Night Owl Cards

(A lot of fuming on the blogs lately. Trying to understand it. I understand some of it. Not all of it. I think what it says mostly to me is: stay with vintage and the base sets you can afford. And wear sensible shoes. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 98th in a series): An often repeated conversation. Only the name of the set changes: Night owl: Got it. Got it. Need it. Need it. Got it. Got ... Little voice inside Night Owl's head: Uh-oh. Night owl: What-oh? LVINOH: I don't remember seeing that Stadium Club Fernando card before. Night owl: Of course you have. LVINOH: Yeah, I know I should have. But it really doesn't look familiar. Something in the back of your mind told me it's new. Night owl: You need to stop talking to him. ... So, what -- you're saying that I don't have this card? LVINOH: Please don't get fired up, but I think you might not. Night owl: That's ridiculous. Of course, I have this card. It's ...

An often repeated conversation. Only the name of the set changes: Night owl: Look at that card. 1995 Topps is a great-looking set, don't you think? Little voice inside Night owl's head: Here we go. Night owl: What? You don't think it's a great set? LVINOH : Sure, it's a great set. You just think every set is a great set. Night owl: No, I don't. Besides, what if I did? What's wrong with that? LVINOH : You can't collect every set. Night owl: I know. I don't try to. LVINOH : Yes, you do. Night owl: No, I don't LVINOH : Yes, you do. Tell me, have you finished off that 1993 Upper Deck set yet? Night owl: No, but I'm super close. Less than 10 cards. LVINOH : Uh-huh. And what about '88 Score? Finished with that? Night owl: No, I kind of got distracted. But I'm close on that, too. LVINOH : And what about 2006 Allen & Ginter , why'd you start onto that? Night owl: A nice collector sent m...