MAY's MEMBER OF THE MONTH IS

BILL (UCB ID WILD BILL)

What is the one card/memorabilia you would sell your soul to own?
SOME OF THE GOLDEN OLDIES, LIKE GEORGES VEZINA!!

Why did you start collecting? and how long have you been collecting?
SISTER CAME VISTITING IN 95/96 WITH A BOX OF BAP AUTO, BOUGHT A BOX THE NEXT DAY AND PULLED A ROY AUTO.... WAS HOOKED!!!

Is there a card you wish you had back?
ICE CROSBY RC, ( but did get 2500 bucks in bap autos )

How Many cards would you say are taking up space in your home?
2,000,000

What would you like to see either added or taken away from the hobby?
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE COLLECTORS RETURN TO THE HOBBY, MOST HAVE A LOTTERY ADDITUDE, (open a pack or box, and want to sell it back to me to get more)

What Player if any, would you say affected your everyday life as a child?
EDDIE SHACK... ( class clown, but still effective, still cant read or write, but made the best of what he had, a show man!!!.. think its where i got the additude , if ya got lemons, make lemonaide

What is your Ultimate Product or set of Card board?
95/96 BAP AUTO , dont think i will ever get the richter or gretzky 

What is the best card you personally pulled from a pack/box?
CHOICE OF 2 ICE CROSBY RC, OR 1/1 GRETZKY ULTIMATE VICTORY

What is the best trade you've completed?
30,000 COMMONS FOR 10,000 PARALLELS

What do you think about the state of the hobby?
SUCKS BIG TIME, GONE FROM A HOBBY WHERE FATHERS OR GRANDFATHERS, COULD BOND WITH THEIR KIDS, IN A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE HOBBY, AND BE INVOLVED IN OUR NATIONAL PASTIME
NOW IT IS LEGALIZED GAMBLING FOR KIDS ( 6 to 60 ) VERY FEW COLLECTORS, JUST FLIPPERS
VIDEO GAMES, AND THE INTERNET, ARE NOW USED AS BABY SITTING TOOLS, AND LESS TIME BONDING WITH THE KIDS, AND AS IN EVERYTHING THE KIDS ARE THE BLOOD LINE OF THE INDUSTRY, THAT IS SLOWLY DYING, HENSE THE ADVENT OF ALL THE RECYCLING OF THE RETRO PLAYERS, AND THE APPEAL TO THE 60s AND 70s COLLECTER, FURTHERING THE GAP BETWEEN THE KIDS COLLECTING OR NOT

What do you put on your pizza?
I MAKE A CRUSTLESS PIZZA, 2LBS OF HAMBURGER SQUISHED ONTO A COOKIE SHEET (not too thin)
divide into quarters, and just empty the fridge, BUT MY FAVOURITE QUARTER IS ALWAYS THE BAR BQ, CHICKEN JALIPIENO BACON AND CHEESE WITH MIXED PEPPERS
TALK ABOUT MEAT-LOVERS !!!

What's the one thing you know you shouldn't have done in your life but did it anyway?
GOT MARRIED!!!. ( would take a few hrs, and would be too entertaining ) 

Your Favorite Team(s)?
CANUCKS, 
WHAT EVER TEAM STEVE NASH PLAYS BASKET BALL FOR, 
GROWING UP WAS A YANKEE FAN CAUSE I WANTED TO BE MICKEY MANTLE, DONT CARE NOW
CHANGES EVERY YR FOR FOOTBALL, BUT WOULD LIKE THE BROWNS TO MAKE A COME BACK

What was the first live game you remember?
1963 GREY CUP... 15 ROWS UP ON THE 55 YARD LINE ( canadian football eh!!) LIONS AND TICATS
HOME GAME IN VANCOUVER ( im 12 yrs old some one from back east is sick and cant make the game, and my mom get s me the ticket for free) WHEN I GET TO EMPIRE STADIUM, I REALLIZE IM ON THE VISITORS SIDE, HAVE ALL THE HAMILTON FANS AROUND ME, WAS A LITTLE SCARY AT FIRST, ALL THESE OLDER FANS BAD MOUTHING MY TEAM, SOME JERK GIVING 10 TO 1 ODDS CATS WOULD SCORE FIRST, ( thinking he was save in a ticats crowd and there would be not takers ) 
I WAS REALLY PISSED AT THE LOUD MOUTH, SO YELL " I GOT TEN BUCKS " FIRST $100 BUCKS I EVER MADE, LONG STORY SHORT ( shorter ) WILLIE FLEMING ( my hero) got flaten with a late hit out of bounds in the back, and knocked out of the game, ONE LIONS FAN AROUND 5000 TICATS, AND I DONT KNOW HOW MANY "F" BOMBS CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH, BUT THE CROWD WAS HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT THAT ONE 12 YR FAN
LIONS LOST THAT DAY, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE ANGLO MOSSCA, I WAS RICH IN MY POCKET, BUT ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!!

What is your favorite sports memory?
HENDERSON SCORING WINNING GOAL, SUMMIT SERIES!!
was going to get my passport to go to mexico for a holiday ( used to get them same day ) went in a got my picture taken, guy adviced me it would take an hr, and i could wait across the road at the bar
got to watch the last period, WHAT AN ENDING !!!

Favorite Card/memorabilia?
GUY SHOWED ME PART OF HIS 1917/1918 SET, CANT GET THEM OUT OF MY HEAD, TALK ABOUT VINTAGE!!! WORDS ARENT GOOD ENOUGH TO DISCRIBE THEM 

Favorite Food?
POPCORN, ( real butter )
FRESH SEAFOOD, ( i mean fresh, catch it and eat it) bar b qued salmon, or steamed prawns 

Favorite TV Show?
IF THE TV IS ON , ITS ON A SPORTS CHANNEL

Favorite Movie?
FORGET THE NAME, VIET NAM MOVIE, starts with I LOVE THE SMELL OF NA-POME IN THE MORNING real side of viet nam war, young kids sent off to die, so the oil barons can keep their money, lost a few friends there. 

Favorite Bands?
SANTANA
FLEETWOOD MAC
EAGLES

What do you do for a Living?
TRY TO SELL HOCKEY CARDS, ( usually end up trading them on a trade site ) 
FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE COME THREW THE DOOR , 7 WANT TO SELL ME THEIR CARDS, ( truly ammazing how much 90/91 ud is in one town , cant imagine world wide )
USED TO BE 7 CARD SHOPS IN TOWN, NOW JUST ONE, YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD BE THE RICHEST GUY IN TOWN, CANT REALLY PAY THE BILLS

Do you have any other hobbies?
used to, but as they say... if you dont use it ... you loose it , ITS GONE!!!
ALSO USED TO GOLF AND FISH ... but cant afford them now ( see one item above )