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I always thought the term premium regarding silver/gold coins/bullion was a bit odd. Am I buying silver or am I buying insurance? I mean I guess you gotta call it something but I'm more used to these kind of premiums:

Dude, you gonna do something, do it right...

Oh no sir, a total eclipse is something you don't wanna miss for the world if you can at all help it. Now this guy OTOH, had his heart set on seeing a transit of Venus (where Venus passes in front of the sun) but... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Le_Gentil PS: In my UK days (early 2000s) I got to see a total eclipse of the moon (moon looks red) though!

Yes indeedy!! It can be VERY easy to overlook those as well as the 35% silver war nickels (1942-45; the ones with the big letter above the Monticello; incredibly at the time apparently nickel was more important for the war effort than silver!!). And of course when CRHing pennies be sure to keep aside ones 1981 or earlier! They're at least 3x their face value in their 95% copper content! True copper is only a semi-precious metal but it too can be fun to collect! For example, I got a nice starter set of Ike dollar size UK schedule coins from the mid-to-late 80s (I think they were made 70s-early 00s); I'm not sure if they're bronze or brass though... Believe it or not, you can still find a few Buffalo nickels CRHing (sadly you might be able to see the year/mintmark which is no good for filling your album holes) and I even once found an INDIAN penny!!

Actually I did once get super lucky and got a 1900 Barber quarter out of a roll from a local Kroger! Though obviously I'm very much a silver collector first (want to get as many years/mintmarks as I can) and a stacker second.

So just under a couple years ago I took the plunge and started doing a coin collection, which you can read the full story here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1076707/so-i-finally-took-the-plunge-became-a-coin-collector-old-fashioned-roll-hunting-kind-update#latest And why doing regular ol' coin roll hunting and filling in Whitman folders is a lot of fun, and it's a really special treat to get to do half dollar rolls (as my local bank and credit union branch so rarely have any) my REAL love is, as Yukon Cornelius would say, SILVER!! When I started my hobby my grandma let me go through her big penny jar (I sometimes like to get a whole box/case of pennies ($25 or fifty rolls of 50 cents each) and keep aside not only the Wheaties and Canadians but copper (1959-81) pennies as well!) and the nickels/dimes/quarters she had...and she had a little baby food jar that had 17 silver FDR dimes, six silver quarters, and even a few silver JFK halves! For those who don't know, dimes/quarters/halves from 1964 or earlier had 90% silver...or as I like to say, back when we had good HONEST money. And how have I managed to do with my silver stash so far? Well, I got all the American Silver Eagles (BU in capsules of course) up to 2020 except 1986, 1995, 1996, 1998) and I got a few Canadian Silver Maple Leaves as well (so far I got 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1999). Plus I got two folders of silver FDR dimes and two sets of silver GW quarter folders (the ones I'm missing are in the link above). And yes, even Mercury dimes, no doubt Alan Jacksons favorite! I want to next get started on silver Franklin and Walking Liberty halves...which maybe I could get a few if those KY unclaimed property checks I applied for ever arrive... And last but not least I have a neat bronze/silver/gold plated 1992 Kentucky Bicentennial coins that only 1,792 of each were made (and a set of three has matching serial numbers) and just recently picked up a neat 1969 silver coin commemorating UK's 1000th franchise win and Adolph Rupp's 800th coaching win (and it just so happens he was inducted into the HOF that year as well). So, any other fellow coin and/or silver enthusiasts here? I'm really happy my local coin shop is a lot closer to me now!

Once again I'm just BARELY out of totality range BTW, here is 11 year old me back during the 1991 partial eclipse; I'm the one sitting in the chair pointing...and you have no idea how ugly and geeky and dorky I felt back then and especially middle school years...

You know, there is near unanimous consensus that the Simpsons is not as good as it used to be...but then try to ask exactly when the show jumped the shark! Interesting thing about that...the show wasn't even half done when Fonzie jumped that shark in S05E3 (the show lasted 11 seasons)!

I love the Power Pad...it's so bad. And did they ever use Side A for anything?

So I just recently turned 44 about a week ago and I've been doing a lot of thinking about what direction I want to go in my life. I suppose that's to be expected...perhaps this is an example of mid-life crisis or something? But lately I've gotten to thinking that I've gotten way too old for childish things like video games and baseball cards and that I should concentrate on more sophisticated grownup sorts of hobbies like coins and stamps. After all look at all the great leaders and important figures in history like FDR who were avid coin and/or stamp collectors. I don't recall even one great historical figure who had a video game or a baseball card collection. I already did get started doing coins just under two years ago (inspired by the Penny Collection episode of the early 60s Dennis the Menace sitcom) and just last year I got into stamp collecting. Therefore I decided to sell all my video games and baseball cards and other silly childish things so that I can focus on my coin and stamp collections. As someone who is now in his mid-40s it's time I grow up and be a true adult with more adult, age appropriate and more time tested hobbies. My email (and where you send Paypal payments) is estilrumage@hotmail.com if you have any questions or if you wish to purchase anything. Here's a video I made showing the games and cards I have for sale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

I sure hope you're wrong on that one. Maybe they need to set up shop at a neutral country like Switzerland or Sweden (?) where the US Copyright Nazis can't get them. Hey, that's what the Wikileaks guy did, right? As Jimbo from South Park would say, all of this (and video game (rom) preservation) is about history!

Indeed it needs some common sense reform/updates so we can more freely preserve things like these for historical purposes. If the Copyright Nazis had their way we'd have lost many works forever...just like how we lost 90%ish of silent films and 50%ish of pre-1950 sound films because people back then didn't think nearly as hard about historical preservation.

I hope not...I mean what they're doing is no different than what a regular library would do and I hope they don't lose to the Copyright Nazis. Their archive is far too valuable for historical preservation.

To quote my MegaMan Legends 2 guide over at GameFAQs: MegaMan Goes Classical - Does the music that plays when you're aboard the Sulphur-Bottom sound familiar? It should if you like classical music. That piece is "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741).

Whatever became of Jeff Rovin and what does he look like? Quite the man of mystery for us retro gamers, no? And IIRC isn't the graphics in Rad Racer the only time he awarded an A+ (calling 'Frisco and LA at night "miracles")? I don't know if he ever gave any category in a game a full F and I don't think he gave out very many D's either.

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How can you have a Cincinnati thread without their offical theme song? RIP Riverfront Stadium (1970-2002); any Cincinnatians here remember the 70s Big Red Machine?

Can they figure out a way to use it on Everdrives so I can get these on a real system?

So I'm continuing to work on FF Pixel Remastered and is Tweetie, eh I mean Celes in FF6 seriously flipping me the bird when she's preparing magic??? And is Denise, my White Mage in FF1 also giving me the middle finger after each battle victory???

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While we're on the subject of Blondie (the singer, not the comic strip) you might want to do this one in the future. You know in all my almost 44 (sigh...) years I never got to ride in a convertible and it looks WAY cool! I mean they famously use one in Outrun after all...

Ones you can get trophies with I hope!

So I'm working currently on FF5 and FF6 in the Pixel Remaster group and I just reached a trophy milestone! I'm already at Level 200 and fairly recently got my 600th bronze (now 611) and now I just got my 100th silver trophy! SILVER!! I know you guys probably thought I'd be wanting gold...I changed my mind! But you know what, I like collecting REAL silver (pre-1965 dimes/quarters/halves, silver eagles and maples) even better!! EDIT: @Sumez What are you confused about?

On that note, and I'm sure VERY unpopular opinion, I actually LIKED Scrappy-Doo. Mainly because he was so much of what Scooby was not and thus they played off each other perfectly, I thought. Of course my FAVORITE Scooby-Doo characters by far were the Globetrotters! And please for the love of God ditch those AWFUL black uniforms and go back to your signature red/white/blue duds...I mean what's next they're gonna make the ball and wristbands black also? Yeah, forgive me, I do go off on tangents sometimes...