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When you are bored....the coins may not be what you need more of......

ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 25, 2018 11:27PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I've been seeing many threads regarding OP /s being bored....and seems the more coins is being seek to remedy it; picture or otherwise :/ C'mon now....if you.... as a coin collector finds some saturation point; I think.... not of seeking more pictures of coins be a better option ;) Unless you are bored from other circumstances.......
I would go the opposite to remedy mine ;)

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 25, 2018 10:09PM

    I got bored TOO believe me NOT and I'd say "should I ask for posting of more coins" or just go ahead find other FUN thing to do ?! Have a few example if you care to know..... ;)

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3 this is a <3 talk story post <3 No punt intended <3

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll bite, so, what do you do to cure the boredoms? :)

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That beats working 21 days straight. :D

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How did your trip go? You mentioned a while back you were headed to a far off destination.

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2018 8:49PM

    Cairn to be exact.....almost back to Darwin period ;) I forced myself to go to bed each and every night so I could be awaken again by the Kookaburra calls in the crack of dawn ;) Go google them "calling" and it would remind you to the old sound of movie Tarzan :)
    (I don't know how to download it)
    ;) edited for my grammar :/

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3 the Kook

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was it leisure or work? Or maybe both?

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Working hard in Sydney but then off for leisure up North as well as the "Bay of Islands" in NZ. CU keep me entertained during the long flights B) You don't know how much time flies ;) for being active in the forum :o

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Posts like this are great for making me think about the coin collecting hobby's role in my life. Hearing about the boredom, passion, enthusiasm, etc of long-term collectors is invaluable.

    Thank you for posting these types of discussions to go along with the rest of the coin talk.

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 12:06AM

    rajah that! Coins can get "heavy" sometime ;)

    @thisistheshow said:
    Posts like this are great for making me think about the coin collecting hobby's role in my life. Hearing about the boredom, passion, enthusiasm, etc of long-term collectors is invaluable.

    Thank you for posting these types of discussions to go along with the rest of the coin talk.

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think JMBullion has a kookaburra coin along with some others that are related to Aussie. The way those birds sound I wouldn't think you'd need an alarm to get up and hear them. :)

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 12:11AM

    Yap...never fail in the crack of dawn....better than any alarm in the world <3
    and definitely better than this.....

    @1Mike1 said:
    I think JMBullion has a kookaburra coin along with some others that are related to Aussie. The way those birds sound I wouldn't think you'd need an alarm to get up and hear them. :)

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do you dive for tuna exclusive? Or do you kill anything that moves? :p

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 12:25AM

    I wouldn't have to kill it if it does not move would I? :p

    @1Mike1 said:
    Do you dive for tuna exclusive? Or do you kill anything that moves? :p

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 12:19AM

    Mostly free dive of the beach entry and sometime of the boat around the deep channel for a hefty one :)
    and most time those hundred pounders "pull" me in instead :#

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't have a very large or very valuable collection (relatively speaking) compared to most here. And I only got back into coins, now in my 40s, a few years ago. It was a childhood interest instilled by my Grandmother.

    I have been working at streamlining and focusing my collection and I have found that I am now able to be entertained by the pieces of my collection that I already have and not just by adding to it. That way my purchases are more meaningful.

    I know this is off topic a bit, thanks for reading.

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ever try to salvage any precious metals under water, metal detecting?

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that would get me back ache and boredom :#

    @1Mike1 said:
    Ever try to salvage any precious metals under water, metal detecting?

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've always won> @thisistheshow said:

    I don't have a very large or very valuable collection (relatively speaking) compared to most here. And I only got back into coins, now in my 40s, a few years ago. It was a childhood interest instilled by my Grandmother.

    I have been working at streamlining and focusing my collection and I have found that I am now able to be entertained by the pieces of my collection that I already have and not just by adding to it. That way my purchases are more meaningful.

    I know this is off topic a bit, thanks for reading.

    What's your favorite coin?

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    that would get me back ache and boredom :#

    @1Mike1 said:
    Ever try to salvage any precious metals under water, metal detecting?

    Always thought the rivers must have some interesting things in them after centuries of flooding homes and businesses. Of course the ocean would be a bit different, guessing people lose lots of jewelry while swimming.

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 12:43AM

    I will be md'ing for the first time in my life next month when I travel with my family for a vacation in the town I grew up in. I can't wait!

    One of my favorite coins is the silver Washington Quarter. I am 8 holes away from a low grade set I've been slowly working on for awhile, trying to get a nice look to it.

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:

    I will be md'ing for the first time in my life next month when I travel with my family for a vacation in the town I grew up in. I can't wait!

    One of my favorite coins in the silver Washington Quarter. I am 8 holes away from a low grade set I've been slowly working on for awhile, trying to get a nice look to it.

    Sounds like a fun vacation. I think Dimeman has a collection of quarters he's been working on. He posts a pic every once in a while. This is a good place to share pics of your collection. I've been collecting Lincoln cents for a while but haven't bought anything in roughly a year or so.

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As my Washington set is winding down I have been starting a Lincoln Memorial set. Both of these are in Whitman albums.

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whitman's is fun. You get to handle the coin and don't have to worry that the plastic slab will get scratched. I sorta like copper in AU. It looks right to me. Of course the MS looks awesome but I'm starting to lean in the direction of proof Lincolns rather than business strike when it comes to slabbed MS copper.

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 3:21AM

    @Paradisefound said:
    Will you ever come out of the "closet" @Timbuk3 ?

    Well, he had been unofficially pre-screening the trades on BST if anyone hasn't notice. Look for "Thumb of approval" with a happy face to shop with confidence. Thank you Timbuk3. LOL

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I listened to the call of the Kookaburra on youtube...That was cool... so now I am wondering about 20:00 and later......?????? :D:D;) Cheers, RickO

  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bored = pay attention to a different hobby for a while. A person really needs 4 or 5 to fall back on. Coin collecting for me is number 2 or 3 in general, but right now in 5th or 6th place, no lie!

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    I listened to the call of the Kookaburra on youtube...That was cool... so now I am wondering about 20:00 and later......?????? :D:D;) Cheers, RickO

    Only if you dare. >:)

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1Mike1 .... I was frequently the taker of the ultimate 'Double Dog Dare'..... and in this case, well... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never boring in the sports forum!

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2018 9:03AM

    @ECHOES said:
    These guys do it for me, 40+ years and they still give me goose-bumps.

    I was in the 6th grade, late 1980s, when I discovered those guys and I feel the same way.

    Edited to add: Music and coins are both very enjoyable and offer multi-layered enjoyment.

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinstartled said:
    Never boring in the sports forum

    The sports forum is a huge benefit of this place to me. A lot of good talk.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,549 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:

    @Coinstartled said:
    Never boring in the sports forum

    The sports forum is a huge benefit of this place to me. A lot of good talk.

    If I want sports I'll just watch the White Sox lose another game. (HMMM...maybe that's NOT sports ;))

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2018 9:34AM

    Gentlemen....curb your imagination and enthusiasm ;)
    It is NOT what you think I bet

    20:00 frolicking with our docile Mantas

    @ricko said:
    I listened to the call of the Kookaburra on youtube...That was cool... so now I am wondering about 20:00 and later......?????? :D:D;) Cheers, RickO

    @1Mike1 said:
    Only if you dare. >:)

    @ricko said:
    @1Mike1 .... I was frequently the taker of the ultimate 'Double Dog Dare'..... and in this case, well... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ;) any taker for the ultimate 'Quadruple Manta Dare'?

    @ricko said:
    @1Mike1 .... I was frequently the taker of the ultimate 'Double Dog Dare'..... and in this case, well... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2018 9:12PM

    <3 has to be done during New Moon nites....and they usually appear around 2100 for the little squids you attracted of the flash lights
    _

  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Try a more obscure area of numismatics where significant discoveries are still out there. Research tools are so much better now and numismatic research hasn't started to catch up in some areas.

    Tokens and/or medals are a good example. There are some good books for certain states or subjects but other areas are sparsely documented. The items are generally inexpensive with many rare or interesting pieces available in the $1-$10 range. And there's tons of material on issuers now available online that has never been connected with the coins or medals. Maybe consider doing a little research, making the connections and telling the story here or in a numismatic publication of your choice. It's really fun and a good cure for numismatic boredom.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Cairn to be exact.....almost back to Darwin period ;) I forced myself to go to bed each and every night so I could be awaken again by the Kookaburra calls in the crack of dawn ;) Go google them "calling" and it would remind you to the old sound of Tarzan :)
    (I don't know how to download it)
    ;) edited for my grammar :/

    Problem with Kooks is they don't have a snooze button ! ! !

    Need the following OBW rolls to complete my 46-64 Roosevelt roll set:
    1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
    Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Swimming with the mantas sounds fun, the closest I got to that was seeing some of them while swimming off the southern FL coast. There were several of them in the waves, you could see inside their mouth. Some people freaked and ran out of the ocean while I just enjoyed the scenery and nature. From what I've heard, they are fairly mild-mannered. Just don't want one to jump on you!

    10-4,
    Erik
    My registry sets

    My Instagram pictures
  • KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember a definition of bored I heard sometime in the past that stuck with me: "Bored is expecting someone or something to entertain you." I have not been bored since.


  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2018 5:44PM

    2 more legal halibut today, this time from my kayak. Biggest yak halibut for me at 34.5"

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2018 8:58PM

    Ours are barb-less MANTA RAY....very friendly compare to those called STINGRAY with their poisonous barbs :# ...so for that reason I do LOVE being cuddle by them <3
    ****Remember Steve Erwin the Aussie guy who was killed by the AUS stingray in his own "backyard"? :#

    @ElmerFusterpuck said:
    Swimming with the mantas sounds fun, the closest I got to that was seeing some of them while swimming off the southern FL coast. There were several of them in the waves, you could see inside their mouth. Some people freaked and ran out of the ocean while I just enjoyed the scenery and nature. From what I've heard, they are fairly mild-mannered. Just don't want one to jump on you!

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Barbed Sting Ray

    Barb-less Manta Ray

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Gentlemen....curb your imagination and enthusiasm ;)
    It is NOT what you think I bet

    20:00 frolicking with our docile Mantas

    @ricko said:
    I listened to the call of the Kookaburra on youtube...That was cool... so now I am wondering about 20:00 and later......?????? :D:D;) Cheers, RickO

    @1Mike1 said:
    Only if you dare. >:)

    @ricko said:
    @1Mike1 .... I was frequently the taker of the ultimate 'Double Dog Dare'..... and in this case, well... ;) Cheers, RickO

    As gentlemen, @ricko and I didn't imagine anything of the sort. PSSST @ricko, I think you called her bluff. :D

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown

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