Having read the past weeks journals, one might assemble

the following items as a starter collectors kit....1 A US Mint Gold Amercian Express Card (100K limit)2 An external backup hard drive for the computer to hold all the backorder notifications from the mint.3 An Elite membership to NGC, the best grading company of all. (The new collector would get 5 free submissions in case the mint ever sent them some coins)4 Some 2 X 2's to ship any raw coins 5 A box of Kleenex for the return of the raw coins (our lessons are learned, aren't they?)6 And I guess from reading the latest journals, our new collector should get a safe, a fire extinguisher, a gun, some pvc pipe and appropriate end caps, a safety deposit box at a nice bank, a big dog, and an insurance policy. Oh, I forgot, a sign for their door.7 Last but not least, include for the new collector a roll of assorted wheat cents with few S mints and one 1909 vdb. Make the elusion that the roll has never been searched, provide a price guide for the wheats and leave the new collector to begin their adventure. There are many means to the ends of our collecting, but to me the most thrilling is the "hunt" I remeber those coins much more than most. And their value is not just in dollars .... they become part of us and our "collections".Hope this brought a chuckle to some and memories to all.Good night from Atlanta