I think Rick and I might have seen Numismatic Nirvana
at a Seattle coin show too!
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
@CaptHenway said:
Is it just me, or is the grass rather high in that picture?
That grass is a hybrid. It's a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff.
I've never seen Caddyshack, but that's a great scene!
Andy, you HAVE to watch Caddyshack - the whole movie .
One of my top 4-5 comedies - better than Animal House!
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
@CaptHenway said:
Is it just me, or is the grass rather high in that picture?
That grass is a hybrid. It's a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff.
I've never seen Caddyshack, but that's a great scene!
The Colonel is welcome to come over anytime and give me Numismatic Advice and share in the freshness shown in today's photo of my garden. The fall harvest would be the best timing
EØC - you need my long '43 Steel Cent Planchet Strips to
'gopherize' your Garden !
(just like someone did in Oakland after WWII with them)
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
Never heard of hardware cloth - is that buried a few feet underground to
prevent gophers digging, or ?
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
Oh, I've seen that before - didn't know that what I call
metal 'mesh' is called Cloth !
Anyway, that's what the wife of a SF Mint employee did
with the Steel strips after WWII.
Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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I think Rick and I might have seen Numismatic Nirvana
at a Seattle coin show too!
One of the guys that has forgotten more than I'll ever know. Was he crushing a dream?
Two of my favorites, in the world of coins.
I'd love to change the world.
But I don't know what to do.
(I still don't).
Pete
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I've never seen Caddyshack, but that's a great scene!
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Andy, you HAVE to watch Caddyshack - the whole movie .
One of my top 4-5 comedies - better than Animal House!
When you buy a hat like that I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? . . .Oh, it looks good on you though.
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How about the 'Dali Lama' golf story ?
An absolute classic 30 seconds !
Total Consciousness!!
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So I got THAT goin' for me !
which is nice.
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but if I kill all the golfers they'll lock me up...
47 seconds longer than I estimated
Nice & Chill.
And I had you pegged for this guy - Didn't want to do it, Felt like...I owed to them.
One of the greatest ad libs of all time.
Cannonball, cannonball coming
Just keep the greasy grimy gopher guts away from the bourse, please.
Pete
The Colonel is welcome to come over anytime and give me Numismatic Advice and share in the freshness shown in today's photo of my garden. The fall harvest would be the best timing
And yes I am fighting Gophers ...
EØC - you need my long '43 Steel Cent Planchet Strips to
'gopherize' your Garden !
(just like someone did in Oakland after WWII with them)
Fred, thank you for another tidbit of numismatic information about the planchet strips
I actually use hardware cloth and have never had a gopher destroy any of the recreational plants.
I would welcome additional Numismatic Advice from you anytime, perhaps this fall
Never heard of hardware cloth - is that buried a few feet underground to
prevent gophers digging, or ?
Yes, I make large circles of hardware cloth with a closed bottom and bury them. Plant the plants inside the circle and your good to go.
Hardware Cloth ...
Oh, I've seen that before - didn't know that what I call
metal 'mesh' is called Cloth !
Anyway, that's what the wife of a SF Mint employee did
with the Steel strips after WWII.
In the hills of Humboldt County, it's been known for decades that gophers don't like steel, but are actively repelled by zinc
Plus - some exotic terpenes are produced.
@MrEureka I hope you social distanced as you could catch something far worse than Covid-19 from @ColonelJessup
