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Pushkin

Clankeye

<< <i>Disclaimer: It is quite possible that all references to individuals and events in this story, both living and dead, are fiction. >>



I refuse to believe that, Pushkin. All those people were real. I've been to that North Dakota cemetery. I've seen the headstone (and it did smell too). I believe every bit of your story. And I will be going to the bank later this afternoon to be sure I have enough funds to secure these wonderful pieces of history.

Clankeye

leothelyon

Leo

PhillyJoe

I believe everything except for the ferry ride from Dover to Phila; Dover's in the middle of Delaware. I guess it could have been a really small ferry; with wheels.

Joe

Pushkin

PhillyJoe

Wait a minute. With your edit, I now look like a bigger dumazz than I really am. I reread your thread and thought "I could have sworn it said Delaware a minute ago!"

"stagecoach ticket to North Dakota"
So anyway, wasn't North Dakota simply Dakota Territory in 1887?

Nice coins!



Joe

Petescorner

Great-great-great-grandmother Deborahbelle finally could not take the loneliness and abuse any longer and found a friend, confident and lover in the captain of the ferryboat Lossatania, Captain Pushkin.

So, you and your great great grandmother were lovers? Maybe I'm reading this wrong

dakra

Wow, PCGS has been around a long time! If the boat sank in 1887, how did the 1903 Indian Head Penny find itself in the pouch. You should have said something about three ghosts visiting and the Indian of things to come, could have opened it up and placed it in there.

How come Captain Pushkin didn't swim? Did he not take swimming lessons? I think the story would be more realistic if you add the part where he laments (sp) not taking swimming lessons in Sailor School and right as the water reached his chin, he then reached into his pocket and threw the leather pouch, but then he got hit in the head with the mast and drown. Perhaps he couldn't swim to the dock because his hook got stuck on the hull of the ship.

...and where was peter pan when all of this happened? Fooling around with Tinkerbell, I presume.

-Dave

Pushkin

dpoole

I can't get over how bad everything smells around there! Is this still true??

dakra

Sorry Pushkin, I only read the 1st, 4th and 9th sentences. Not the last paragraph.

-Dave

SouthernBelle

This story is very sad. I am in tears.

Bulldog

Pushy,

Where can I bid....LOL

Bulldog

MadMarty

I had a prarie dog as a pet, interesting, maybe I got it from Pushkin.

dorkkarl

i don't get it. did the cat eat the chipmunk?

(if my question makes no sense, it's because you haven't read the "latest" )

K S

Pushkin

Petescorner

Link to chipmunks:

link

Pushkin

RLinn

Was Captain Pushkin's cat by chance a Maine native?

RLinn

It is fortunate that Deborahbelle held on to a few of Captain Pushkin's pennies otherwise this would be just another tale of cents-less tragedy.

dorkkarl

<< <i>It is fortunate that Deborahbelle held on to a few of Captain Pushkin's pennies otherwise this would be just another tale of cents-less tragedy. >>

or non-cents about a tale-less tragedy, right rlinn?

hey pushkin, you are now up to speed, thanks to petescorner!

K S

RLinn

Dorkkarl, very nice turn of a phrase.

NumisEd

Pushkin, you seem upset with Deb and Harold. Sour grapes? She does seem to do VERY well on eBay. Also, notice that she doesn't sell slabs like you. The lesson here for you: 1) don't deal in slabs and, 2) have Deb teach you how to write eBay ads. Maybe then you will get closer to bid on your coins.