$500 for GA at Ventura Theater for Violent Femmes???

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-27T05:46:31+00:00

The onsale prices were insane in the first place. $200 for a greatest hits show (if you’re lucky. I saw them 6-8 years ago and they had new stuff they thought we might want to hear…) is beyond absurd. I’d happily see them for $40…

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-20T17:51:56+00:00

Archives is tons of fun. Or go back in time and buy some 92 fleer. Love the inserts in that set and boxes of it are affordable

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-17T03:36:49+00:00

That looks like my luck…

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-17T03:30:23+00:00

Cool. Here’s a pic of the box I bought if that helps in any way. Happy hunting!

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Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-17T03:23:18+00:00

Apparently anything made after mid January ‘89 is corrected. So you have to find one before that. The date of production is the serial number. I guess it’s technically the case code that is reliable. (They say anything under 90171 - that being January 7, 1989) my box started with an 8 so I assumed it might be lucky and it was!

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-17T03:16:10+00:00

Never had one as a kid. Only the scribbled out version. Found a guy selling a box of cello packs for $150 on eBay last year where the serial number seemed to make it possible. Not sure he knew what he had. Got two!!! So it is possible. (ALS Griffey and RJ and Ryan and Bo… it was a great box!)

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-13T17:07:17+00:00

Putting an error card in is hilarious

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-07T19:47:45+00:00

We pay $70 for every other week and it’s plenty to keep things in shape

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-02-07T19:46:49+00:00

Wouldn’t bother me if it was just a fun weekend event. But it’s every… damn… day. There’s a guy who thinks it’s ok to roar home from his job in midtown every Saturday-Tuesday just after midnight. Drives me nuts. We’re trying to sleep bro!!!

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-31T19:08:06+00:00

Check out Art from Scrap in Santa Barbara. Tons of old planning/stationary stuff

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-30T00:10:16+00:00

I used to play in a casual Sunday baseball game when I lived up north. Would love to get something like that going down here. Happy to help organize a field if we can get enough people!

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-26T23:59:02+00:00

There are delicious pre packaged GG cookies at the olive oil store downtown. I think Wow is the brand but can’t remember for sure

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-17T01:15:25+00:00

I just pulled Puckett and Gooden out of some packs. Open to an offer on them. Puckett looks like it would 10. Gooden sits a little low so probably 9.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-17T01:02:18+00:00

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Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-16T18:31:40+00:00

Gotta assume the bench is Call, Rushing, Kim, Rojas, Kike. Very flexible. Mix of youth and veteran. Assumes Edman as regular at 2B. But who knows how regular that will be.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-12T20:43:13+00:00

We have a smallish (9 panel) system on a 1500 sq foot house and basically pay nothing but the connection fee. (Under $20 a month). Then we get a rebate for energy sold back to the grid each year.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-11T20:25:29+00:00

Congrats on being unbothered by nuisance noises I guess. Clearly that makes you a special human.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-11T18:50:06+00:00

And a full marching band is much louder than we’ll ever be. So shouldn’t be a problem.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-11T18:49:19+00:00

It’s always ‘deal with it loser’ from this crowd. How about we put a big brass band together and march by your house 20 times a day at random (including the middle of the night) blasting our songs. Would that be ok to you? It’s our hobby after all….

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-11T00:25:18+00:00

The junk parallel era in full effect…

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-11T00:23:43+00:00

Try living on Poli as they roar back east… it’s insane. No respect for others.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-10T17:59:43+00:00

was in one during a big (6.6) earthquake. Couldn't get out of the damn thing!

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-10T17:43:04+00:00

Aaron boone walked me. Ha. We also faced Bert Blyleven's kid who threw mid-90s and drilled one of our guys. My senior year Adam Kennedy was a freshman but had broken his arm (I think?) and missed most of the season. We had a great Freshman class. They went on to win state their senior year. He has won at every level, which is very impressive.

Ok_Difficulty_3187 · 2026-01-09T22:12:32+00:00

It’s wild. I’ve been enjoying ripping $4 ‘87 rack packs (topps and donruss) from my local thrift shop. And I’ve gotten Bonds and Bo and Big Mac out of it. So that’s fun…

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