It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes.
<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit.
Software engineer for a major medical device manufacturer identified on my loupe lanyard. Will have been there 20 years this October. If I stick around for another 30, one of my choices for 50th anniversary gift would be a mountain bike. The service anniversary gift catalog is apparently assembled by actuaries.
<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder.
<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. >>
You're a very good writer as well :-)
Indeed, I've found that some of the most practical of the arts don't even have belts.
Easy Grandpa and retired . And umm.. well the grandkids are 2000 miles away , so I see them once a year in person and a bunch of times on skype . And I collect social security , but still work bout 35 hours per week , cause I need the money , and I paid a lot in taxes , cause the govmint said I made to much while collecting , and I still need 5 or 6 shield nickels to finish my set , and the wrong team won the super bowl , and I fixed my snowthrower , but so far it hasn't snowed in connecticut, my candidate is behind in the presidential polls , and , I dont know . Joe six-pack who also likes a nice pinot noir ?
I profess to liking money, do not care how i can get it. I can pick up trash, dig ditches, operate heavy equipment, drive a limo, home repair, cowboy, rancher, gun slinger, horse trader, buy and sell.
but i am first a slum Lord and that pays the bills, the rest buys the toys.
Mark NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!! working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!
<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. >>
You're a very good writer as well :-)
Indeed, I've found that some of the most practical of the arts don't even have belts. >>
Thank you Sir. I will be updating my profile soon. You are correct. The most practical and most effective martial arts could care less about belts. Just as I have learned here...Buy the coin and not the label. The same with martial arts. It doesn't matter how many belts or titles a person has. What matters is what can that instructor teach you, and are you comfortable with him or her.. Same with coins as I have learned.
Flight test engineer. I'm currently working on autonomous aerial refueling for UAV's. Just prior to AAR, I worked on automatic carrier landing systems on Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. I've been a flight test engineer for 9 years and have worked on a lot of pretty cool aircraft.
Underpaid software dev and general IT professional due to understaffing...and unemployed as a futures trader, hopefully not for long as that is what buys the coins.
<< <i>Software engineer for a major medical device manufacturer identified on my loupe lanyard. Will have been there 20 years this October. If I stick around for another 30, one of my choices for 50th anniversary gift would be a mountain bike. The service anniversary gift catalog is apparently assembled by actuaries. >>
Artisan Woodworker.... That's how I "describe it" , I build Wooden Cameras from the 1840s-1880s and related photographic equipment. I used to do Civil War reenactment photography but the shop work load is now too heavy for that, too much travelling My "job"
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I am a field study participant on how one lives on Social Security checks in this economic environment.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Lance.
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Very cool! What kind(s)?
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<< <i>Martial Arts Instructor. >>
Very cool! What kind(s)? >>
Chinese martial arts. Kung fu and Tai Chi
<< <i>The guy that pays too much for coins. That fits me well.
Actually I'm the guy that pays way too much to have coins graded when I think I have found something unique ! But that's why I joined this forum! Lol!
Mike
Full-time coin collector/dealer...
<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit.
Actually I sell women's shoes but I'm ashamed to tell y'all that.
Ron
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder.
Steve
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com
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<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. >>
You're a very good writer as well :-)
Indeed, I've found that some of the most practical of the arts don't even have belts.
Grandpa and retired .
And umm.. well the grandkids are 2000 miles away , so I see them once a year
in person and a bunch of times on skype .
And I collect social security , but still work bout 35 hours per week , cause I need the
money , and I paid a lot in taxes , cause the govmint said I made to much while
collecting , and I still need 5 or 6 shield nickels to finish my set , and the wrong team
won the super bowl , and I fixed my snowthrower , but so far it hasn't snowed in connecticut,
my candidate is behind in the presidential polls , and , I dont know . Joe six-pack who also
likes a nice pinot noir ?
but i am first a slum Lord and that pays the bills, the rest buys the toys.
NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!
RIP "BEAR"
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<< <i>It has kept me busy and taught me a lot over the years...Martial arts is a part of history...Like coins..The two have a lot in common. They both have gone through a lot of changes. >>
Very well stated.
Of course, it has the added benefit of being able to keep you alive in various situations, not to mention from a cardo standpoint!
I started with Kenpo in '82 and have tried many forms/styles since. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury has tempered my sparring a bit. >>
Yes sir! You are correct.. I have learned a lot through my training..I appreciate the history of coins as much as I appreciate my martial arts training...As with martial arts its not how much you know, or what belt you are..It's all about how much you have learned and can pass on to to other people...as with coins. It's not all about how much a coin is worth all the time... Its the history of the coin .. and the excitement of finding something new or learning something new! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. >>
You're a very good writer as well :-)
Indeed, I've found that some of the most practical of the arts don't even have belts. >>
Thank you Sir. I will be updating my profile soon. You are correct. The most practical and most effective martial arts could care less about belts. Just as I have learned here...Buy the coin and not the label. The same with martial arts. It doesn't matter how many belts or titles a person has. What matters is what can that instructor teach you, and are you comfortable with him or her.. Same with coins as I have learned.
Retired ASA Junior Olympic Girls Softball Coach
Travel Ball Teams: Panthers Gold, Batbusters, for 15years
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"You Stab Em, We Slab Em !"
We put the "Fun", back in funeral !
Gots to always keep your sense of humor.
And, No, I'm not from Colorado
Your nickname wouldn't happen t be "Digger" would it? >>
I knew a "Digger" Last name of O'Dell and called himself the happy undertaker
I perform Roentgenological examinations.
(Aspiring surf bum and transient on the side)
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
<< <i>Software engineer for a major medical device manufacturer identified on my loupe lanyard. Will have been there 20 years this October. If I stick around for another 30, one of my choices for 50th anniversary gift would be a mountain bike. The service anniversary gift catalog is apparently assembled by actuaries. >>
Good one!
I wrote this.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
<< <i>Aerodynamicist, but you can consider me a rocket scientist. >>
Bazinga! Oh wait, wrong school.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
<< <i>Public health writer (freelance). I wrote this. >>
Wow. That kind of puts patting oneself on the back for writing a Coin World column in perspective. Nice work.
I'm a retired rock radio DJ who somehow found a way to earn a living from his hobby.
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