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I became a dealer because
when I was younger,

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I read a few too many
Conan books,

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and I started to get interested
in swords and armor

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and learned how to make armor
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and got interested
in weaponries.

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And then we went to gun shows, and we
used to carry the armor on the table.

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Then in about 1991, they came out with
the 25th anniversary Star Trek cards,

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and I got all excited and went down
and bought a few too many boxes

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and broke them all for sets,
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and I got my sets, and then
I had all these sets left over.

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So we took them to the gun show,
and I put them next to the armor,

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and then all of them
disappeared.

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And then they started asking me
for one of these and one of those.

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And the armor started moving farther
and farther off the edge of the table,

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and now it's on the floor,
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and these and those have
taken over everything.

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I'm working now with a company
that is doing cookie jars.

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They're 30th anniversary
Star Trek cookie jars.

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I've collected 759 autographs
in about 5 years--

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of the Star Trek characters.
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This is going to be
kind of like Christmas,

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ripping open
all these packages and stuff.

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She just got me
hooked on the cards.

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I've just become addicted.
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I told you, all you have to do
is buy one pack.

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You just buy one pack,
and you're automatically addicted.

:56:15
I've been in printing
now for 11 years.

:56:18
I work in the bindery department.
:56:21
Woman: A lot of people
do think she's strange,

:56:22
and they'll say, "What kind
of person is she really?"

:56:24
And honestly, she's very
well-educated and intelligent.

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She takes her job responsibilities
very seriously.

:56:31
She's a good worker.
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But I think a lot of people think
she's not very intelligent,

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whereas, really, she is.
:56:38
Man: Bobby is
a little bit eccentric,

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but it's a good quality
kind of eccentricity.

:56:45
The customers do think it's
a little bit strange sometimes,
but they get a kick out of it.

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Everyone's got their quirks,
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and we just
work around and with those.

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When I first came
into the shop,

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I was going around meeting everyone
and getting names,


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