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Being a native Houstonian, and this being my first post in the baseball thread, I feel qualified to play expert. I wouldn't say that there's been anything bad going on with the Astros pitching. In the first game against the Marlins, Roy O looked phemonenomanomanomanal. The second game, Pettitte got slapped around a good bit, but I deduce that's because he got a late start in spring training, so that was basically like his third spring start, and the Marlins are playing a bunch of rooks, so there's not really a book on em yet, and Joe Girardi was Pettitte's old catcher during the Yank-me days. In Game 3, Wandy Rodriguez looked about as good as he ever does. Brandon Backe looked alot sharper last nite than he has all spring (3 hits, 1ER, 6IP) which is crucial until Clemens comes back. Tonite, Roy looked less than stellar, but meh...And we've got this rookie pitcher, Taylor Buchholz, that's been freakin' great all spring and when he pitched last nite. He looks like he's gonna make the Billy Wagner trade look really good for Houston...judging by his spring work and his 3 innings last nite, but his first start is on Tuesday against San Fran, so that'll be interesting. What's really good for us 'Stros fans is Berkman and Wilson hitting 3 HRs each in three games and Berkman having back to back to back three RBI nights. Berkman, Ensberg, Wilson, and Lane in a row looks like it might have potential to turn around Houston's offensive woes. At least we remain hopeful. And that is the weekly state of the Astros address, since...nobody talks about the Astros.

Well, get some money, man. I sold the 48 masters, so I have what's left if you (when you get some money) or anyone else is interested.

So, I understand that you people enjoy wrestling, so I figured this was the place to advertise. Anyhow, I have....a rather sizeable collection of wrestling tapes-some commercial, some videotaped (all good quality)-of pretty much every major World promotion. I have a bunch of WWF/WWE stuff....pay-per-views dating from the early 80s to like...two years ago...pretty much all the big events. I also have most Raws and Smackdown!s from about late 2001-mid 2003 or so. Also, I have many, many WCW tapes...dating back to the NWA days....some late 80s NWA T.V. and pay-per-views ranging up to the later days. Also, I have some Japanese stuff and Indy stuff. I have comp tapes....uh...bootlegs...various things. I'd say I have between 300 and 400 tapes. I haven't cataloged all of them, because...there's alot of 'em, but, I'm just trying to gauge interest on whether or not anyone would be interested in purchasing the whole bulk set or a large portion of it for a lump sum. I really don't wanna try to sell them off individually because there's just so many of them, so if anyone's interested...uh...lemme know. And if anyone's looking to see if I have anything in particular, ask and I'll check. I'll try to get some pictures up just so everyone that might be interested can see the...girth of my collection. Also, if anyone from the Houston, TX area is interested, that would be great because I'm a Houstonian and if I could work something out with someone in the area that would save on shipping and what-not. Anyhow, if anybody's interested, lemme know. And since it's always good to close out sales pitches on a big note, I'll reiterate...About 300-400 wrestling VHS tapes, various pay-per-views and TVs from WWE/WWF, WCW/NWA, NJPW, AJPW, the first ROH tape, some other American indies...a few shoot interviews...uh...some of the WWF promotional TV stuff (the two WWF "The Weakest Link" episodes) and various other wrestling events for sale...looking to sell in bulk for one price (make me a legitimate offer).

Meh, I've got the 48 Masters that I have up on Ebay. Right now, they're at $57 or so. I'm just hoping that they sell before I get arrested by Vince McMahon and his new Ebay Gestapo. In other news, I refuse to do business with PayPal due to my religious preference.

I'm like Hank Hill at the Strickland Propane "Grill-stravaganza". Near the end of the week, fifteen minutes before closing, somebody's going to call me and wanna buy 158 propane tanks to heat the swimming pool down at the trailer park, but that will be too bad, as I don't have any propane tanks, only wrestling videos.

Arnie, my oldest and dearest friend, how could you say such hurtful things? Remember how I saved your bacon in Nineteen Aught Seven. I was waiting for you to tell me what tapes you wanted. I thought we had a potential deal. If you're still buying, I'm still selling. I just want people to like me.

You non-wanting to buy my wrestling tape assbutts have forced me to resort to eBay. I've put the DVDs and video games up there in one lot. The minimum bid is $.99. One guy has bid. If you're interested, go bid. I bid you to bid. eBay Auction

Right now, I am reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, alternately with The Cell by Stephen King. They're both wonderful, but for different reasons. I'll go out on a limb and say that Garcia Marquez is the finest writer of fiction ever.

Yeah, sure. $5 plus shipping...as long as you don't live in like...Zimbabwe or Tanzania or something. Just lemme know what you want.

Well, to quote Seneca who was quoting Epicurius..."Honesta res est laeta pauperatas." So, Arnie's got interest in two. Anyone wanna do something about the other 1812820912902138120398? I thought after I posted pictures of monkeys, everybody would be all over it.

I used to watch lots of Inspector Gadget cartoons. Didn't he get locked into safes? Because if he didn't that would discredit my memory, and if my memories are wrong, that could mean that I've been subjected to some like...brain voodoo like in "Logan's Run". Do you people think I'm some idiot savant? Like I just spout out weird things appropos of nothing? I mean...do any of you even have casual interest in my tape collection or do I hold the same fascination for people that Danny Bonaduce holds? Because I'm not Danny freakin' Bonaduce! ...Buy my stuff!

I only do softcore, meaning that I'll grope but not insert.

I fear that I shall never get rid of my wrestling tapes. Perhaps I will have to eat them in the lean years that are sure to follow my graduation of college this year with a degree in English Literature...such a useless degree. At least it's not Philosophy. So, "Duke", which thread do you want me to post in? It's an uh...all-request post-a-thon.

No, that was Robert Rankin. I'm also not the author of A Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me, Funny Boy Meets the Airsick Alien From Andromeda or The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. I did, however, pen a one-act play entitled "A Tale of Herpes: The Dog That Would Not Heel" that contained neither characters nor plot. It was cancelled after three performances.

Ah, my dear ex-puppy, my humor is not unintentional, which is to say that it's intentional, which is to say that I'm in full control of my mental facilities.

I am very sorry to hear that Duke the Dog has departed from this Earth. In memoriam, I will be running a special on my tape collection. The special isn't really that much of a special, in that I'm not uh...reducing prices or offering anything for free, but if you buy my tapes, it'll make me feel special. Come on, I know that somebody has to want at least one of my tapes. P.S.-I'm neither joking nor a gimmick. Somebody buy my shiznit, yo!

I reckon there's alot of people on here seeing as how there's a pay-per-view on tonite, so I thought I'd further push my wrestling collection, which is still for sale. And, to prove the validity of said collection, here's pictures of me and some monkeys: Needless to say, that's not all of my collection, but that's representative of the whole. There's an entire bookshelf full of tapes, two other shelves and a very large trunk. In addition, there's the DVDs and video games and the t-shirts modeled by the monkeys. Also, I'm in one of the pictures wearing an Astros hat, which proves that these are my stuff, because, as I've said, I'm from the Houston area and no one outside of Houston roots for the Astros. Now, are there any takers (under or over)?

No, Arnold, this isn't a parody. I'm really trying to sell my stuff. I'll have pictures later today. And when I do, I expect somebody to buy my stuff. And by "Expect", I mean "Hope".

Wrestling Collection T-shirts 1. Orange Tazz “Master of the Suplex” 2. Black Booker T “Spinarooni” 3. WWF Superstars 4. WWF Superstars child sweater DVDs: 1. The Rock-“The People’s Champ” 2. Stone Cold Steve Austin-“Hell Yeah” 3. Mick Foley-“Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops” 4. Hulk Still Rules 5. The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection 6. Rey Mysterio-619 7. Bloodbath-Wrestling’s Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches 8. Summerslam 2000 9. Summerslam 2001 10. No Mercy 2001 11. Wrestlemania 15 12. ECW Deep Impact 13. This is Ultimate Wrestling-5 disc set Video Games: 1. Smackdown!, Here Comes the Pain PS2 2. Legends of Wrestling 2 PS2 3. Def Jam Vendetta PS2 4. WWF No Mercy N64 Tapes (* denotes Commercial tape, i.e.-not taped by me) Non WWE/WCW 1. Stranglemania Vol.1* 2. Stranglemania Vol.2* 3. Juggalo Championshit Wrestling Vol. 1* 4. Best of Wrestling Slams* 5. Wrestling’s Wildest Matches (w/ Mando Guerrero!)* 6. AWA Best of Classic Wrestling 7. Best of SMW 8. ROH-Era of Honor Begins* 9. FMW Legend Dawns* 10. FMW King of Death Match* 11. ECW Extreme Evolution* 12. ECW Barely Legal* 13. ECW Best of Dudley Boys* 14. ECW Best of Cactus Jack* 15. ECW Path of Destruction* 16. ECW Hardcore History* 17. RVD Shoot 18. Honky Tonk Man Shoot 19. Eddy Guerrero Shoot 20. X-Pac Shoot 21. On the Road w/ Super Crazy and Tajiri 22. Best of Brian Pillman 23. Misawa v. Kobashi (yeah, that match) 24. Best of Tiger Mask Vol.1 25. Best of Tiger Mask Vol.2 26. Best of Ohtani 27. J-Cup 1994 28. AJPW New Year’s Giant Series 1993 29. Best of High Flyers Vol. 2 30. Battlarts TV 1997 31. NJPW Big Wednesday 1997 32. Cream of the Crap compilation 33. an unlabled comp tape 34. Phil Schneider Comp 1 35. Best of Benoit Vol.2 36. Best of All Japan 1993 37. Best of Hart vs. Austin 38. PWI Lord of the Ring 39. Best of Jericho in WCW 40. WWA Eruption 2002 41. Japanese Hardcore Wrestling II 42. UPW 3/28/02 43. Bret Hart on Contact: Talking to the Dead 44. Mick Foley Biography 45. Pro Wrestling Secrets Exposed 46. I Like To Hurt People 47. PWI Ringmasters: Great American Bash 48. Unreal Story of Pro Wrestling 49. WWF Weakest Link WCW/NWA 50. NWA TV July-Sep 86 51. Starcade 86 52. NWA TV Sep-Nov 87 53. NWA TV Jan 88 54. NWA TV March-April 88 55. NWA Starrcade 88 56. Chi-Town Rumble 89 57. Great American Bash 89 58. Wrestle War: War Games 89 59. Superbrawl II 60. Slamboree 93* 61. Spring Stampede 94* 62. Great American Bash 95 63. World War 3 95 64. Bash at the Beach 95 65. Halloween Havoc 95* 66. Starrcade 96 67. Superbrawl 96 68. Uncensored 96* 69. Slamboree 96 70. Nitro 5/27-8/12 96 71. Bash at the Beach 96* 72. Hog Wild 96* 73. Great American Bash 96 74. Nitro 9/30/96 & 10/7/96 75. Nitro 2/17/97 76. Nitro 8/19-9/9 & 11/11-11/18/96 77. Uncensored 98 78. Halloween Havoc 98* 79. Fall Brawl 98* 80. Starrcade 98 81. Souled Out 99* 82. Nitro 3-15-99 (first hour) 83. Nitro 4-19-99 84. Spring Stampede 99* 85. Nitro 7-17-99 86. Road Wild 99 87. Fall Brawl 2000 88. Nitro 8/23/99 & 3/19-3/26/01 89. Baywatch w/ WCW wrestlers 90. Ric Flari: 2 Decades of Excellence* 91. Best of Starrcade* 92. Sting: Deadly Venom* 93. Greatest Grudges* 94. Best of Fall Brawl* 95. WCW Best of Nitro NWA:TNA (from 6/26/02-12/18/02 and most shows after that until they started using the 6-sided ring) WWF/WWE 96. WWF Best of 2001 97. Most Memorable Matches 99* 98. Most Memorable Matches 2000* 99. TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs* 100. Best of Raw Vol. 1* 101. Best of Wrestlemania 102. Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith* 103. Three Faces of Foley* 104. Behind Tough Enough* 105. Kurt Angle: It’s True, It’s True 106. History of Wrestlemania (1994) 107. Summerslam’s Greatest Matchs (1992) 108. WWF Fear Factor 109. WWF Weakest Link 110. Bloopers, Bleeps, and Bodyslams 111. Grudges, Grunts, and Gripes 112. Battle of the Superstars ‘90 113. Supertape 4 114. Crunch Classic 115. Invasion of the Bodyslammers 116. Battle of the Superstars ‘92 117. Smack ‘Em, Whack ‘Em 118. Invasion ‘92 119. Rampage ‘92 120. Wrestlemania I 121. Wrestlefest ‘88 122. Summerslam 1989 123. Royal Rumble 1990 124. Wrestlemania V 125. Wrestlemania VI 126. Wrestlefest 1991 127. Wrestlemania VI 128. Wrestlemania VII 129. Wrestlemania VIII* 130. Summerslam 1992 131. Survivor Series 1992 132. Wrestlemania IX 133. Summerslam 1993 134. Survivor Series 1993 135. Royal Rumble 1994 136. Wrestlemania X* 137. In Your House 1995 138. Royal Rumble 1996 139. Wrestlemania XII 140. Raw 11/18/96 141. In Your House: Revenge of the Taker 142. Royal Rumble 1997 143. IYH: Final Four 144. Raw 2/17/97 145. Raw 3/3/1997 146. Summerslam 1997 147. Canadian Stampede 148. Bad Blood 149. Survivor Series 1997 150. Royal Rumble 1998* 151. Wrestlemania 14* 152. Unforgiven 1998 153. Over the Edge 1998 154. King of the Ring 1998* 155. Summerslam 1998* 156. Survivor Series 1998* 157. No Mercy 1998* 158. Armageddon 1999 159. No Way Out 2000 160. Judgment Day 2000* 161. NWO 2001 162. Wrestlemania X-7* 163. King of the Ring 2001 164. Smackdown! 9-13-2001 165. No Mercy 2001 166. Survivor Series 2001 167. Heat and Raw 11/18-11/19 2001 168. Smackdown! 11/22/2001 169. Vengeance 2001 170. Raw 12/10/2001 171. Royal Rumble 2002 172. NWO 2002 173. Wrestlemania X-8 174. Backlash 2002 175. Judgment Day 2002 176. Vengeance 2002 177. Summerslam 2002 178. Unforgiven 2002 179. No Mercy 2002 180. Survivor Series 2002 181. Armageddon 2002 182. Raw X 183. Royal Rumble 2003 184. NWO 2003 185. WWE/GGW PPV 186. Wrestlemania XIX (WWE Raw and Smackdown! From 12/13/2001-late 2003 or early 2004...at least 90% of the shows) (All PPVs from after Wrestlemania XIX to, I’m pretty sure, Wrestlemania XX) Here's my updated list of my collection. Apparently my digital camera no longer works or has become lost somehow, so I don't have pictures to verify yet, but if someone would like to buy my stuff for a couple or few hundred bucks, he/she can send me the money, and I'll use some of it to buy a digital camera and take pictures of my collection and post those pictures here so he/she can see that I am, in fact, legit. Someone make me an offer, so I can buy a 27-game mini season ticket plan to see the Astros.

So, this Irish guy walks into a bar with a steering wheel attatched to his crotch. The bartender goes, "Hey! You know you got a steering wheel on your crotch?!!?!?!?" The Irish guy goes, "Yes, I know! It's driving me nuts!!!!" Yeah, I'm a laugh riot. If somebody buys my tapes, I'll tell you all a joke about three lengths of rope.

I'm as honest as the day is long, and tiwce as attractive. Yeah, I'm working on getting pictures. They're forthcoming...for anyone that's interested. Are people less leery of giving someone with 4 posts $300 than someone with 3 posts?

Arnie, I took an immediate shine to you. Maybe it's because of your "old school" charm. Therefore, I am willing to accept your bid of $1.00, but only if you'll also include an additional $299 to cover shipping costs and...assorted labor.

O.k., since no one has yet bitten at my first offer, I will now revise it in a Ron Popeil-like fashion. In addition to the fore-mentioned 300 or so wrestling tapes showcasing the best and worst of the last twenty years from every major world promotion, I'm adding my complete collection of wrestling t-shirts-which includes an orange Tazz "Master of the Suplex" WWF shirt, a Booker T shirt from 2002, an original LWO shirt...for you Latinos, and a super old late 80s/early 90s WWF Superstars shirt with the Nasty Boys, the Bushwackers, Kerry Von Erich, and Hulk Hogan. Also included is a child-size black sweatshirt with the same design as the just prior mentioned t-shirt. Also, and here's where it gets good, I'm willing to include my wrestling DVD and video game collection. This includes The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection, a three disc set including The Rock-The People's Champion, Hell Yeah-Stone Cold's Saga Continues, and Mick Foley's Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops. Ah, but there's more! Other DVD titles Rey Mysterio-619, Hulk Still Rules, Bloodbath-Steel Cage Matches, ECW Deep Impact, Summerslam 2000, Wrestlemania 15, Summerslam 2001, No Mercy 2001, and a 5-disc set called This is Ultimate Wrestling including early footage of Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, Jeff Jarrett, and others when they were in...USWA, I think it was. On top of that, I'm willing to include my wrestling video games-Here Comes the Pain, Legends of Wrestling II, Def Jam Vendetta, and WWF No Mercy for N64. Also, I'm including my Wrestlemania 17 program, which was gotten at the event. So, to summarize: 300-378 video tapes (some recorded, some commercial) from all major promotions for the last 25 or so years 17 Wrestling DVDs 4 Wrestling Video Games 1 Wrestling Program 3 Wrestling shirts 1 Wrestling Children's sweater I'm not looking to get rich. I'm just looking to supplement my moderate income slightly in order to continue living my semi-extravagant lifestyle. I'm asking somewhere around $250-$300 plus shipping for everything. Once again, I live in the Houston area, so if you live in Houston or near the area, we could arrange somewhere to meet up so as to avoid the shipping issue. If nobody wants to buy my stuff, I guess I'll just...keep it for another 50 years, let it appreciate in value and sell it for millions. If you're interested, email me at [email protected] or reply here. Here's a partial list of my collection. I haven't gotten around to inputting all of my WWF-related tapes yet, but here's what I have not including those...and I have an assload of those. Wrestling Collection T-shirts 1. Orange Tazz “Master of the Suplex” 2. Black Booker T “Spinarooni” 3. WWF Superstars 4. WWF Superstars child sweater DVDs: 1. The Rock-“The People’s Champ” 2. Stone Cold Steve Austin-“Hell Yeah” 3. Mick Foley-“Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops” 4. Hulk Still Rules 5. The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection 6. Rey Mysterio-619 7. Bloodbath-Wrestling’s Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches 8. Summerslam 2000 9. Summerslam 2001 10. No Mercy 2001 11. Wrestlemania 15 12. ECW Deep Impact 13. This is Ultimate Wrestling-5 disc set Video Games: 1. Smackdown!, Here Comes the Pain PS2 2. Legends of Wrestling 2 PS2 3. Def Jam Vendetta PS2 4. WWF No Mercy N64 Tapes (* denotes Commercial tape, i.e.-not taped by me) Non WWE/WCW 1. Stranglemania Vol.1* 2. Stranglemania Vol.2* 3. Juggalo Championshit Wrestling Vol. 1* 4. Best of Wrestling Slams* 5. Wrestling’s Wildest Matches (w/ Mando Guerrero!)* 6. AWA Best of Classic Wrestling 7. Best of SMW 8. ROH-Era of Honor Begins* 9. FMW Legend Dawns* 10. FMW King of Death Match* 11. ECW Extreme Evolution* 12. ECW Barely Legal* 13. ECW Best of Dudley Boys* 14. ECW Best of Cactus Jack* 15. ECW Path of Destruction* 16. ECW Hardcore History* 17. RVD Shoot 18. Honky Tonk Man Shoot 19. Eddy Guerrero Shoot 20. X-Pac Shoot 21. On the Road w/ Super Crazy and Tajiri 22. Best of Brian Pillman 23. Misawa v. Kobashi (yeah, that match) 24. Best of Tiger Mask Vol.1 25. Best of Tiger Mask Vol.2 26. Best of Ohtani 27. J-Cup 1994 28. AJPW New Year’s Giant Series 1993 29. Best of High Flyers Vol. 2 30. Battlarts TV 1997 31. NJPW Big Wednesday 1997 32. Cream of the Crap compilation 33. an unlabled comp tape 34. Phil Schneider Comp 1 35. Best of Benoit Vol.2 36. Best of All Japan 1993 37. Best of Hart vs. Austin 38. PWI Lord of the Ring 39. Best of Jericho in WCW WCW/NWA 40. NWA TV July-Sep 86 41. Starcade 86 42. NWA TV Sep-Nov 87 43. NWA TV Jan 88 44. NWA TV March-April 88 45. Chi-Town Rumble 89 46. Great American Bash 89 47. Wrestle War: War Games 89 48. Superbrawl II 49. Slamboree 93* 50. Spring Stampede 94* 51. Great American Bash 95 52. World War 3 95 53. Bash at the Beach 95 54. Halloween Havoc 95* 55. Starrcade 96 56. Superbrawl 96 57. Uncensored 96* 58. Slamboree 96 59. Nitro 5/27-8/12 96 60. Bash at the Beach 96* 61. Hog Wild 96* 62. Great American Bash 96 63. Nitro 9/30/96 & 10/7/96 64. Nitro 2/17/97 65. Nitro 8/19-9/9 & 11/11-11/18/96 66. Uncensored 98 67. Halloween Havoc 98* 68. Fall Brawl 98* 69. Starrcade 98 70. Souled Out 99* 71. Nitro 3-15-99 (first hour) 72. Nitro 4-19-99 73. Spring Stampede 99* 74. Nitro 7-17-99 75. Road Wild 99 76. Nitro 8/23/99 & 3/19-3/26/01 77. Baywatch w/ WCW wrestlers 78. Ric Flari: 2 Decades of Excellence* 79. Best of Starrcade* 80. Sting: Deadly Venom* 81. Greatest Grudges* 82. Best of Fall Brawl* 83. WCW Best of Nitro