The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Muck308 55]

2311

 

Check your numbers.

 

My paternal grandmother was the same way when it came to throwing away my dad's things. Some of the more notable items that she threw out over the years were several Mickey Mantle rookie cards and baseballs signed by the entire teams of the 59 Yankees and Athletics. The balls my dad received from Don Larsen. While he was not a Yankee fan (my dad rooted for the Dodgers naturally, being from Brooklyn) the Yankee hurler took pity on my dad when he read about him being blinded in one eye while in a dark movie theater. Flying debris was the cause and for some reason that was in the paper, which Don Larsen read. Anyway, he took my dad to a game and gave him the balls which is cool no matter who you root for although it by no means makes up for a lifetime without depth perception or the use of your right eye.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2312)

 

Sadly, old baseball cards being thrown away is a common story. Prior to 25-30 years ago, they were considered junk that kids played with, not collectibles. And even beyond that point, many a parent continued to be unaware that the cards had any value.

 

Hell, to this day, baseball cards still get thrown away by people who no longer want them but don't want to go through the bother of attempting to sell them.

 

Although, the bottom kinda fell out of the market for baseball cards about 10 years ago. Due to the steroid scandal, a lot of adults walked away from cards and from baseball in general. And kids these days aren't collecting baseball cards anymore since, after all, what does one do with them besides sort them and put them away? The card collecting youth of the 21st century are more interested in cards that are designed to play games with - Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, etc.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

2313: String front row at Rod Laver arena, about to see Muse.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2314

Sadly, old baseball cards being thrown away is a common story. Prior to 25-30 years ago, they were considered junk that kids played with, not collectibles. And even beyond that point, many a parent continued to be unaware that the cards had any value.

 

Hell, to this day, baseball cards still get thrown away by people who no longer want them but don't want to go through the bother of attempting to sell them.

 

Although, the bottom kinda fell out of the market for baseball cards about 10 years ago. Due to the steroid scandal, a lot of adults walked away from cards and from baseball in general. And kids these days aren't collecting baseball cards anymore since, after all, what does one do with them besides sort them and put them away? The card collecting youth of the 21st century are more interested in cards that are designed to play games with - Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, etc.

 

The opposite is true of comics.  Lots and lots of people invested in comics, especially in the 80s and 90s thinking they were going to finance their college education or pay for their wedding or a new car in 2010.  But the market tanked because of these jerks, and now they come into my friend's shop (where I've worked a lot) and try to dump their Spider-Man #1 (of which like a zillion exist) on us, but we can't give them anything because those idiots bought too many for the wrong reasons.  There's a reason the ones from the 60s and increasingly 70s are expense and sought: those are the ones that are rare that idiots didn't purchase in huge quantities as an investment.  IDIOTS.  IDIOTS!

[Duke87 1,070]

(2315)

 

Yeah, even in a tanked market, baseball cards from before 1980 are generally more valuable than those from after 1980. Before 1970 and they become even tougher to come by.

 

This is not only because newer cards are more likely to have been preserved, it's also because more were made. Thanks to competition between companies that didn't previously exist, more baseball cards were printed in the 80s than in the 50s, 60s, and 70s combined.

[Larks2242 251]

2316.

 

@ Muck, damn, I would have bought that from you.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2317

 

I probably have a handful of comics that are worth more than $10.  I should note that this small handful is but part of a collection that is easily 3000+ issues strong, so yeah, when the comic market tanked, it REALLY tanked.  Nothing after 1980 is worth much, and only some stuff from the 70s still is.  But that's not the reason I have them anyways.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2318)

 

Sounds kind of like my baseball card collection. Most of it is just common cards, but there is a lot of it (I easily own over 100,000 cards). I do have a Steve Carlton rookie card, which seems to be worth about $70ish - I'd like to consider this to be the most valuable card I own. Apparently an autographed Stephen Strasburg rookie (yes, I have one) is still going for three digits but that seems just ridiculous to me.

[Muck308 55]

2319

 

Most of my baseball card collection has been misplaced. I'm fairly certain I left it in the basement of an old apartment. I still have a few select cards that I keep in a tin box.

[timmie 988]

2320

 

Finally seen 'Romeo + Juliet' by Baz Luhrmann (1996) yesterday. Not quite what I was expecting. I was happily surprised though that the film features 'Everybody's Free', a song that's also used in the famous 'Wear Sunscreen'-'song', also by Baz Luhrmann (1999). It gives me goodebumps every time I hear it.

 

I like it when things I know come together

 

[Duke87 1,070]

(2321)

 

"I'm going it stand here and talk for seven minutes while a beat plays softly in the background".

 

Yeah, that's not music, that's lame.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

2320

Finally seen 'Romeo + Juliet' by Baz Luhrmann (1996) yesterday. Not quite what I was expecting. I was happily surprised though that the film features 'Everybody's Free', a song that's also used in the famous 'Wear Sunscreen'-'song', also by Baz Luhrmann (1999). It gives me goodebumps every time I hear it.

I like it when things I know come together

2322: My girlfriend is obsessed with Baz Luhrmann movies.

[Larks2242 251]

2323.

 

That was before the sequel Romeo Must Die right? 

[timmie 988]

2324

 

"I'm going it stand here and talk for seven minutes while a beat plays softly in the background".

 

Yeah, that's not music, that's lame.

 

De gustibus et coloribus...

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

2325: I've found "real" music to be somewhat of a moot point. Any genre, no matter how mainstream or experimental, the way it was produced etc. is music, regardless of whether you like it or not. When it comes to artists like Justin Bieber or One Direction (is that some kind of Godwin's Law nowadays?), despite the relative lack of merit they still produce music.

Also I got a $20 tip on a single table tonight (remembering here we don't have the American system; tipsare tax free and never required). Go me.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2326

That was before the sequel Romeo Must Die right? 

 

*sigh*  I unironically love that movie.  Romeo Must Die, I mean.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2327)

So what is standard tipping procedure in Australia? In the US you're "supposed" to tip 18% and most places will mandate it for parties of more than 5 or 6 people.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

(2327)

So what is standard tipping procedure in Australia? In the US you're "supposed" to tip 18% and most places will mandate it for parties of more than 5 or 6 people.

2328: You don't. Unless you had an exceptional experience (or you are like me and know the pain of the industry), you generally pay the full amount printed on the bill and no more. When people do tip, they generally round up to the nearest note value (eg. they will give me $50 on a $47.50 bill and tell me to keep the change). Considering that this was only on a $100 table, a 20% tip is practically unheard of.

Generally the reason we don't normally tip is because that our wage isn't as low as the US. An adult non casual worker earns 15.96 an hour. That being said, you can't help but feel stipped when you have to give out exact change on a $587 table.

Delivery driving tends to be another story. Although like regular waiting it doesn't require a tip, people tend to do it anyway. In my experience, I've found about half of people will tip me for driving.

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

2329

It's been a long time since I've played my PS3, until now. Unfortunately, it doesn't want to turn on after 6 months of inactiveness. I guess it might've gathered tons of dust and it jammed the vents.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2330

 

Console gaming is overrated.  Unless you're into that sort of thing, then it's a nice hobby.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

2331

In my mind it was all over after the N64. Sure, ill follow stuff like Mario, Final Fantasy, Zelda, that's been around since the good old days of classic gaming, but I see no appeal in a PS4, Xbox One, or a Wii U.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2332)

 

I don't play video games much anymore out of lack of having time to and also out of lack of having friends and family who encourage it (since most of my family has outgrown it and most of my friends were never into it in the first place).

 

Even then, though, I don't quite appreciate how... complex video games have become, and how much they've become different from what I was used to growing up. I don't get Kinect. Trying to control a game with gestures rather than pressing buttons feels really kludgy to me. The fact that it expects you to be standing is another deal breaker. I sit on my ass when I play video games, thanks.

[Muck308 55]

2333

 

I haven't bought a console since the PS2 (I bought a Wii but that was a gift for my then girlfriend) so I rarely play anything aside from a little NHL <insert current year here> when I'm at a friend's place. I watched a friend play LA Noire and it looked really cool but I saw no need to play it myself having already been exposed to the story in its entirety. Not to mention I didn't have whatever console he was using to play.

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

2334

 

I guess everyone here was interested in video gaming, until they discovered SimCity and this site.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2335)

 

Actually, I was playing SimCity when SC2000 was relatively new. I had the original DOS version of the game on floppy disk!

 

Honestly, looking back at it all, I like SC2K and SC3K better than SC4. They were simpler and more fun to play. Also less buggy. SC4 was rather rushed. Rush Hour/Deluxe Edition improved the game considerably by adding a bunch of nice features, but it didn't fix the underlying clunkiness of it.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

2334

 

I guess everyone here was interested in video gaming, until they discovered SimCity and this site.

2336

Ok, I have my N64 out all the time, even when I was playing Sim City I was still doing a lets play ( which will never be published) of Majora's Mask. I had SC4 before I got my N64, so it did nothing to take from my gaming interests.

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As for now,I play SC4 as I build Saturnia, but I'm still doing other games in my free time. I have my CXL CJ, but I've been trying to 100% the Zelda games for N64, trying to get my hands back on Banjo Kazooie, and my cousin and I trade NES games still.

Quote: "You can take that (explicit) from me fro free". That's the only downside. Why are there so many horrid games on NES?

[astronelson 339]

2337.

 

I'm pretty sure SimCity 2000 was one of the first games I played, if not the first.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2338

 

SimCity on SNES was the first game I ever played.  Well, no, I think I played Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego on my uncle's old Apple IIe.  But my awareness of video games was definitely opened up by SNES SimCity.  That is still one of the most fun games for me to play, and my favorite in the series out of sheer nostalgia.  I like a lot of old SNES games over newer stuff.  I hate the joystick controllers and I suck at shooting/action/3D games so PC gaming takes up small amounts of my time these days.  But only older stuff without superinvasive DRM and online-only.  Seriously, no thanks on that stuff.  Microtransactions, DLC, pay-to-play, all the cheats you can buy, it's all stuff that signals the end of gaming as a good hobby for me to pursue.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

2339: The first game I ever played was Super Mario 64 back in 1997, when I was a mere two years old.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2340)

 

I can't definitively say what the first video game I ever played was. Since we never had any consoles in my house when I was younger, early on it was mostly PC games. But my grandparents did have an NES, and I'm pretty sure I played that before we had a computer. I remember playing some karatae game for it where when you won, bottles would get thrown at you and you'd earn a bonus based on how many you could dodge. Dunno what that game was called. I also definitely played Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros on that thing when I was pretty young.