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I don't feel like creating a new personal thread, so I'll post this here. My younger daughter the biologist, who's 27 and lives with us, is moving into a nice but tiny apartment in the wonderful city of Newburyport MA. It cuts her commute in half and eliminates a NH toll.

The place is literally at the intersection of the most popular street in the downtown. All the restaurants, shops, and waterfront park/ concert arena are right there.

She's happy and excited, Mrs Scotch is happy, I'm happy for her, but sad. I know that this point in my life is long overdue, but it still represents both freedom and loss, and another stage to my life. Probably the last one.

She'll still be close, and she'll probably spend weekends here. I'm sure it'll be good for her.
 
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Aaron

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That looks like a lovely New England town. Glad she will still visit you on the weekends though. I dread the day that my kid is old enough to move out.
 
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This man estimated his baseball card collection to be worth as much as $50,000 – and he chose to make a little girl happy by donating it to her. That is worth a lot more.

A California man donated 25,000 baseball cards to a 9-year-old girl who lost her collection in a wildfire

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A California man donated 25,000 baseball cards to a 9-year-old girl who lost her collection in a wildfire | CNN

After Reese Osterberg lost her collection of baseball cards in a California wildfire, Kevin Ashford decided to give her his 25,000-card collection that goes back to the 1960s.
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JHDK

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Channel98 said:
This man estimated his baseball card collection to be worth as much as $50,000 – and he chose to make a little girl happy by donating it to her. That is worth a lot more.

A California man donated 25,000 baseball cards to a 9-year-old girl who lost her collection in a wildfire

www.cnn.com

A California man donated 25,000 baseball cards to a 9-year-old girl who lost her collection in a wildfire | CNN

After Reese Osterberg lost her collection of baseball cards in a California wildfire, Kevin Ashford decided to give her his 25,000-card collection that goes back to the 1960s.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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Her mom will just throw them out in a couple years and she'll spend her adult life bitching about how they could have been worth a fortune.
 
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JHDK has always resented his mom for accidentally throwing out his 1963 Joe Shlabotnik rookie card.

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Joe Shlabotnik

Joe Shlabotnik is a retired major league baseball player and, like all adults, an unseen character in the world of Charles M. Schulz's long-running comic strip, Peanuts. He was first referred to by name in the Sunday strip from August 18, 1963, although Schroeder mentions a pianist named "Joseph...
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Channel98 said:
JHDK has always resented his mom for accidentally throwing out his 1963 Joe Shlabotnik rookie card.

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Joe Shlabotnik

Joe Shlabotnik is a retired major league baseball player and, like all adults, an unseen character in the world of Charles M. Schulz's long-running comic strip, Peanuts. He was first referred to by name in the Sunday strip from August 18, 1963, although Schroeder mentions a pianist named "Joseph...
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That's perfect for him.
 
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This 12-year-old hand-carved a baseball bat for a friend. Other people wanted a bat. He now has a business ( thegreatderecho.com/ ) and a Facebook page ( The Great Derecho - Tommy's Baseball Bat Story ).

An Iowa boy is selling baseball bats he makes from fallen trees to raise money for storm victims

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An Iowa boy is selling baseball bats he makes from fallen trees to raise money for storm victims | CNN

After a powerful wind storm struck Iowa in August, the city of Mount Vernon was left covered in fallen trees and other debris.
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Channel98 said:
This 12-year-old hand-carved a baseball bat for a friend. Other people wanted a bat. He now has a business ( thegreatderecho.com/ ) and a Facebook page ( The Great Derecho - Tommy's Baseball Bat Story ).

An Iowa boy is selling baseball bats he makes from fallen trees to raise money for storm victims

www.cnn.com

An Iowa boy is selling baseball bats he makes from fallen trees to raise money for storm victims | CNN

After a powerful wind storm struck Iowa in August, the city of Mount Vernon was left covered in fallen trees and other debris.
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I wanted to find the clip from Naked Gun where Inspector Drumond asks the umpire if this is an official bat ... then bumps him on the head with it .. but it did not make you tube.

So are these MLB standard bats?
 
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HecticArt

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Channel98 said:
If "MLB" means "Made by Little Boy," yes.
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Annnnddddddd.
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Swing and a miss strike one.
 
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