Hello All:

Well, this is my first post to this board, although I lurked a bit a few months back. After coming back to check things out last week, I decided I finally needed to join the discussion.

First of all: introductions. I started collecting back in February, after finally convincing myself that it would be okay to collect one more thing :-). In the interim I have tried to fill the walls of my game room with a collection of 150 or so chips (my favourites so far? Las Vegas of course). I probably have purchased chips from several of you from eBay over the last few months, and have not found a group of nicer individuals. (Be sure to check out my 15 minutes of fame: I am the second testimonial on the Cassidy Frames site ;-)). Anyway, after losing at the blackjack tables in Vegas last week, I decided that $20 wasn't so much to spend to join what is undoubtedly a less expensive and more rewarding passtime.

Well, am I done sucking up on how great you all are? I look forward learning from the vast knowledge base available here, and hopefully I won't seem like too much of a dork in the process. Thanks all in advance for your patience and understanding :-) (Okay, I am new to posting on any board, so I don't know how to do those emoticon things)

Brent J. Jensen
orbis non sufficit