Saturday Shadow Shots

 Happy Saturday folks! I'm planning on heading down to Orlando and hit up 3 or 4 card shops today. Wish me luck. I hope to find a new source of "great deals".

I'm not sure what I see in this shadow. Maybe a crab.

I see a Chess pawn.

I could say the head of one of the Pokemon, but I'll go with the body of a huge bird.

Clearwater Florida: The PC gets.

 Wrapping up that show in Clearwater with some PC pickups. Hopefully, I will need them like I did with the Braves gets.

This first (minus the auto) will be checked against set build needs before dumping into the PC boxes. I already know the Clemens SP is a set need.

The first row will go to the set builds too. I did in fact need the Adley's for those builds.

Now I know I didn't need the 87' Hygrades, but I didn't want to leave them.

Starting lineups for less than a buck, yeah I'll take them. The best deal was probably the Gold Fanfest Clemens.

Several great deals in this batch too.

I did take a bath on a handful of cards when compared to what I could get it for on ComC.

I am definitely a fan of the 90's Pacific brands inserts.

Some winners and some losers, but all in all I did get a bunch of really cool cards.

Have a great weekend (no post Friday). See ya with some Shadows on Saturday.

Wacky Wednesday

 Holy smokes, what a week and we are only on hump day. Let's see what I have done in the last 3 days.

1) Finished updating my G's PC guys.

2) Visited the V.A. in Ocala West side. (labs for an appt next week in G'veille.

3) Voted, took my brother too.

4) Mowed the grass.

5) Pulled out my H, I, J, K, L, M, N's. (Of course there is a ton of sorting for each of those, but I have consolidated the "letters". I should say "isolated" the letters.

6) Filed my taxes and for the first time in the last 24 years will be getting a refund. What, I didn't send them any money (none taken out either - that is how I've done it since 2003), yet I am going to get a whopping $10.00. I requested a check (y'all no I'm not a digital guy especially when it comes to finances), besides I may just frame the check. I haven't seen a refund in 2 decades. I really don't understand the refund even though I don't work and really have very little monthly income (roughly $142.00 a month) especially when I made more money (live on the savings I've had built up since 1976,   yes I was born in 1966, but was working and actually paying taxes since 1977. My mother had one rule half in the bank no matter what. I did that, and trust me spent the other half (usually invested some way to make more money). I did that since I was 10 years old (really 8 but wasn't enough to file taxes). Me retiring at 40 really makes since when you consider I paid into the system for over 30 years. I did work in the financial services industry, and learned very early, I am a ZERO RISK kind of guy, so less guaranteed meant more to me than the promises of potential. What little I did tuck away for later days (and wasn't that much) predominantly was in tax free stuff. I like that concept. I just hope I don't run through the savings and then wipe out those tucked away far from bank. My plan had me coasting right up until full Soc. Sec. age. Keep in mind my V.A. Doc told me to file for SSI over a decade ago and I refused after all I gave back my Army pension back in the late 80's. I figured I could always go make money if needed even with nightmare of bad back I have. Anyways, none of that explains the $10.00 refund either, but at least you can be puzzled the same as I am.

Now, I do kind of have an idea, but I'm not a CPA so can't be 100%. I will just have to except the $10.00. :) (I'm not going to frame it, I'll buy a pizza with it).

Alrighty, let's get to why you are really here.

I could choose any one of these to be the favorite on the page. There is something I still a dozen years later that I find interesting, different, or worthy.

Have a great night all.

Don't fall for any of those tricksters.

 Time for another birthday Holi-date binder post. April Fools Day. below you'll find a handful of athletes from baseball, football, Hockey, basketball, soccer, and Golf who share this day of celebration.

Remembering the good ole days. Playing pranks on people (loved it). Remember several years back when I think it was Matt who got a bunch of "us" clued in on a prank he pulled on these blogs.... You know where we all posted the Niekro card above. I do, that was fun and harmless. Like the most recent holi-date that past St. Patty's day, pinching people that weren't wearing green. Sure you can't say that was harmless, but in reality it was harmless when you consider all of things one has to worry about these days compared to what it was like when "we" were kids. Yes....the good ole days. 

The next Holi-date post coming up will be for Easter (and NO- shouldn't have any of those Topps Easter cards included). I say shouldn't because I could be pulling a prank on you tonight.... Ah huh, you'll just have to wait to find out if I pulled one on you.