Alabama Show Report: Coins, Booze & Rubber Chickens. Many pics inside (adults only please)
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I really didn't want to post this thread, but I have been asked by several forum members to do so. After getting approval from our legal department, I decided to go ahead and post the pics that follow. I will post an image and then provide descriptive text under each image.
Here's a picture of the bourse floor on Saturday. The show was busier on Friday and even busy on Saturday morning. In fact, we were too busy to take a pic until Saturday afternoon. Overall, it was a very good show for us. We sold a lot of collector coins....mainly early U.S. type. Not much low end stuff selling. Collectors were buying nice condition items (i.e. VF+ large size Bust Quarters, VF+ Classic Head cents, AU+ Bust Halves, etc.). Not "pop top" stuff. Just nice collector material.
The most exciting thing that happened for us (at least in terms of coins) was when we purchased an amazing group of Bust Quarters. I will make a post dedicated to some of those pieces when I have a chance. The anchor of the group that we purchased was the 1824 Browning plate coin!! Amazing! Some of you may know that the 1824 is a heavily underrated coin. The price guides are waaaay off on this coin. We pay multiples of price guides and still have only 30 in our small hoard of 1824 quarters. There are probably less than 50 available, including our 30 pieces. At any major show, you will find just a few for sale. The Browning example is graded as NGC AU-55 with "Browning Plate Coin" on the holder. Great color and much nicer looking than as illustrated in the Browning book. I will start a thread on this coin later.
This is a group picture of forum members at a local pub (Ruby Tuesdays....I think.....that night was kinda fuzzy). From left to right: The lovely Tassa (Danaca), MadMarty (Marty), Marty's date (Rubber Chicken), fivecents (Paul), Andrew (Jade Rare Coin owner...no forum handle) and FatMan (John). Note the booze on the bar. Things go downhill from this point very quickly.
Here's a shot of Tassa and FatMan singing a duet at a karaoke bar in a rough part of town. Kind of a scary place, but we were with our local guide (Tassa), so we felt safe. Hey, you walk into a redneck bar with a rubber chicken and a Yankee accent and see what happens! I did not crop the song lyrics out of the image to see if anyone can determine which song they sang as a duet. I did, however, crop MadMarty out of the picture. He was extremely upset at FatMan for stealing away his date for the duet.
Just to give you an idea of the type of bar we were taken to, I took a picture of the men's restroom. I never figured out which one was the toilet and which one was the sink. Therefore I just used them both interchangeably. Unfortunately for MadMarty, the condom machine was out of order.
Here's a pic of Tassa sitting with her "friend". He likes Tassa and can be seen here puffing his chest to give the illusion of being a stud.
This is where things go from bad to worse. Here's a pic of me trying to pick-up our waitress. I thought that MadMarty's lucky rubber chicken would have sealed the deal for me, but it didn't work.
Now this is the picture that had the attorneys worried. It would appear that FatMan just bought 2 local gals for $4 and a rubber chicken. According to FatMan's attorney, "it is NOT what it looks like".
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTURBING IMAGES:
This is a pic of MadMarty telling us what he and his date had planned for the evening.
MadMarty getting some foreplay action. Sick puppy!
This is a pic of MadMarty after he returned from a 35 minute "trip to the bathroom". I don't know about you, but it looks like they should both be smoking a cigarette at this point!
Well, that's it for now. I have more images, but I probably should not post them on this forum.
Dennis
Here's a picture of the bourse floor on Saturday. The show was busier on Friday and even busy on Saturday morning. In fact, we were too busy to take a pic until Saturday afternoon. Overall, it was a very good show for us. We sold a lot of collector coins....mainly early U.S. type. Not much low end stuff selling. Collectors were buying nice condition items (i.e. VF+ large size Bust Quarters, VF+ Classic Head cents, AU+ Bust Halves, etc.). Not "pop top" stuff. Just nice collector material.
The most exciting thing that happened for us (at least in terms of coins) was when we purchased an amazing group of Bust Quarters. I will make a post dedicated to some of those pieces when I have a chance. The anchor of the group that we purchased was the 1824 Browning plate coin!! Amazing! Some of you may know that the 1824 is a heavily underrated coin. The price guides are waaaay off on this coin. We pay multiples of price guides and still have only 30 in our small hoard of 1824 quarters. There are probably less than 50 available, including our 30 pieces. At any major show, you will find just a few for sale. The Browning example is graded as NGC AU-55 with "Browning Plate Coin" on the holder. Great color and much nicer looking than as illustrated in the Browning book. I will start a thread on this coin later.
This is a group picture of forum members at a local pub (Ruby Tuesdays....I think.....that night was kinda fuzzy). From left to right: The lovely Tassa (Danaca), MadMarty (Marty), Marty's date (Rubber Chicken), fivecents (Paul), Andrew (Jade Rare Coin owner...no forum handle) and FatMan (John). Note the booze on the bar. Things go downhill from this point very quickly.
Here's a shot of Tassa and FatMan singing a duet at a karaoke bar in a rough part of town. Kind of a scary place, but we were with our local guide (Tassa), so we felt safe. Hey, you walk into a redneck bar with a rubber chicken and a Yankee accent and see what happens! I did not crop the song lyrics out of the image to see if anyone can determine which song they sang as a duet. I did, however, crop MadMarty out of the picture. He was extremely upset at FatMan for stealing away his date for the duet.
Just to give you an idea of the type of bar we were taken to, I took a picture of the men's restroom. I never figured out which one was the toilet and which one was the sink. Therefore I just used them both interchangeably. Unfortunately for MadMarty, the condom machine was out of order.
Here's a pic of Tassa sitting with her "friend". He likes Tassa and can be seen here puffing his chest to give the illusion of being a stud.
This is where things go from bad to worse. Here's a pic of me trying to pick-up our waitress. I thought that MadMarty's lucky rubber chicken would have sealed the deal for me, but it didn't work.
Now this is the picture that had the attorneys worried. It would appear that FatMan just bought 2 local gals for $4 and a rubber chicken. According to FatMan's attorney, "it is NOT what it looks like".
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTURBING IMAGES:
This is a pic of MadMarty telling us what he and his date had planned for the evening.
MadMarty getting some foreplay action. Sick puppy!
This is a pic of MadMarty after he returned from a 35 minute "trip to the bathroom". I don't know about you, but it looks like they should both be smoking a cigarette at this point!
Well, that's it for now. I have more images, but I probably should not post them on this forum.
Dennis
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"Here's a shot of Tassa and FatMan singing a duet at a karaoke bar in a rough part of town. "
Is the fatman happy to be singing with Marty's date or Tassa???? or is that cell phone in his pocket ???????
Herb
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Mad Marty looks like a wild and crazy guy!
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Cameron Kiefer
We want to see the pics of Jessica!
Cameron, we were trying to set you up with the cute bartender at the first bar. We told her all about you. I actually took some images that I intended to show you. MadMarty told her that you would buy her a bedroom set. True story.
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<< <i>We want to see the pics of Jessica!
Cameron, we were trying to set you up with the cute bartender at the first bar. We told her all about you. I actually took some images that I intended to show you. MadMarty told her that you would buy her a bedroom set. True story. >>
So what did she say? LOL PM me the pics!
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<< <i>We want to see the pics of Jessica!
Cameron, we were trying to set you up with the cute bartender at the first bar. We told her all about you. I actually took some images that I intended to show you. MadMarty told her that you would buy her a bedroom set. True story. >>
So what did she say? LOL PM me the pics!
Cameron Kiefer >>
Cameron, she was way too old for you anyway.. She had already reached puberty!
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<< <i>Karaoke, Tassa ????
I suggested it in the hopes of getting Marty to sing Margaritaville. There wasn't enough beer.
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<< <i>I suggested it in the hopes of getting Marty to sing Margaritaville. There wasn't enough beer. >>
I do a pretty good Roy Orbison after a few adult beverages....
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<< <i>Make sure you keep those pictures...great blackmail material...
You should see the ones he didn't post!
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"Sou Mangueira......."
I knew things had gotten out of hand when Marty and the chicken returned from the restroom and the chicken was having a smoke.
Dennis, I'm pretty sure that was the ladies' room. The men's room was worse.
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<< <i>IF YOU COULD SEE HER
I know what you're thinking:
You wonder why I chose her
Out of all the chicks in the world.
That's just a first impression,
What good's a first impression?
If you knew her like I do
It would change your point of view.
If you could see her through my eyes,
You wouldn't wonder at all.
If you could see her through my eyes
I gurantee you'd fall(like I did)
When we're in public together
I hear society moan.
But if you could see her through my eyes
Maybe they'd leave us alone.
(There you are my Liebling. Your favorite)
How can I speak of her virtues?
I don't know where to begin.
She's clever, she's smart, she makes music
She doesn't smoke or drink gin (like I do)
Yet, when we're walking together
They sneer if I'm holding her claw,
But if they could see her through my eyes
Maybe they'd all understand.
(they dance)
Why can't they leave us alone?
(spoken)
Meine Damen und Herren, Mesdames et Messieurs,
Ladies and Gentlemen-
Is it a crime to fall in love?
Can we ever tell where the heart truly leads us?
All we are asking is eine bisschen Verstandnis-
A little understanding-
Why can't 'leben und leben lassen'?
'Live and let live'...
I understand your abjection,
I grant you the problem's not small.
But if you could see her through my eyes...
She wouldn't look like a chicken at all. >>
(with apologies to Cabaret)
Mark
Michael
<< <i>I will never again be able to eat at KFC again without worrying that Marty "had" the chicken first....
Mark >>
Yeah, but MadMarty is teaching these guys how to have a really good time (minus the chicken part).
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<< <i>We want to see the pics of Jessica!
Cameron, we were trying to set you up with the cute bartender at the first bar. We told her all about you. I actually took some images that I intended to show you. MadMarty told her that you would buy her a bedroom set. True story. >>
So what did she say? LOL PM me the pics!
Cameron Kiefer >>
Cameron, she was way too old for you anyway.. She had already reached puberty! >>