My rant... they ruined trading cards and I’m still bitter

I have basketball and football cards from the early to mid 70s, including the ABA

 

Any WFL cards (if such things existed)?

 

No. NFL NBA and ABA. Wilt Chamberlain. Jerry West. Phil Jackson

 

My apologies for taking this off on a tangent, but just in case we needed a reminder that Tom Brady is a douchenozzle, he gave it to us with this act.

 

Only good timing I ever had that wasn’t real estate.

In 1988, I scrambled together $25 for both the 86-87 and 87-88 Fleer basketball sets. Mail order from Wisconsin. Jordan “rookie” from
86-87.

Mowed a few more lawns. Bought three more sets.

Then it exploded. While my 1988 Topps and Score sets cratered at $18, I saw the basketball sets take off. That 86-87 Fleer set shot up from $12 to $100 to $200 to $500. All within 18 months.

On the Billy Ripken Fuck Face weekend in 1989, I was at a card show and looking to sell some of the NBA cards. This old cagey veteran of the game says “kid, I’ll pay you $250 cash for the set today but why don’t you hang onto it for a year? Just trust me. Best investment you’ll ever get. “

He said once Jordan broke through to the finals, I could name my price.

At 16, I took my mom to a huge card show and brought my Fleer sets. We had a deal on my car where the payments were $144 a month. I paid $72 a month to her.

After a half hour of back and forth with the card dealers, I gave her a stack of cash that covered my car payments until college. She still says that was one of the coolest days.

I’m not brilliant. Life evens out. Five years later, I lost thousands on Equinox MLM in college when I got caught up with the wrong crowd. Perhaps a college kid who had two convertibles in college (granted, paid for with deliveries pizza) was an easy mark. What a dumb as I was.

 

Stick in the knife and twist it, why doncha?

 

I also have a Michael Jack Schmidt from Toledo, Ohio, but I thought I would use Mr. Seaver since that D-bag Brady chose dementia time to go after Tom Terrific.

 

I have some WFL cards.

 

Seriously, who the fuck has ever called Brady "Tom Terrific," except maybe that ball-gurgler Jim Nantz?

 

No way! That is outstanding.