What's wrong with you people?

njcoincrank · March 30, 2003 3:53AM

As a new member to these boards I find it amazing that some even have the ability to type a message and have it posted.

The world is made up of two kinds of people: pro-active and re-active.

Message board ratio: pro-active, 10: re-active, 90.

I have a family, and my sanity (or lack of) is tried every day. By the messages on these boards I suspect that many of the members ignore their children, practice road rage, and are basically clueless to life and how to play nice and or get things done.

Not that I am perfect (far from it, just ask coinguy1), but so many posters on these boards don't even collect certified coins, let a lone PCGS, yet they think they have all the answers (or better yet, that any other pro-active thinking is wrong).

These boards should be fun and intertaining, teach numismatics, and have some controversal ideals, but what I am reading now a days sounds alot like back ground noise from "One flew over the Coukoo's Nest".

Let the flames begin.
But remember: Once a bedbug, always a bedbug.

njcoincrank

Legend · March 30, 2003 3:57AM

"practice road rage"

I'm busted!

greghansen · March 30, 2003 3:59AM

I used to read the political/personal attack posts thinking that there may be a nugget or two of worthwhile information therein. I concluded that if there is anything worthwhile within them, it isn't worth the time required to read and extract it. Now I've become somewhat adept at ignoring all posts other than those of the type you've indicated. No flames from me. Just an...Amen Brother!

crito · March 30, 2003 4:01AM

but so many posters on these boards don't even collect certified coins, let a lone PCGS, yet they think they have all the answers

Yes, if you don't collect PCGS plastic, you can't possibly have anything to contribute here, or to the hobby. That's the rule. Why so many posters fail to understand this is beyond me

njcoincrank · March 30, 2003 4:09AM

Crito,

Good response. My wife said I shouldn't post it but I did.

Not that collectors of uncertified coins don't have anything good to say, because many do, but it seems that many of them just bash the grading services (not just PCGS) without really knowing what they are talking about.

Reading a book on rocket science doesn't make you a rocket scientist.

I am not attacking anybody's collecting preference, merely some of the statements of garbage.

njcoincrank

cosmicdebris · March 30, 2003 4:12AM

I don't need to "practice road rage". I am already good at it.

wallstreetman · March 30, 2003 4:12AM

Gregs back, and has his buddies all fired up, thats why! Do a little test, say something negative about NGC and watch the crap fly!

Russ · March 30, 2003 4:13AM

<< "practice road rage"

I'm busted! >>

Hey Laura,

Do you salute frequently?

Russ, NCNE

MrEureka · March 30, 2003 4:18AM

Soapbox politics and philosophy on these boards is futile. Don't even try. Nobody here ever changes their mind.

Better to just play coins with each other, I think.

Legend · March 30, 2003 4:21AM

Russ,

Coincrank is correct. I think too many people just love to stir the pot just to feel superior (even if they know they are wrong).

However, its is everyones right to freedom of speech on these boards-so long as they don't make viscious or personal attacks and don't violate any rules.

TWODOGS · March 30, 2003 4:24AM

I don't think there's anything wrong with ANY of the people on these boards. I have learned a little something from each and every one of them. There's a nice healthy slice of Society here, and I would expect no less.

eagle7 · March 30, 2003 4:24AM

Hello Mr Eureka, I love the Eagle on the reverse of that Pattern Ten D! Thanks for showing us this wonderful piece of American History.

njcoincrank · March 30, 2003 4:24AM

Laura Bell,

You're great!

It took me seven papagraphs to say the same thing you did in two.

And you did it better.

Andy ole' chap,

Is that pattern on the market?

njcoincrank

MrEureka · March 30, 2003 4:30AM

Is that pattern on the market?

No, sorry, sold it a few months ago. One of two known, the other impounded.

FatMan · March 30, 2003 4:32AM

I too have learned something from everyone on this forum, even it it was simply how not to behave. Lets stick to opining on specific issues and events, and not people. This thread is too general and does nothing but stir the pot.

<< I am not attacking anybody's collecting preference, merely some of the statements of garbage. >>

I am always happy to respond to a specific statement of garbage, however I do not know what "some" you refer to. I can only guess so in this case I will not reply.

wallstreetman · March 30, 2003 4:34AM

I never knew smoking skeletons were so intelligent!

DHeath · March 30, 2003 4:36AM

Message board ratio: pro-active, 10: re-active, 90.

The reactive ones never get banned.

TWODOGS · March 30, 2003 4:37AM

<< I never knew smoking skeletons were so intelligent! >>

Can't a guy have both beauty AND brains?

wallstreetman · March 30, 2003 4:42AM

and a sense of humor too!

cosmicdebris · March 30, 2003 4:43AM

Awesome coin Andy, thanks for posting it.

crito · March 30, 2003 5:27AM

I'm sorry, but there's something wrong with YOU people

Bashing PCGS or NGC isn't a "personal attack", regardless of the motives. PCGS and NGC are not living things. Forgive me for stating the obvious. If you take that kind of bashing "personally", that's really YOUR problem. Having said that, PCGS is DH's "baby", and I can sort of understand HIM taking it personally. Greg couldn't interpret the response any other way even if he wanted to, however.

EVillageProwler · March 30, 2003 5:43AM

Bashing PCGS or NGC isn't a "personal attack", regardless of the motives.

Good point, Crito. I think some who overly passionately defend <enter service of choice> because they have a financial stake in the strength of a certain plastic. They would not be objective because they've already staked out their choice, and can't bear to see their world and the financial strength of their holdings threatened.

EVP

CLASSICS · March 30, 2003 5:57AM

weve all gone mad from looking at anaconda,s monster toned coins..........ha-ha- ha ha hahahahahaaahaaahaaahaaaa

Bulldog · March 30, 2003 8:06AM

Intertaining = Entertaining ( I think)

lablover · March 30, 2003 9:41AM

I call this my road rage...

njcoincrank · March 30, 2003 10:56AM

Bulldog,

Congrats on the spell check. I thought coinguy1 would catch it, but he didn't..

njcoincrank

joejeweler · March 30, 2003 11:03AM

ANDY!!!!!! And you SOLD IT!
Joe T

<< Is that pattern on the market?

No, sorry, sold it a few months ago. One of two known, the other impounded. >>

dabugler · March 30, 2003 11:06AM

<< many posters on these boards don't even collect certified coins, let a lone PCGS, yet they think they have all the answers >>

I don't collect certified coins. I do have opinions. I do research and try to only comment on topics that I think I'm informed on. I'm passionate about my hobby. Ocassionally I'll throw a bone to see if the dog will bite. I don't have a problem with questioning current practices. This is how I learn.

northcoin · March 30, 2003 11:36AM

Just got back from a week out of the country and agree that it would be nice not to have to sift through so many threads to locate the posts of most interest. To tell the truth though, some of the non-coin related posts are more interesting than the ones where individuals are simply showing their latest acquisition or asking for second opinions on a coin's grade.

MICHAELDIXON · March 30, 2003 12:45PM

By the messages on these boards I suspect that many of the members ignore their children, practice road rage, and are basically clueless to life and how to play nice and or get things done.
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I have practiced long and hard to reach this level! Please don't degrade my abilities!

jonesy · April 1, 2003 1:33AM

I collect only PCGS coins. If I buy a raw coin, You can best believe PCGS will get it.

MadMonk · April 1, 2003 1:40AM

Yep, a lot opinions on these boards. If you get angry when someone diagrees with you, you still have room for enlightenment. You don't always have to be right! you probably will never always be right, and it's a point of view most of the time. Be happy with your own understanding of the infinity of components we call the universe. And maybe step back once in a while from HAVING to be right. Remember it is infinity. Try to get your mind around that.

mdwoods · April 1, 2003 1:43AM

What's wrong with you people?

If you want a list, it's gonna take a while to compile for your file, so smile.

Bear · April 1, 2003 4:26AM

<< 

<< many posters on these boards don't even collect certified coins, let a lone PCGS, yet they think they have all the answers >>

Those posters may not own certified coins, but a number of them seem certifiable anyway.

BillJones · April 1, 2003 4:37AM

Not that I am perfect (far from it, just ask coinguy1), but so many posters on these boards don't even collect certified coins, let a lone PCGS, yet they think they have all the answers.

I guess that takes care of the majority of the collectors who belong to the Early American Coppers Club, the John Reich Society, the Bust Half Nut Club, the Civil War Token Society and TAMS. I never knew how much riff-raff there was in the numismatic community!

Bear · April 1, 2003 4:39AM

Bill, we might be riff raff, but we are high quality riff raff.

What's wrong with you people?

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