True, MagikFingers, nor would we without X-rays, but it is definitely not behind his head.

By the way, mrdude42: The King of Hearts is often called The Suicide King because he holds the sword behind his head, and the flat, two-dimensional view we have of it makes it look like he has stuck the sword through his head. Your King of Hearts most definitely has his sword running through his hea...

I like the courts, mrdude42! Decks with custom courts are my favorites, and I like what you have done so far! Your King of Clubs reminds me: Has anyone else wondered why the King of Clubs is usually shown with an orb floating in mid-air in front of him? There is a reason! Back in the very early days...

Now I'm wondering if I should have titled my "Introduce Yourself" post

"44 years in and 2000+ decks in"!

Hey guys, Its me Lara a.k.a Krystle (or the other way around). Some of you may already know me most probably not. But anyway, Since I used to post in purple over at the Discourse, perhaps I'll use pink here ^-^ Hi, Lara/Krystal or Krystal/Lara! Purple has been my favorite color since I was a toddle...

Hey Fluffy! I've got it bad as well... looking at my tally from KickStarter, up until mid-November, I'm now on the line for 32 decks... HA HA HA 32 decks!!! I didn't know there had been that many ok kickstarter. MJF didn't say 32 different decks! He/she might have gotten 32 copies of the same deck!...

That's odd.

When I click on it, it takes me immediately to the second URL you mention, and stays there.

Perhaps a diff in our browsers? I'm using IE7.

Welcome, Redeemer!

So, what got you interested in cardistry?

I see no redirecting. click on the link, and do a right-click/Properties on the image trhat comes up. You will see the exact same URL as is in the IMG tags.

No redirecting.

Hmm. what makes you think it redirects?

Thanks for trying to figure it out, Pete.

badpete69 wrote:RSL give me a link for one pic that you are trying to post

Here is one, thanks:

http://web.archive.org/web/200412210829 ... /heart.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...okay, now THAT one works.

Is it because it id a .jpg, or maybe because the site hosting it allows hotlinking?

Hmm.

if you can see that i just clicked the Img tab and placed the full url inbetween [img]http://www.funnyjunksite.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/funny_cat_pictures_095.jpg[/img] ...which is exactly what I did. Could it be because the images I am trying to display are .gif files and yours is a .jpg file?

I am an "old school" anime fan. "My Neighbor Totoro" is one of my favorite films of all time, of any type! My son and I used to watch a lot of anime on TV together. What was that film noirish Science fiction series about the space ship with the bounty hunter crew - they had a me...

Hello, I can to this place from kick starter. I have only just started collecting cards about 6 weeks ago and I have on hand 21 decks already. Plus 3 more in the mail. 2 in a completed KS project and about 5 others in current projects not counting duplicates. OUCH!! So I have the bug! Share anythin...

All: I'm a newbie here, but have been using online forums since the 1990s. Can anyone tell me why the following image tags are not loading images? http://web.archive.org/web/20041221082907im_/http://members.aol.com/blgupc/blgupc/peanuts/heart.gif http://web.archive.org/web/20041224040043im_/http://m...

Here is another story of a great feeling I got from a Playing Card collecting experience: I was attending a convention of the 52 Plus Joker organization (a society of collectors of American playing cards) in 1997 when the then-president of the club told me that he had purchased a great deck of cards...

Thanks, Cardman! Of course, I couldn't do a "windmill" if my life depended on it! By the way, your User Name reminds me of when many folks -especially the clerks in various stores where I looked for playing cards on my lunch hour - called me "The Playing Card Guy"! I would walk i...

Wow! That is really incredible! I am happy to hear that collecting playing cards has brought about such terrific experiences for you. How do you go about storing so many decks of cards? Do you open all of them or keep some sealed? What is the greatest quality or emotion that you can describe about ...

SilvaAce wrote:Really cool read Robert! I can't imagine 30 years from now what deck collecting stories I will have. Thanks for sharing your story and keep on with the addiction.

I'm sure you will have stories you could not even dream of now, Silva! You keep on too, thanks!

Very cool (and extensive!) story about your hobby. I'd wager that you have one of the largest collections of anyone on here, and probably have been collecting for a lot longer than most as well. Very interesting to hear of all the things you've found and seen, and if you come across any new acquisi...

Oops, I just saw that the image links are not working. They can all be seen by visiting the archive.org copy of my old site, at: http://web.archive.org/web/20050421004928/http://members.aol.com/RSLancastr/blgupc/blgupc.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="...

Hello again all: Robert S. Lancaster here again. As I said in my "Introcing RSLancaster (me)!" thread (in the "Introduce Yourself" section of the UC Forum), I have a collection of more than 2,000 decks of unusual playing cards - primarily deks with non-standard (custom) courts. A...

Thanks, Emmanuel, and thanks for checking out the archive of my site! Pages can sometimes load horribly slow from archive.com, due (I think) to the extremely complex network of folders they use, so I hope it wasn't too frustrating an experience for you. I'm glad the site made your day, and I know wh...

I am an "old school" anime fan. "My Neighbor Totoro" is one of my favorite films of all time, of any type! My son and I used to watch a lot of anime on TV together. What was that film noirish Science fiction series about the space ship with the bounty hunter crew - they had a mec...

Hello, I can to this place from kick starter. I have only just started collecting cards about 6 weeks ago and I have on hand 21 decks already. Plus 3 more in the mail. 2 in a completed KS project and about 5 others in current projects not counting duplicates. OUCH!! So I have the bug! Share anythin...

=====[ INTRODUCTION ]===== Hello all. My name is Robert S. Lancaster. I am not a cardist (as I understand the term), but I do have a collection of more than 2,000 decks of unusual playing cards, which I have been collecting since the 1990s (actually, I bought my first unusual deck in 1968 or 1969, a...