhhhhh no, that would be to easy a way out, wouldn't it, so you just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on. And on.

[Steve Sensible]

Did Millarworld just fall off the internet for a few minutes?

[Nicholas Taggart]

It wasn't working for me for a while

[David Meadows]

It seemed to hang at about 12.30 so I went out for lunch instead.

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[Martin Smith]

Huh. I never knew that NatWest was short for National Westminster.

[brucegray666]

I'm not 100% convinced that's a proper email from the bank. Sounds more link a phishing scam to me...