The Night Before Halloween: forum faces pop quiz

lordmarcovan

There was a miniature Darkside gathering in Asheville, NC this past weekend.



The three CU members in this first picture also post on the Liteside, however, so see if you can guess who they are.









The second photo produced some spectral images of two Dearly Departed Darksiders.



The living person at right in this photo is pretty exclusively a World coin guy so you might not see him over here on the US Coin Forum much. Extra credit if you can name the two hovering, avatarized spirits of our departed forum friends, but I wouldn't expect you to be able to.

coindeuce

I think the guy on the left is some wonky metal detectorist.

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: coindeuce

I think the guy on the left is some wonky metal detectorist.

Nope. Never has swung a detector, to my knowledge.



Wonky? Maybe. He has been known to be into exonumia.



PS- not the guy on our left, as you look at the picture, anyway.



One of the other guys has been known to put the coil to the soil a time or two.



(And there's two past detectorists amongst the living members in the bottom photo.)

ajaan

who is taking the photo? then i'll guess.

Walkerfan

I don't have the first clue, as to whom these coindexters are.

ajaan

since lordmarcovan just bought a beard trimmer, I know which one he is.

coindeuce

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: coindeuce

I think the guy on the left is some wonky metal detectorist.

Nope. Never has swung a detector, to my knowledge.



Wonky? Maybe. He has been known to be into exonumia.



PS- not the guy on our left, as you look at the picture, anyway.



One of the other guys has been known to put the coil to the soil a time or two.



(And there's two past detectorists amongst the living members in the bottom photo.)

So, the Lord Makeover is not in this photo ? Whooda thunk it?

lordmarcovan

You're just used to my previous default avatar picture, which, having been taken circa 2004, is eleven years out of date.







Welcome to the older, fatter, bespectacled me.



At least I look jolly in the first picture, right? If you can't be thin and good looking anymore, go for jolly.



First photo (L to R): Greg C. ("savoyspecial"), Terry G. ("asheland"), Rob S. ("lordmarcovan").



Second photo (L to R): Greg C. ("savoyspecial"), Rob S. ("lordmarcovan"), Michael S. ("Aethelred").



Second photo (in ghostly avatar form, L to R): the late Wayne W. ("Newbiecollector"), Brad S. ("tbirde56").

Originally posted by: ajaan

who is taking the photo? then i'll guess.

Michael took the first picture (he couldn't figure out the timer on the camera and all the spouses were downstairs). Terry took the second.



Everyone in the room but me and the phantoms are full time brick-and-mortar coin dealers, but probably not as active on the show circuit these days, so I guess it isn't surprising the faces weren't so familiar. I myself haven't been to a national show since 2007 (or any show since January of 2008), so with quite a few added pounds and no Holey Coin Vest and hat, I'm much less recognizable.

ricko

Did not guess any of the identities..... LordM, you have changed a bit... but so have we all...

Cheers, RickO

Bigbuck1975

Those three guys who had a show back in the day? Larry, Curly, and Moe?? Sorry, couldn't resist!!

asheland

dpoole

Hmmm. Aethelred's run a few laps since I've seen him last, too!

Walkerfan

LordM still looks like his avatar. Just a little older. He's now got that 'wisdom'.

coindeuce

The 'stache is the perfect disguise.

Tibor

This could also be the Friday night line-up at the Ashville police dept.

Your Honor, I had no idea that the coin had been "curated"

Looks like fun times!!

epcjimi1

Guess you had to be there.

MidLifeCrisis

I had no clue.



LordM...I always thought you looked like the leprechaun in your old avatar.



Edited to add - no, wait, that WAS you in your old avatar...right?

gonzer

Them's some bad ***** dudes ya ask me.

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: MidLifeCrisis

I had no clue.



LordM...I always thought you looked like the leprechaun in your old avatar.



Edited to add - no, wait, that WAS you in your old avatar...right?

Yes, that was me... in 2004. Amazing what eleven years, declining eyesight, ballooning weight, and the loss of all one's upper teeth can do for one's appearance, eh?

MidLifeCrisis

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

Amazing what eleven years, declining eyesight, ballooning weight, and the loss of all one's upper teeth can do for one's appearance, eh?

I'm right there with you brother.

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

I know your from Georgia but that mustache has Chicago written all over it! Nice Work man

asheland

johnny9434

its not larry curly or moe and it aint the 3 amigo's

Christos

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: MidLifeCrisis

I had no clue.



LordM...I always thought you looked like the leprechaun in your old avatar.



Edited to add - no, wait, that WAS you in your old avatar...right?

Yes, that was me... in 2004. Amazing what eleven years, declining eyesight, ballooning weight, and the loss of all one's upper teeth can do for one's appearance, eh?

I went from 215 in 2012 to 336 now from health issues so i know what you mean. Also I know you were told to stop biting those fake coins so hard as they would ruin your teeth. See what happens when you don't listen.

TopographicOceans

Getting older is much better than the alternative.

winky

3 dudes. Is that the right answer?

LotsoLuck

The guy on the left Savoyspecial?

savoyspecial

yup LotsoLuck, you got one right!

lordmarcovan

Christos- I too have embarrassingly crossed the 300 mark, which is a line in the sand I swore would never happen.



But at least I've got a backup career plan if a traveling circus is ever shorthanded and needs a substitute for one of their dancing elephants. (I'll still need dance lessons before that happens, though.)



Part of my issue is thyroid related. Part of it. I can't cop out completely and blame it all on that, of course. My sedentary lifestyle can't be helping much.



I should get outside with the metal detector more, even though I never saw any weight loss from that. It would improve my physical activity and my silver coin count at the very least!

MFH

I know Greg C. ( Savoyspecial ) well. We were grading partners at the ANA Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs in 2012. He hasn't changed a bit since then. I know Lord M ( Rob ) only thru these Boards. Sorry, don't know the other guys.




Looks like a good group. The wives must be trading war stories out of ear shot !! LOL !!