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  1. Serpens

    Comic Books

    Here's what I bought: 15"x15" 5 in 1 T-Shirt Heat Press Machine Transfer Sublimation Mug Hat Plate 832419275379 | eBay I'm among the most mechanically inept persons you will find, but it is actually easy. I've only screwed up one book out of hundreds so far - it was a square-bound King Conan...
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    Comic Books

    They are expensive books (more than $400 each), so I had to pay $80 each to get them graded, which sort of fast tracks them. They advertised 5 weeks and It took 3. I sent in some lower value Silver Age books (under $400) 2 months earlier and still haven't got those back. The turnaround for...
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    Comic Books

    I bought this book just for reading way before better condition copies became very valuable - probably paid a quarter for it. In addition to the scratches on the cover, that is a severe miswrap, not a spine roll, and the top staple is completely detached from the inner pages. If only I had...
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    Comic Books

    I've decided to sell all my old books so I'm getting some of them slabbed. First set of books back from CGC:
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    MLB 2022: Georgia Gets the Last Laugh

    He blamed it on ringworm medication. He initially appealed but then dropped it.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

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    MLB 2022: Georgia Gets the Last Laugh

    Jomboy lip reads the coach saying "Back, back" but it wasn't very emphatic.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

  9. Serpens

    Comic Books

    My 1981 price guide and the Spiderman prices from that year.
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    Comic Books

    I read a lot of Robert E. Howard Conan paperbacks so of course I had to pick up some of the comic books. The paperbacks are long gone and I'd like to read them again, so can anybody here recommend a Conan anthology/collection? Conan the Barbarian #4
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    Comic Books

    As long as you pack them loosely, I think you'll be all right. You should be able to easily thumb through them and pick one up and insert it back down with little effort. I also put a comic-size cardboard piece at the front and end of each long box, as those areas were subject to the most damage.
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    Comic Books

    I lost interest in comic books around 1985 and put all my books into long boxes in a closet and didn't look at them for 35 years. I made some storage mistakes and here are some examples - don't do what I did! I stored them in poly bags without backing boards and packed them tightly into the...
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    Comic Books

    Detective Comics #362. Nothing notable about this one, except to me. It was one of the first comics I remember owning as a kid. My mom was dragging me around to a bunch of garage sales and I was bored stiff until I saw a pile of old comic books at one home. My mom let me choose one and...
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    Comic Books

    Is it OK to show off books from your collection here? If no one minds, I'd like to post a few pictures from my collection over the next few days/weeks. Avengers #4. I bought this in/around 1980 for $3. It's in pretty bad shape with severe spine roll and is considerably more yellow than the...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    MLB 2022: Georgia Gets the Last Laugh

    https://sports.yahoo.com/welcome-to-ml-bs-new-dead-ball-era-how-2022-might-change-with-the-juiced-ball-gone-214409811.html
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    My biggest is a pronunciation. Years ago, everybody said conTRIBute or disTRIBute. Now lots of people say CONTribute or DISTribute and it drives me crazy.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    This was my second too. Still have it and the original box. First one controller broke, then the second one and stuck it in a closet. Don't know why I never threw it out - been in one closet or another ever since.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    https://news.yahoo.com/p-j-orourke-irreverent-author-214905586.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJzLd_oNYBtcIF8-Ud2cmiZtv31aH95raPG4xWxfeuzE2F68O9lMXrYvRzZTNPaO6TBM_RiEE2_E-521YDWrU-HtQaKEe32Y50_StFtxl2SY8CvoPnD-9Sopf1C4vILJtle6Ub7y4z277_mefE3uK11...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Reminds me of the time I turned my high school debate teacher's hood ornament 90 degrees before we drove off to a debate to another school. He didn't notice it at first, but when he did it eventually bothered him so much he had to stop the car, get out and orient it correctly before finishing...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    This happened back in the '80s, when saturated fat was thought to be the devil. McD switched from frying their fries (and fruit pies too I think) in beef tallow to some crappy vegetable oil.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Scrunch up the paper loosely into a wad to remove the curl. Don't pack too tightly or the paper will get tiny holes.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    The Video Thread

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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Pathetic attempts at who is the most pathetic! I finally got Nalak's mount last night after 1133 attempts - now that's pathetic. Just 3 Pandaria world mounts to go.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That's Towellie's (sp?) girlfriend, Lula.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Good point. An example of this is the stun effect from the stone elemental boss in Torghast. The edge of the swirly effect is vague and I've gotten hit by it several times. It's also relatively short casting so you really have to be quick and move a long way to avoid it.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Jaques Pepin does this and mentions the risk every single time in his videos.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's the M+-like torments they added that make it more annoying. So to make them less annoying they added a talent tree. Two more systems!
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Preach is interviewing Ion today at 10 AM PST on 9.1
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    The Fast Food Thread

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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Spend 35 grateful offerings at your covenant armor vendor and you can have that last memory.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Diabetics who don't use artificial sweeteners probably eat better in general than those who do. Was that accounted for in the study, i.e. what else they consumed?
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Agree. If sweetness without sugar triggered an insulin response, emergency rooms would be flooded with people who drank diet soda or ate food with sugar substitutes due to low blood sugar.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Don't think so. Items were in stock and it was a 2-day ship.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Got a message from Amazon that a problem occurred during shipping and my package was undeliverable, that they are returning it, and I will be issued a refund in 3 to 5 days. WTF. Why not hold onto it until it becomes deliverable? If I order again will the same thing happen? I suspect it was...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I read long ago that that was Wal-mart's fault. They kept insisting on lower prices or they'd stop stocking Miracle Whip, so Kraft accommodated by lowering the oil content. One of the few tragedies of capitalism.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    It can be all three, or just 2, or just beef. Here's my grandma's recipe. 1 pound ground chuck, or equal parts beef/pork/veal, or 50/50 of beef/pork or veal. 1/2 c. breadcrumbs 1/4 c. (or more to taste) grated parmesan cheese 1 t. salt 1/2 t. black pepper chopped basil chopped parsley 1 egg...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    My Sicilian grandma used basil and parsley, never oregano.