Over 10 yrs since we've heard from Askari
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ajaan
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'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
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Time for an appearance @Askari
Quite a few yetis over the years. Just hope all is well with them, even though they may not be collecting at the moment.
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He's probably still around somewhere.
I recently became an official member of this forum, but I’ve been lurking here for years (I'm a life-long world coin fan). This thread helped me put “for years” into perspective. When I first began lurking, Askari was a frequent visitor and I remember enjoying his posts. How quickly time passes! I hope Askari is well.
In the old days I could check my old messages and see when I last communicated (perhaps more recently than the last actual sighting). It would be awesome to hear from him.
Decades ago I was visiting Texas for a professional event and Mr. and Mrs. Askari were kind enough to take me out to dinner the night before when I had a huge exam the next day. Chicken fried chicken IIRC. Delicious! And for some odd reason I misheard him when he said the company he worked for...a huge one and so when I said I hadn't heard of it he must have been laughing, until I realized what he said.
In any case, he was a true inspiration for me to start on exonumia.
He brought this one to my attention and I was hooked:
And so began the mother and baby theme!