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Very nice, Paul. It is hard to beat a Schomburg war cover. Congrats.

Dale I've commented to you before how amazed I am at your organization and management, especially of your sales threads here and I always seem to get a late look and the books move so fast I miss out, just like the one you are having now. Your website is great. Very neat and tidy and of course, some great books. That Thrilling Crime Cases #11 is stunning. I created an account and added a couple of Nedors to my wantlist and subscribed to the newsletter. Looking forward to new listings. Jeff

One of my very favorite covers, BP. Very much a classic.

Ten seconds later, the Green Ogre grows in size, grabs the red dressed girl after he has lit a fire and is tossing her in...but help is on the way....

Fast Fiction to Real Life

Mystery Men to an Ultra-Man

Strange Worlds to Strange Terrors

Is that the guard's gun protruding under his shirt or something else?

Let's brighten Midnight with some Lightning

Adventures into the Unknown to Adventured into Darkness

On to Mars

Raven begins to Red Raven first appearance

From the Dragon of Death to the Thing That Kills

Will the real mummy please unwrap....

Thanks Mike and no I didn't hump any notify buttons. I cannot ever think of a time when I did that. Sorry to offend those who thought it not wise to share. I will refrain in the future. I am not a wave creator and try to stay to myself as much as possible on heated issues so my bad for venturing out of my box.

+1 THE N00B GUIDE WHO'S ONLINE?: You are able to hide yourself from that list. Under your preferences, there is a question - Hide from who's online? You can select yes to be hidden. I would have kept that to myself. Now, everyone will hide. Oh sweet Jesus. I didn't add that capability. It has been there since I signed up in 2007 and most likely before. Anyone that wants to toggle kis able to and they read through their preferences as they should, then so be it. If folks do not like it, let's tell CGC to disable that feature. My post other than sharing the obvious, was intended to show that the user list is not full-proof. Come on folks, hide public information. Aren't we being a little paranoid? And not picking on Bob's or anyone's reference to my sharing. Besides I stil want to buy books from Bob as in the past, so don't hold it against me.

+1 THE N00B GUIDE WHO'S ONLINE?: You are able to hide yourself from that list. Under your preferences, there is a question - Hide from who's online? You can select yes to be hidden.

At this point, it doesn't matter if Jimbo_777 completes the deal as allegedly initially constituted; his reputation is so tarnished, I don't foresee many/any completed transactions from him anytime soon. It is a shame to lose one's integrity from what seemed like an upstanding member. In any event, I hope some positive form of resolution can be had.

True Life to Real Life

From this point on, you should ask someone else what a "contract" is, what "legally binding" is, what "consideration" is, hell...what "is" is, because your gut reaction in this situation could not be more counter to reality. Especially now that his post is saved for posterity (unless there is admin intervention). Heck, Chris, I don't even play an attorney after I stay at a Holiday Inn Express, but the thought process is straight from the Jethro Bodine school of lawyering. It is nonsensical.

From a Tomb of Horror to a Tale of Horror

You don't have to come to this thread at all I'm not forcing you to. I did not say that you were forcing me, if you re-read my post. You see you have started a thread on an open public forum and I shared my observations and thoughts. Not that you directly requested that anyone do so; however, when this thread went far awry from the comic book efforts you engaged in, you both asked for and welcomed advice. Advice was given and in many cases, you noted how it was helpful and you would make changes to follow much of the sound advice given. By sharing your efforts which to me seem to be continuous, repeated personal and business related non-improvements, critique from some of us who tried to offer constructive assistance ensued. You have stated it is your journal which in a way is a fair statement but you have no ownership of the site (at least none that I am aware of, perhaps you are a business investor or partner of CGC but you have not stated such) and therefore, any desire to limit participation is not an option. I will; however, forego any future critique unless you see the need to offer a reply to this post and I may wish to follow-up with any insight I feel compelled to add. I do want to give you some information as to why your situation is significantly relevant to me and why early on, I provided my thoughts that may have been helpful. I am in my early 50s. I retired from state service as the Deputy Administrator of the state agency which administers among other programs Employment Services and Unemployment Insurance benefits. I worked for the agency for 30 years and started as a Clerk, making $900 a month. Every advancement I had required that I meet the minimum requirements, then an application, followed by a multiple interview process if I made it that far. We are classified state workers which means there are several restrictions and some protections on job security and advancement. There is no pay for performance, COLAs, or automatic advancement. Unclassified employees such as those that appointed can receive what wage is deemed appropriate unlike classified who are restricted to whatever pay band they are in. I worked a placement desk, administered aptitude and proficiency testing, performed employer relations, did UI administration and adjudication, managed a local workforce center and then advanced through several other positions as state program technical supervisor and also chief of research until I was fortunate enough to end my career as the Deputy which is the highest level in our agency that a classified employee may attain. I then managed every program director over all these programs including ES, UI, JTPA/WIA (now WIOA - job training/placement) IT, Veterans, and Research. With my work experience, I provided information that I had learned and shared with job seekers and employers. Your posted comments and actions are similar to some job seekers I referred to jobs. After a few referrals with either excuses of why they couldn't do it or interview no-show, I saw that these folks didn't want to work. As an example that is related to what you have shared, I worked with a program called Ticket to Work which provided vouchers to individuals who were receiving disability but still able to perform many jobs. This would have helped them find gainful employment but when I worked with the program only 4% of the tickets issued in my state were used. Moral, they wanted to stay on public assistance and receive their benefit. Similar to UI benefits and the United States passed so many extended benefits periods, someone could stay on UI for a very long time plus receive other types assistance without job attainment or effort. A bit more on myself, I started working for the state during my last semester of college. I worked two jobs while in college. One was mowing yards and taking care of swimming pools. I even continued to mow yards when my foot was in a cast and I would wrap it in a trash bag to keep the grass out. I did this in 100+ degree weather at times. To this day, I hate taking care of my lawn but I do it and want it to look good to boot. I saved my money as much as possible (full disclosure, I had a scholarship that paid for some books and tuition and my parents had invested in a college plan so that was incredibly helpful). I paid for my food, gas, groceries, car insurance, and such. Four months after I graduated college, I bought my first house with my own money. And yes, I collected and read comics through my college days, starting way back in 1972 when I bought my first comic off the stands which I still have. Even though there were loads of books, I wanted to add like SA keys and lots of GA, I chose to save and plan for the future. To wrap up this brain dump on my part, to relate my understanding of your situation even more, my child had some special needs tied to a birth defect which required major surgery to correct. It was something we could wait until she was older and after she graduated high school, we located a specialist, had the surgery, and a lengthy rehab period later; she is doing great and attending college with great grades and got her first real job last summer in retail. My ex-wife was a Special Education teacher working with educable, mentally handicapped and I learned a great deal from her. She worked to finish her Master's Degree and is now a LPC working with many similarly handicapped patients. So I do find sympathy and indirectly, empathy, for you and your situation. I will never lose that feeling; however, when an individual who is able to help himself chooses not to for whatever reason, I find it exceedingly difficult to continue supporting that person's effort. I wish you the best and hope your future will be bright.

The PL is more humane than a meeting in Phil's parking lot but the parking lot melee would sell more tickets. I wonder what the over/under is on the number of posts/page this thread is by morning.

This thread used to be admiral and worthwhile with honest attempts to offer advice and help to Gabe. I myself was one those who tried to offer some impartial guidance. Then it turned into entertainment with repeated mistakes, hygiene and personal fiascos, shunned feedback, and continued often lame excuses with promises to improve and learn. You would tune in just to see what new excuse or reason was offered and you could get your daily dose of comedic diversion. Now it is just plain tiresome.

Jungle to jungle