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The readers

The majority of my trades through the mail are conducted with fellow bloggers. We are a community and there is an understanding among people who both blog and collect. We try to treat each other right, not because the other person has a blog and we're afraid of them publicly calling us out, but because we know that anyone who enjoys collecting so much that they want to write about it on an almost daily basis is someone who deserves cards. Lots and lots of cards. When people without blogs first started contacting me about trades, I didn't know how to react. I admit I was a little suspicious, and I've mentioned that in posts of the past. But since I've been blogging for over six years now I've come across lots of readers who collect but don't blog and, let me tell you, many send the most terrific cards you've ever seen. Dave, mr haverkamp, Steve E and several others have provided some of the best and most interesting cards in my collection. And none o...

No. 2 again

It's Canada Day today. Since I have lived near our northerly neighbors for more than half my life -- either on the Toronto side or the Montreal side -- I am somewhat aware of Canada Day. In fact, in the very definition of "somewhat aware of Canada Day" I once visited the Canadian capital on Canada Day without even knowing it was Canada Day ("good gosh, what's with all the FLAGS?"). Earlier today, I thought it would be appropriate on Canada's day to do a tribute post involving its lone major league team. So I had an idea for a post ready to go, cards pulled, etc. And then the mail came. Sorry, folks, that Canada Day post will have to wait until 2014. I opened one of the two packages I received and it was quite appropriate given the goings-on up north. It was from Brendan, who I met on Twitter. He had some 2013 Dodgers just lying around and wanted to know if I wanted them. I answered in the affirmative as I often do with that question and re...