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Long Weekend of Hockey

  A few weeks back a friend of mine and I decided to head south of the border for a weekend of hockey games.  For those not familiar, the reason we went to Des Moines was because it is the home to the MN Wild's AHL affiliate team, the Iowa Wild.  Minor league hockey might not be on most people's list of things to do but the games are fun and cheap.  Center ice seats were only $30.  Plus, they play in a nice stadium and in a clean city. It also helped that it was $2 for CL's and we got a bobblehead!  That totally made the drive worth it. However when I got back I had a nice, tall, stack of mail to sort through.  So let's see what I got. First up, Angus of  Dawg Day Cards  fame sent me this '72 Phillies card to help with my set build. Thank you! Another set need, this Boyhood Photo of Willie Stargell was in the mail stack.  I had ordered this about a week prior so it's nice to check this off.  I'm down to a $275 budget with 21 cards t...

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