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  • curlycurly Posts: 2,880

    I am a field study participant on how one lives on Social Security checks in this economic environment.
    Every man is a self made man.
  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Seated Half Society member #38
    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭✭
    Product development scientist at a molecular diagnostics company.
  • Professional treasurehunter, parttime railroad maintenance worker, fulltime daydreamer
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭
    Publisher

  • DCAMDCAM Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    Repair Medical Equipment.
    Buy More Coins!!
  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
    Martial Arts Instructor.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    After I invented the Internet I retired and became a speed adrenaline junkie.
    Lance.
  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Martial Arts Instructor. >>



    Very cool! What kind(s)?
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Martial Arts Instructor. >>



    Very cool! What kind(s)? >>



    Chinese martial arts. Kung fu and Tai Chi
  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fantastic! What a great profession.
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭✭
    The guy that pays too much for coins. That fits me well. image
  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
    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.
  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The guy that pays too much for coins. That fits me well. image >>



    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!
  • BaronVonBaughBaronVonBaugh Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭✭
    Retired since July 1995. I'm now 56. Life is so tough!
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    Instrument Tech/Gas Tester at a small gas refining plant. 31 years next Saturday.


    Mike
  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Part-time longshoreman...
    Full-time coin collector/dealer...
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  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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.
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019
    Work in Plant Services for an automotive filtration manufacturer.

    Actually I sell women's shoes but I'm ashamed to tell y'all that.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,265 ✭✭✭✭✭
    family physician x 26yrs. still independent.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
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  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <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.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,174 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Retired Military, now a DOD civilian employee.

    Steve
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Purveyor of elusive spondulix. Often leads to bouts of imbibing.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

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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.
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • 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 ?

    Home of quality widgets
  • pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    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!!!!

    RIP "BEAR"
  • AddictedtocoinsAddictedtocoins Posts: 310 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

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    << <i>

    << <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.
  • jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,993 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Retired!
  • pantherpanther Posts: 395 ✭✭
    Tile, stone, concrete contractor in So.Cal

    Retired ASA Junior Olympic Girls Softball Coach
    Travel Ball Teams: Panthers Gold, Batbusters, for 15years
  • Successful BST with Nolawyer, Whitetornado, Messydesk, whit, lasvegasteddy,cohodk,allcoinsrule, watersport, blackhawk, tonedase, PRoemisch


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    << <i>Funeral Director & Embalmer.

    "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
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  • Retired Military. Retired Accounting Manager. Volunteer down at the local V.A. hospital Wouldn't have it any other way
    Successful BST with Nolawyer, Whitetornado, Messydesk, whit, lasvegasteddy,cohodk,allcoinsrule, watersport, blackhawk, tonedase, PRoemisch
  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some sharp wit and good laughs in this thread!image

    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

  • 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.
  • BigJohnDBigJohnD Posts: 337 ✭✭✭
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    retired philanthropist to my kids.
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,382 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Aerodynamicist, but you can consider me a rocket scientist. I make sure the planes you fly don't crash when you takeoff land. You're welcome.
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  • PoppeePoppee Posts: 154 ✭✭
    Retired railroader......image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Retired. Formerly aerospace electronics executive, competitive intelligence, security. Cheers, RickO
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bromeliad/Tillandsia collector/hybridizer
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,265 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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. >>



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    Good one!
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    Public health writer (freelance).

    I wrote this.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Aerodynamicist, but you can consider me a rocket scientist. >>



    Bazinga! Oh wait, wrong school.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
    image
    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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"
  • PistareenPistareen Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭


    << <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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    Part time teacher and part time garden center manager (family business)

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