BBE and TC71 have something up their sleeve, and keep tormenting me...UPDATE: the mystery package is
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"BlindedByEgo" and "TorinoCobra71" have both PM-ed me, saying there is some kind of "surprise" on its way to me in the mail.
For them to both PM me about it like that, it makes me wonder. Nobody has spilled the beans.
Now I have been getting PMs saying, "Is there yet"?
Geez. I was already mystified, now I am really beginning to wonder what these two are up to.
What do you suppose is coming to my mailbox?
Is it a lovely rare coin? A stuffed armadillo? A week-old half-eaten tuna sandwich?
Will there be airholes in the box, and a scratching sound coming from within?
Should I be afraid?
Since they're obviously keen to see my reaction to the gift, it must be something interesting. Or a really good gag gift.
What do YOU think they are sending me? Let's hear some good guesses, since I'm still totally in the dark.
I just got a PM from TC71 a little while ago. I mentioned I hadn't checked the mailbox yet today, even though it's dark outside now.
He said, "GO CHECK YOUR MAIL!!!"
So, who wants to open today's mail with me?
Here goes...
For them to both PM me about it like that, it makes me wonder. Nobody has spilled the beans.
Now I have been getting PMs saying, "Is there yet"?
Geez. I was already mystified, now I am really beginning to wonder what these two are up to.
What do you suppose is coming to my mailbox?
Is it a lovely rare coin? A stuffed armadillo? A week-old half-eaten tuna sandwich?
Will there be airholes in the box, and a scratching sound coming from within?
Should I be afraid?
Since they're obviously keen to see my reaction to the gift, it must be something interesting. Or a really good gag gift.
What do YOU think they are sending me? Let's hear some good guesses, since I'm still totally in the dark.
I just got a PM from TC71 a little while ago. I mentioned I hadn't checked the mailbox yet today, even though it's dark outside now.
He said, "GO CHECK YOUR MAIL!!!"
So, who wants to open today's mail with me?
Here goes...
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1. A Discover card bill. With ladymarcovan's name on it.
2. Another Discover card envelope, this one a statement. Ladymarcovan got the two bills. The rest is all mine. Heh.
Well, not entirely. The next item is for both of us.
3. Christmas card from my sister in Texas, who is expecting twin boys.
4. Christmas card for me, from Rick Snow & Eagle Eye. Nice defiant eagle, with "Seasons Greetings" on the ribbon in his mouth, instead of the usual motto.
5. Hmm. Kinda heavy Priority Mail envelope. Two of 'em, in fact. Oh, my PCGS Collectors Club package. I just re-upped my Platinum membership. Wow, that was fast. Seems like only two days ago, and they're on the Left Coast.
6. Yep, another identical PCGS Collectors Club package. This happened before. They like to double up on me, which is better than me not getting anything, I suppose. One year I got like three of the slabbed MS69 ASEs. Too bad there ain't any freebie coins this time. Heh.
7. The package of the day comes from Doug Thigpen in North Carolina. Y'all can probably imagine the sort of thing Thiggy sent me, him bein' the true King of Holeys, not me. It'll look very nice on my hat, as will the little gold dollar I have comin' from him, with that partially-obliterated but quite visible "C" mintmark. I didn't have anything bigger than a $3 on the hat, so this is a nice addition. I still need a holey $10 and $20. Maybe that's what's in the surprise package TC71 and BBE are sending! Yeah. Riiiight.
That's it. No more mail today.
Sorry, TC71, whatever it is y'all are bein' so mysterious about is not here yet.
Who wants to guess what it will be?
I had one serious guess. Since TC71 was one of my accomplices in "Operation Stone Holey" this summer, when I sent him and another forum member to my grandmother's old house in Stuart, Florida to look for some stone Yap coins that used to be in the yard (you might remember the thread- it's still on this forum if you search it), then I figured maybe he had found me a Yap stone coin, and there was gonna be a VERY heavy package in the mail. He's as much as said that ain't it, though, so there goes my one guess.
<< <i>Perhaps you misheard what he said. "Go check you're male" sounds very much the same. (Just kidding; hope you don't hate me now.) >>
I do try to check that periodically.
USPS can be so aggravatingly slow this season.
Just make sure you feed it quick as soon as the package comes. We cannot otherwise be held responsible.
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ME, be patient? I had all but forgotten the whole thing, until I started getting "is it there yet?" PMs!
Now that the pot o' suspense has been stirred again, my curiosity has risen.
Maybe it's all just a "Let's see how long we can taunt LordM" thread. Yeah.
<< <i>Just make sure you feed it quick as soon as the package comes. We cannot otherwise be held responsible. >>
Oh, and don't get it wet, right? Don't let it get anywhere near water?
Where have I heard that before?
<< <i>Patience, grasshopper.
USPS can be so aggravatingly slow this season.
Just make sure you feed it quick as soon as the package comes. We cannot otherwise be held responsible. >>
Aint that the truth. All the props goto to BlindedByEgo. He is a most generous person!
Happy Holidays Rob!
TC71
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<< <i>Just make sure you feed it quick as soon as the package comes. We cannot otherwise be held responsible. >>
Oh, and don't get it wet, right? Don't let it get anywhere near water?
Where have I heard that before? >>
They ARE cute when they're young. And dry
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OK, to stay on topic, hopefully, let's assume it's something numismatic.
Yap stone coins are out.
TC71 tipped his hand a little and dropped a vague hint via PM. He mentioned PCGS.
Now I know PCGS does not slab Yap money. If it is something in a PCGS holder, then there goes my second guess, too.
Usually when I get gifts from forum members in the mail, it is something holey. They don't slab holey coins, either, unless they're made with a hole in them. So there goes my second guess.
I'm all guessed out.
Anybody else care to try? I'll even give away... umm... a mystery something as a prize, to whoever guesses the closest to whatever this mystery something they are sending is.
???????????
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
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I had one serious guess. Since TC71 was one of my accomplices in "Operation Stone Holey" this summer, when I sent him and another forum member to my grandmother's old house in Stuart, Florida to look for some stone Yap coins that used to be in the yard (you might remember the thread- it's still on this forum if you search it), then I figured maybe he had found me a Yap stone coin, and there was gonna be a VERY heavy package in the mail. He's as much as said that ain't it, though, so there goes my one guess. >>
This was my first guess too, though I did not remember that TC71 was in on the original expedition. Maybe they kidnapped the somewhat surly woman who now owns the house?
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I'd probably be pretty surly, too, if a buncha weirdos showed up in my driveway and asked to look for stone coins in the lawn.
If I were a normal person, that is.
What a good thing I'm not normal.
That might not fit in a mailbox.
The contents want out!
1. A wedding invitation from a long lost friend who's getting married next Valentine's Day. He already WAS married. I hope he wasn't widowed. His wife had a brain tumor, from what I understand. Yikes. He's a Marine, I think. I thought he was over there in the Sandbox. I'm glad he's here Stateside.
Anyway.
2. My trade from FilthyBroke is here. Oh goodie. A PCGS VF25 Flying Eagle cent, a SEGS MS62 RB CWT I have already resold, and a nice Byzantine follis.
3. A Priority Mail envelope from Gary Loveless.
Gary Loveless = TorinoCobra71, if memory serves correctly. This is it!
It's kinda heavy.
No airholes or twitching or growling coming out of the envelope, though.
No suspicious white powdery substances.
It isn't ticking. Or leaking strange-smelling liquids.
What do you think? Should I open it?
<< <i>Tuesday's mail.
1. A wedding invitation from a long lost friend who's getting married next Valentine's Day. He already WAS married. I hope he wasn't widowed. His wife had a brain tumor, from what I understand. Yikes. He's a Marine, I think. I thought he was over there in the Sandbox. I'm glad he's here Stateside.
Anyway.
2. My trade from FilthyBroke is here. Oh goodie. A PCGS VF25 Flying Eagle cent, a SEGS MS62 RB CWT I have already resold, and a nice Byzantine follis.
3. A Priority Mail envelope from Gary Loveless.
Gary Loveless = TorinoCobra71, if memory serves correctly. This is it!
It's kinda heavy.
No airholes or twitching or growling coming out of the envelope, though.
No suspicious white powdery substances.
It isn't ticking. Or leaking strange-smelling liquids.
What do you think? Should I open it?
Ah go ahead... what's the worse that can happen? ... a walk on Eternity Road?
What if it's like one of them Ted Kacz- Kacyz- uh, whatsisname... Unabomber packages?
"Send this letter to ten other members of the CU forum or your coins will suffer mysterious PVC damage"
I am truly surprised, just as billed.
And a little mystified.
Let me clarify. I am surprised, because this is so out of the blue, and these guys sent me THREE beautiful PCGS-graded MS coins, FOR NO APPARENT REASON AT ALL.
That's where the mystified part comes into play. The gift is generous enough that I really am astonished and I have no idea WHY they would do this, or what I did to deserve it!
(The answer? Nothing, as far as I can tell. I mean, I try to be a nice guy and all, but... whoa. This is crazy generous, as I see it.)
I am completely knocked out.
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<< <i>I catch your Moody Blues reference, but great song aside, a "walk on Eternity Road" sounds rather... mortal.
What if it's like one of them Ted Kacz- Kacyz- uh, whatsisname... Unabomber packages? >>
Have no fear my friend... after all... we are all already on one of the by-ways of that eternal highway...
anyhoo...the worst it could be is an AT coin or marty's Chicken... so live a little... open the darn package "punk"... go ahead...make our day...
It's not getting as much attention as I was hoping for so far. I mean, I expected throngs of people panting and chanting SPILL IT!!! POST THE PICTURES ALREADY!!!
But that's OK. If nobody cares what two overgenerous forumites just sent me for a surprise Christmas/birthday present, I can live with that.
If I posted pix, though, this might not be so OT anymore. I mean... coin pictures... who'd've thunk there'd be new coin pictures on this thread?
If you milk it any more and refuse to post pictures of the coins, someone is sure to complain and have this thread go poof.
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<< <i>Should I post the picture yet, or milk this for attention a little while longer?
It's not getting as much attention as I was hoping for so far. I mean, I expected throngs of people panting and chanting SPILL IT!!! POST THE PICTURES ALREADY!!!
But that's OK. If nobody cares what two overgenerous forumites just sent me for a surprise Christmas/birthday present, I can live with that.
If I posted pix, though, this might not be so OT anymore. I mean... coin pictures... who'd've thunk there'd be new coin pictures on this thread? >>
Come on man, spill the beans!
Even though BBE and I know what they are, share with the rest of the Forum!
MERRY XMAS Lord Marcovan, You deserve it!
TC71
it's enough to make a guy wanna plan a giveaway.......hmm, what do i have laying around??
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Will’sProoflikes
jeez...some peeple...I tell ya...
<< <i>C'mon...enough drama already... some of us gotta get to sleep... take them pics already and post em... don't take all night... I mean c'mon already...
jeez...some peeple...I tell ya...
Sorry for the "Yellowvision". Now you see why I generally use a scanner intead of the camera, when I'm indoors.
How cool is THAT?
You know what's odd? After a five-year absence from the game, I started a Registry set last night, on a whim.
Basic Design Type Set. I registered just one coin so far- a Trade dollar.
I only had two other PCGS slabs here. One was a G06 1812 Bust half, which is a nice CircCam coin but really too numerically low to register (and I have better ones to slab).
The other was a white MS63 1881-S Morgan, but somebody else already had it registered, and anyway, I just remembered I have it sold.
So I had no Morgan dollar, and only one slab in my new Reg Set.
Then FilthyBroke's Flyer cent showed up, and now this package.
I can have my choice of TWO MS64 Morgans, and boy, was the price right!
I like my MS Morgans blast white, too. (Prefer grey CircCams for the lower grades).
And a Frankie, to boot! I usually prefer CAM or DCAM proof Frankies to business strikes, but I will have to make an exception here.
Again, the price was right, and the FBL might get me extra Registry points. It's a really sweet coin. All three are.
Wow.
YOU GUYS JUST MADE MY WEEK.
Maybe I am just easy to please, but you sure did rock my boat with this.
THANK YOU!!!
<< <i>it's enough to make a guy wanna plan a giveaway.......hmm, what do i have laying around?? >>
Greg, you are so right.
I predict there will be a new LordM giveaway thread before the night is out.
TC71
Give them a good home Lord Marcovan!
see LM...I told you that you were missed around here...
you're pretty kewl too Rob!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Now that you've got a couple of newly acquired Morgans maybe the VAM bug will set in?
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
--->
HA! Don't bet on it!
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
Although I was hoping they had got PCGS to slab one of those Yap Stones in memory of your exciting hunt.