Hey Cal, where are you ? 3 3

[Calamerica]

17 hours ago, Logan510 said:

What about that lady who is allegedly your friend whose house burned down? There was a charity thread and everything and I recall Cal saying he was going to fly to her neck of the woods to prove she was lying about the whole thing.

That seemed like he was going after someone personally...just sayin'.

You mean the lady who could NOT answer the ONE question we all had for her back in that day over her "Charity" donated CGC Forum Fund of $4,100???

You mean the lady who send me three( 3) links but then retracted the last one because of "faulty news reporting"?

You mean the lady who was a Stu Cathell disciple back in 2000 - 2003 during the eBay Chat Board Wars and Stu told me he would put his "spin" as he used to call it to get most, if not everyone here to drink his Kool-Aid and how I was "picking on her"?

The person who set up that "Charity" was a Coinee and he contacted several people after he saw something HE did not like. Apparently I was the only one that answered( as far as I still know 5 years later) and things "did not add up". This lady had an "emergency" event every so often, so TWO phone calls later at a County Public Records' dep't( using PUBLIC sources) revealed that the initials of her so-called husband did NOT live on that block where this fire occurred. That got her ire really into high gear, and I have saved traced emails/messages from her( anonymously) via the old ISP I used to have and we are sure it was her( again). There was other info at that time I can't recall quickly here for now but I DO have it still. The purge from switching interfaces here two years ago wiped out most of that but I DID manage to save what counts on MY end. That purge wiped out over 10,000 of my stored PMs for those who realy care. 30,000 used to be their limit; I have no clue what it may be now and don't care....

I never once made a trip out there to prove aything. I did not need to. Matter-of-fact I HAVE been that way several times, one for a Coin Estate Sale I was invited to, and I did not give this "case" a second thought at that time. Those who know CAL knows he travels all over the country for Collections. Bottom line I spent very little money on this , but if there IS inappropriate scamming and solicitation CAL will stop it every time. I stopped this one from happening again and am now bragging about that.

The smarter, less-confrontational Forumites stayed clear of this, we all sat back and watched the Forumites that did not even have two years here( as of 2011 or so) jump right in and "bash that sob CAL". They did, as always. Stu could always count on PMing those who did not know better and "spin" this as CAL the big, bad bully Comic Profiteer ( see RutgersKnight case)that was picking on a "down-and-out" Boardie. I was NOT shocked that this worked. A few of the smarter, reasonable Boardies would try to defend not me, for that position of honesty and they got flamed almost as bad as CAL did. Yes, she had the gift of online gab and actually had a good "spin" as far as good spins go, but had every answer but the one I wanted: why is the owner in those articles that covered that unfortunate fire have a different name than THE ONE SHE GAVE OUT HERSELF for years???

Those who bashed me for even sticking my nose in this I can say this: I hope YOU get ripped off in this sob-story manner and I don't want to ever ever ever ever ever hear or see ONE word about it. I normally do NOT wish ill will against anyone but this Board has upset me so much( and made a lifetime enemy out of CAL) that I am making an exception here. I know who is who here and I remember the inner-city kid's taunts from 58 years ago I can certainly recall things from 15 years or so or less ago and I recall the actual SEQUENCE of events, which also irks some here. I know who threw which rock at a certain time and still recall what is important.  Oh, I USED to give generously here until that "charity" case and refuse to donate another comic or penny here ever again. They must have believed me because I was never ever contacted again via PM after that "case"....how about those apples??? If I could take back those IMSM's( CGC'd by the way) I donated here I would definitely take them back. If I could have looked forward to how this Board was going to turn out I would have heeded the advice I was given about the eBay Chat Boards: " There can only be downside for a person like myself. No upside. The few deals you get won't offset the damage they can do to you". See those who were fans of "pressing". What a fool I was. I should have listened. I am here today just to stick it to those who have it coming their way. Putting the wanna-be's back in their place. Someone has to do the dirty work, and CAL has never been afraid of work. Work is afraid of CAL. 

BTW, I never deleted that "charity case" case and I have it on one of my old retired laptops that was just for the CGC Forums. So don't get on here and paste this/paste that/paste FALSE because I WILL call you out on that. I WILL regurgitate this topic on a whim. At that point I will name names and gather/build another "case", as the Mods might pull the plug on me for good. The Mods are another story in themselves. Most blame me for all this . 

I still believe she got $4,100 for virtually nothing and until the proof FROM HER comes my way proving otherwise that is the way that cookie crumbled. No proof from Stu, Sky, etc. It has not as of today, and never has, come from HER. Don't chime in tomorrow when I won't be here for another 8 months and you haters do count on that so you can now delete posts( had a shorter time limit before back in the day). I will check in every day and yes, to do what I have done since eBay in 2000: defend myself. Beware of those who resents/objects against someone who defends themselves. They want "obedience", under the guise of "don't be confrontational. Be nice". Tokyo Rose behavior. CAL won't fall for that crapolla. I see something, I call it. Right or wrong or a mixture of both I call it as I see it and those who don't like that eventually get what is coming to them. Tastes better when CAL throws the knockout punch, but as most punks hide behind keyboards in Mama's basements, that is not usually possible. But I usually hear about their come-uppance later.

And that guy over the pond....have not seen much of him lately. I wonder what happened??? I know what happened, as it always does. I will let YOU clowns figure it out.

Might not hear much out of Logan510 either....

I have a bad attitude? Really? Really? Don't get near me at a Comic Show. I promise I won't utter ONE WORD! I promise!!!

CAL who does not hold his breath for other human's actions( or inactions)

 

Edited June 11, 2018 by Calamerica
typos

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

All I typed was ".....couldn't....", referring to "...could care less...".

So, don't anybody blame me. I didn't do nothing to anger the Gods.

[Calamerica]

I knew it was only a matter of time before this Thread got the "Hot Topic" sign on the main Board....

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

....because of me...... 

It is not about word count. It is about quality.....

[Calamerica]

9 minutes ago, Mr.Mcknowitall said:

....because of me...... 

It is not about word count. It is about quality.....

Quality? Check my Feedback Left for Others and you can see Quality....

[James J Johnson]

2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

 I know that folks could care less about actually reading these books anymore

The hit, the nail, the head. This! Right here. Go no further.

How many people that own slabbed copies of the books we all know and love do you think actually have an inkling of what it looks like between the front and back cover? How many do you think bother with acquiring a reading copy, and if they do, actually read it?

[James J Johnson]

3 hours ago, lizards2 said:

The thing about this, is IMSM 1 was a bridge issue with continued stories from TOS 99 and TTA 101.  IMSM 1 bridged that gap with stories that continued in IM 1 and Sub-Mariner 1. 

I know that folks could care less about actually reading these books anymore, but you can't get the full story without reading/having all of them.

And whether it's a bridge or not, it's Iron Man AND Sub-Mariner 1. It's not Iron Man 1 and it's not Submariner 1, and that's clearly reflected in GPAnalysis for all to see. Who I feel bad for is the guy sitting at the top of the IMSM 1 census, with the 9.9. He paid $40,000 in 2013 for a 9.9! I think he'd be hard pressed to get $20K for that book in today's marketplace, yet in 2013, he could have put that $40,000 into high grade IM 1s and easily quadrupled his money, or Sub 1 and at least doubled it.

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

25 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

The hit, the nail, the head. This! Right here. Go no further.

How many people that own slabbed copies of the books we all know and love do you think actually have an inkling of what it looks like between the front and back cover? How many do you think bother with acquiring a reading copy, and if they do, actually read it?

...couldn't......

[RockMyAmadeus]

Whaaaa....? Proof? Nobody cares about proof these days, man... It's all about the form, man. Substance shmubstance, you gotta say it in the right way, man...it's not about right and wrong, good and bad...it's about style, man, how you come across to the masses, that's important. You should never treat people like this, man, no matter how they behave, man....

 

 

[VintageComics]

1 hour ago, Calamerica said:

This lady had an "emergency" event every so often,

I think it's worth adding to Cal's post is that this board member Cal is referring to contacted Louise very early on when Louise joined and she did tell Louise that there was a fund raiser on another chat forum for her before she joined here.

Two data points do not a trend make but it certainly got me thinking.

I did mention it to a few people at the time the fund raiser was going on over her but didn't want to get too deeply involved.

Cal might have a point in this whole thing, for which he took a lot of heat.

Edited June 11, 2018 by VintageComics

[James J Johnson]

1 hour ago, Calamerica said:

You mean the lady who could NOT answer the ONE question we all had for her back in that day over her "Charity" donated CGC Forum Fund of $4,100???

You mean the lady who send me three( 3) links but then retracted the last one because of "faulty news reporting"?

You mean the lady who was a Stu Cathell disciple back in 2000 - 2003 during the eBay Chat Board Wars and Stu told me he would put his "spin" as he used to call it to get most, if not everyone here to drink his Kool-Aid and how I was "picking on her"?

The person who set up that "Charity" was a Coinee and he contacted several people after he saw something HE did not like. Apparently I was the only one that answered( as far as I still know 5 years later) and things "did not add up". This lady had an "emergency" event every so often, so TWO phone calls later at a County Public Records' dep't( using PUBLIC sources) revealed that the initials of her so-called husband did NOT live on that block where this fire occurred. That got her ire really into high gear, and I have saved traced emails/messages from her( anonymously) via the old ISP I used to have and we are sure it was her( again). There was other info at that time I can't recall quickly here for now but I DO have it still. The purge from switching interfaces here two years ago wiped out most of that but I DID manage to save what counts on MY end. That purge wiped out over 10,000 of my stored PMs for those who realy care. 30,000 used to be their limit; I have no clue what it may be now and don't care....

I never once made a trip out there to prove aything. I did not need to. Matter-of-fact I HAVE been that way several times, one for a Coin Estate Sale I was invited to, and I did not give this "case" a second thought at that time. Those who know CAL knows he travels all over the country for Collections. Bottom line I spent very little money on this , but if there IS inappropriate scamming and solicitation CAL will stop it every time. I stopped this one from happening again and am now bragging about that.

The smarter, less-confrontational Forumites stayed clear of this, we all sat back and watched the Forumites that did not even have two years here( as of 2011 or so) jump right in and "bash that sob CAL". They did, as always. Stu could always count on PMing those who did not know better and "spin" this as CAL the big, bad bully Comic Profiteer ( see RutgersKnight case)that was picking on a "down-and-out" Boardie. I was NOT shocked that this worked. A few of the smarter, reasonable Boardies would try to defend not me, for that position of honesty and they got flamed almost as bad as CAL did. Yes, she had the gift of online gab and actually had a good "spin" as far as good spins go, but had every answer but the one I wanted: why is the owner in those articles that covered that unfortunate fire have a different name than THE ONE SHE GAVE OUT HERSELF for years???

Those who bashed me for even sticking my nose in this I can say this: I hope YOU get ripped off in this sob-story manner and I don't want to ever ever ever ever ever hear or see ONE word about it. I normally do NOT wish ill will against anyone but this Board has upset me so much( and made a lifetime enemy out of CAL) that I am making an exception here. I know who is who here and I remember the inner-city kid's taunts from 58 years ago I can certainly recall things from 15 years or so or less ago and I recall the actual SEQUENCE of events, which also irks some here. I know who threw which rock at a certain time and still recall what is important.  Oh, I USED to give generously here until that "charity" case and refuse to donate another comic or penny here ever again. They must have believed me because I was never ever contacted again via PM after that "case"....how about those apples??? If I could take back those IMSM's( CGC'd by the way) I donated here I would definitely take them back. If I could have looked forward to how this Board was going to turn out I would have heeded the advice I was given about the eBay Chat Boards: " There can only be downside for a person like myself. No upside. The few deals you get won't offset the damage they can do to you". See those who were fans of "pressing". What a fool I was. I should have listened. I am here today just to stick it to those who have it coming their way. Putting the wanna-be's back in their place. Someone has to do the dirty work, and CAL has never been afraid of work. Work is afraid of CAL. 

BTW, I never deleted that "charity case" case and I have it on one of my old retired laptops that was just for the CGC Forums. So don't get on here and paste this/paste that/paste FALSE because I WILL call you out on that. I WILL regurgitate this topic on a whim. At that point I will name names and gather/build another "case", as the Mods might pull the plug on me for good. The Mods are another story in themselves. Most blame me for all this . 

I still believe she got $4,100 for virtually nothing and until the proof FROM HER comes my way proving otherwise that is the way that cookie crumbled. No proof from Stu, Sky, etc. It has not as of today, and never has, come from HER. Don't chime in tomorrow when I won't be here for another 8 months and you haters do count on that so you can now delete posts( had a shorter time limit before back in the day). I will check in every day and yes, to do what I have done since eBay in 2000: defend myself. Beware of those who resents/objects against someone who defends themselves. They want "obedience", under the guise of "don't be confrontational. Be nice". Tokyo Rose behavior. CAL won't fall for that crapolla. I see something, I call it. Right or wrong or a mixture of both I call it as I see it and those who don't like that eventually get what is coming to them. Tastes better when CAL throws the knockout punch, but as most punks hide behind keyboards in Mama's basements, that is not usually possible. But I usually hear about their come-uppance later.

And that guy over the pond....have not seen much of him lately. I wonder what happened??? I know what happened, as it always does. I will let YOU clowns figure it out.

Might not hear much out of Logan510 either....

I have a bad attitude? Really? Really? Don't get near me at a Comic Show. I promise I won't utter ONE WORD! I promise!!!

CAL who does not hold his breath for other human's actions( or inactions)

 

Is there a Reader's Digest condensed version available for this novel?

[kav]

1 minute ago, James J Johnson said:

Is there a Reader's Digest condensed version available for this novel?

that is the condensed version.

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

Large Type for the entire episode, please.

[James J Johnson]

1 minute ago, kav said:

that is the condensed version.

Too bad. There may be a pearl among that mountain of those shucked oyster shells that I'm missing. Guess I'll never know.

[kav]

1 minute ago, James J Johnson said:

Too bad. There may be a pearl among that mountain of those shucked oyster shells that I'm missing. Guess I'll never know.

I know I started reading and then just couldnt go any further.  I wanted a smoking gun or something but it was too much work.

[kav]

Anyone who read the whole thing if you found somethin pls cut n paste.

[Get Marwood & I]

5 minutes ago, kav said:

Anyone who read the whole thing if you found somethin pls cut n paste.

 

2 hours ago, Calamerica said:

kav smells

 

[kav]

2 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

2 hours ago, Calamerica said:

kav smells

 

I really dont my hygeine is top notch and i discovered making a super saturated solution of salt and alum and using on underarms completely stops BO its way more effective than anything you can buy in a store.  I also shave my underarms because hair is the bacterial condo basically.

Edited June 11, 2018 by kav

[Larryw7]

I think there are nuggets of truth in Cal's post. And don't worry Kav, they have nothing to do with your hygiene.

[Get Marwood & I]

4 minutes ago, kav said:

I also shave my underarms because hair is the bacterial condo basically.

Edited 1 minute ago by kav