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[PhilM]

HI Everybody!
(Hi. Dr Nick!)

well, for starters, I'm hoping to snag some more mail over the next week, so I'll just drop it in this thread when it arrives.
2nd.
Thanks to Chris for setting up a new/first avatar. I figured in light of the Sports talker award I was bestowed I should thank everybody publicly again

Ok,
now onto the serious (...maybe) stuff.

First off, Thanks to Jake (chud) for this card,
eluded me for awhile and he sent my way free of charge
Going to have to find something of weight for ya bud.

And the tape with arrows ! wow,must be a 1/1

Next up, made a trip to wal mart today hoping to find a Heritage 2 pack...I, of course, did not...why my wal mart hasn't gotten them in yet baffles me.

But, on the upside, they must have justput out some new NHL9.

!
Now, before I get hoarder call.
1 of the sakic's is for my sister, whenever she either a) deserves it, or b) her birthday arrives, whichever comes first I'll probably keep one, like that jersey, and the other can be a trader.
2) the hulls, one is for my mom, big bobby hull fan, and in her words "I can pretend it's bobby!" ...interesting girl my mom haha.
and I'll hang onto one unless I can trade it for something swag.
And the datsyuk....well, tradebait, already traded one for a Sundin chase, so I'm on the road to something else I can use,

Gotta say the hulls are pretty cool looking, think it might be better if he were facing the other way in package, but, such it is. And the Datsyuk, looks really cool in the package like that, shame he's a red wing, it's a great looking figure.


And last but not least for the day.
Some old Christmas mojo!!

I said old!

These Tickets were Christmas presents from my dad, in christmas of 97.
New Years Eve game.
Final score: 2-2.
I don't remember a whole lot from the game (7-8 years ago!!)
But, I do remember this was one of my first leaf games, (probably my second, with the first being earlier that year) my dad found somebody who had grey seasons, and sold some.
Man, Those grey seats were awesome.
Had such a good time.
Just thought some of you might enjoy seeing that.
I was trying to remember if that's the game alyn mccauley got hurt in, but I think it was one against dallas.
Not sure where those stubs are, will have to take a look next time I'm at my dads.


Anywho.
Sorry for the long read, with little substance, but, I'm in a ramblin mood

and remember...hopefully watch this space for future cards this week.

OH!, almost forgot.
Some of you might remember that AHL box I "won" from CSC.
Still hasn't arrived, so I dropped the boys over there a line last week.
Official word, after not having them in stock when they gave them away They bought some online or from someone and are waiting for them to get to them so they can send them out. So...needless to say I'm not holding my breath on that one heh.
But, They've told me they'll keep me updated. At least I can razz them at the expo

Now I'm done.

*edit* wow, that's...really long...apologies to anyone who actually reads it all.

 

[PhilM]

It's probably doable.
It's just difficult shipping them, I usually pawn at the local shop heh.

 

[Bouwmeester 4]

Philly,

Very nice mail day, man!! The McFarlanes are sweet as well. I really like the Sakic third jersey, nice one. I haven't seen any nice ones like that at my Wal-Mart. Congrats.

Lots of writing there, bud. Whoa! Didn't realize you were a novelist? JK LOL!! I don't mind the long read, really, I don't.

Naim

 

[PhilM]

haha, Thanks man.

Like the sakic aswell,
might just have to keep one for myself haha.

an occasional novelist, it was a short lived career. I wrote somewhat in the vain of Margaret Atwood. Leaving IN most of the useless details as it were. Leaving a very long, descript, and mostly useless, well, novel

 

[fuel_77]

Nice to see that I'm not the only one that thought the Colorado jersey was nice

Haha, also your avatar is quite the entertaining one, any idea which episode its a screenshot from?

Julian

 

[PhilM]

I do indeed.
As I took the SS for this purpose

It's from the episode There's Something About Paulie.
The one where Peter accidentally puts a hit on Lois.
The scene it's from is where Stewie hears the news and says "oh, so many people to thank! God of course, oh, so unexpected, who else" then he acts all coy and pulls the list and glasses out of his jumpers and says "oh yes of course Satan!"

haha,
*edit
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[will-411]

Interesting Leaf mojo - that was the last (and only) time I was a Leaf season ticket holder (with 7 other guys! lol). I was definitely at that game. Traded two of my greens for a nice standing room endzone blue and some cash! lol Had a good time though.

Cory

 

[Driftwood83]

Ha, the toploader the Comrie is in was mine. I sent a card in it to him (Jake-Chud). Just out of curiosity were are ya? How far has my precious little toploader traveled? Lol

Phil

 

[PhilM]

lol,
I'm outside Toronto, Oakville to be specific.
SO up to the sault, and back haha
Cory that's cool

 

[The LumberJake]

Ha, the toploader the Comrie is in was mine. I sent a card in it to him (Jake-Chud). Just out of curiosity were are ya? How far has my precious little toploader traveled? Lol

Phil

LOL , I love it. wonder where it will head next.

Glad to see that you got the card Phil!

Jake

 

[PhilM]

yay!
been posting all day and finally got off my...and did some scanning/picture taking.

Did go out earlier and FINALLY, after calling around, tracked down one of these:

Now,
I'm still looking for another one, hopefully the local walmart will get them in, Jose's head'sa bit...dislocated/turned like someone broke it in a movie.
so this will be the opener if I find another one.

Then I got some mail.

Note the gold background and serated top...indicating...GOLD
and those golds, are #'d out of

33.

Lastly, for this post.

A delayed Christmas gift.
sweeeeeeet
GO OIL

That will be all for today,
no novel.
except that the pristine goldcamein a tiny white envelope, ina toploader and team bag.
Cost of shipping? 3$.
That's ridiculous, I don't care.
There's like a 1canadian TOPS worth of supplies and stamps on this thing, and I'm getting charged 3$?
Nobody's time is worth that much.

I digress. It arrived safely, so it's not all bad, I left positive feedback, but emailed the seller about it. Just to let them know they might want to invest in some 36 cent bubblemailers.

 

[Yanic44]

Phil,
Great stuff man! You should be a paperback writer...haha, like the Beatles song. Ya know it? Probably not, but anyways...

I'm liking all the McFarlanes. I almost bought a few at a show here, but ended wasting $20 on 6 packs of that junk we like to call H & P. I buy 6 packs, pull a Roy auto, then buy something like 32 more and pull nothing but a Mike Green auto and a Chipchura jersey. Bah! Oh well. Sorry for the mini rant.

What would be a fair price for a Gretzky McFarlane...the Kings and Oliers ones. At the show the Kings one could be had for $5, and the Oilers one for $7. I almost bought an Oilers one. Should have, but didn't. Thanks in advance.

Wes

 

[PhilM]

both of those are good prices really.
The Kings ones are going for 10$ at some/most walmart's.
still 13.99 at mine
Oilers 13.99 across the board.

I would pick both of those up at those prices.
Especially if the packages are nice and minty.

That ****s about the H&P, hate when that happens.
I did that with McDonalds cards, first 5 packs, Turco patch, the rest...yeah. random inserts at best.
Can't say I know the beatles song, never been a real fan of the teen screams as it were.
But I will check it out.
The sakic's are nice, growing attached...not good hehe.
The Datsyuk too, and the Hull, well, I don't like the way it's put in the package, would be better if it was done the other way with stick in hand and the package extended out like the Mark Mulder is, don't know if ya remember the packaging.

actually, I'll check my webspace, always like an excust to show off the auto'd mulder even though he's gone now.

Don't know if you can picture it, but, possibly.

But yeah.
The sakic's...like them...the likeness on it is really good.
The datsyuk aswell, It even has the little bit of hair coming out from under the front of his helmet. They had some good sculpters on those ones.

 

[Yanic44]

Man, wish I bought 'em now...haha. Oh well, I'm sure they will still be there next show. I really like them both. Would like nice with my other McFarlanes (Al McInnis and Forsberg/Sundin mini...need to get some more. )

I agree, the Hull would be better if it was more like the Mulder. The Mulder is awesome, btw. What team is he on now? I don't recall hearing anything about him getting traded/signed. I haven't been keeping up with Baseball stuff now though, as much as I would in the Spring/Summer/Fall.

Heres the lyrics to the song...one of my fav. Beatles songs actually. It's a good one...it's a fast rock song. At the time, it was a really "heavy" song. Obviously, it's not now though...

Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

Paperback writer

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

Paperback writer

Wes

BTW: Man...I hope I get my O6 HSHS today...

 

[PhilM]

He got dished to the Cardinals.

Cardinals December 18: Acquired pitcher Mark Mulder from the Oakland Athletics for pitchers Danny Haren, Kiki Calero and catcher Daric Barton.
^ full deal.


haha,
You're spot on with that tune,
some people occasionally take a look,
regardless I end up writing a book.
Doubt the make millions part though

Good luck on the O6, look forward to the mail post

 

[PhilM]

allllllright,
Here we go.
Final mail post for this thread.
Only 3 more things incoming and I paid for 2 this week, so I'm not holding my breath for a delivery in the next few days, and the 3rd is the 'free AHL box!" which is getting ridiculous, so I'll just leave that alone.

Now,
Before we get all excited...ok, let's get all excited !
The Conklin is new today, freshly in the mail, for a steal of a deal at 4.99/6.49 shipped (**** shipping)
The brewer from Lionel, Megatron = the man
and the Smyth from aaronlo, Thank you sir.

So I can safely move the puck from the D goal line to offensive zone and have smytty swoop in on a sick drive to the net and score topshelf on theo.
if only it worked like that in the game.

If anyone has any of these Heritage jersey's they're looking to trade/sell(reasonable) lmk. Esp. the Hemsky and Torres, and Fuhr, Kurri too...basically the other Oilers.

Thanks for all the comments and fun inthe thread, keep it going

 

[Yanic44]

To keep the thread going :

Sweet Heritage Classic jersey cards...I really like that set design. A set of those would look real nice, . Does Gretzky have one though?

Wes

 

[PhilM]

To keep the thread going :

Sweet Heritage Classic jersey cards...I really like that set design. A set of those would look real nice, . Does Gretzky have one though?

Wes

Nope,
Messier has one,
SP'd to 25, *watches the pipe dreams of doing the set go up in smoke*
That and the Lafleur that sold for 91$, repeat ninety one dollars American last night.
Seller in Germany had a messier up, but pulled it, somebody must have offered something strongfor it, the earlybiddingwas going nuts on it too, quincy can attest.

It is a nice set tho.
Onlydownside is the strong lineright down the middle of the swatch hole on the card, you can see it if you look, goes all the way up and down on the background.
Aside from that they're really nice.
Wanted to do the set, get it framed around a picture of the stadium setup for the game, but, unless I win the lottery tonight...notgoing to happen

But yep, great set indeed.

ps.
quincy if you read this, I'll get back to you later on that pm.