Henri Charriere

@GoldFinger1969: I will have to locate that Episode and Part, and re-read it to determine when the examination occurred.

The foregoing posturing on my part is wholly dependent on the heat and humidity in August.

I ACCEPT YOUR EXPLANATION!

[The problem with telephone calls is there is no record of documentation. Once you listen and hang up, you're stuck with... "I don't remember." "I don't recall." "To the best of my recollection..." Etc.] Director Nellie Taylor Ross: "Well then, allow me to refresh your recollection..."

So noticeable that it is the only instance I can recall of your shooting a reproval over someone's bow. I can understand if we're talking about Emerald ash borers or Snake head fish, but Penny? Heretical. 🐓

[Funny, my beard, down to my navel at its greatest length, never stopped me from doing anything. Not even eating spaghetti. That's what my left hand is for. I was completely shorn and shaved the nite before my wedding, six years ago.]

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[First time I have ever seen a type-written letter, in Western Union telegram format.]

She is a domesticated cat and a threat to no one. My family has had a succession of cats, all male, all of whom left their signature marks defining their territory. My father did not like that and one day the cat acknowledged his disapproval by leaving a contribution in the center of his bed. I believe everyone, members, guests, lurkers and loiterers alike, appreciate your comprehensive after-action show reports. I know I do. 🐓

The r.p.g. diagnosis or the distinct gash on her left leg?

At the risk of incurring "Chopper One's" wrath, may I inquire as to the "invasive," "feral," killer kat's name, and whether it is male or female? 🤔

The gentleman may be a road-driving, frequent-flying, globe-trotter, but he no longer receives a "paycheck" unless that is a euphemism for something else.

@GoldFinger1969: As you may or may not be aware, P--- runs a series of Slab Labs, under Errors, Varieties and Coin Collecting Ideas. One featured, Episode 11, Part 2, in which Fred Weinberg is interviewed for approximately 19+ minutes. He makes a startling number of revelations including the time, years ago, he observed a 1933 D.E. at Sotheby's for $250,000. Chief of Security (who he claimed can access Ft. Knox, at will) William "Bill" Daddio, recognized and approached him to ask him a single question: could he identify the 1933 D.E. as being the same offered at Sotheby's years earlier. Mr. Weinberg was afforded access to the coin at a secure location and admitted he was unable to state with any degree of certainty if it were one and the same. The exchange with an interviewer (whose name I did not catch) lasted roughly half the recorded Slab Lab episode. He readily offered up a sizeable number of precise observations on errors and varieties anyone, including myself, would find interesting. But I have a question: if you were afforded the opportunity to scrutinize that coin, would not your focus be the leg wound caused by a misfired rocket-propelled grenade? I mean, what else is there to look for? [Sorry I do not know the link. (PCGS Newsletter, info@p---.com).]

Nope. Those two, in particular, P.R & NMI, were singled out and newbies everywhere, were introduced to a concept they were unfamiliar with: "Hey, I wonder why the North Marianas are on the state quarters?" As a practical matter, P.R. flags (including renderings of their original one in light blue) are aflutter everywhere in El Barrio where they are Puerto Ricans first; war veterans may allow they are Americans. I have never seen the U.S. flag and the P.R. flag, fly together. A breach of flag etiquette. 😉 I wonder whether pressing the pedal to the metal, intermittently, over a lifetime, is the source of your pain. 🤔

True. Like any good lawyer, I know the answer before I ask the question. It's historically a bit more intricate that that but I am undeserving of the adulation you've allowed me to bask in. Just trying to contribute to the "body of knowledge." According to one source, there are two more: Puerto Rico and the North Mariana Islands but they are of "a different kind." I suspect that is why they are a part of that quarter series [I know little about and do not collect but will instinctively look for now that collectors on this Forum have alerted me to their presence. In particular, those mintmarked "W"].

If one were to overlook the pronounced dichotomy between genuine counterfeit coins emanating from mainland China--not copies or replicas that have been authorized--and the seismic shift Heritage Auctions has undergone to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for authentic coins minted in China, one must conclude... [fill in the blank].

Nixon I always associated with CA. Ford I always associated with MI. [And Arrius I will always associate with: "Hortator: RAMMING SPEED! in Ben-Hur.]

I asked @VKurtB awhile back, so now I'll ask you: when do you use the term, Commonwealth?

As Putin said to Biden years ago, following the latter's remark to the former: "I am looking into your eyes. I don't see a soul," to which the former replied, "We understand each other, perfectly." If Alabama were more roadside user-friendly, perhaps you would be inclined to stay put. I appreciate your dogged determination. And I can't stay put either.

Neither did I, but in NYC, everything seems to be fair game. I am happy to hear all was well at the show, but this Omicron reference bothers me... Toward the end of a tome, collectively written, a seemingly collaborative effort, appears (and posting this may be a Guidelines violation): "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last...." So where exactly does Omicron fit in. (Some Greek letters were skipped.) I believe all appreciate your signature style of reporting. The "This is me" post was a classic! Edit: Omicron is the 15th letter of the 24-letter alphabet (which does not conform to alphabetization as we know it).

Very fraternityish.

Re: June 20 L.B.E.S.R. Rating: 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 (None graded finer.)

In that case, let's not overlook the three distinctions made for just the 1922-D Lincoln Head cent: "standard," "Weak D" and "No D, Strong Reverse."

Huh? What prompted this?

[I will not argue the inarguable for purely selfish reasons... I wish to live to see another day on the Forum.]