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nencoinnencoin Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭✭

...okay, he's not really our customer. I wonder if he's a serious collector.

Gronk's house burglarized:

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    REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bad circumstances, but he would be a very welcomed addition to the forum. I wonder if he's putting together a proof date run. If he has the 1895, I bet that one is in the bank vault.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭✭

    im glad none of us have them >:)

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    ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Please help find Gronk's coins so he will be in better spirits and not retire from football!!

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    drei3reedrei3ree Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭✭

    @REALGATOR said:
    Bad circumstances, but he would be a very welcomed addition to the forum.

    ...unless he's already a member.

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    ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2018 11:53AM

    I heard this coin was his favorite :D

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    DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭✭

    Is he a true collector, or did he just have them as investment coins?

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    coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    if he only had 2 coins maybe a novice, or maybe those were the 2 most expensive ?

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe they were gifts to him or maybe he was going to gift them to someone he knows that is interested in coins. :smile:

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "...maybe he was going to gift them to someone..."

    "give" :)

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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2 PR 63's, gronk needs to start stepping to the plate!!

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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The original quote was fine. "gifting" is acceptable when used as a noun, as is "going to gift something to someone".
    Nitpicking someone, just because it is a word you wouldn't use that way, even when it has been acceptable in use for ages, is not cool.

    From: grammarist.com/usage/gift/
    "The use of gift as a verb is not new, at least according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which lists examples of gift used to mean to make a present of from as early as the 17th century."
    "Resistance to new uses of words is understandable, but any insistence that new uses of words are simply wrong is based on an unrealistic view of how English is supposed to work"

    @RogerB said:
    "...maybe he was going to gift them to someone..."

    "give" :)

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry :disappointed:

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    jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've had a few people ask if I am Jason Witten before... haha

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2018 1:54PM

    RE: "The original quote was fine. "gifting" is acceptable when used as a noun, as is "going to gift something to someone".

    Actually, it is not acceptable --- at any level of English.

    Did the sensitive nebbish bocce not understand that the little 'emoticon' is there to let readers know not to take the comment too seriously?

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Give or gift,...... it is mute now since he doesn't have the coins. :smile:

    Also, why would he not have had someone watching his gated 'house' whilst he was playing in the Superbowl ? :smile:

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2018 2:04PM

    Or as SHAKESPEARE would have uttered:

    Maybe those wast gifts to that gent or maybe that gent wast going to gift those to someone that gent knoweth that is interested in coins.
    :smile::smile::smile:

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,248 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmm...imagine that, burglarizing someones home, when you know that they will not be there due to a high profile event. I wonder if he had a suitable safe for his possessions?

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    ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He probably has others which are in a safe or SDB. Perhaps he just received those two before leaving for the Super Bowl.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He had several safes if I remember correctly.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And at least one firearm in the house if I recall.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Although I heard that the FA belonged to his roommate because he is not licensed.

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:

    Actually, it is not acceptable --- at any level of English.

    Did the sensitive nebbish bocce not understand that the little 'emoticon' is there to let readers know not to take the comment too seriously?

    Merriam-Webster disagrees. I ordinarily would not have commented but that was just not polite.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb

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    CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Im just pumped he’s a coin collector! I love the Gronk!

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2018 2:49PM

    911 call reporting burglary: 'This is Rob Gronkowski'

    https://youtu.be/WKXc-PP0B-A

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/06/cops-home-patriots-gronk-robbed-during-super-bowl-week.html

    FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski can be heard on a 911 call calmly telling a dispatcher that his home was burglarized while he was at the Super Bowl.

    Police in Foxborough, Massachusetts, released a portion of the call on Tuesday.

    He can be heard telling the dispatcher on Monday: "This is Rob Gronkowski calling, and while I was gone my whole house got robbed, while on the Super Bowl trip. And I just got back."

    A police report says someone broke a window to get in. In a Broadcastify.com recording of a call between responding officers and dispatch, a dispatcher says "multiple safes and possible guns" were taken.

    The police report redacted all details of what was taken.

    The report says Gronkowski lives with two roommates, both of whom reported items stolen.

    **This story has been corrected to show a police dispatcher said "possible" guns instead of "possibly" guns.
    **

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a shame..... I do find it extremely negligent though, not to have the home properly secured, and in his case, guarded. Certainly an expense he may willingly pay in the future. Hindsight = 20/20. Cheers, RickO

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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...he should have picked up some of the street-smarts from the other tight-end before he went gone...nothing like an extra safe-house just to store the good stuff in...no man should party hard with strangers (of any form) inside an environment where they openly store valuables...that's all ;)

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    derrybderryb Posts: 38,627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    glad to see NCIS is finally providing cert numbers.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    glad to see NCIS is finally providing cert numbers.

    Maybe it has something to do with the status of the victim ?

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    djmdjm Posts: 1,565 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jwitten said:
    I've had a few people ask if I am Jason Witten before... haha

    Better they ask if you are Jason Witten than Kitten Witten.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gee. Point made. Yes, Gronk should have prepared for his absence a little better.

    Double negative.

    His team also lost the Super Bowl.

    Pete

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    airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinRaritiesOnline said:
    I can neither confirm nor deny that he got them from us.

    We'll know when he wears that CRO hat on the sidelines.

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,123 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jwitten said:
    I've had a few people ask if I am Jason Witten before... haha

    You're not ???

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    coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    they have professional house sitters.

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    northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @nencoin said:
    ...okay, he's not really our customer. I wonder if he's a serious collector.

    Gronk's house burglarized:

    campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102927891983&ca=e0161525-32fe-422c-9fb9-732209c23f52

    That thread title deserves "Click Bait of the Day" award. :)

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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    Give or gift,...... it is mute now since he doesn't have the coins. :smile: ...

    "moot" :)>:)

    .
    .

    But hopefully they are recovered and it will become unmooted.

    Also checked the cert lookup and there are no photos. They are each graded Proof-63.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks @WinLoseWin , I deserved it :smile:
    Have a great weekend,

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @northcoin said:

    @nencoin said:
    ...okay, he's not really our customer. I wonder if he's a serious collector.

    Gronk's house burglarized:

    campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102927891983&ca=e0161525-32fe-422c-9fb9-732209c23f52

    That thread title deserves "Click Bait of the Day" award. :)

    They have one of those?

    Pete

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 23, 2018 7:48PM

    Arrest made in Super Bowl burglary of Rob Gronkowski's house

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    GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    Arrest made in Super Bowl burglary of Rob Gronkowski's house

    Love it when the good guy wins one......Go Gronk!!!!

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 27, 2018 4:28AM

    Two coins recovered, three semi-autos still missing....................One arresteded, two being sought.

    They also recovered two watches and two antique dollar coins valued at $3,550, according to the report.

    http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/foxboro-police-used-security-video-to-solve-gronkowski-home-break/article_8cc55901-595e-5673-b5f6-3bfbc0f5c849.html

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    DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭✭

    With an arrest record like his, that perp should have been locked-up a long time ago for a long time.................... Revolving-door system isn't working.......

    And speaking of revolving doors............ had to love the Patriots' "D" Super Bowl night!! :) "Philly Special" forever!!

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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,344 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bochiman said:
    The original quote was fine. "gifting" is acceptable when used as a noun, as is "going to gift something to someone".
    Nitpicking someone, just because it is a word you wouldn't use that way, even when it has been acceptable in use for ages, is not cool.

    From: grammarist.com/usage/gift/
    "The use of gift as a verb is not new, at least according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which lists examples of gift used to mean to make a present of from as early as the 17th century."
    "Resistance to new uses of words is understandable, but any insistence that new uses of words are simply wrong is based on an unrealistic view of how English is supposed to work"

    @RogerB said:
    "...maybe he was going to gift them to someone..."

    "give" :)

    Actually I think you meant "used as a verb"... ;)

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