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Pillar of the Community
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Also I am left handed, so you can see in picture number one that the ol North paw (right hand) is taking a beating....
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Valued Member
United States
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Silverhawk74, Sounds like any money you get from the job, goes back to the owner. You get an advance education in the ways of bullion, get paid for it. And you use the funds from your hourly wage to build your stash. Sounds to me you can't go wrong in your new vocation. I am truly jealous. I'd give anything for a part-time gig like that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well I don't know what section of the country you live Rasta, but good chance we have a store opening up near you that you could apply at and I would put in a good word for you or anyone here that ever wanted to apply, as we need good people with good coin knowledge to fill those new stores, which are far an few anymore in my estimation....
And if not the company I work for, good chance you have a store close by that could use some part time help. I kind of got my foot in the door by buying a half a dozen different times, an eagle or two each time, and sold some stuff there as well, a few coins in winter, and just spotted sign in the window an applied one day while buying a proof eagle. I had to wait for a bout an hour to talk to the manger who was doing a long evaluation of many coins, but it was worth the wait in the end I now figure for sure, great learning experience so far.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This reminds me of that book "The Jungle", by Upton Sinclair. These guys working in the stockyards were using acid to get the wool off of the sheep that they were processing. A lot of them had nubs for fingers, because over the years, the acid just melted their fingers right off.
Be careful, Hawk. If you're going to do this every day your fingers won't be long enough to wrap around your goalie stick!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, the same thing happens to the workers who process pineapples. With them, there is an enzyme in the pineapple juice that attacks skin. Quite a few of them have no identifiable finger prints. All they have is an outline of their fingers with a smudged area inside the outline. Pineapple juice is one thing, though. Nitric acid is a completely different animal... and a much more dangerous one at that. Don't want the people in Hawk's area to say, "Yeah, I knew that guy. He went away"... as in dissolved.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Nitric is also good to keep off your clothes, unless you're into the holed look.
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"Yeah, I knew that guy. He went away"... as in dissolved. Wicked witch of coin appraisals, melting in a vat of nitric acid. If you eat too much pineapples your throat will become inflamed because of the enzymes. That's why I can only stomach grilled pineapples (mmmm.... grilled pineapples in honey and red wine...). The heat denatures the enzymes and renders them inert. Heat nitric acid up and you'll melt your eyes with the fumes. |
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Nitric is also good to keep off your clothes, unless you're into the holed look. Exactly right. Fredd. Ditto for car mechanics and the H2SO4 in car batteries. Quote:
Wicked witch of coin appraisals, melting in a vat of nitric acid. Oh, man! That would be one ugly, nasty, and excruciating way to go! Quote:
The heat denatures the enzymes and renders them inert. Indeed so. Enzymes are proteins that have a very characteristic shape. Their component atoms and their shape combine to create their chemical activity. Bend them via heating and they no longer have the shape they need to be active. Quote:
Heat nitric acid up and you'll melt your eyes with the fumes. Most of the mineral acids give off toxic and corrosive fumes when heated. Perchloric acid, HClO4, is especially bad for that. |
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