Lunch date with an old dealer friend...Guess who?
You get one clue. I suggested a restaurant. He shot it down because “They won’t take cash, and I won’t eat in a restaurant that doesn’t take cash!”
OK, one more hint. It wasn’t @cnncoins .
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@CoinJunkie said:
njcoincrank?Good guess! But no.
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Julian?
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John E. Cash(only)?😉
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never heard of a business not accepting cash as payment
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@CoinJunkie said:
Ok, then. EVillageProwler?I’d be surprised if EVP even knows what cash is!
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@jrt103 said:
never heard of a business not accepting cash as paymentIt's increasingly common in urban areas, and the pandemic may have accelerated the trend.
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Tony Terranova? I think he'd refuse to pay if a restaurant didn't accept half cents.
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Col. Jessup?
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@SmEagle1795 said:
Tony Terranova? I think he'd refuse to pay if a restaurant didn't accept half cents.I can’t imagine Tony walking into any restaurant as long as masks are required. I think he’d sooner wear a dress.
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Todd Von Stupid?
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Iraj Sayah?
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@CaptHenway said:
Todd Von Stupid?That is an obliquely astute guess -- especially since Andy didn't say that the guest was going to pay for part or all of the meal,
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Was it Brandon aka @Cajunpoorguy ?
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Wile e coyote or ricko? What I win?
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Fred W.?
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Iraj Sayah? King of Siam
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I was going to guess Fred W. also, only because he even tips the garbage man with cash, or gold, or whatever he has lying around

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Col Jessup?!?!
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....or Bobby Hughes....
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@kaz said:
Col. Jessup?Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
The cashless restaurant really set him off. I blame cabin fever. Normally, as we all know, he takes everything in stride.
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@CaptainBlunt said:
Iraj Sayah? King of SiamThat might be fun, but I'm in no rush.
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Another point I can agree with the good Col. Jessup on.... If they don't take cash, I do not eat there.... I bet the waitress/waiter would take a cash tip....
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I was going to guess "Greg the Great."
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@MrEureka said:
You get one clue. I suggested a restaurant. He shot it downWell, there goes my first guess!
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You are in the northeast, and Col Jessup (Rick Sears) also. How is he doing? He used to be ubiquitous at coin shows.
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@logger7 said:
You are in the northeast, and Col Jessup (Rick Sears) also. How is he doing? He used to be ubiquitous at coin shows.
Rick is fine. Probably lurking on this thread at this very moment. Despite his vow of silence, who knows, he might even drop by and say a word or two, sort of like Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.
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@ricko said:
Another point I can agree with the good Col. Jessup on.... If they don't take cash, I do not eat there.... I bet the waitress/waiter would take a cash tip....
Cheers, RickOCash is filthy stuff, I touch it, I immediately wash my hands - I was that way decades B4 covid.......... Credit cards are not too far behind in the germs they carry, but easier to sanitize, preferred........
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@MrEureka said:
Rick is fine. Probably lurking on this thread at this very moment. Despite his vow of silence, who knows, he might even drop by and say a word or two, sort of like Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.i like it. he reminds of a gust of wind; not seen but still felt and heard...
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I miss him, @ColonelJessup
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I'm a bit confused, he used this icon/avatar, am I thinking of the same person?
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When I was younger and I invited ladies out for dinner or drinks and they respond with "How about lunch instead". I knew immediately wasn't getting any.
I hope someone got lucky with your lunch
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@Crypto said:
When I was younger and I invited ladies out for dinner or drinks and they respond with "How about lunch instead". I knew immediately wasn't getting any.I hope someone got lucky with your lunch

Trust me, I got everything I wanted out of the Colonel!
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@LanceNewmanOCC said:
@MrEureka said:
Rick is fine. Probably lurking on this thread at this very moment. Despite his vow of silence, who knows, he might even drop by and say a word or two, sort of like Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.i like it. he reminds of a gust of wind; not seen but still felt and heard...
Or smelled 😂
I met Mr Sears at a FUN show in either 2007 or 2009 and he was dishing the insider doings at that time to another dealer with whom I was reviewing a Conder token. I remember the good colonel as being as animated then as his reputation on this board is now. I wish he’d come back here and unmute himself.
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@SmEagle1795 said:
Tony Terranova? I think he'd refuse to pay if a restaurant didn't accept half cents.Or colonials.> @Catbert said:
@LanceNewmanOCC said:
@MrEureka said:
Rick is fine. Probably lurking on this thread at this very moment. Despite his vow of silence, who knows, he might even drop by and say a word or two, sort of like Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.i like it. he reminds of a gust of wind; not seen but still felt and heard...
Or smelled 😂
I met Mr Sears at a FUN show in either 2007 or 2009 and he was dishing the insider doings at that time to another dealer with whom I was reviewing a Conder token. I remember the good colonel as being as animated then as his reputation on this board is now. I wish he’d come back here and unmute himself.
Sear.
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Thanks Mr Felds.
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He's a good guy. He told me awhile ago he had some health issues and was retiring from coin dealing, and pretty much disappeared. Haven't heard from him since. Glad he's keeping in touch with Andy.
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@Elcontador said:
He's a good guy. He told me awhile ago he had some health issues and was retiring from coin dealing, and pretty much disappeared. Haven't heard from him since. Glad he's keeping in touch with Andy.The good Colonel still reads the forum, and leaves the occasional "like" or "LOL". It's nice to know he hasn't completely abandoned us.
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@MrEureka said:
Rick is fine. Probably lurking on this thread at this very moment. Despite his vow of silence, who knows, he might even drop by and say a word or two, sort of like Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.
Not to forget Marcel Marceau's famous last words......
"I've decided to become a mime"....
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Andy, was your lunch at a Sushi restaurant?
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