Horrible Weekend... Cheer me up Please!

speety · February 8, 2009 10:30AM

I've been sick all weekend and wake up to find my dorm hall full of cops, not a good way to wake up. Turns out this morning one of the students across the hall from me took his own life. As a college kid you feel so invincible and carefree so when something like this happens it kinda shakes you up. So now i'm sitting here trying to do homework and it's not working with all that's going on around me and i'm not exactly in the grandest mood, so post a nice coin to cheer me up please! I'll start:

Goldbully · February 8, 2009 10:33AM

Only the good die young???

silvergoldnut · February 8, 2009 10:34AM

i hope this helps and i hope your okay....

blu62vette · February 8, 2009 10:34AM

Dude!!! Sorry to hear that, try not to let it bring you down.

JRocco · February 8, 2009 10:49AM

That is terrible.
It breaks my heart to hear that.
Hope you feel better buddy.

pursuitofliberty · February 8, 2009 10:53AM

What a terrible thing to have happen ... tragic ...

as bad as things are, or can get ... whether we are young or old, I think we all have so much to live for ...

like an original coin ... or a walk in the Yosemite Valley

OKbustchaser · February 8, 2009 10:57AM

Sorry you've been sick and definately hate to hear about your classmate. Here's a seated liberty for you--even if it isn't a dollar.

speety · February 8, 2009 10:59AM

Thanks everyone and keep posting please!

<< Sorry you've been sick and definately hate to hear about your classmate. Here's a seated liberty for you--even if it isn't a dollar.

>>

Jim, had it been anything but a half i would have been totally freaked out!

astrorat · February 8, 2009 11:03AM

Suicide is a sad reality on college campuses. It is a tragedy when someone truly believes the only solution is to take their own life...a life that becomes lost and haunts everyone around them.

Lane

1808 O-110a, LDS PCGS-06

NumisOxide · February 8, 2009 11:09AM

Jeez...sorry to hear that man.

astrorat · February 8, 2009 11:11AM

Here is another CBH for you. Every day above ground is a good day.

Lane

1822 O-103a R5- PCGS-25

dsessom · February 8, 2009 11:16AM

Man, I am sorry you have to go through something like that. But try to take something posative from it if you can. Perhaps, just reflect upon your own life and re-evaluate what is important. Friends and family make life joyful. Material things are nice, but mean nothing without others to share those things with. Like the coins we all love - the best part of owning coins is showing them to others, sharing our passions about them, and the friendships we create doing so.

I think times are a little tought for many people right now. My wife has been out of work for a few months and our savings are drying up. I think she will find work soon, so I try not to worry too much. Both of my sons are seniors in high school and constantly get into trouble in one form or another. So, I can relate to your depressed feeling. Just try to keep in mind that things will get better. Life is too short to worry about things we can't change, so enjoy it when you can and try not to let life's hard knocks get you down too much.

Take care bro.

Here is a one of my newest newps...

Enjoy!

OKbustchaser · February 8, 2009 11:17AM

<< Thanks everyone and keep posting please!

Jim, had it been anything but a half i would have been totally freaked out!

>>

Actually, Mark, I have coins that aren't halves--just no dollars. (I may be the only U.S. collector around who doesn't own at least a Morgan!)

CB2597 · February 8, 2009 11:18AM

Sorry to hear that Speety.

AnkurJ · February 8, 2009 11:19AM

Wow thats so sad! I recall sometimes feeling frustrated with college, but never to that extent! I hope your week gets better. Stay positive, and you will get through this.

AJ

fcloud · February 8, 2009 11:20AM

Mark, Take care of yourself. Your on my prayer list.

collegecoincollector · February 8, 2009 11:26AM

I too had cops at my dorm over the weekend. Some kid down the hall punched out a window and there was blood everywhere. But I can't imagine what it would be like if a suicide occurred here. I'm really sorry. Here's the obverse of a 1856 half dime to cheer ya up.

BBQnBLUES · February 8, 2009 11:29AM

Such a Tradegy when a young person chooses to end their Life...

Mark, I hope this loss will somehow help other students realize how Precious every day is & it's effect on others who Love them....

no coin can ever express the sorrow.

STONE · February 8, 2009 11:38AM

Actually, we also had cops in our hall last night (1st time this year). It turns out that beer-pong is not allowed in the dorms

BTW - I'm sorry to hear that your situation is a lot worse.

coinnut86 · February 8, 2009 11:55AM

That really sucks, where do you go to school speety?

PutTogether · February 8, 2009 12:00PM

I remember a suicide when I was in college. There isn't another thing that feels quite as disturbing or just plain wrong. Haven't thought about that for a long time..........sorry man.

TomB · February 8, 2009 12:09PM

I'm sorry to hear of the news. While I was in grad school at Columbia my mentor committed suicide by swallowing a tablespoon of potassium cyanide just before he and I were scheduled to have dinner and go over some work.

julie43 · February 8, 2009 12:22PM

I am so sorry to hear that, please seek someone to talk to as these things get worse when you hold it all in.............I know.

drddm · February 8, 2009 12:37PM

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well Mark and also about your neighbor....here's a couple to cheer you up!!

buffalonut · February 8, 2009 12:48PM

Truly tragic. What is equally tragic is tha a pic of a coin would cheer you up.

speety · February 8, 2009 12:51PM

<< That really sucks, where do you go to school speety? >>

University of Cincinnati -- so if anyone has plans for the Central States show i'm in!

And stone, if we had cops everytime someone was caught playing beerpong they might as well just keep one here all weekend every weekend.

lol

speety · February 8, 2009 12:53PM

<< Truly tragic. What is equally tragic is tha a pic of a coin would cheer you up. >>

It'll take much more than that... but every bit helps of course! BTW, thanks for the pic...

buffalonut · February 8, 2009 1:05PM

You are welcome. I dont mean to be insensitive as I have plenty of experience with this topic. People that take their own lives do it to make the living suffer. Never again for me. Your friends pain is over; thier families and friends is just starting.

SkyMan · February 8, 2009 2:11PM

Jeez, no off-campus cops on campus for that sort of stuff when I went there (late 1970's early '80's). However we did have off-campus cops come by once when a kid got his room ripped off and he called them. When the cops got to the dorm they smelled someone smoking weed in their dorm room so they popped him. The college was less than thrilled that off-campus cops got called so they defended the weed smoker with their lawyers. They ended up having the kid plea bargaining... he officially pled out to "smoking in an elevator" (which needless to say we all thought was an elegant way to say he was getting high), which was a misdemenor.

Here's another CBH for you. I hope you feel better soon!

speety · February 8, 2009 2:18PM

<< You are welcome. I dont mean to be insensitive as I have plenty of experience with this topic. People that take their own lives do it to make the living suffer. Never again for me. Your friends pain is over; thier families and friends is just starting. >>

Normally i wouldn't take it badly, just with all that's happened this weekend it's been pretty bad. One of my friends just down the hall almost commited suicide a few years ago so i got to spend all day trying to comfort them.... it hasn't been a good day but i still shouldn't have snapped back at you, sorry.

Skyman, WOW!!!!!!!

robkool · February 8, 2009 2:31PM

Maybe some gold will cheer you up... Along with a doily Morgan...

coinsarefun · February 8, 2009 2:33PM

coinsarefun · February 8, 2009 2:35PM

some close ups

Stefanie

notwilight · February 8, 2009 2:48PM

Hang in there. You seem to have it pretty well figured out. --Jerry

buffalonut · February 8, 2009 3:19PM

Please accept my apology. I can certainly empathize;I was too coarse.

Deagle74 · February 8, 2009 4:00PM

"You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason."
Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast)

mrfred · February 8, 2009 9:03PM

My condolences for this loss.
Here's a type not posted yet, and it is one of my favorites:

DenverDave · February 8, 2009 9:29PM

This one Cheered me up, I hope it dose the same for you...

julie43 · February 9, 2009 2:53AM

<< Truly tragic. What is equally tragic is tha a pic of a coin would cheer you up. >>

Seriously? This dear young man is just reaching out and keeping it coin related. I think you need to take a psych. 101 course to understand. Read between the lines and you will understand that he needs our support and as you can see there are many members whom support him, I am one of them.

Billet7 · February 9, 2009 3:38AM

Your coin cheers me up...it's nice. I don't have a coin for you, just my sympathy...it isn't easy to have someone you know die, especially through suicide. I trust that you'll pull through. My sincerest apologies and I hope you can get your head back in the game as soon as possible.

I have a joke for you though:

Two men were walking through the woods and came upon a big black, deep hole. One man picked up a rock and tossed it into the hole and stood listening for the rock to hit bottom. There was no sound.
He turned to the other guy and said "that must be a deep hole...let's throw a bigger rock in there and listen for it to hit bottom." The men found a bigger rock and both picked it up and lugged it to the hole and dropped it in.
They listened for some time and never heard a sound. Again, they agreed that this must be one deep hole and maybe they should throw something even bigger into it.
One man spotted a rail-road tie nearby. They picked up the tie, grunting and groaning, and lugged it to the hole. They tossed it in. No sound. All of a sudden, a goat came flying out of the woods, running like the wind, and flew past the men and jumped straight into the hole. The men were amazed.
About that time, an old hayseed farmer came out of the woods and asked the men if they had seen a goat. One man told the farmer of the incredible incident they had just witnessed...they had just seen this goat fly out of the woods and run and leap into the big hole. The man asked the farmer if this could have been his goat.
The old farmer said "naw, that can't be my goat...he was chained to a railroad tie."

OK, I didn't say it was a good joke.

JJM · February 9, 2009 3:50AM

Ive been sick for about a month or so, the
last time I felt good I was here....Negril........

julie43 · February 9, 2009 6:14AM

<< Your coin cheers me up...it's nice. I don't have a coin for you, just my sympathy...it isn't easy to have someone you know die, especially through suicide. I trust that you'll pull through. My sincerest apologies and I hope you can get your head back in the game as soon as possible.

I have a joke for you though:

Two men were walking through the woods and came upon a big black, deep hole. One man picked up a rock and tossed it into the hole and stood listening for the rock to hit bottom. There was no sound.
He turned to the other guy and said "that must be a deep hole...let's throw a bigger rock in there and listen for it to hit bottom." The men found a bigger rock and both picked it up and lugged it to the hole and dropped it in.
They listened for some time and never heard a sound. Again, they agreed that this must be one deep hole and maybe they should throw something even bigger into it.
One man spotted a rail-road tie nearby. They picked up the tie, grunting and groaning, and lugged it to the hole. They tossed it in. No sound. All of a sudden, a goat came flying out of the woods, running like the wind, and flew past the men and jumped straight into the hole. The men were amazed.
About that time, an old hayseed farmer came out of the woods and asked the men if they had seen a goat. One man told the farmer of the incredible incident they had just witnessed...they had just seen this goat fly out of the woods and run and leap into the big hole. The man asked the farmer if this could have been his goat.
The old farmer said "naw, that can't be my goat...he was chained to a railroad tie."

OK, I didn't say it was a good joke.

>>

I am LMAO. great joke!!!!!!

frnklnlvr · February 9, 2009 6:40AM

Sorry to hear that. I'll feel terrible for his family and what they're going through.

I'm about an hour from VA Tech, I know some people that were there when the shooting took place almost 2 years ago. Luckily none of my friends were hurt.

Horrible Weekend... Cheer me up Please!

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