Recent content by Fat Nick

Yes - but I have young kids, so it takes my wife being out of town and the kids being in bed, so ~8:30 PM or later when my wife is out of town. I go play video games or watch Marvel movies in my underwear in the basement with alcohol and snacks and stay up till like 1 AM just to prolong the...

Great set. One of the first cards I bought when I got back into the hobby was the 1985 Topps Mark McGwire Team USA card. I always wanted that as a kid but could never find one. I got one at a card shop on a work trip for like $15. It's crazy to think how limited our ability to buy was back...

I get grading them authentic for the authenticity angle...but I think you risk more harm than good getting a numerical grade. I think I'm like most people where I view grading as a necessary evil. It's frustrating because it takes forever to get raw cards graded, it's inconsistent, and it's...

I never realized how handy the jump starters are...especially now that they've gotten quite small. I have one of those NOCO ones that are on sale. The one I have is a little bigger than my iphone (a bit thicker of course), but it will jump start my diesel Jeep. I think everyone should carry...

When I finally started going back through my childhood collection, I quickly realized how many good cards I was missing for just this reason. I never thought about the update sets, and that's where so many of the good players made their card debuts...I also swore I had way more good cards than...

If you're missing any specifics from ~1985 to 1992, let me know. I have tons of boxes of commons in the basement from those years...

That's awesome - even more so as an O's fan here too. I have a bunch of Ripken cards from when I was a kid that I'll never part with. I've started doing these kinds of things for fun too just to have something cheap to collect. I'm trying to get every Nolan Ryan Topps card in an SGC 7 grade...

I've been trying to figure this out since the first Prime day...The first Prime day was awesome. I'm not sure if my declining interest is due to a lower interest in random gadgets (i.e. I've already bought everything) or if the deals just aren't as good...

His stuff honestly peaked when he got hot this year, with maybe a lull when he first broke his leg. By the time breaking the record became a "when" and not an "if" prices were already coming down because everybody was selling. I wish I got a PSA 10 back when I first got back into collecting...

Yep. This. Collectability (i.e. price appreciation) only works when the supply < demand. The pre-1980's stuff is somewhat scarce...at least compared to junk wax and modern commons. There is intrinsic value in even ungraded or beat up cards. The supply and demand is probably slightly...

Same - Mine are 11 (son) and 8 (daughter) and while their camp isn't an overnight camp, it is right by a river that has flooded in the past. A few years ago, our town got 11 inches of rain in an evening from Tropical Storm Ida. Fortunately it hit early evening after camp was closed, but that...

I can't really add anything new. We did a long weekend here two summers ago. Hit up Fenway for a game and the Fenway park tour, which was great. Did the freedom trail with a guided tour - also really cool, but very long. Echoing what others have said that it's a very walkable, clean city...

I literally know nothing about this. Need to get my kid to ask other kids if they do this. If they do, this is a really nice solve.

Do games have the concept of "friends" in them? Or a way to regulate chat so he can chat with kids he actually knows, but is not able to have open, unregulated chat with any/all kids? Or are they not that smart? Said another way - does chat have some functionality around who they can talk to...

I'm curious to get thoughts, tools, tactics, and watch-outs around kids and the world of the internet. My specific situation - I have a soon-to-be 11 year old son, and an 8 year old daughter. I list both because we need to be equitable here, and they are different kids...I'm specifically...