How sentimental are you?

[Calandale]

Sniff it. Might help.

I have been sniffing at this dilemma for about three hours, now.

Does it feel urgent?

[Calandale]

mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.

He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.

Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?

[McGiver]

Games are the only way I can deal with some of life's pains. The games forum seemed appropriate for most of my thoughts, recently.

i started avoiding the games forum because i wanted to have more depth to my posts.  but it seems that i am caught in a rut of being superficial.  and the numbers have become too important.  i will get rid of the funk i am in.  i am taking positive steps to do so.  but then the s e x ual banter keeps sidetracking my goals....i am not complaining.

[McGiver]

mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.

He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.

Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?

i became a fan in 1977.  he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.

[DirtDawg]

But what about this shit?

Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?

i have about a quarter million baseball cards.  a few hundred are sentimental to me.

A big quantity seems scary, but the few that have meaning to you make me really wonder why they have value to you. I am in a place I can't see past. I am selfish and this is larger than I am.

mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.

... and you probably have some identity with the events of your life that occurred as certain cards were collected. That's the way it is with my coin collection. It is more valuable to me for the memories I associate with it than the pieces of silver.

[Calandale]

mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.

He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.

Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?

i became a fan in 1977.  he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.

About the same time I did.
Hmm...how late did he keep playing?

[DirtDawg]

Sniff it. Might help.

I have been sniffing at this dilemma for about three hours, now.

Does it feel urgent?

Yes, mainly that I ...

I don't know.

[Calandale]

other things, pictures ect.

I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.

[McGiver]

mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.

He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.

Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?

i became a fan in 1977.  he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.

About the same time I did.
Hmm...how late did he keep playing?

1990 or there about.  i forgot more baseball knowledge than i care to share, here.  i used to be a trivia nut.  i just stopped following it one day.

[willow]

I have been cleaning out my garage and really,  I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.

However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.

Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?

smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.

[DirtDawg]

other things, pictures ect.

I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.

I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.

[Calandale]

other things, pictures ect.

I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.

I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.

Think on them too, I guess.
Really focus. I know you are,
but I can't do this for you.
All I can tell you is what you
know.

[Kiriana]

I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco.  I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco.  Definitely keep the pipe.  Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.

[DirtDawg]

other things, pictures ect.

I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.

I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.

Think on them too, I guess.
Really focus. I know you are,
but I can't do this for you.
All I can tell you is what you
know.

Then tell me more, please.

[DirtDawg]

I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco.  I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco.  Definitely keep the pipe.  Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.

Remember that all quality tobacco is AGED. That has little to do wiht my questions, though.

It is obvious to me that you have not grasped the essence of what I hold in my hand.