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From: ake@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARDS: McDonalds MVP cards
Date: 16 Dec 1992 20:29:25 -0500
Organization: Science Applications Intl Corp - Dayton, Ohio
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X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

	I have access to single cards from the McDonalds Donruss MVP cards
available at the McDonalds in Canada.  I also can get the foil packs as
well.  There are a few of the sets of 6 Blue Jays Gold Series left and 1 complete
set of the 26 MVP cards, 6 Gold Series, and checklist.  Prices are:

	Foil packs (3 MVP and 1 Gold card per pack) $2.00 each
	Single MVP cards as available $0.50 each
	Set of 6 Blue Jays Gold series $12
	Complete set of 26 MVP, 6 Gold, and checklist $25

	Prices do not include shipping.


-Earle
-- 
Earle Ake  Internet: <ake@dayton.saic.com>  NSI-DECnet (SPAN): 28276::ake
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: jduncan@nmt.edu (John Duncan)
Subject: CARDS: MAJOR ERROR !!! Fleer strikes again ...
Followup-To: same
Summary: Fleer ultra mismatches card fronts and backs.
Keywords: cards error fleer
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:18:18 GMT


Just opened up some Fleer Ultra bkball and found the worst error in several 
years.  The player on the front and the player on the back are not the same 
player.  Furthermore the gold foil on the front of the card corresponds to 
the player on the back (eg willie anderson is depicted as a 1st round draft 
pick when actually alonzo mourning on the back of the card is.

The dealer here in town immediately broke down the rest of the box and sorted
and came up woth about half a set of error cards.

Here's what we determined about the errors:

each card has its front/back swapped 
	(if mourning is on the back of Anderson's card then anderson 
	is on the back of mourning's card)

it appears that every card was affected, including checklists, although I
	cannot verify this yet as i do not have a complete set.  

I dont know the distribution of the errors yet, but in this one box, about 
	half the packs were ALL error, the rest contained no errors.  Five
	additional boxes were broke down and not one error was found.  


If you have found similar problems or have questions about the error,
Please respond and i will try to help.  

I am trying to determine the distribution of these errors, so if you have 
opened a box or more of Fleer Ultra Basketball, please write and let me 
know if you found any of these or any other errors.  I will post the results
for all after I get a reasonable sample.


Regards
		--John P. Duncan (jduncan@prism.nmt.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: kolayan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kevin Olayan)
Subject: CARDS: non-sport info wanted
Organization: University of Hawaii
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:10:18 GMT

I'm interested in price info on a Wolverine set by Comic Images made
--
Happy Collecting                          :  Kevin E. Olayan
e-mail: kolayan@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu    :  P.O. Box 1429
                                          :  Kailua, HI 96734    
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: stewart@healthy.uwaterloo.ca (Terry Stewart)
Subject: CARDS:  Personal to Roy Weintraub
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:20:08 GMT


Sorry about this, gang.  My communications to Roy are not getting
through, in spite of trying. 
 
Roy:
I did not find any of the sets that you were looking for.  I did
try and 3/4 of dealers had not even heard of the American and
French sets you wanted.  
 
I mailed you Sunday p.m. after the show and again this morning.
Sorry if my mail isn't getting through to you (it isn't bouncing
back to me).
 
Good luck finding your sets.
Terry../
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: card:92-93 UD 1a card auction
From: hsinhsin@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 14 Dec 92 00:24:35 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

Hi!
	I have 4 of 92 UD Trade Upper Deck (No# 1a) cards for auction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4 of 92-93 UD Basketball card (No# 1a) 

	min bid:$40
	high bid:$


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-I will use going once, going twice, sold
-Saturday and Sunday count as one day
-minimum increase is $0.50
-send all bid to "HsinHisn@oread.cc.ukans.edu"
-all cards are mint condition
-thank you and good luck

Sunny-----
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: jduncan@nmt.edu (John Duncan)
Subject: 92 Wild Card FB ...
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:46:02 GMT

I am looking for one or more 1992 Wildcard Red-hot Rookie
#11 of 30 from series 2 Football.  If you have one or more 
of these that you are willing to sell, contact me with your 
asking price.


Regards
		--John P. Duncan (jduncan@prism.nmt.edu)

Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: CCDB <CCDB@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: Mario Gold
Organization: McGill University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:57:59 GMT

I have a Mario Gold SP1 gold card # 5xxx just wondering what its
going for in various area's.

No its not signed.

The Big 'D'



Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: ts_rost@pavo.concordia.ca (*TsR)
Subject: Re: 1992 World Pro Championships from Landover, MD
Summary: Some clarifications, even though I didn't see it
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Concordia University
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 03:28:00 GMT

In article <Bz87D9.4xs@world.std.com>, htr@world.std.com (Helena T Robinson) writes...
> 
>Well, there were some good reasons for some of the missing:
>- Barbara Underhill is pregnant

Again? She just had twins this October. She did a bit of commentary work for
CTV here in Canada a month after giving birth (and showed a picture of the
twins, of course), and I think she'll be doing more of that for the next little
while than skating...

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E-mail          -   ts_rost@pavo.concordia.ca
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Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt)
Subject: Re: What about Ice Skating in the FAQ
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:51:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec7.163255.17708@photon.com> wmc@photon.com (Bill Cornette) writes:
>Now for the question -- is the person who is keeping the FAQ simply ignoring
>ice skating, or are there no FAQ items ever seen on the net with regard to
>ice skating?  Considering the action on the net with regard to ice skating, I
>doubt the latter and hope that there is a better explanation than the former.

I think this particular question has been covered pretty well. I wanted to
address the issue in its broadest terms.

In general, beginning newsreaders view news groups as some sort of paid
information service -- a passive medium for them to get good stuff from.
There are such sources of information available in the world, but this is
*not* what Usenet News is.

Usenet News groups are fueled by a different source: the passion of the people
who are in love with the activities and ideas represented by the various
groups. The quality of information is completely different than what's
available form commercial sources.

In other words, the thing that really makes News different is the
participation of its subscribers. Doing some research on their own. Describing
their personal experiences. And, sometimes, their opinions.  One of the
astonishing things is that posting *wrong* information is generally a good
thing -- some people will post a correction but will not volunteer information
(I do this sometimes).

Treating News as something to get rather than a place to participate may
be missing the boat.

As a semi-non-sequitor, the most fun group to read is news.answers: you get
to see people passionate in a vastly diverse domain of subjects!

>T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L.

Amen. To those who haven't read _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_:

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

I'm proud of what we've created here in rec.skate; I'll read FAQs and postings
from any skating discipline...

--phil
From: kim@guppy.uucp (Isaac Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.skate
Subject: Rollerblade miles = ? Running miles
Date: 17 Dec 1992 09:40:21 GMT
Organization: UC San Diego
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: guppy.ucsd.edu

I was wondering if someone out there knew what the equivalent 
of Rollerblading 10 miles is in running miles.  There is this
nice track around Lake Miramar in San Diego which is about 5
miles.  There are a few very slight gradations in the track, but
it is basicly flat.  The surface is relatively smooth asphalt.
I have Lightnings which are fairly new, so the bearings and
wheels are in good condition.  My time was about 45-50 minutes.
After the skate, I felt like I ran 3-4 miles at a 7-8 minute 
pace.  

Is there a more precise conversion, given these conditions, 
between blading miles and running miles?

Isaac (kim@bull.ucsd.edu)



Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: htr@world.std.com (Helena T Robinson)
Subject: Re: 1992 World Pro Championships from Landover, MD
Summary: Some clarifications, even though I didn't see it
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:41:32 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.064803.23427@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs431109@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs431109) writes (in part):
>There were new faces in this years show, and a few faces were definately
>missed.  Absent were Scott Hamilton, Underhill and Martini, Peter and Kitty,
>Debi Thomas and Robin Cousins -- all were missed.  But there were excellent
>performances by the new people -- Kristi Yamaguchi and Paul Wylie debuted
>in the competition and were immediate crowd and judge pleasers.

Well, there were some good reasons for some of the missing:
- Barbara Underhill is pregnant
- Debi Thomas has retired from skating and has finally begun medical school
- The Carruthers are probably beginning to lighten their load - TBS' "US 
  Olympic Gold" recently showed opening night of "Discover Stars on Ice" in 
  which an announcement was made that Peter & Kitty would retire after this 
  year.

Results deleted...  However, I will note that this may have been the first 
time Bechke and Petrov have placed higher than Mishkutenok & Dmitriev.

>Also fyi, the 1993 Tour of World Figure Skating Champions is scheduled
>to include: Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Peter Barna, Mark Mitchell
>Todd Eldredge, Gary Beacom, Torvill and Dean, Klimova and Ponomarenko,
>the Duchesnays, Usova and Zhulin, Nancy Kerrigan, Jill Trenary, Tonya
>Harding, Mishkutenok and Dmitriev, Brasseur and Eisler, Urbanski and 
>Marval, Kovaridova and Novotny, and surprise surprise!! Tai Babilonia
>and Randy Gardner.

WOW!  What a lineup!  When does the schedule come out???

Helena Robinson
htr@world.std.com
Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
Subject: Ice Figure Skating - A Competitive Sport For Gay Men
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 18:59:06 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland


A friend of mine told me this weekend that men participating in
competitive ice figure skating are known to chase peter, and this
has caused the sport to be plagued with AIDS, among other things.

Is there any truth to this? I recall there was at least one famous male
ice skater who died of AIDS in recent years, but I don't recall the
detail.
Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: dvr@doofus.b15.ingr.com (Doug Roberts)
Subject: Performance Bicycle's In-Line Skates
Keywords: Performance Bicycle, in-line skates
Reply-To: dvr@doofus.b15.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville Al.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:19:47 GMT

Hi All,

Do any of you have any experience with the 2 models of in-line skates
sold in the Performance Bicycle catalog?  Both are on sale right now
for $20 off regular price, and I was just wondering if they are a viable
alternative to such skates as the RollerBlade Lightning.  Any of you
who have a pair or have even tried them, I'd sure appreciate your
opinions.

Thanks!
-- 
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Doug Roberts                             E-mail: dvr@doofus.b15.ingr.com
Senior System Engineer                   Internet Address: 129.135.217.110
Federal Systems Division                 Phone: 205-730-1760
Intergraph Corporation
Mail Stop IW1510                         FAX: 205-730-6956
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Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: jaya@eng.umd.edu (Jayanti S. Kanal)
Subject: Re: Yamaguchi's and Boitano's boots and blades
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:13:38 GMT


To correct my previous posting:
>blade. It is also to my understanding that Vantage blades are 
>easier (more efficient?) *to manufacture* than some of the older blades, 
and this affects the price.

>
>
>
From: kimon@orac.holonet.net (Kimon Papahadjopulos)
Newsgroups: rec.skate
Subject: Re: Rollerblade miles = ? Running miles
Date: 19 Dec 92 02:44:43 GMT
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem

kim@guppy.uucp (Isaac Kim) writes:

>I was wondering if someone out there knew what the equivalent 
>of Rollerblading 10 miles is in running miles.  There is this
>nice track around Lake Miramar in San Diego which is about 5
>miles.  There are a few very slight gradations in the track, but
>it is basicly flat.  The surface is relatively smooth asphalt.
>I have Lightnings which are fairly new, so the bearings and
>wheels are in good condition.  My time was about 45-50 minutes.
>After the skate, I felt like I ran 3-4 miles at a 7-8 minute 
>pace.  

>Is there a more precise conversion, given these conditions, 
>between blading miles and running miles?

This kind of a hard thing to do because the muscles you exercise are
different when you skate and when you run.  Also, you are using much more
leg power in skating compared to the amount of leg muscle you use in running
for the same cardiovascular effort.

And I have noted while training for skate racing that sometimes your leg
muscles catch up to your lungs, and sometimes your lungs catches up to your
muscles.  That is, if your muscles are in great shape, its your lungs that
will be holding you back, and sometimes just the opposite.

So an accurate ratio would be a fairly personal thing, depending on in what
shape your skating muscles are verses your cardiovascular system.

But just to guess, a very good skater can skate a 50K (31 miles) in 1.5 hours.
A good runner could probably run the same distance in 2.5 hours.  So perhaps a
good multiplier for a good skater is around .6 skating miles/running miles.

So does this pan out for longer distances?  The 85 mile Athens to Atlanta
race can be done in about 4.5 hours.  Does anyone know if runners ever race
for 50 miles or more, and if so, how long does it take them?  (BTW, Athens
to Atlanta is constant hills, so perhaps it could be done in 4 hours or
so without hills).

Kimon
kimon@holonet.net
Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: jkaplenk@lucpul.it.luc.edu (Joe Kaplenk)
Subject: Re: Ice Figure Skating - A Competitive Sport For Gay Men
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:48:36 GMT

In <BzA03H.G66@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vs55212@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Venus Sinn ) writes:

>georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:


>>A friend of mine told me this weekend that men participating in
>>competitive ice figure skating are known to chase peter, and this
>>has caused the sport to be plagued with AIDS, among other things.

>>Is there any truth to this? I recall there was at least one famous male
>>ice skater who died of AIDS in recent years, but I don't recall the
>>detail.

>As we all know, figure skating is not just a sport for gays!!!  There are
>always some cofusions about a man showing his artistic side!!!  BTW, for
>the past several years, we all know that AIDS does not just transmit by
>the homosexuals!  The best example is Magic Johnson...do you think he is 
>gay????

This image has been a problem for many years. Some of it has to do 
with costuming. Scott Hamilton competed in speed skating outfits because he
hoped to try an give a different impression of freestyle skating. I have
known several young male skaters that have been harrassed out of skating
because of teasing from their hockey and non-hockey friends.

I think this image problem will persist until more males realize how athletic and fun
it is do jumps and spins and to compete in skating. Freestyle skating is very athletic,
but some people think that because it can also be artistic that that makes it a gay sport.




-- 
Joe Kaplenk,
jkaplenk@lucpul.it.luc.edu
312-764-1212 home, fax at home 312-465-0406
From: aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 17:10:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Complete beginner would like some tips.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: rec.skate

| ...speed-skating on ice...
| reason for ankle pain is that the angle between your legs, the skates and
|    	| |  | |                  | |  | |
|    	/_\  /_\   instead of	  /_\  /_\
|    	 /    \                    |    |

           (nice ascii representation)

When I said that I wear the 'tops loose', I was talking about the top buckle 
on a pair of plastic shell roller-blades.  That is to say...

                                Roller Blades
                                  |_|  |_|  /____  Looks too tall, but it's
      Speed skates     (high-tops)|_|  |_|  \      the top one I don't over-
    	| |  | |                  |_|  |_|         tighten. Works for me.
    	/_\  /_\ (low ankle)      /_\  /_\
    	 |    |                    0    0

| ...know if speed-skates is the correct translation?
Clueless, but it sounds right. And I agree that the foot/skate interface
is critical for good control.  But of course, that doesn't stop my 7 year
old daughter from wearing my blades to roll around the living room.  Ah,
the wonders of youth. <grin>
From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: rec.skate
Subject: article about Victor Petrenko in NYT
Date: 14 Dec 1992 09:16:01 -0500
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
Distribution: rec
NNTP-Posting-Host: functor.systemsz.cs.yale.edu

There was an article about Victor Petrenko in Sunday's NY Times.  He says
he is definitely not interested in competing in the 1994 Olympics, although
he may decide to try in 1998.  (He'd only be 28 then.)  He said there was
no truth to the rumor that he was going to try to become a US citizen -- he
still considers himself a Ukrainian, and is something of a national hero
there.  He's recently been married to his coach's daughter, and all three
of them are now living in Las Vegas.

-Sandra



Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: vs55212@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Venus Sinn )
Subject: Yamaguchi's and Boitano's boots and blades
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:23:54 GMT


Hi!  Does anybody know what kind (brand-wise) of boots and blades Kristi
Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano are using??  And, can anybody tell me if SP
Teri boots and Gold Star blades (what I am having right now) are any
good?  I am interested in upgrading both of them.


Thanx in advance!



Venus

Newsgroups: rec.skate
From: lebowitz@Morgan.COM (Mike Lebowitz)
Subject: Re: 1992 World Pro Championships from Landover, MD
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., NY NY
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 14:12:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.064803.23427@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs431109@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs431109) writes:

   Subject: 1992 World Pro Championships from Landover, MD
   Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account)
   Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services
   Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:48:03 GMT


   The pairs competition was disappointing, except for the winners. Why do the
   Russian pairs pick such abhorant music? 

I guess tastes differ -- we thought the artistic programs of the top three
pairs were among the best we'd ever seen.  And the technical programs
were fine, too.  Beche and Petrov were a suprise, but great.

   The dance competition was equally abismal except for the winners.  

It was the weakest spot -- the judging, while inflated throughout, was
really off the wall here.  I have no clue as to how Anneko/Sretenski
got tens for their free piece. B&B's, while odd, semed far superior.

   Boitano pulled a piece out of his attic and redid Pavarotti's 
   Parlami d'amore, Mariu. He put in a few more jumps than I've seen in his
   exhibition performance of that piece, and was naturally breathtaking.
   His technical piece was to Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite. This guy just seems
   to keep getting better and better. 

Boitano is truly amazing -- as fine as the men's competition was, he
was very clearly the best -- he just never makes a mistake. 

Overall this was a great competition -- skating from 7Pm til almost
midnight and almost all of it excellent.  One question for others who
stayed to the end -- does anyone know what the large loving cup they
had was for?  They gave out silver plates to the winners and there was
one huge cup left over, which they never gave out.  The skaters seemed 
puzzled, too.  Our guess was that it was just for pictures.

   Mary :-)

mike lebowitz