MWOODS/GSAGUY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY BASH !!

wondercoin · July 22, 2003 2:11AM

THE CONFIRMED GUEST LIST:

1. MARK WOODS (THE MAN OF THE NIGHT)
2. WONDERCOIN (MITCH)
3. TONEBOY (11 YEAR OLD JUSTIN)
4. MS68 (DAVE)
5. TELECOIN (JAMIE)
6. KRANKY
7. SHYLOCK
8. RAINBOWQUARTERS (DON)
9. GSAGUY - BRIAN SONNIER (THE MAN OF THE NIGHT)
10. BILLYWLS (BILL)
11. KEETS (AL)
12. DBLDIE55
13./14. BOB HUGHES (SPECTRUM) - ALSO DALE(TONINGINTHEBLOOD) IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING HIM TOO HARD THAT NIGHT.
15. TONEKILLER (BRYAN)
16. LAKESAMMAN (TIM)
17./18. MILES STANDISH (VETERAN GRADER AT PCGS) and his nephew Joseph (16 year old)
19. TOOTAWL
20. FANTASIIZE (CHRIS)
21. ZERBE
22./23 JBSTEVENS & WIFE
24. WASHVARIETIES (BOB ZURICK)
25. DPOOLE (DAVID)
26. SRD53 (SCOTT)
27. STUART BLAY
28. NIC (KEVIN)
29. JOHN ROTHANS (HEAD BUYER AT DHRC)
30. MARK FERGUSON (EDITOR- COIN WORLD TRENDS - TURNED 50 LAST MONTH BUTS WANTS TO SHARE THE FEELING WITH BRIAN AND MARK)
31./32. DAVID O'BRIEN & HIS WIFE (DAVID REGISTERED THE ALL-TIME #1 PROOF LIBERTY NICKEL COLLECTION LAST MONTH)
33. REDCENTS (ROGER)
34. RELLA (ROGER) - FIRST NIGHT AWAY FROM HIS WIFE - THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING

WONDERCOIN

wondercoin · July 28, 2003 9:08AM

Everything all set for the bash. I confirmed that the feast will be ALL LARGE CRABS (they usually mix in mediums)

Also, if anyone brings a child under 12, it will only cost $12.95 additional

If you need to cancel (or want to join in at the last minute) feel free to PM me.

Wondercoin

oreville · July 28, 2003 2:27PM

wondercoin: Sorry, but I definitely cannot make it. I can see whoever is left standing on Saturday August 2nd.

wondercoin · July 29, 2003 4:00AM

THE CONFIRMED GUEST LIST:

1. MARK WOODS (THE MAN OF THE NIGHT)
2. WONDERCOIN (MITCH)
3. TONEBOY (11 YEAR OLD JUSTIN)
4. MS68 (DAVE)
5. TELECOIN (JAMIE)
6. KRANKY
7. SHYLOCK
8. RAINBOWQUARTERS (DON)
9. GSAGUY - BRIAN SONNIER (THE MAN OF THE NIGHT)
10. BILLYWLS (BILL)
11. KEETS (AL)
12. DBLDIE55
13./14. BOB HUGHES (SPECTRUM) - ALSO DALE(TONINGINTHEBLOOD) IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING HIM TOO HARD THAT NIGHT.
15. TONEKILLER (BRYAN)
16. LAKESAMMAN (TIM)
17./18. MILES STANDISH (VETERAN GRADER AT PCGS) and his nephew Joseph (16 year old)
19. TOOTAWL
20. FANTASIIZE (CHRIS)
21. ZERBE
22./23 JBSTEVENS & WIFE
24. WASHVARIETIES (BOB ZURICK)
25. DPOOLE (DAVID)
26. SRD53 (SCOTT)
27. STUART BLAY
28. NIC (KEVIN)
29. JOHN ROTHANS (HEAD BUYER AT DHRC)
30. MARK FERGUSON (EDITOR- COIN WORLD TRENDS - TURNED 50 LAST MONTH BUTS WANTS TO SHARE THE FEELING WITH BRIAN AND MARK)
31./32. DAVID O'BRIEN & HIS WIFE (DAVID REGISTERED THE ALL-TIME #1 PROOF LIBERTY NICKEL COLLECTION LAST MONTH)
33. REDCENTS (ROGER)
34. RELLA (ROGER) - FIRST NIGHT AWAY FROM HIS WIFE - THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING
35./36. TODD GRIFFITHS (BENCHMARK) AND CHRISTIAN BRIGGS

WONDERCOIN

wondercoin · July 30, 2003 11:20AM

Dinner is tommorow night! We might have room for 1 more. If you want to go, or if you need to cancel, please PM me or write on this thread. It should be a great time!!

Wondercoin

airplanenut · July 30, 2003 11:24AM

Have fun everyone! I wont be in until Friday

Tootawl · July 30, 2003 11:28AM

Due to work, I will not be able to come for the whole party. I was hoping to get out of work early but this is not going to happen.

I will be stopping by as soon as I get into Baltimore for a beer or two with everyone.

wondercoin · July 30, 2003 12:49PM

The (3) hr. eating feast will end around 10:00 p.m., if they "cut us off" as planned

Wondercoin

mdwoods · July 31, 2003 1:07PM

The Birthday Bash was a smashing success. Both literally and figuratively. I sat next to GSAGUY & Fantasiize, both experience crab eaters so I got good early lessons and left a huge pile of puverized crab shells at my spot. It was my first crab feast, but I hope not my last. It was great to see so many forum members in one spot all having a good time. My thanks to Mitch for organizing this event. I think it turned out better than anyone thought it would. I really enjoyed myself talking to and learning about other members of the forum. It is nice to put a face with name. Most everyone who was on the list showed up. For me, this will be one of the highlights of the show and an event I will always remember. I had a blast. I hope everyone who attended had a good time as well. mdwoods

cladking · July 31, 2003 1:10PM

<< <i>I had a blast. I hope everyone who attended had a good time as well. mdwoods >>

...happy birthday. Sorry I missed it.

jbsteven · July 31, 2003 1:13PM

agreed it was a good dinner but a little too much work to get those darn crabs apart to eat the 1/4 mouthful of meat.

had a good time and was a pleasure to put some faces to names!

airplanenut · July 31, 2003 1:24PM

Happy birthday, MD! I'll meet you tomorrow

gsaguy · July 31, 2003 1:31PM

I thought the entire event was great and want to thank Mitch and everyone else involved. It was definitely a memorable birthday for me.

GSAGUY

JB...you need to learn how to pulverize those crabs boy. MDWOODS held his own with me, and that's no easy feat.

boz · July 31, 2003 1:33PM

Happy birthday guys. Wish I could have been there. I would like to meet some of you. But then, tomorrow I will be sitting on the bay, not far from you, eating freshly caught crab. Then I'm on my way to Williamsburg, Va. for the Colonial Seminar put on by the ANA starting Sunday evening.

Zerbe · July 31, 2003 1:52PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you, especially to Mitch, for putting the 'BASH' together.
It is great to put faces to names !
Got the ultimate pleasure of sitting next to Billy Walser, who I have had so much admiration for his having so many quality sets going, all at the same time, in the recent past. I could never understand how he was building so many sets at once, and how he was so organized with charts of completion and all.
MD woods, GSA guy. David Shweitz,(SP), Anaconda, Shylock, Redcents, Tootawl, Keets, Dblll55, Mitch, Wash Quarters, Mark Ferguson, Dpoole, SRD5, (SP), Stuart Blay and on and on.
I hardly bothered looking for coins this trip, and got more pleasure and satisfaction meeting members of the Forum.
How many crabs and beers I consumed ?? Lost count, but it was up there. This was only my second coin show, the first being last years ANA in NY, and I LOVE IT.
I submitted two very, very high end NGC crossovers today, (Proof Gold ) and even if they do not cross, I will still have happy, and memorable memories from this show.

kranky · July 31, 2003 9:47PM

I want to add my 2 cents also. Thanks to Mitch for organizing a great evening. Like Zerbe said, It's been more fun getting to know some of the members than looking for coins. A minor disappointment for me was that due to the nature of the dinner (eating required you to be elbow-deep in dead crab debris) it was too messy for anyone to show coins around.

Eating crabs is mighty hard work, and for those of us without prior experience it took a long time to get a bite of actual food (like jbsteven pointed out).

I think the highlight was when the waitress wouldn't bring mdwoods any more crabs. He said he was told it was all-you-can-eat, and the waitress replied, "That's right. And the manager has decided that's all you can eat."

It was over before I had the chance to chat with everyone there but hopefully there will be another event next year at the ANA in Pittsburgh.

MWOODS/GSAGUY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY BASH !!

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