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Poll Question
*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! ***I've been using the phrase "Beaten with the Ugly Stick" to describe coins like this one shown. How many of you know what an ugly stick is without searching for it! I'll give answer in a few hours....  
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I know I got this one right Butch! |
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An ugly stick is a fishing pole , come on Butch I live on the south shore of Long Island ,great salt water fishing here .  |
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I had a hunch, but still had to look it up to make sure it was not a false memory.  |
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Yep! I own a few of them. Great stick for the waters of the San Fransisco Bay Area. "Fish On" |
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I really had no idea where it came from so, I voted for a "poor IV attempt" because it was the most unusual choice. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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I had a big Zebco sticker pasted on the back of my first Red Book. Walking 60 yards from my front door to the mill race I tossed in my worm and read about coins. |
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Anyone else wanna take a stab at this? I'll post answer I an hour...
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Bringing back some great memories, Butch! I've used an ugly stick many many times.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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A pond dweller should have guessed the answer.
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I voted for iv also, but maybe I hang out with too many phlebotomists.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Just worse than ugly, I guess? We geezers don't keep up with the slang.
Ribbit, ribbit.
Edited by Coinfrog
11/29/2017 9:04 pm
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Boy, seems attention to detail is a tad bit lacking now isn't it?  A "FISHING POLL" is those nagging telemarketer survey question polls...The Ugly Stik (TM) is THE Fishing Pole some are very fond of! Gotcha! Now, the answer that it seems JBuck and one other may be the only ones to correctly answer (right Boss?) It is a musical Instrument! Quote:
The ugly stick is a traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned out of household and tool shed items, typically a mop handle with bottle caps, tin cans, small bells and other noise makers. The instrument is played with a drum stick and has a distinctive sound.
The instrument's main body is a mop or broom handle cut to approximately four feet. An old rubber boot was attached to the bottom and a cymbal attached at the very top. At strategic intervals along the length of the shaft, nails affixed with bottle caps, felt tins and other noise makers would be nailed into the shaft. The instrument would then be decorated with items of colour and fluff to the artist's taste.
Wikipedia "Ugly Stick"   Isn't it nice to learn something new, besides coins? Your wives may just be impressed!  Wonder what sound that musical instrument in the lower right of the last pix makes? Edited by Crazyb0
11/29/2017 9:09 pm
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A musical instrument  Never heard of that one! You double whammed me  Now on the West Coast there's two ugly sticks, one being the fishing "Pole" And this one  |
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Posted 11/29/2017 6:07 pm
