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So who else has carelessly left an invoice for the latest purchase on the kitchen counter . . . *UP
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I can't figure out if I subconsciously -- in some bizarre, Freudian way -- wanted my lovely wife to find it. 
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Why step over the dollar to get to the cent? Because it's a 55DDO.
<< <i>Have you ever taken her coin shopping since? >>
It just happened tonight. If I bought another coin between then and now, I think she'd be less understanding and supportive. As it was, it was hard for her to be supportive while having heart attack.
<< <i>As long as the bills are paid she could care less what I spend on coins. >>
Well . . . the bills are paid, money is being saved for retirement & the kids' education, and we are successful in meeting our charitable goals. The problem isn't the bills that have been incurred, it's the bills that she wants to incur. I'm talking about the dreaded renovated kitchen that we "need."
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<< <i>I'm talking about the dreaded renovated kitchen that we "need." >>
As long as the stove, fridge, and dishwasher work, what's to renovate? In fact, who needs the dishwasher?
Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>As long as the bills are paid she could care less what I spend on coins. >>
Well . . . the bills are paid, money is being saved for retirement & the kids' education, and we are successful in meeting our charitable goals. The problem isn't the bills that have been incurred, it's the bills that she wants to incur. I'm talking about the dreaded renovated kitchen that we "need." >>
We are in the process of commencing the wife's renovation project. Talk about heart attacks.
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<< <i>I'm talking about the dreaded renovated kitchen that we "need." >>
As long as the stove, fridge, and dishwasher work, what's to renovate? In fact, who needs the dishwasher?
Russ, NCNE >>
Wife = Dishwasher
No?
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We are in the process of commencing the wife's renovation project. Talk about heart attacks.
Are you renovating the whole wife, or just select parts?
Precisely! And I certainly don't understand why we would need new appliances as part of a renovation when those that we have now work just fine. But that invoice substantially weakened my position in the marital discussion.
Edited to add: I need a smooth talking dealer to intervene on my behalf.
I had a wife once, got rid of her, best decision I ever made. No more renovated bathrooms, or trips to her mothers.
<< <i>I can't figure out if I subconsciously -- in some bizarre, Freudian way -- wanted my lovely wife to find it.
Priceless.
I made the mistake of telling my significant other what I had bought once and for how much.
I now change the subject when asked.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Update and some helpful advice: I recommend against showing the coin to your spouse in an effort to justify the price paid. It doesn't work. Especially if it's a Shield Nickel. >>
Now, you are hosed. Can you say, "Sub-Zero"?
I hear you completely. Basically my collection gets reckoned in matching-fund terms against superfluous renovation projects like this one. I am in the clear as long as my numismatic activities are self-funding. This winter, my coin doings have even contributed a bit to a new countertop (the horror!) so I have some extra brownie points at the moment.
I can imagine the dull reaction to the shield nickel. About the only worse thing might have been some beat-up colonial. I have found gold, on the other hand, to be capable of winning the tolerant support of "mission control." There is something about a big old honking double eagle that says to her, "Look! Now you too have a treasure over which you can loom and lurk like some mythical dragon!" I am almost surprised how easy it is for her to see things my way with coins like that.
I think it was much cheaper in the long run, and it certainly was a lot less stressful.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Now, you are hosed. Can you say, "Sub-Zero"?
<< <i>I usually leave the purchases themselves on the kitchen counter!
That's a great idea! That way, she'd figure that I spent no more than $4.95.
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<< <i>I usually leave the purchases themselves on the kitchen counter!
That's a great idea! That way, she'd figure that I spent no more than $4.95.
Does she know you have 99 Shield nickels?
<< <i>As long as the stove, fridge, and dishwasher work, what's to renovate? In fact, who needs the dishwasher? >>
No one, if you eat on paper plates and plastic forks.
No doubt lots of talk about keeping spouses in the dark, upgrades, changing the appearances of surfaces, recoloring, etc.
TDN - Did you mention the price?
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<< <i>My wife doesn't care. I showed her the picture of the 1913 and said I had a chance to buy it and she said 'that's nice - do what you want'.
TDN - Did you mention the price? >>
TDN needs to mention more than the price. Maybe he should leave a copy of Million Dollar Nickels on the kitchen counter with page 83 bookmarked: "The potential for confiscation hangs over the 1913 Liberty nickels like a sword of Damocles." Let's see if that prompts the comment, "That's nice - do what you want."
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<< <i>My wife doesn't care. I showed her the picture of the 1913 and said I had a chance to buy it and she said 'that's nice - do what you want'.
TDN - Did you mention the price? >>
TDN needs to mention more than the price. Maybe he should leave a copy of Million Dollar Nickels on the kitchen counter with page 83 bookmarked: "The potential for confiscation hangs over the 1913 Liberty nickels like a sword of Damocles." Let's see if that prompts the comment, "That's nice - do what you want."
While I enjoyed the book, those guys got no clue with that statement.
What about the 1943 copper cents? Or any other coin that was not supposed to be made?
Sure they do. If nothing else, it certainly adds to the drama. And wouldn't it be best to show the statement to your wife and to let her form her own opinion?
Which is all it was intended to do. They spent paragraph after paragraph stating the government has no records of the coins and that it had abandoned any claims to them and then concluded with that statement. Incongruous, to say the least!
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
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<< <i>Hey Lou - for some reason I feel as though I'm not a well liked person in your home now? Is this the case? I do hope you tell your wife I really am a nice guy and am only assisting you with what YOU'VE asked me to assist you with
You sound like a heroin dealer.
You and I discussed this on your last order RYK!!! You were NOT to blow my cover....thanks alot!
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
https://hjbltd.com/#!/department/us-coins
<< <i>I can't figure out if I subconsciously -- in some bizarre, Freudian way -- wanted my lovely wife to find it.
That movie would be called "Dead Man Walking"
Invoices, magazines, coins, catalogs all go to work address. For security reasons, of course.
MY security.
Joe
Why oh why didn't I get to the mailbox sooner.
Why step over the dollar to get to the cent? Because it's a 55DDO.
<< <i>Hey Lou - for some reason I feel as though I'm not a well liked person in your home now? Is this the case? I do hope you tell your wife I really am a nice guy and am only assisting you with what YOU'VE asked me to assist you with
This is what I told my wife: "Mike says that the coin will be worth three times what I paid by this time next year." All you have to do is confirm that information when she calls. We're in this together, and don't you forget it.
Robert: Please stop posting pictures of expensive kitchen appliances. I'm getting queasy. We have a meeting with a kitchen designer tomorrow.
Do I know you?
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
https://hjbltd.com/#!/department/us-coins
Don't go weak kneed on me now, Mike. My wife can smell weakness, and the last thing you want is for her to go poking around my inventory list.
I'm thinking this is the last thing YOU want her doing...I'm in Chicago....you live at the scene of the incident
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
https://hjbltd.com/#!/department/us-coins
<< <i>and the last thing you want is for her to go poking around my inventory list.
I'm thinking this is the last thing YOU want her doing...I'm in Chicago....you live at the scene of the incident