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Collector ComicPixKid private msg quote post Address this user
I'm Director of Comics and Fine Pens for PBA Galleries Auctioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Comics are my passion and pens are a fun and profitable sideline. High-end fountain pens are big in Europe and Asia, so my job brings me to places like London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen, Geneva, etc. Keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!
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How do I know this? Because I've done it myself. lawguy1977 private msg quote post Address this user
@ComicPixKid sounds really cool! Welcome to the forum!
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If I could, I would. I swear. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
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High-end fountain pens are big in Europe and Asia, so my job brings me to places like London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen, Geneva, etc. Keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!

You and KatKomics might a thing or two to talk about.
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I wish I had a title. ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user
Shipping/ receiving at a local hospital. I have a new found appreciation for the guys that collect books at CBCS.
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I'm a McNugget guzzler. HeinzDad private msg quote post Address this user
Stuff
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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Accountant!! Don't remember when I started but I still have the books my Mom sent to me at summer camp in the early 80's (so 8-10 yrs old)and books from earlier I think


have to amend this.

I'm a sailor.....who supports his lifestyle by schlepping as an accountant for a wine making company.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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I'm Director of Comics and Fine Pens for PBA Galleries Auctioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Comics are my passion and pens are a fun and profitable sideline. High-end fountain pens are big in Europe and Asia, so my job brings me to places like London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen, Geneva, etc. Keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!


Ooooo...pens!!!!

Don't know if any of mine qualify as 'fine' - 3 Sailor, 4 or 5 vintage Montblanc but just 22s, 24s and 225/522 etc. of course Lamy 2000 - a ton of vintage Esterbrook and Parkers (love the VS and striped vacumatics), and a couple vintage Sheaffer and Waterman. Try to restore most of them myself if I can - just lots of fun

Also too many Penbbs/Asvine/Jinhao/Moonman(Majohn) etc!!

Recently picked up my first Chased Ebonite eyedropper - love it - call it medium flex XF to BB or BBB with some pressure

Near as I can tell would have been 1905 to 1921? Eatons was the Amazon in Canada from 1860's to 1990's and only opened the Winnipeg location in 1905 and looks like stopped using Toronto/Winnipeg on their catalogues in 1922??
Just love having some Canadiana in my fountain pen collection - I strongly suspect this is a Watermans pen rebranded for Eatons


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Suckin' on a chili dog
Outside the Tastee Freez.
RexMuff private msg quote post Address this user
After 20 years of landscaping, I now take ambulances apart and put them back together.

This is usually what I’m lookin at
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Apparently, I am easily annoyed. Rbolton private msg quote post Address this user
Owner of a small accounting/tax firm.
Welcome to the forums!!
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How do I know this? Because I've done it myself. lawguy1977 private msg quote post Address this user
Former cart boy at Petricka's County Market.
Former laborer for residential home construction crew.
Former painter of college dorm rooms.
Former advertising assistant at a newspaper.
Former employee at Border's Books (which still might be my favorite job of all time).
Former editor in the communications department of a regional health insurance company.
Former security guard at Target (super boring, but great place to work).
Former vacuum salesman (for only 1 day).
Former law clerk.
Former construction defect lawyer (super boring).
Former family law lawyer (not boring, but super miserable and emotionally draining).

Current personal injury trial lawyer in Vegas. It is absolutely nothing like what you see on TV, and, no, I haven't watched Suits. I don't own my own firm, and I drive a Honda. I hate ALL insurance companies. I also did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
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I wish I had a title. ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user
Waiting on someone to say "Fudge Packer"

Like, someone who boxes up and ships out fudge. Haha
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being an ass and being a clown are two very different things. HAmistoso private msg quote post Address this user
Missile boring
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I'm not a plagiarist. I'm also not illiterate. drmccoy74 private msg quote post Address this user
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@drmccoy74 I asked the mods for help and this is what one of them was able to find for me.

I did a quick scan, but didn't see a Dale Bozzio mention. Maybe I missed it.

Wow, seven years on... A lot of folks that used to post more often than they do now...
Too far back. This was almost exactly the same thread but 2-3 years ago.
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Apparently, I am easily annoyed. Rbolton private msg quote post Address this user
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Waiting on someone to say "Fudge Packer"

Like, someone who boxes up and ships out fudge. Haha
they would work here.

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I'm a McNugget guzzler. HeinzDad private msg quote post Address this user
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@drmccoy74 I asked the mods for help and this is what one of them was able to find for me.

I did a quick scan, but didn't see a Dale Bozzio mention. Maybe I missed it.

Wow, seven years on... A lot of folks that used to post more often than they do now...
Too far back. This was almost exactly the same thread but 2-3 years ago.
I think there was another one between now and this one. I don't remember quite a few of these dudes and it pre dates me by a year or two it seems.
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I'm a McNugget guzzler. HeinzDad private msg quote post Address this user
I'm one of @DrWatsons sycophants. If you really want to impress him curse in British. You know, bollocks, rim piece, and c^+?.
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I wish I had a title. ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user
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Waiting on someone to say "Fudge Packer"

Like, someone who boxes up and ships out fudge. Haha
they would work here.



Yes!!! I would absolutely workbtjere just to say what I do and where I work ; ro reaction purposes. Lol
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Apparently, I am easily annoyed. Rbolton private msg quote post Address this user
We’ve been there a few time, they truly have great fudge
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I wish I had a title. ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user
@Rbolton I'm a big fan of fudge so it would be worth it to make the tripe from Pa. 👍
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Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020. HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user
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I'm one of @DrWatsons sycophants. If you really want to impress him curse in British. You know, bollocks, rim piece, and c^+?.


Blimey; cack tossers and plonker wallys around here ought to bugger off to the CGC with all the manky nutters.

Like that? I tried to use codger, but I didn’t want to upset all codgers here.
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I wish I had a title. ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user
Oh biscuits!!! I've gone and wet me self.
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I'll probably wake up constipated. Pre_Coder private msg quote post Address this user
I've been around the block,.. many times,.. in many different arenas.
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I like bean sprouts. James42 private msg quote post Address this user
I build custom Land Rover Defenders.







And since I have 20+ years of experience in automotive service, I also do a lot of house calls.








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Cover, 8 pages before the staples, 8 pages after, back cover. MrNotSoNice private msg quote post Address this user
Software Engineer.

Been collecting since about 1965. Have a lot of 12-cent books I bought for 12-cents.
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Collector desslocktx private msg quote post Address this user
I deliver groceries in Dallas, TX, mostly Central Market nowadays. I like tip jobs, gig work. Got back into comics a few years ago and I enjoy comics shows, selling on eBay and MCS.

Prowling estate sales, antique malls. Tacos and coffee.
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Leftover Sundae Gnus CatmanAmerica private msg quote post Address this user
I'm still here after eight years, ...that's the first sign of at least one successful venture in life!

Not much has changed occupationally from the earlier entry on Page 4. I still occasionally lecture, volunteer my services as an auctioneer and create art. I'm also a satirical writer of sorts. Note: Sorts are difficult to categorize, but they do eventually get sorted.

Here's an aging daguerrotype of yours truly engaging a crowd with banter at a convention charity auction...


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