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Offline CSM

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #250 on: June 28, 2012, 11:17:02 PM »
He gets the tongue as far as I can reach.  Down his throat if I can.

I wonder if he considers himself a lucky man?
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #251 on: June 28, 2012, 11:18:15 PM »
Ask my wife.
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #252 on: June 29, 2012, 06:09:25 AM »
Ask my wife.

Wait, your Wifes been kissing Bruce?   :-*
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #253 on: June 29, 2012, 06:23:08 AM »
Hope she got some free books.
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #254 on: June 29, 2012, 11:41:12 AM »
Hope she got some free books.

You're on a roll Mr. Richards!
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #255 on: June 29, 2012, 01:04:58 PM »
Wait, your Wifes been kissing Bruce?   :-*

There is NO WAY I wouldn't remember THAT!

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #256 on: June 29, 2012, 09:42:20 PM »

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #257 on: June 29, 2012, 10:37:52 PM »


"You have chosen wisely"
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #258 on: June 29, 2012, 11:54:03 PM »
Hope she got some free books.

Marvelous...

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #259 on: June 29, 2012, 11:57:51 PM »
Yeah I thought that comment from Ari was a great one too!

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #260 on: June 30, 2012, 12:24:31 AM »
Mel, just two words you might want to consider:

Ken Schacter

I know you're nowhere near there.   I'm just sayin'...
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #261 on: June 30, 2012, 08:48:48 AM »
Yeah I thought that comment from Ari was a great one too!


+1

Ari keeps us entertained as well as informed.

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #262 on: July 10, 2012, 10:03:26 AM »
Got a paycheck this morning by electronic deposit. Paid off $1650 in poster debt. Now I "only" owe $4,000. Back to Ramen noodle diet and 40th straight month of poster poverty  :-[  Need a new drug....
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #263 on: July 10, 2012, 10:04:20 AM »
Got a paycheck this morning by electronic deposit. Paid off $1650 in poster debt. Now I "only" owe $4,000. Back to Ramen noodle diet and 40th straight month of poster poverty  :-[

You need a wife to supplement your income...

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #264 on: July 10, 2012, 10:08:06 AM »
You need a wife to supplement your income...

Yep but they say the best things in life are free....

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #265 on: July 10, 2012, 10:25:08 AM »
I wish, Air free, cigarettes no.
Shit free, food not.
sex free? ever BEEN in a relationship?
Sometimes I find books on the side of the road, thats pretty good.
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #266 on: July 10, 2012, 10:27:20 AM »
Mel - one idea to stave off the need to buy new posters...why don't you add some personal thoughts to your website for each poster about what drew you to the poster or some interesting info on the film/poster? I really enjoy it when collectors do this (e.g. Ed, Holiday and T for their new acquisitions)...by the time you get through your collection you'll be poster debt free and ready for new purchases! :D

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #267 on: July 10, 2012, 10:30:15 AM »
Sometimes I find books on the side of the road, thats pretty good.

I have a friend who works for the NYS Thruway.
He says (and I don't have any way of substantiating this) that the number one thing they find on the side of the road are sex toys.
WTF?

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #268 on: July 10, 2012, 10:31:41 AM »
Mel - one idea to stave off the need to buy new posters...why don't you add some personal thoughts to your website for each poster about what drew you to the poster or some interesting info on the film/poster? I really enjoy it when collectors do this (e.g. Ed, Holiday and T for their new acquisitions)...by the time you get through your collection you'll be poster debt free and ready for new purchases! :D

Now, there's a great idea!
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #269 on: July 10, 2012, 10:32:11 AM »
I have a friend who works for the NYS Thruway.
He says (and I don't have any way of substantiating this) that the number one thing they find on the side of the road are sex toys.
WTF?

One of my college groups use to do roadside clean ups and we would always find empty dildo boxes and tapes/dvds...

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #270 on: July 10, 2012, 10:36:24 AM »
cripes, I wonder if there is a market for used sex toys?

I once went to a garage sale and this little old lady was selling a vibrator, me as a 19 year old, came close to both crying, laughing and dying all at the same time.
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #271 on: July 10, 2012, 10:44:10 AM »
Mel - one idea to stave off the need to buy new posters...why don't you add some personal thoughts to your website for each poster about what drew you to the poster or some interesting info on the film/poster? I really enjoy it when collectors do this (e.g. Ed, Holiday and T for their new acquisitions)...by the time you get through your collection you'll be poster debt free and ready for new purchases! :D

That's a good idea. I do post notes on PosterNirvana on individual posters. You can see the notes on the left if you click individual posters.

With 80 frames I do get more value out of my collection than most collectors, who all too often stick them in storage and glance at them once in a blue moon.

I'm just a very goal oriented person and I want to have a substantial collection of every genre, decade, and major country, so it's unlikely I can stop until I reach that goal. Right now I'm driven to have a substantial 30s-40s US collection and film noir collection. It's a very expensive and time-consuming goal and only a single guy with decent income can do it.
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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #272 on: July 10, 2012, 01:03:45 PM »
Mel - one idea to stave off the need to buy new posters...why don't you add some personal thoughts to your website for each poster about what drew you to the poster or some interesting info on the film/poster? I really enjoy it when collectors do this (e.g. Ed, Holiday and T for their new acquisitions)...by the time you get through your collection you'll be poster debt free and ready for new purchases! :D

That is a great idea... I would hold Peter's site up as the gold standard in that regard.  Reading through his site you can tell how much he values and appreciates each and every poster!

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #273 on: July 10, 2012, 01:48:29 PM »
That is a great idea... I would hold Peter's site up as the gold standard in that regard.  Reading through his site you can tell how much he values and appreciates each and every poster!

Agree 100%. Still waiting on Harry's website.  ;)

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Re: Does collecting ever end?
« Reply #274 on: July 10, 2012, 02:12:44 PM »
I definitely plan on doing that one day... but unfortunately it is about #10 on my priority list right now.