I won't guess the date or time, but considering some posts to other threads, I will guess that the amazing deal involves a sum of $5M, one or more coins tracing back to the Mickley collection (perhaps even "THE coin"), with probably other "stellar" numismatists in the pedigree!
Uh-roh - TDN's posting pattern is changing. Only 1 in the past 48 hours. Can I change my guess??
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
As a fellow Seahawks fan (basing that off your Seahawks superbowl comment), the answer is never (since we never win anything. ever.) With your 19999th post SM1 or one of the other moderators (refs) will call you for an infraction you didn't commit (holding). This will cost you all the glory that would have been heaped upon if you had completed your goal (winning the superbowl). Then you will be forced to give up the most important piece of your collection (guard) to someone in Minnesota in exchange for a whizzed 1971 Kennedy (Burleson). This will spiral you down into mediocrity ATS where you will reacquire your previous nickname forever 2001SacagaweaDollarNut (Sea Turkeys).
If you aren't a Seahawks fan, you'll be fine and I guess you will post your 20,000 on 4*2.4863*2011 ( thats 11:40 am ).
Re: Slabbed coins - There are some coins that LIVE within clear plastic and wear their labels with pride... while there are others that HIDE behind scratched plastic and are simply dragged along by a label. Then there are those coins that simply hang out, naked and free
<< <i>I won't guess the date or time, but considering some posts to other threads, I will guess that the amazing deal involves a sum of $5M, one or more coins tracing back to the Mickley collection (perhaps even "THE coin"), with probably other "stellar" numismatists in the pedigree! >>
In the immortal words of Meatball .... two out of three ain't bad!
<< <i>I won't guess the date or time, but considering some posts to other threads, I will guess that the amazing deal involves a sum of $5M, one or more coins tracing back to the Mickley collection (perhaps even "THE coin"), with probably other "stellar" numismatists in the pedigree! >>
In the immortal words of Meatball .... two out of three ain't bad! >>
Okay, if it's not THE coin, it must be THE other coin!
In any case, somehow I think you'll be making your announcement sometime this weekend. I can hardly wait to hear about it!
<< <i>ohhhh - ok! I'll giveaway a rattler 1950 partial proof set - all but the half [I need that for my type set]. Winner is the person guessing closest [time & date] to when I make the 20,000th post. >>
Well with 36 more posts to go at your average rate of 5.83 per day, odds are it might be around the the 24th of this month, but given that you have a boring life I'll add 2 days to this equation and say the 26th, around 7pm PST- give or take an hour.
you can't resist the thought.. >>
I must have been a bit psychic or was I psychotic?
<< <i>Thursday March 24, 2011 9:37 PM Pacific Time >>
Looks like "Vern" a.k.a. 19Lyds nailed it, with only being off by 5 minutes. Or not. Smoebody cheated! >>
How do you figure?
Number of posts weren't limited. ("ohhhh - ok! I'll giveaway a rattler 1950 partial proof set - all but the half [I need that for my type set]. Winner is the person guessing closest [time & date] to when I make the 20,000th post.")
He posted in this thread at 4:40pm that he'd probably break the 20,000 mark.
An hour after that at 5:40 PM, I posted a guess.
Then followed that guess two minutes later at 5:42 PM with a time to occur that night since he only had 4 posts to go.
TDN then edited this thread Title an hour after my post at 6:47 PM to say, "Nice try - no more entries!" then madehis 20,000 post at 9:37 PM Pacific Time
How could cheating have occured?
I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
I'm disallowing any entries after I started the "20,000 post" thread. It's my giveaway and I make the rules - it's not fair to people who guessed a week earlier.
So no entries after 4:40pm March 24th allowed. With those gone - who won?
<< <i>I'm disallowing any entries after I started the "20,000 post" thread. It's my giveaway and I make the rules - it's not fair to people who guessed a week earlier.
So no entries after 4:40pm March 24th allowed. With those gone - who won? >>
So nice of you to post this rule "after" the fact Bruce. Nothing like makin em up as you go along right?
I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
okkkk - I have no horse in this race. Why do you think I changed the title of this thread to "nice try - no more entries!"? Doesn't that give you a clue that your late posts weren't going to be allowed?
But, since you don't agree, what I'm going to do is donate $250 each in your name and the other winners name to the ANA young numismatists fund. That's the giveaway. And it's the last giveaway I'll ever do here.
<< <i>okkkk - I have no horse in this race. Why do you think I changed the title of this thread to "nice try - no more entries!"? Doesn't that give you a clue that your late posts weren't going to be allowed?
But, since you don't agree, what I'm going to do is donate $250 each in your name and the other winners name to the ANA young numismatists fund. That's the giveaway. And it's the last giveaway I'll ever do here. >>
This is the kind of diplomacy that flies in the face of avarice. Now maybe the complainant would like to match Bruce's generosity ?
What a silly end to a nice gesture. It was TDN's giveaway, his rules. If you don't like the game, don't play. No need to poison it and kill the fun for all. Anyway, TDN, changing the giveaway to be a donation to the YNF is cool. A nice way to support the future of the hobby.
So Lee peas on the parade (you did post after his edit) and now the one person Joe Lewis the winner, gets nothing for his timely guess, which he did well before TDN called it.
I like TDN's gesture to support YN's
but smoe old folk- should pony up the diff, and make Joe Lewis whole (eh-Lee?)
BTW- TDN- I would have kept 1 Morgan in the pile- just for future posterity.
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If you aren't a Seahawks fan, you'll be fine and I guess you will post your 20,000 on 4*2.4863*2011 ( thats 11:40 am ).
Congrats when it happens.
Nick
BTW the market for proof Franklins is up 40% since the news about your 1950 50c became public.
<< <i>Uh-roh - TDN's posting pattern is changing. Only 1 in the past 48 hours. Can I change my guess?? >>
I think that TDN does not want to part with the broken 1950 proof set, so he will never reach 20,000. That is m prediction.
<< <i>I won't guess the date or time, but considering some posts to other threads, I will guess that the amazing deal involves a sum of $5M, one or more coins tracing back to the Mickley collection (perhaps even "THE coin"), with probably other "stellar" numismatists in the pedigree!
In the immortal words of Meatball .... two out of three ain't bad!
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<< <i>If you aren't a Seahawks fan, you'll be fine >>
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<< <i>I won't guess the date or time, but considering some posts to other threads, I will guess that the amazing deal involves a sum of $5M, one or more coins tracing back to the Mickley collection (perhaps even "THE coin"), with probably other "stellar" numismatists in the pedigree!
In the immortal words of Meatball .... two out of three ain't bad!
Okay, if it's not THE coin, it must be THE other coin!
In any case, somehow I think you'll be making your announcement sometime this weekend. I can hardly wait to hear about it!
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<< <i> immortal words of meatball: two out of three ain't bad?
Senior moment...or just the excitement of 20,000?
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<< <i>ohhhh - ok! I'll giveaway a rattler 1950 partial proof set - all but the half [I need that for my type set]. Winner is the person guessing closest [time & date] to when I make the 20,000th post. >>
Well with 36 more posts to go at your average rate of 5.83 per day, odds are it might be around the the 24th of this month, but given that you have a boring life I'll add 2 days to this equation and say the 26th, around 7pm PST- give or take an hour.
you can't resist the thought.. >>
I must have been a bit psychic or was I psychotic?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>So ...... whats the timestamp on your 20,000 post? >>
yeah and what are the consolation prizes for those that were really close....
<< <i>Thursday March 24, 2011 9:37 PM Pacific Time >>
Looks like "Vern" a.k.a. 19Lyds nailed it, with only being off by 5 minutes. Or not. Smoebody cheated!
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<< <i>Thursday March 24, 2011 9:37 PM Pacific Time >>
Looks like "Vern" a.k.a. 19Lyds nailed it, with only being off by 5 minutes. Or not. Smoebody cheated! >>
How do you figure?
Number of posts weren't limited. ("ohhhh - ok! I'll giveaway a rattler 1950 partial proof set - all but the half [I need that for my type set]. Winner is the person guessing closest [time & date] to when I make the 20,000th post.")
He posted in this thread at 4:40pm that he'd probably break the 20,000 mark.
An hour after that at 5:40 PM, I posted a guess.
Then followed that guess two minutes later at 5:42 PM with a time to occur that night since he only had 4 posts to go.
TDN then edited this thread Title an hour after my post at 6:47 PM to say, "Nice try - no more entries!" then madehis 20,000 post at 9:37 PM Pacific Time
How could cheating have occured?
The name is LEE!
So no entries after 4:40pm March 24th allowed. With those gone - who won?
<< <i>I'm disallowing any entries after I started the "20,000 post" thread. It's my giveaway and I make the rules - it's not fair to people who guessed a week earlier.
So no entries after 4:40pm March 24th allowed. With those gone - who won? >>
So nice of you to post this rule "after" the fact Bruce. Nothing like makin em up as you go along right?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Sorry - not fair to others to allow guesses after the final thread is started. I'm sure if you think about it, you'll agree. >>
Well, I've thought about it and I don't agree.
For whatever reasons, you've decided to tailor your give away after the fact and I personally find this tactic to be questionable in origin.
However, it is your giveaway and I suppose you can award the prize to whomever you choose. Whether they were closest or not.
Whatever.
The name is LEE!
But, since you don't agree, what I'm going to do is donate $250 each in your name and the other winners name to the ANA young numismatists fund. That's the giveaway. And it's the last giveaway I'll ever do here.
The name is LEE!
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<< <i>okkkk - I have no horse in this race. Why do you think I changed the title of this thread to "nice try - no more entries!"? Doesn't that give you a clue that your late posts weren't going to be allowed?
But, since you don't agree, what I'm going to do is donate $250 each in your name and the other winners name to the ANA young numismatists fund. That's the giveaway. And it's the last giveaway I'll ever do here. >>
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I like TDN's gesture to support YN's
but smoe old folk- should pony up the diff, and make Joe Lewis whole (eh-Lee?)
BTW- TDN- I would have kept 1 Morgan in the pile- just for future posterity.