Coin

ajaan

This coin makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, which is what I need right now. Our furnace broke last night and the temp right now is hovering around freezing with a wind chill in the low 20s. Dang, it's cold in here.

SYRACUSIAN

<< <i>This coin makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, which is what I need right now. Our furnace broke last night and the temp right now is hovering around freezing with a wind chill in the low 20s. Dang, it's cold in here.

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The coin is a fantastic two sided toned BC, from the hundreds (71,72 and 73) that you must have handled, (i must have gotten 7-8 from you at least), but it's not making Kelly warm and fuzzy, so I'm wondering: don't you have any other alternatives for heating (even one or two rooms), when such a thing happens? ( electric radiators, fireplace, etc)

ajaan

We have a fireplace that doesn't work. Other than that, no other source of heat.

YQQ

are you asking us to feel sorry for you?
checked the circuit breakers?? Gas or oil turned off??? or out of oil??
pushed the re-set button on the furnace? ( there is one)
if all above fails, there is this: a small apppliance called : portable heater?

one needs to get in the car and drive to a store and fork over some dough, not a lot, $ 20 most likely will do.
then you take that appliance home and unpack it. then you plug it into an electrical wall outlet, turn the knob up and voila,,,, warm air starts to come out of the little appliance..
this warm air can give you a cozy, warm and fuzzy feeling after a while..

good luck, hope it works soon,...

Senex

<< <i>are you asking us to feel sorry for you?
checked the circuit breakers?? Gas or oil turned off??? or out of oil??
pushed the re-set button on the furnace? ( there is one)
if all above fails, there is this: a small apppliance called : portable heater?

one needs to get in the car and drive to a store and fork over some dough, not a lot, $ 20 most likely will do.
then you take that appliance home and unpack it. then you plug it into an electrical wall outlet, turn the knob up and voila,,,, warm air starts to come out of the little appliance..
this warm air can give you a cozy, warm and fuzzy feeling after a while..

good luck, hope it works soon,... >>


Why so nasty?

ajaan

Jeez YQQ, chill out. I didn't ask anyone to feel sorry for me. I was just posting a nice coin with a story. Now I know why so many of the old timers no longer post here.

mongoose

Don is from Buffalo, he likely knows his options. He didn't ask you or anyone else for sympathy. Chill out or go away.

sumnom

ajaan

Wow! It was worth starting this thread just to see a mongoose siting. Nice to see you are still around Joe. And thanks for getting my back.

sumnom

It's a beautiful piece. I especially like the obverse.

I hope you (and your pipes) are keeping warm.

mongoose

Nice to be here, that response and the attitude associated with it was enough to make me log in and comment.

Now onto the coin... it is very pleasing. It is nicely colored both obv and rev, and has surfaces/strike to match the color appeal. It's a beauty!

ajaan

That coin was bought at the last ANA show in Pittsburgh. Well my coin buying needs to be cut back. The furnace, YQQ you can stop reading here, is up and running but needs to be replaced. It is 15 years old and not of the highest quality to begin with. It was here when we bought the house.

spy88

Hey Don,
Don't let one young-un with nothing better to do then cut your OP or keep you from posting here.

I grew up in Evergreen, Colo. @ 6000+' elevation. Winters were 6-10 feet of snow. digging out the 4X4, chaining up to go to town.
Fireplace was 24/7 most days. I feel for you and very nice coin!

SaorAlba

<< <i>That coin was bought at the last ANA show in Pittsburgh. Well my coin buying needs to be cut back. The furnace, YQQ you can stop reading here, is up and running but needs to be replaced. It is 15 years old and not of the highest quality to begin with. It was here when we bought the house. >>



I sold my grandmother's house back in 2007 - it was heated by a boiler in the basement and radiators in the floor boards upstairs. It was an expensive heat because of the cost of the natural gas - but aside from regulators and pressure valves the boiler was all original to the house that was built in 1957. These furnaces that are built these days are meant to last 10-12 years at max. Most people don't live in the house that long anyway so the manufacturers build them cheap so they can be replaced often.

Stork

It's a gorgeous coin and would make me warm and fuzzy feeling too. Of course, I'm in the south of Spain right now and just took an evening walk in shorts so perhaps that is not saying much .

Seriously though, what up YQQ???? Don is showing us a nice picture and Dimitri is asking a reasonable question (he lives a lot closer to me than Don after all).

A little 5-7-5:
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what's with the 'tude dude
the thread is about the coin
look at the picture
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the coin is gorgeous
the weather incidental
Nice photo Ajaan
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Good night all...
Cathy

edited to add: the house we had in Maryland was built in 1954 and had the original heating system. It was tough to find someone to do work on it and IIRC getting some parts for it was a real bear, but it still worked.

ormandh

Nice coin, Don!

I have had to deal with furnaces all season long. I am not accustomed to the radiator heating so it has been a pain. Does your thermostat have batteries? I know many times that with these new programmable thermostats the heater will not work if the battery is low. Just a suggestion. Good luck with it. -Dan

ajaan

The batteries were the first thing I replaced this AM. The furnace guy said the ignitor was fried. It was, he showed it to me. He replaced that. The cost? $200 but he said he would waive that cost if we bought a new furnace. We've known for a couple years we were going to need a new one, we just hoped it would last a couple years more. With 6 months interest free to pay, plus waiving today's bill of $200, we decided it was time to replace it.

YQQ

wow, you guys took this the wrong way totally and I was so surprised reading your reactions.
just meant to make fun of it, as I thought you posted it as fun read. Not wanted to be nasty in any way.
just wanted to spin it a bit in a humorous and funny way.
if you read my post again, you might perhaps see the humor in it and that it was not meant any other way.
Obviously my post came across the wrong way and I am sincerely sorry.

I ask you all to please accept my apology.

I did not mean to be nasty.

YQQ

Hi again,

It is really difficult to defend myself. I am not even trying. I now feel like a piece of "you know what".
However, I am surprised how a few of you reacted. And were probably also not thinking that just perhaps I meant no harm.
Sure makes me think now.
I made an innocent honest mistake which i did not think it was a mistake when I wrote it.
And, there are obviously 2 sides to this story. I happen to go with the the Furnace story and not with the coin side.
Anyway, I get the message.
No fun allowed. It might be misinterpreted and could back fire.
Sorry guys and Girls.

JCMhouston

Very nice Ajaan, we had to turn the AC on here today, hit 82 this afternoon.

WillieBoyd2

Blazing Dollars

Senex

<< <i>Hi again,

It is really difficult to defend myself. I am not even trying. I now feel like a piece of "you know what".
However, I am surprised how a few of you reacted. And were probably also not thinking that just perhaps I meant no harm.
Sure makes me think now.
I made an innocent honest mistake which i did not think it was a mistake when I wrote it.
And, there are obviously 2 sides to this story. I happen to go with the the Furnace story and not with the coin side.
Anyway, I get the message.
No fun allowed. It might be misinterpreted and could back fire.
Sorry guys and Girls. >>


There was nothing in your original post that was even remotely humorous, IMO, just some snarky remarks seemingly aimed to insult the originator of this thread.
YMMV

lordmarcovan

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(Answered your minimalist title with a minimalist reply. LOL. Nice coin. Better even than a hot cuppa cocoa or something. Stay warm. I'll go out and hug a palm tree for you, next time I step outside to NOT smoke. Today is uhh... Day 20 of that.)

Zohar

JCM- I miss that kind of weather. Its still cold out here I guess somewhat South of where Don lives.

The coin is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.

LochNESS

Posts like these have gotten me looking at toners now for a month or two.

Also, why change the avatar?

ajaan

<< <i>Also, why change the avatar? >>


Decided to go old school.

lordmarcovan

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<< <i>Also, why change the avatar? >>


Decided to go old school. >>

That's actually the default 'Shroom icon from the old days. His groovier, more psychedelic one was a much more recent addition. I didn't even notice. Occasionally Shroomie will really get a wild hair and put on one of the old school female avatar pictures, just to mess with your head.

Just humor him.

LochNESS

I can dig it

I used to play online poker under my Hebrew name, hershel. One guy thought I was a woman. I didn't correct him and made a nice profit. It's funny how some people bet differently against women.

MacCrimmon

Who knew? I thought it well nigh impossible that Bingo Greentoe could get cold. Go take a bath; that hot furnace will make your house smell..............at least with you in it!!!!!

ajaan

<< <i>next time I step outside to NOT smoke. Today is uhh... Day 20 of that >>

theboz11

My neighbor was just up in Buffalo visiting relatives, he related your feelings exactly, Don

Aethelred

You could always move down here Don!

It is going to be in the 50s today!

Aethelred

I'll go out and hug a palm tree for you, next time I step outside to NOT smoke. Today is uhh... Day 20 of that.

Way to go Rob, you are past the hard part now!

ColinCMR

That's a really nice one, I came across one back when i started collecting, I think it was a $6 purchase at a flea market. Toned on both sides blue and red, but none of that nice yellow/orange