Thinking of dumping my car... Thoughts?

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:10 am

I can imagine (sex) cultists go through plenty of couches…

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:36 pm

Don'tcha wish your cultists had a couch like me?

don'tcha!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:54 am

Maybe you could rename this thread Fanfic with Drazzil.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:35 am

He could have LM rename it. But I'm not sure something like "17th century miniature schnauzers told me the gold standard was dead" would be any better...

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:44 pm

I went into a coin shop for the purposes of browsing for future purchase and came out with a 2021 Carson city silver dollar by the US mint. A very nice 1832 silver dime was on markdown, as well as a Chicago worlds fair commemorative coin by the US mint. On the way out I also got a silver coin from the Abbasid period.

Ahh well merry Christmas me!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:13 pm

Those will come in handy if you have to melt them down for ammo against werewolves.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:15 pm

Jaymann wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:13 pm Those will come in handy if you have to melt them down for ammo against werewolves.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:33 pm

Why would you pay money for money,

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:40 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:33 pm Why would you pay money for money,

Cause its rare history that I can look at.

Also Harrys Coins seems to be one of the better shops in the area.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:53 pm

My dad was a numismatic. He used to buy these $50 bags of pennies from the bank and examine each and every one. Visited the coin shows too. When he died we sold it for over $6000.
Enough to pay off the doctors for fixing my broken leg.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:17 pm

Cant tell if thats a Gump'ism or a factoid.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:19 am

factoid

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:08 pm

hepcat wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:35 am the gold standard was dead

Coin stores are just polite black holes (for your wallet) that know history

I think I still have some silver coins I picked out my change back in the 70s when you could still find silver quarters and even a rare mercury head dime somehow still circulating then. Might even have a theoretically gold backed paper dollar or two somewhere. No idea where they are at.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:04 pm

I think you can still make a profit from silver coins (the none collectable kind) you just have to melt it down.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:11 pm

My grandfather was a coin collector, and when my parents passed away I found out that my father had all of the coins. I have absolutely no idea what they are worth, but I just assume that a coin dealer will rip me off so I haven't done anything with them. I'll need to figure it out at some point.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:36 pm

I regret not buying a bunch of these when I could, just for the coolness of having some shipwreck silver.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:58 pm

You don't "do" anything to collectable coins. To do so decreases their value.

There used to be three books for coin collectors. One told their value if you sold them . One told their value if you bought them and one that told their value if a coin dealer bought them.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:21 pm

LordMortis wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:08 pm
hepcat wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:35 am the gold standard was dead

Coin stores are just polite black holes (for your wallet) that know history

I think I still have some silver coins I picked out my change back in the 70s when you could still find silver quarters and even a rare mercury head dime somehow still circulating then. Might even have a theoretically gold backed paper dollar or two somewhere. No idea where they are at.

I'm not full on down the rabbit hole collecting like I could be... Although this is one of the more benign terrible habits to have. Definitely worse ways to spend your cash for sure.

Chraolic · Post by **Chraolic** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:32 pm

Drazzil wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:21 pm I'm not full on down the rabbit hole collecting like I could be... Although this is one of the more benign terrible habits to have. Definitely worse ways to spend your cash for sure.

Plus if you bury your stash in a field it's really going to confuse archeologists some thousand years in the future.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:42 pm

Chraolic wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:32 pm
Drazzil wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:21 pm I'm not full on down the rabbit hole collecting like I could be... Although this is one of the more benign terrible habits to have. Definitely worse ways to spend your cash for sure.
Plus if you bury your stash in a field it's really going to confuse archeologists some thousand years in the future.

hahaha

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:33 am

I collect notes but I do have a some coins. I'm a sucker for silver and have some Morgans but mostly eagles.

gbasden wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:11 pm My grandfather was a coin collector, and when my parents passed away I found out that my father had all of the coins. I have absolutely no idea what they are worth, but I just assume that a coin dealer will rip me off so I haven't done anything with them. I'll need to figure it out at some point.

A local numismatic club can probably point you in the right direction.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:35 am

LawBeefaroni wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:33 am I collect notes but I do have a some coins. I'm a sucker for silver and have some Morgans but mostly eagles.

gbasden wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:11 pm My grandfather was a coin collector, and when my parents passed away I found out that my father had all of the coins. I have absolutely no idea what they are worth, but I just assume that a coin dealer will rip me off so I haven't done anything with them. I'll need to figure it out at some point.
A local numismatic club can probably point you in the right direction.

Thanks!

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:07 pm

Da coin stores are gonna *love* me.

Also. Lucky duck me. I just found out one of the silver dollars I bought 15 years ago because I suspected there was a minting error, in fact, has a minting error. I also found a silver dime in the till, twice!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:09 pm

So that coin is probably worth one hour of your double overtime.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:24 pm

Jaymann wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:09 pm So that coin is probably worth one hour of your double overtime.

No I suspect the dollar is worth somewhere around 60 for its good condition plus the error. So I make 16.50 so double that is 33 dollars an hour. It'd take me two hours (minus about six or seven min to buy this coin.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:25 pm

Plus I now stop in on one if my days off to do store projects and put in 5-6 hours.

The 7-11 is my home now.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:53 pm

I’m glad you’ve found something interesting, productive and profitable to do.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:00 pm

Zarathud wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:53 pm I’m glad you’ve found something interesting, productive and profitable to do.

Yep. I'm happy as a clam.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:02 pm

Hasn't your shift ended yet???

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:36 pm

I can't believe how long it took me to pull my head out of my ass and just take a job that I thought I could do. This "struggle job" turned into something that turned percieved weaknesses into strengths. And its the most fun fulfilling job I've had in my life.

Normally speaking sometimes I can be extremely negative and I have the bad habit of turning people off that way. In this job I ooze positivity and level headedness. I don't get involved in office gossip and I come in ready to do what I'm asked directly.

I am not a senior cashier (although all I need to do is a webinar and take an easy test to qualify)

I've been asked to move towards taking an asst mgr role but I see how it burns ppl out so I turned it down. I think I'm going to have to take it soon so I can fix the gaping wounds the store has suffered b/c of ppl leaving.

As it is I am extremely well respected by my co workers and my mgrs. I avoid all the traps and pratfalls that catch younger workers and I've developed a sort of "moral authority" that sends my co workers or mgrs or even district
mgr to scurry and get me what I need when I ask.

In short I dake it till I make it. Sometimes I still have issues but I work on them every day.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:46 pm

Words to live by:

I dake it till I make it.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:46 pm

Also all you can eat overtime feeds a raging coin habit. I figure coins are an extremely expensive habit, but I now know about the proper care and feeding of coins. I dare say that I know enough about coins to at least select things that will hold value and be sellable with a minimum of loss.

So instead of being addicted to food or alchohol or pot, my thing is coins. I know my limits though and I don't spend money I don't have. I axed the CC a year ago. If I want a thing I ask for overtime and I earn and pay cash.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:47 pm

OH!!!!

I BOUGHT THE OZ GOLD COIN I WANTED SINCE I WAS SIX!!

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:48 pm

And I'm paying back Cat Adoption Team for Bootsies Dental Surgery

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:49 pm

And I'm paying my own rent and utilities next month.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:51 pm

And my boss wants to give me a raise.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:52 pm

Im making mini posts between work tasks. Im not manic I promise.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:35 pm

Jaymann wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:46 pm Words to live by:

I dake it till I make it.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:44 pm

I'm not manic you're manic.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:48 pm

Some structure and purpose can do wonders for a life.