I looked back at Greg's blog and found his post about it. He gave me a bit of a shout out (although he got the name of my blog wrong. I think that it is now officially called "Mark's Only Gonna Blog When He's In Danger Of Rolling Off The Sports Card Blogroll".).
Greg says that the current fad is a variation on my experiment. That's carrying around a bunch of cards. Another correction for Greg. I carry the cards around in the left front pocket of my jeans/slacks. He said that it was my shirt pocket. I can see where he made that assumption (based on my post), but no self respecting school aged boy is going to wear a shirt with a pocket. My bad for not being clear about which pocket.
I'd also add the mix of WalletCard - the photos. Five years ago I took Cy Seymour out and about. Please note that I'm not claiming to be the father of the WalletCard phenomenon. I just needed a post for January.
Update on the "What if" question. I'm still carrying the cards around, all through the holidays. Maybe they'll be my WalletCard. Without the wallet. And there are multiples. But I've never been one to play by the rules. WalletCards? PocketCards? PantsCards? I'll just go with WalletCard.
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| John Marzano peeking out from under the sombrero #WalletCard |
On to other things. You know. Something where I can share some photos of semi serious cards. When one's birthday and Christmas are just a week apart one can get cash because nobody know what to get one. I'm a winner.
So, after some thought I headed to ebay.
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| 1909-10 Murad T51 College Series 26-50 The University of Tennessee - Polo |
As far as I know UT did not have a polo club. I haven't checked, but I will.
From a different seller I snagged this card that I wrote about wanting just 11 months ago. I think that this is the earliest card of a Knoxville Smokie ball player.
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| 1933 Goudey Walter French (card # 177) |
Both came in at reasonable prices. I still have some more jingle in my pocket. Well, it is muffled by the WalletCard I carry there. I'm back off to ebay. Who knows what I'll find. Anyone want to guess?
Returning to the Night Owl. It still give me a lift to have my blog/name mentioned on another blog. Thanks, Greg.
Have fun on ebay!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the pocket placement. I assumed that you were very adult-like and very adult-like people carry things in front shirt pockets. Silly assumption. We all collect cards, none of us are adult-like.
Love the UT polo card. Perhaps Vanderbilt students needed a polo opponent. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove those vintage cards. It is nice to see your blog mentioned elsewhere and I think everyone enjoys that. You post when you want to post. You'll never be off my blogroll.
ReplyDeleteI honestly didn't yoink the wallet card idea from you, though obviously I know I'm not the first person to have the idea to carry cards on their person. It wasn't till Night Owl's post did I learn about your pocket experiment. Great minds thinking alike and whatnot. I promise when Wallet Card: The Movie goes into production, I'll get you an Executive Producer credit.
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