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electricprune

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  1. The last one is the “Money Line.” It is just picking the winner of the game, no pints are involved. With your numbers shown. You’d need to lay $130 to win $100 on Iowa (the favorite) and $105 to win $100 on LSU. If you want to continue betting, I highly suggest finding a different book to use. This one is charging 15 cent juice before the game starts, when almost all books only charge 10 cents. (It is common to switch to 15 cents for live betting on games though.) You might also see numbers such as Iowa -1.5 -115 and LSU +1.5 -105. Hope this helps a little bit.
  2. At least one book from Janis Ian’s collection is noted as such on a CGC label. There could be more, but I’ve only seen one.
  3. This is just a guess, and I apologize if anyone has already mentioned this. Is it possible that the new slab that had a special label can’t be attached to an old number? Maybe labels and certs done before the specialized artwork labels started can’t carry the old cert number into a new reholdered slab? My best guess.
  4. Do we have to factor in the exchange rate for the random Canadian coins that inevitably end up in that much change? Asking for my Canadian accountant friend.
  5. Wow. That was a nice portion of the run in CGC 9.8. There were a few Pedigree books too. I wonder if someone just gave up on putting the run together in 9.8? I can say from experience that it isn’t easy.
  6. RIP, Bird. You were way too young and will be missed.
  7. That is a tough one. I’ve been looking for years, and me best is still a VG. Maybe VG+. Yours presents very nicely. I see four copies on eBay and the best is VG.
  8. Big Ben’s is a must stop. Go to the Allen Park location. They have a new one I haven’t been to, but I believe it doesn’t have much in Silver and Bronze. Time Travelers in Berkley will have enough Silver and Bronze to make in worthwhile. Vault of Midnight and Green Brain seem to mostly have newer stuff. I have not been to the Detroit location of VoM yet though. Stadium Cards and Comics in Ypsi probably has close to 40 long boxes of Bronze, Copper, and Modern books and is a worthwhile stop. As Sigur mentioned, Plymouth has, or had, two decent shops that would be worth visiting that are nice. Try Compari in downtown Plymouth for pizza and roasted garlic bulbs if you like garlic. Clawson does have GOB and Warp 9 that are a mile or so from each other, so you can also get a two for one there too. There are some decent places in the northeastern suburbs. I haven’t been to them in a while, and they have been a bit pricey when did visit them.
  9. Gene is a really nice guy. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.
  10. Our next door neighbors have a 20’ glowing jack o’lantern in their front yard.😃🎃🧛🏻‍♂️
  11. Congrats, Barton! That one has about as nice of centering top and bottom as you will ever find on that book.