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Post #20,000... took more than half a lifetime to get here, but here we are!

airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 21,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I joined the CU boards in October, 2001 as a 14-year-old high school freshman. I don't remember how I stumbled upon the site, but somehow I did. In the ensuing years--more than half of my lifetime--I've learned a ton, hopefully contributed a bit, and most importantly, met many great people, a number of whom I've also met in person. With the support of members here, I started a business as a high school sophomore which is still going strong, and it was a great help in earning me the funds to support not just my collection, but also to get my pilot's license when I was in college and helped me to put a down payment on my house. The generosity of board members who have supported various charitable pursuits over the years is something I'll appreciate forever.

I don't know how long it will take me to get another 20,000 (or even 10,000) posts, but I've certainly enjoyed the journey thus far. The coins are great, but the people and camaraderie is even better, so thanks to everyone here for helping make this place what it is.

Jeremy

JK Coin Photography - eBay Consignments | High Quality Photos | LOW Prices | 20% of Consignment Proceeds Go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! Makes me wish I could have revived my old ID when I came back, lol. I think I even sent you something in a giveaway I had way back. Glad you’re still here and a great contributor!

    TurtleCat Gold Dollars

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! I’m getting somewhat close to 20K. It certainly takes a while! :D
    Indeed this place has a great community. :)

    My YouTube Channel

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 8,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations, Jeremy, I, also, have enjoyed our virtual friendship and, of course, your many informative posts. You have always been a friend to me on the boards and wish you the very best.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 7,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on 20K ! :)

  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You have been a great contributor to these forums Jeremy. Your posts are intelligent and constructive. You are very knowledgeable in numismatics. Congratulations on 20,000 posts!

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quite the accomplishment. I have gained so much numismatic knowledge here, it is awesome. Our host created and maintains this forum well. Congrats on 20K. Peace Roy

    BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, Ricko, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, Jzyskowski1, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich

  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,503 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool!

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quite a milestone!

    Collector, occasional seller

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats, 20,000 is quite the accomplishment. With your average of 1,000 posts/year you will need to step it up a few notches if you are going to pass @ricko.

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,672 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s been a pleasure to have you here, Jeremy. Congratulations on 20,000 posts.

    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jeremy, 20K posts in 20 years is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations and here is to 20K more. :)
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut.... Congratulations Jeremy... I remember when you moved to Seattle, I was still working there at the time. Your posts are always excellent, thoughtful and informative. Roll on to the next 20K. Cheers, RickO

  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on 20K!

    Young Numismatist/collector
    70 Positive BST transactions buying and selling with 42 members and counting!
    instagram.com/klnumismatics

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 15, 2021 8:08AM

    "I joined the CU boards in October, 2001 as a 14-year-old high school freshman. I don't remember how I stumbled upon the site, but somehow I did. In the ensuing years--more than half of my lifetime--I've learned a ton, hopefully contributed a bit, and most importantly, met many great people, "

    @airplanenut

    One of the best posts ever!

    It has been fun sharing the journey.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,592 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So young.
    Congratulations on the 20k.

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 5,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    @MsMorrisine said:
    $20,000 is a lot for a giveaway.

    Don't worry, I have you covered. Winner must make change.

    Hey I have the exact same note but mine says Bank of Nigeria

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 5,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    hey Jeremy,
    I remember well when you joined, on the old boards your favorite line was "cool".
    Everyone liked you, you even got cameo appearance's on Clankeye's tales quite often.
    We knew you were going places.
    I agree with others here, it has been pleasure always.
    Great post!

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    20k posts seems more difficult that 20 years here!

    <--- look what's behind the mask! - cool link 1/NO ~ 2/NNP ~ 3/NNC ~ 4/CF ~ 5/PG ~ 6/Cert ~ 7/NGC 7a/NGC pop~ 8/NGCF ~ 9/HA archives ~ 10/PM ~ 11/NM ~ 12/ANACS cert ~ 13/ANACS pop - report fakes 1/ACEF ~ report fakes/thefts 1/NCIS - Numi-Classes SS ~ Bass ~ Transcribed Docs NNP - clashed coins - error training - V V mm styles -

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats. On to the next 20,000.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!! ...and Thanks for all of your contributions to the Forum. You truly make this a place I like coming back to! Best, Leo...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jeremy,

    Great to have you here!!!

    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 21,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @marcmoish said:
    hey Jeremy,
    I remember well when you joined, on the old boards your favorite line was "cool".
    Everyone liked you, you even got cameo appearance's on Clankeye's tales quite often.

    I still don't know how that started. I don't remember saying it until after Clank made it my catch phrase :lol:

    JK Coin Photography - eBay Consignments | High Quality Photos | LOW Prices | 20% of Consignment Proceeds Go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 7,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I had started in HS I would have been banned the same year :D
    A BIG CONGRATULATIONS is in order.

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 5,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    @marcmoish said:
    hey Jeremy,
    I remember well when you joined, on the old boards your favorite line was "cool".
    Everyone liked you, you even got cameo appearance's on Clankeye's tales quite often.

    I still don't know how that started. I don't remember saying it until after Clank made it my catch phrase :lol:

    Clank figured you correctly a YN, and I know you used that one line response a number of times, I suppose when you got older you auto-dropped it.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations, Jeremy.

    To say that you've come a long way wouldn't do justice to what you've accomplished. Keep enjoying it.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 31,827 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 15, 2021 12:03PM

    perhaps I sould not made that joke even knowing he works at boeing, does ebay consignments and coin photography

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    @MsMorrisine said:
    $20,000 is a lot for a giveaway.

    Don't worry, I have you covered. Winner must make change.

    I think I found the model for that note:

  • ajaanajaan Posts: 16,921 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jeremy is one of the good guys.


    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 31,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jeremy starts posting at 14 and at "half a life time" has reached 20,000 posts. at "half of life span" how many posts will have been made?

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 7,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 15, 2021 12:46PM

    Starting at 14 and living till 100 will be 86,000. That means @Ricko is 200 years old :D

    Edit: You said half, so first half of 100 36,000.

  • bigmarty58bigmarty58 Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!

    Enthusiastic collector of British pre-decimal and Canadian decimal circulation coins.
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations, Jeremy! It's been great knowing you all these years.


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,342 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations Jeremy. You were and still are one of my favorite members here. Even when I first found this place a few years after you, before you went to college, you were wise beyond your years and always shared your thoughts and knowledge well.

    While you may have better grown into your wisdom, you still share your knowledge and thoughts and opinions well.


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 17, 2021 1:20PM

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    That means @Ricko is 200 years old :D

    And he will likely have a million posts, by then, and still be going strong!! :D

    “I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~

    My Full Walker Registry Set:

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 31,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerfan said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    That means @Ricko is 200 years old :D

    And he will likely have a million posts, by then, and still going strong!! :D

    and I've got to find a way to keep youth from passing me by

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations, Jeremy! I always enjoy your thoughtful, and frequently funny, posts.

  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mazel Tov!


    "There are no called strikes in coin collecting."--Henry David Thoreau RYK
  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭

    As I recall you were in college during my heydey on the forum so we never conversed all that much, but I am glad that I at least got to contribute as a buyer in at least one of your charity auctions.

    Keep up the good work! 👍

    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,185 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's been a pleasure getting to know you both on the Forum and in person.

    Hope to live long enough to reach 20k! :D

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats Jeremy! Glad to hear your business, career, and hobbies are still going strong.

    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats

    Steve

    Promote the Hobby
  • NicNic Posts: 3,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats Jeremy. We joined around the same time and I will always picture you as a kid!

    My 1866 Philly Mint Set

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 26,990 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on a great thing :)

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2021 2:17PM

    @MsMorrisine said:

    @Walkerfan said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    That means @Ricko is 200 years old :D

    And he will likely have a million posts, by then, and still going strong!! :D

    and I've got to find a way to keep youth from passing me by

    If you figure it out, please let me know. :/

    Congrats @airplanenut that is a remarkable achievement, at ANY age.

    You must be the youngest person to have EVER reached that milestone.

    Keep it up and glad to have you around. :)

    “I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~

    My Full Walker Registry Set:

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 9,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RYK said:
    Mazel Tov!

    +1

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Keep it up Jeremy.

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