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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 14, 2017 9:58:56 GMT -8
Aug 10, 1846: US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world's largest museum and research complex.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 13, 2017 3:39:33 GMT -8
Dec 29, 1845: Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 8, 2017 18:42:37 GMT -8
December 19, 1843
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is published
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 5, 2017 12:32:52 GMT -8
eBay's Detailed Seller Ratings system, where buyers rate four categories of service from 1-5 stars. Someone gave me less than 5 stars on a recent transaction and now that one is only at 4.9. I almost never give five stars, that last star is reserved for only the best of sellers, you know, really excellent service. If the seller is just giving me what I expect, then they just get an average grade. It's akin to the gratuity associated with dining out. If I get so-so service you get so-so tip, if I get great service you get a great tip. Likewise, If I get crappy service you get crappy tip, or no tip, I've also left just a note explaining the reason for not leaving a tip. I don't even care about whether a buyer leaves feedback, I'm just not that worried about it, I don't sell much anyway.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 4, 2017 16:32:25 GMT -8
Still 1842
And, someone dinged my DSRs - that pisses me off! What's a DSR?
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 30, 2017 6:34:40 GMT -8
Sep 27, 1840: Thomas Nast, German political cartoonist of late 1800s America, born in Landau, Germany.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 27, 2017 14:49:49 GMT -8
1836
Feb 23 Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed.
Mar 6 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 19, 2017 19:06:50 GMT -8
Just another example of how declining pride in one's work and self have reduced the quality of products offered to the public.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Quality control has no control over quality.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 18, 2017 15:07:01 GMT -8
I wonder if he's read any of his comics,or if it's all about the bucks and bragging? Who would want to read that crap? :whistling2: My sentiments exactly.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 13, 2017 14:29:45 GMT -8
April 14, 1828: Noah Webster registered the copyright on his American Dictionary of the English Language.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 12, 2017 12:14:34 GMT -8
How is that supposed to work? Do they reprint classically bad comics and heckle them like the show does movies? Or adapt a classic b-movie and heckle that? That would just be the show in comic book form, I guess.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 11, 2017 13:36:36 GMT -8
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 8, 2017 6:15:05 GMT -8
I believe that pressing should have been considered restoration from day one. It was considered restoration from day one, then CGC/Steve Borock came to town and told everybody it was perfectly acceptable and they bought it. Now there's an entire industry devoted to the pressing of books to increase the "value". I've had a few books pressed. Some were sent for grading and some were not. The books that got graded look great inside their plastic tombstones. The books that didn't get graded I was not really very happy with the results. I can open the box of comics and tell which ones were pressed without having to pull any of them out because I can see the deformation of the paper just by looking at the tops of the books. I mostly just wanted them cleaned, a couple had some spine roll I wanted fixed, a few had dents/irregularities I wanted flattened out. Most of the cleaning job was okay, but a couple of them I had to do additional cleaning when I got them back. Needless to say, I won't be using that guy again. He did a fine job on the book that just had tape on the back, but I don't know that he uses a loupe or even a flashlight to look for issues.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 2, 2017 6:12:06 GMT -8
Hey!Are you calling me a boob? lol You are what you eat, yes?
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Aug 31, 2017 12:36:52 GMT -8
I need a booby notification system here.I miss out. Just search the main forum for "boob" every time you stop in. Besides a picture of you, it should pull up all posts with that word.
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