Kickin' it with the Old School
03/21/07 00:34 PersonalGeneral Yammering
I respect anyone who is older than me, and who has
been doing something I like to do for a longer period
of time than I have.
But you know what makes me crazy? Absolutely batshit crazy?
Reading hobby message boards and having old-school collectors not only reject the way I choose to collect, but ridicule it.
I've been reading it for months now. Every couple of days, the same discussion. A handful of old-school guys reject the concept of grading, and will do whatever they can do to jump in and criticize it. Even if the thread has nothing to do with grading, they'll find an angle. Jump right in and slam the grading company.
Then they'll make comments like "I wish we could go back to just talking about the cards."
Except they don't WANT to talk about the cards. They want to bitch about the grading. Post a thread about cards, they'l trip over it while they're looking for another opportunity to insult a collector of graded cards. I know, I've tried it. Multiple times.
Funny how the truly knowledgeable old-school guys don't get involved in the debate. Somehow, they manage to just talk about the cards.
But you know what makes me crazy? Absolutely batshit crazy?
Reading hobby message boards and having old-school collectors not only reject the way I choose to collect, but ridicule it.
I've been reading it for months now. Every couple of days, the same discussion. A handful of old-school guys reject the concept of grading, and will do whatever they can do to jump in and criticize it. Even if the thread has nothing to do with grading, they'll find an angle. Jump right in and slam the grading company.
Then they'll make comments like "I wish we could go back to just talking about the cards."
Except they don't WANT to talk about the cards. They want to bitch about the grading. Post a thread about cards, they'l trip over it while they're looking for another opportunity to insult a collector of graded cards. I know, I've tried it. Multiple times.
Funny how the truly knowledgeable old-school guys don't get involved in the debate. Somehow, they manage to just talk about the cards.
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