binarysunrise

Thanks for clarifying this. If what you say is true, then all those complainers are just upset that they didn't find treasure in their treasure-hunt-box. I always wonder how people on ebay avoid getting negative feedback when the buyer of a mystery box is unsatisfied at its contents. However, if someone did happen to open a box, that say, had a bunch of water-damaged comics, and more than 5 of a kind in it, etc., how would this be explained?

Anyone just send him a check made out to "Steve Ditko" and wait for the bank to send back the endorsed copy?

I personally like the last comment: "I'd say Moy's is at least 10% better. If you paid $600, I wonder if he paid $6000? "

Is not shaving a basketball ritual as well? I understand the not-shaving ritual, but also not-bathing is probably taking it a little extreme...

Here's what I just got in the mail. Been looking for a cheap copy for a while, so I was thrilled to get it with a lot of books on ebay for under $10 shipped. It is a 1930 first printing of Philip Wylie's "Gladiator." Supposedly this edition (but not *this* book...) was on the childhood bookshelves of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel....

I thought so because of his myspace page

Although the service may be the same, the work involved isn't when looking at GA books. GA books are usually both larger in dimension as well as up to 64 pages plus covers. So, more to look at/evaluate in GA books. I'm pretty sure this has to do with risk and insurance. Somebody at CGC screws up a common $50 book, no real biggie. Somebody drops the Church copy of All-American 16 on its head and it's a whole different story. Has cgc ever been held accountable for damaging a book? Do you mean like when you submit a 9.8 and it comes back as an 8.0?

Not the first time, either Link. Good thread. Thanks!

The New River is right around the corner from me...

I remember helping my sister move once. It was late at night, we had loaded up the truck with everything, and we were exhausted sitting on the floor of a now-empty apartment. We had put a frozen pizza in the oven, which was the last item in the house. When I took it out, I promptly dropped it cheese-side down on the floor. It was a sad time. But I did end up eating some of the crust that was face up. Oops, was that a personal story?

You can always call for chinese

Greggy's Grandma?

Eh. I feel the positives outweigh the negatives. Sure, we could hole up in a cave and only give pseudonyms, but the information is still out there. Heck, a newspaper article on my family revealed their full names, birthdate, city, and even my wife's name, birthdate and year. Easier even still to track us from the mall (people know us now) or to raid our mailbox or such. I feel absolute security (or even anything remotely secure) is just an illusion. Take all the waiting and security checks at airports, or even putting deadbolts on front doors. If someone really wanted to do something, those measures wouldn't be enough. All I guess we can prevent is the casual crook - make them work a bit to trackdown the info or break into your house. So I pick a middle ground - share what I want without being too blatant about it.

Just be thankful you were'nt greggy'd....

Doesn't it trouble anyone that those kids are staring at his crotch? No, because I figure his crotch is actually just about where the glowing red dot is. Poor greggy...that's an awfully small dot....

Doesn't it trouble anyone that those kids are staring at his crotch? I'm more concerned that the girl's pigtail seems to be magnetically attracted to it....

It's not a white background - you're experiencing snow blindness from the prior color scheme....

Can you solve the Middle East crisis next?

I hear that's cause the mods cracked down on OT posts....

Should we have a Water Cooler and a Water Closet?

If you post an OT post in the WC about comics, would the thread get pulled and moved over here?

I had thought of that...

What if, for example, I wanted to share with my friends here the update on triplets (we are getting another 4D ultrasound tomorrow...) - it would be an OT post, and one that I would make in this section. The alternatives would be to a) individually PM everyone or b) post it in the WC (where not only do most people here not frequent, but it would be annoucing personal info that is quite irrevelent to many of the people over there). Or before we had the OT post about the car accident and fundraising and such - I am not sure that would have gotten the appropriate attention from us if it was posted over in the WC. I think it all boils down to what someone just mentioned - that we are a community here. The WC is a separate community (with some overlapping members)...

I agree with what has been said. I never go to the WC, don't know the people there, and frankly, would rather talk with the people I do know. If I felt the need to find out and discuss random OT ideas, or find strangers to talk to, I surely wouldn't put the WC at the top of my list. But if I feel the need to talk about OT ideas with the people I know, or get their advice on something, I had hoped the general forum would allow such discussion amongst us like-minded folk...

I was wondering that too. Hadn't read WW in the early 90s when this came out, but I was wondering if they changed her attire to enhance her appeal to South American readers?