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Valued Member
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Okay, this is just a story, not much to it really but I figured it would draw a few chuckles.
My daughter is going on 10 now and is getting a bit more independent and one of the things she seems to enjoy is staying home by herself when I need to run around town on errands or whatever. I carry my cell phone just in case but I'm still not okay with leaving her alone very long. I have laid down some rules (she isn't allowed to answer the door or phone, no cooking, etc.) and she seems to do pretty well so far.
A couple of days ago I went to the grocery store and she wanted to stay home, no biggie. Today is my birthday and fathers day is Sunday and she has been wound up about getting me something or doing something for me (although my requested gift of cleaning her room doesn't seem to have much appeal for her). I got back from the store and she had the kitchen counter full of all kinds of cups and bowls with water in them. As I came through the door she smiled real big and said "Happy Birthday Daddy, I cleaned your coins". Oh yeah, this is the entertaining part, I'm sure you can all guess what was going through my head at that moment. As my legs got weak and my head started swimming I stumbled to the counter to see what the damage was. I didn't see any open 2x2s or albums but she had a lot of coins sitting in water. Imagine my relief when she said she had found some nice, shiny new 2008 cents and figured she would clean up the rest of the coins to try to make them shiny as well..........THE COINS IN THE SPARE CHANGE JAR. YES
Needless to say I recovered nicely, thanked her, and we went over the rules dealing with THE coins again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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oh my.. I had heart palpitations reading the subject line...  Oh, and Happy Birthday (and Father's Day)  ! |
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Moderator
 United States
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This story took me from  to I hope you have revisited the policies and procedures regarding your collection's security!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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WHEW! Definately a heartstopper! LOL I hope you gave her a hug and explained not do touch Daddy's "other" coins.
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New Member
United States
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Well, Happy Birthday At least you know your daughter is paying attention to your detailing coins  Don't you just love innocence |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
891 Posts |
Did time stop for you at that moment? Would love to have seen the look on your face. Glad to hear things were okay. I think this just made my day. Thanks for posting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Whew! What a relief it didn't involve Brasso and an 1909-S VDB! Of course, kids are more a treasure than any coin, great story! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought its going to be a disaster story:)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After the day I've had........I'm gonna copy this topic and thread and take it with me for the weekend !!.......
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had the reverse happen to me and it was a less than fortunate outcome. My father wanted my Whitman folder with a partial collection of Indian cents. Yep, you guessed it...he used baking soda and water to get all that "dirt" off. I was not very happy about what he did and told him that he basically made them next to worthless (they were basically common stuff already). |
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United States
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Happy Birthday and Father's Day!! I love your story and your daughter sounds like a little love bug with a big heart to want to give you something special for being her daddy. Glad she hit up your change and not your collection! Thanks for sharing, I needed a Smile story today! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yikes! You lucked out. Glad to hear your coins are ok.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I agree with Jbuck from :O to BAHAHA, all good
Happy Birthday!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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LOL! Great story. A helpful hint, one of my rules with my five year old is do NOT touch my coins without my permission.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think I crapped my pants for you. I do not have a big collection, or much value in it, but I would have had a tough time calming down if it was me. I have started collecting again over the last few months and I have made sure that my kids know which coins they can have, look at and not touch at all. I have been getting lazy with them lately and would have guessed my kids to do something VERY similar to this.
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Posted 06/13/2008 10:20 am
