Ray, USMC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Listen to Maulemall as his advice is sound and embrace your situations, fight like hell. Accept the fact that your wife is probably way stronger than you give her credit for. If your enemy detects weakness you will not win. Just my opinion. MAULEMALL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 2/25/2021 at 8:26 PM, MAULEMALL said: My 3 afib procedures ,My NASH Cirrhosis and encephalopathy aren't an excuse to "lighten up".. Even when I was flatlining... On the contrary.. Be a Man Quinton. [Man I miss this guy!] 🐓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) Speak of the Devil...... Edited August 25, 2022 by GoldFinger1969 Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 John Albanese posts now in his CAC Forum on the CAC website....had some good information in some of the posts, might go back and grab some of the more important ones. You never know if they'll disappear. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkFeld Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 10:14 PM, GoldFinger1969 said: John Albanese posts now in his CAC Forum on the CAC website....had some good information in some of the posts, might go back and grab some of the more important ones. You never know if they'll disappear. It’s unlikely he will be banned from that forum.😉 Henri Charriere and GoldFinger1969 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/28/2022 at 1:17 PM, MarkFeld said: It’s unlikely he will be banned from that forum.😉 I meant threads get deleted or a server problem where archived material is lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 BUMP: Thought this might be worthy of a bump, seeing as CAC The Sticker will be replaced by CAC The Grading Service. The interview which opened this thread is very informative. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 2/26/2021 at 6:40 AM, Ray, USMC said: Listen to Maulemall as his advice is sound and embrace your situations, fight like hell. Accept the fact that your wife is probably way stronger than you give her credit for. If your enemy detects weakness you will not win. Just my opinion. I don't have any enemies I am aware of. You know what that means. I am dead and stinking. GoldFinger1969 and Hoghead515 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 BUMP: The OP interview on Page 1 is relevant for CACG discussion. I couldn't link to this thread for some reason, maybe because it was created so long ago. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) On 12/28/2023 at 10:48 AM, GoldFinger1969 said: BUMP: The OP interview on Page 1 is relevant for CACG discussion. I couldn't link to this thread for some reason, maybe because it was created so long ago. This revealing thread preceded my arrival by a good ten years. Great public service in reviving it for all, old and new like. Thanks for the memories! Edited December 29, 2023 by Henri Charriere Routine die-polishing GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 JA's interview with Maurice Rosen is an even more fascinating read when you read this late-2022 piece from CoinWeek about the starting up of CACG: https://coinweek.com/a-cac-grading-service-coinweek-interview-with-john-albanese/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/15/2024 at 12:17 PM, GoldFinger1969 said: JA's interview with Maurice Rosen is an even more fascinating read when you read this late-2022 piece from CoinWeek about the starting up of CACG: https://coinweek.com/a-cac-grading-service-coinweek-interview-with-john-albanese/ I believe it was during this interview that JA disclosed unbelievably long turn-around times (nine months) at the advent of one TPGS. Kind of you to rescue it and re-post it! GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Maybe Mark or someone who has worked as a grader or knows their operations can answer this question: am I correct that these "grading sets" I am reading about are actual high-quality (and expensive !) actual coins that the graders and the companies use as guides to help in grading ? I read that JA intends to spend "millions" on sets and have his graders look at them weekly. Why would TPGs do this when ultra-high resolution photos can do the same thing at a fraction of the cost ? Why spend millions accumulating all kinds of different coin series, years, and mints.... and also presumably on ultra-rare coins ? Is CACG really going to go out and get a lower-graded -- but still super-expensive -- 1927-D Saint or 1930-S ? Has this been done in the past ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On 2/25/2024 at 10:11 AM, GoldFinger1969 said: Maybe Mark or someone who has worked as a grader or knows their operations can answer this question: am I correct that these "grading sets" I am reading about are actual high-quality (and expensive !) actual coins that the graders and the companies use as guides to help in grading ? I read that JA intends to spend "millions" on sets and have his graders look at them weekly. Why would TPGs do this when ultra-high resolution photos can do the same thing at a fraction of the cost ? Why spend millions accumulating all kinds of different coin series, years, and mints.... and also presumably on ultra-rare coins ? Is CACG really going to go out and get a lower-graded -- but still super-expensive -- 1927-D Saint or 1930-S ? Has this been done in the past ? ...same reason diamond graders have real diamonds in their master sets...u dont have to have every date n mint to have a grading set.... GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) On 2/25/2024 at 10:20 AM, zadok said: ...same reason diamond graders have real diamonds in their master sets...u dont have to have every date n mint to have a grading set.... Is that necessary today with 27" Hi-Def monitors available for $200 ? I get that you didn't have that option when they filmed "Marathon Man" with Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman in 1976, but you get realistic pictures without the cost. Edited March 29 by GoldFinger1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/28/2024 at 9:40 PM, GoldFinger1969 said: Is that necessary today with 27" Hi-Def monitors available for $200 ? I get that you didn't have that option when they filmed "Marathon Man" with Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman in 1976, but you get realistic pictures without the cost. ...there r just certain things u dont buy from photographs...diamonds, oriental rugs, paintings, certain high grade coins, exotic women...the proof is in the pudding, seeing n touching can not be artificially duplicated, at least not yet...same with empirically grading coins from a scan, just not something our current technology can do.... GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/29/2024 at 1:11 PM, zadok said: ...there r just certain things u dont buy from photographs...diamonds, oriental rugs, paintings, certain high grade coins, exotic women Especially that last one. GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldFinger1969 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Bumping this ahead of the Spam/Malware Threads that have now moved from Currency to Coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) On 5/9/2024 at 11:41 AM, GoldFinger1969 said: Bumping this ahead of the Spam/Malware Threads that have now moved from Currency to Coins. A great deal of Thread-Bumping going on... but why? Ascension is automatic. As members respond, the latest threads fall. At any given time, four or five are exempt; they remain at the top. I guess I am not ashamed to admit I was astounded by not only how well-written they were -- inoffensive really -- but also the author's tactic of arising early and hammering them all out... simultaneously. I believe there were five. Had nothing been done (or Just Bob were up early tinkering with his tokens) none would have been the wiser. I had come across them after Ricky informed me the High Court handed down a decision in the Tarawa silver case. [Last I checked, that Topic had fallen off page one.] By that time, five or six in the morning, dozens of viewers had seen them. The post was geared to the tiniest segment of the membership. Moderation would have taken care of this. As it is, you've accomplished three things: 1. Re-revived a Topic that was first posted eight years ago, which under VKurtB's Golden Rule on resurrection is verboten and death-penalty eligible; 2. inadvertently denied early birders the opportunity to view a surgical procedure which may have been of interest to members of child-bearing age; and, 3. done something that would have taken care of itself without any intervention. : The other day I tried to access my daily online paper -- and couldn't. It shouted, COOKIES IS DIABLED! and ordered me to enable them!!! I promptly called the Times and canceled my subscription, effective immediately. I got flak from my cell company with flashing notices warning I was off-line and off the internet (despite encountering no difficulties). I marched over to my local dealer, handed him back a modem and a router that they said likely was a lemon. I told them they weren't the only pebble on the beach and I didn't need them or want them anymore. [What really ticked me off was finding out my friend's repeated exhortations that I was paying way too much were correct! My bill dropped precipitously.] Lastly, I canceled my subscription to NGC. A rep called and asked why, since I had two months left, and lied. The truth is more complicated. But, as the Terminator guy once said, I'll be BAHCK! Edited May 11 by Henri Charriere Word substitution and typo correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 On 5/9/2024 at 9:05 PM, Henri Charriere said: A great deal of Thread-Bumping going on... but why? Ascension is automatic. As members respond, the latest threads fall. At any given time, four or five are exampt; they remain at the top. I guess I am not ashamed to admit I was astounded by not only how well-written they were -- inoffensive really -- but also the author's tactic of arising early and hammering them all out... simultaneously. I believe there were five. Had nothing been done (or Just Bob were up early tinkering with his tokens) none would have been the wiser. I had come across them after Ricky informed me the High Court handed down a decision in the Tarawa silver case. [Last I checked, that Topic had fallen off page one.] By that time, five or six in the morning, dozens of viewers had seen them. The post was geared to the tiniest segment of the membership. Moderation would have taken care of this. As it is, you've accomplished three things: 1. Re-revived a Topic that was first posted eight years ago, which under VKurtB's Golden Rule on resurrection is verboten and death-penalty eligible; 2. inadvertently denied early birders the opportunity to view a surgical procedure which may have been of interest to members of child-bearing age; and, 3. done something that would have taken care of itself without any intervention. : The other day I tried to access my daily online paper -- and couldn't. It shouted, COOKIES IS DIABLED! and ordered me to enable them!!! I promptly called the Times and canceled my subscription, effective immediately. I got flak from my cell company with flashing notices warning I was off-line and off the internet (despite encountering no difficulties). I marched over to my local dealer, handed him back a modem and a router that they said likely was a lemon. I told them they weren't the only pebble on the beach and I didn't need them or want them anymore. [What really ticked me off was finding out my friend's repeated exhortations that I was paying way too much were correct! My bill dropped precipitously.] Lastly, I canceled my subscription to NGC. A rep called and asked why, since I had two months left, and lied. The truth is more complicated. But, as the Terminator guy once said, I'll be BAHCK! ...only if it were true.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 5/10/2024 at 12:09 PM, zadok said: ...only if it were true.... To preserve the sanctity of this thread, my reply to your conjecture may be found in "Unsolicited Comments." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
