If a meteor were about to hit the planet.....

truthteller · August 7, 2002 11:59AM

and you had moments to live, how many of you would still be reading and writing the threads on this forum?

TRUTH

BNE · August 7, 2002 12:02PM

Not me. I'd be on the Registry forum.

kranky · August 7, 2002 12:04PM

If I was already browsing here, and considering with only moments to live I probably wouldn't have time to get anything major done anyway, I might make one last "Buy the meteor insurance before the coin" post.

cointagious · August 7, 2002 12:16PM

oh, i'd probably still be here. i missed the national news on t.v. tonite.

the world isn't gonna end tonite, is it?

JJacks · August 7, 2002 12:17PM

Maybe I would go to ebay and click "Buy It Now" on everything and at least dream!

JJacks

dddangerousdan · August 7, 2002 12:18PM

I'd be on ebay buying the best coins i can find cost would be no object

DAN

Pushkin · August 7, 2002 12:30PM

I'd rush to put my coins in a safe place!

dpoole · August 7, 2002 12:32PM

I'd make some witty wisecrack about gmarguli, safe in the knowledge he wouldn't have time to react...

IrishMike · August 7, 2002 12:33PM

let's hope it lands on the open forum and not here.

kryptonitecomics · August 7, 2002 12:34PM

<< <i>I'd make some witty wisecrack about gmarguli, safe in the knowledge he wouldn't have time to react... >>

Yeah, what he said, but I would also throw out a few jabs for that dpoole guy!!!!

RGL · August 7, 2002 12:37PM

... I would have blown $7 million plus on a coin for nothing ...

Rob0126 · August 7, 2002 12:38PM

I would go outside, and wait to be with the Lord.

Robert

clw54 · August 7, 2002 12:44PM

I'd go to the Testing Forum.

RGL · August 7, 2002 12:55PM

Or, as Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain once said (and he spent a few years in the city as a bookkeeper before becoming noted for another avocation): "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything there happens 10 years later ...'' A former Cincinnatian here

Coin Finder · August 7, 2002 1:11PM

With only moments to live I would very optimistically check to see if my grades were in. I would be thinking I would live anyway, those meteor things are way over-rated!

Tbig

Whitewashqtr · August 7, 2002 2:08PM

I would be gathering up my coins to take with me

leothelyon · August 7, 2002 2:16PM

I would grab all my expensive modern PCGS slabs and run.........

Leo

jtryka · August 7, 2002 2:32PM

I would get my pet rats, whatever coins I had in the house and hop in the truck and drive east as fast as I could, I'm sure I could out run it!

That's a real purdy nickel Leo!

nucklehead · August 7, 2002 2:49PM

In the words of Bill Cosby, "First I'd say it, then I'd do it".

Bear · August 7, 2002 3:04PM

I dont know about the rest of you, but I would make the tallest,coldest, stiffest, hairiest drink you every saw and enjoy the glow. Bear

gemseeker · August 7, 2002 3:22PM

I guess you are referring to the news item about a meteor that may cross earth's path in 2019? No, I wouldn't be reading this forum's postings. I would make like a mole and go to an underground bunker which is deeply buried beneath the surface which has an atmosphere and food supplies for at least 50 years, so that I can pass the rest of my life trying to finish all of the books that I never got around to read.

Cam40 · August 7, 2002 3:31PM

I would contemplate the $$$$ PCGS could make from such a disaster.

KAJ1 · August 7, 2002 5:18PM

:0

Rob0126 · August 7, 2002 11:40PM

I don't think PCGS would be that sadistic.

Robert

kingmatt · August 7, 2002 11:49PM

do you know something we don't?

shirohniichan · August 8, 2002 12:16AM

Instead of buying a PCGS commemorative "End of the Earth" SAE, I'd probably go on the open forum and admit that gmarguli, TJ, HLM, and the others aren't as bad as they think I think they are. I wouldn't admit it before the end of the world, though.

prooflike · August 8, 2002 2:32AM

Braddick would go nuts, imagine all the PCGS PO-01 Earth Ground Zero coins!

baccaruda · August 8, 2002 2:53AM

what was the deal with gmarguli and dpoole anyway - i remember that. i picture gmar sitting in subway like happy gilmore saying "man i hate that dpoole guy".

i would get in the protective armadillo position over my SAE proofs

CharlieB · August 9, 2002 8:46AM

I'd calculate the meteor's trajectory then get in my plane and
head straight for it and hope it gets me first.

- Charlie B -

mdwoods · August 9, 2002 9:15AM

I'd get some crazy glue, all my slabbed coins, take off my clothes and glue slabs all over myself then run up and down the street screaming "Bye the coin, bye the coin". (not a misspelling)

md

indianabyron · August 9, 2002 9:23AM

Well you didnt say it was going to wipe out everybody. Im guessing it wouldnt it would hit someplace where people arnt at . then id be the first person there to get what was left of the meteor because at 5000 to 7000$ an ounce it would be worth the trip and the looking for it

And then you can guess where the money was going No not to the nuddie bars to coins lol

Kejun99 · August 9, 2002 1:00PM

Not me ! I'd have to get off line to call and buy short on the futures market !

kingmatt · August 9, 2002 1:05PM

I would call that girl who said "only if you were the last man on earth...."

keets · August 9, 2002 1:07PM

i'd be quietly slippng through braddicks back door with my MS70 kennedy in hand, looking for that PO registry set. them aliens are gonna be solving that mystery for a LONG time!!!

al h.

RGL · August 9, 2002 1:39PM

2019-S $50
PCGS PR70 VDCAM
End of the Earth Recovery

Coinstartled · March 20, 2018 4:27PM

@RGL said:
2019-S $50
PCGS PR70 VDCAM
End of the Earth Recovery

blitzdude · March 20, 2018 4:37PM

@Cam40 said:
I would contemplate the $$$$ PCGS could make from such a disaster.

Ah, like a special limited edition meteor impact zone recovery label?

BuffaloIronTail · March 20, 2018 4:40PM

@JJacks said:
Maybe I would go to ebay and click "Buy It Now" on everything and at least dream!

JJacks

Now that's a great idea! Problem is you wouldn't be dreaming for long.

Pete

BustDMs · March 20, 2018 4:56PM

@RGL said:
Or, as Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain once said (and he spent a few years in the city as a bookkeeper before becoming noted for another avocation): "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything there happens 10 years later ...'' A former Cincinnatian here

Yea, you beat a current Queen City resident to that quote.

BustDMs · March 20, 2018 4:58PM

@gemseeker said:
I guess you are referring to the news item about a meteor that may cross earth's path in 2019? No, I wouldn't be reading this forum's postings. I would make like a mole and go to an underground bunker which is deeply buried beneath the surface which has an atmosphere and food supplies for at least 50 years, so that I can pass the rest of my life trying to finish all of the books that I never got around to read.

Sounds like an old Twilight Zone show. I hope you don’t break your glasses!

dpoole · March 20, 2018 5:12PM

@dpoole said:
I'd make some witty wisecrack about gmarguli, safe in the knowledge he wouldn't have time to react...

Is gmarguili still around?

Looks like I got away with it.

FullStrike · March 20, 2018 5:15PM

I'd take a Unisome, go to Bed, skipping work with no regrets. I'd be thiinking - Scrw you , you bunch of slve drivers, I might not ever wake up".

FINALLY ! Some good rest with no remorse at all. The best kind !

Onastone · March 20, 2018 5:19PM

I'm so glad I spent the extra money on the METEOR PROOF SLABS. Guaranteed to withstand meteor impact and keep your coins from melting.

Higashiyama · March 20, 2018 5:35PM

Wow, in 2002 I could not have imagined that I would now feel sentimental about this board.

People I remember well are dead, or banned, or have moved on to other things.

cladking · March 20, 2018 5:37PM

@IrishMike said:
let's hope it lands on the open forum and not here.

There's always gonna be fallout from the open forum.

No blue fish...

cladking · March 20, 2018 5:39PM

@dpoole said:

@dpoole said:
I'd make some witty wisecrack about gmarguli, safe in the knowledge he wouldn't have time to react...

Is gmarguili still around?

Looks like I got away with it.

The world isn't really ending you know?

GRANDAM · March 20, 2018 6:32PM

I would be worring about all my coins suddenly becoming "Artificially Toned"

Coinstartled · March 20, 2018 6:53PM

@Higashiyama said:
Wow, in 2002 I could not have imagined that I would now feel sentimental about this board.

People I remember well are dead, or banned, or have moved on to other things.

25 or 30% of our lives spent here.

BlindedByEgo · March 20, 2018 6:54PM

I might be reading the posts over her shoulder, if you know what I mean.

Higashiyama · March 20, 2018 7:15PM

@Coinstartled said:

25 or 30% of our lives spent here.

Yes, it is remarkable. While I am waxing sentimental, when I see your Koufax image, in my mind I can't separate Koufax' s phenomenal years (arguably 1961-66, though it's an interesting discussion topic) from my start in coin collecting, circa 1963.

WillieBoyd2 · March 20, 2018 7:32PM

Go outside and take a picture!

If a meteor were about to hit the planet.....

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