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Pillar of the Community
United States
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90% of my collection is civil war coins (2 cent pieces of course) I'm now thinking I've trapped thousands of souls, mostly of dead soldiers, in little 2x2 Mylar flips inside double row boxes! Oh no!  Could I be looking at a Poltergeist event horizon happening, my whole house sucking in on itself in a tiny black hole? That's what the movies tell me will happen.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440
Edited by westcoin 03/11/2024 2:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19277 Posts |
Imagine the torment of being trapped in the innards of an industrial dryer...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10048 Posts |
So does this mean PCGS (etc.) are really encasing souls? 
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: Could I be looking at a Poltergeist event horizon happening, my whole house sucking in on itself in a tiny black hole? That's what the movies tell me will happen. Do not do it, Carol Anne!  Quote: Imagine the torment of being trapped in the innards of an industrial dryer...  Quote: So does this mean PCGS (etc.) are really encasing souls? Babylon 5! I do need to give that series a re-watch. Looks like it is on Roku and Tubi. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10048 Posts |
B5...to me one of the most incredible series ever made. BTW jbuck...did you know they used Amiga computers to make all of the graphics and ships?
At the time there was no other computer system powerful enough to make things like that. But...you would be aware of that. I mention it for the sake of all those poor souls who never knew/experienced a platform capable of what they enjoy nowadays clear back in the late 80s (that modern systems still could learn a thing or two from (architecture primarily and REAL multi-tasking...no slow down of anything onscreen)!
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Quote: BTW jbuck...did you know they used Amiga computers to make all of the graphics and ships? That I did.  Speaking of... My poor A500 needs some repair to the aftermarket memory board. Right now it is limping along with 256KB of RAM. Yes, KB, not GB or even MB! My C128 has more functional RAM (640KB) than the A500!  The board holds 2MB if anyone was wondering. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote: Speaking of...
My poor A500 needs some repair to the aftermarket memory board. Right now it is limping along with 256KB of RAM. Yes, KB, not GB or even MB! My C128 has more functional RAM (640KB) than the A500!
The board holds 2MB if anyone was wondering. Funny how I could run a powerful graphics program (including easily made animations), have my full function word processor in the background to switch back and forth, and run other apps if I wanted/needed...all inside that very roomy 2 Meg. So many things and advantages to those machines I still wish, at times, for their efficiency and rock solid programming/reliability (as compared to nowadays on Mac or Windows. These two systems have been slowly catching up over the past 2 decades or so, but still not quite there. I never remember getting angry at that old system for giving me problems. Until Jobs died the Mac had me mostly happy...now they are getting very sloppy and more unreliable.
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Quote: I never remember getting angry at that old system for giving me problems. Now you all know why I like to go "offline" on the weekends and retreat to my beloved Commodore systems. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not everyone will appreciate the sarcastic reply to this ANA post on Facebook, but I bet chafemasterj will get it... 
Edited by captainrich 03/14/2024 6:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10048 Posts |
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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That's hilarious, captainrich!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10048 Posts |
Come to think of it...I think they need to make a new commemorative Ike dollar for the 250th anniversary!
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
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Quote: Not everyone will appreciate the sarcastic reply to this ANA post on Facebook, but I bet chafemasterj will get it... Well played.  Quote:Come to think of it...I think they need to make a new commemorative Ike dollar for the 250th anniversary!  That will make up for the oversight in 2021. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
18042 Posts |
 "Excuse me, please could I have five rolls of quarters?" "Sorry, Sir. I don't feel like giving them to you today!"
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Quote:Not everyone will appreciate the sarcastic reply to this ANA post on Facebook, but I bet chafemasterj will get it... AI reply: "This one-of-a kind coin is highly desirable because of its uniquely circulated nature, which makes it a must own piece of history. The bell engraving ads to it's lustrous status."
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