Upset Sir Henry Parkes 41

markn · March 17, 2013, 03:02:39 PM

I've deleted a post from this thread that was quite distasteful. Goldy is a long-time contributor to this hobby and extremely well known, what he chooses to do with his collection and why is entirely his decision. Please refrain from further personal comments.

ausjack · March 17, 2013, 03:38:07 PM

Tis all good, we're all friends :friends: I find my self in the exact spot that Kel was talking about and especially after not being able to work and having my super disapear as I haven't been able to put in so it's pretty much gone actually so what I collect is it and the biggest thing was actually rehab as that's what they tell you to do if you can't work "make money from your hobbies" well this is what they say but it is so much easier said than done..so lets be good to our selves and each other :give_rose:

And I appologise if I get carried away some time, please forgive me :beg:

trout · March 17, 2013, 07:14:14 PM

Quote from: 'markn' pid='9850' dateline='1363494759'I've deleted a post from this thread that was quite distasteful. Goldy is a long-time contributor to this hobby and extremely well known, what he chooses to do with his collection and why is entirely his decision. Please refrain from further personal comments.

No worries .
Sorry Goldy I got a bit carried away, please accept my apology.

keldaw · March 17, 2013, 07:24:27 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='9870' dateline='1363509854'
Quote from: 'markn' pid='9850' dateline='1363494759'I've deleted a post from this thread that was quite distasteful. Goldy is a long-time contributor to this hobby and extremely well known, what he chooses to do with his collection and why is entirely his decision. Please refrain from further personal comments.

No worries .
Sorry Goldy I got a bit carried away, please accept my apology.
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tis all good trout .takes a real man to admit he is out of line ..
good on ya mate . well done . ,.. ,, kel ,,

Goldseeker · March 17, 2013, 09:22:29 PM

Not a problem No offence was taken. Apology accepted.

Fulvio · March 24, 2013, 11:29:51 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='9617' dateline='1363305653'Every coin that is put aside is actualy saving money.
If at the end of the day you look at them and think "why did I keep this junk" you can always take them to the bank .
You would be amazed how much $$$$ are in a simple icecream container full of change :ok:

Precisely.

Since my eye troubles began, I completely stopped looking at coins, but kept throwing them into odd containers in anticipation of things improving. Well, they haven't, the latest blow being a retinal detachment.

Anyway, today after the nurse left, I was sitting out in the sun, and on a whim decided to grab some containers and weed out obvious "junk" to drop off at the bank on the way to the hospital tomorrow. A couple of hours later, when my eyes gave out on me, I'd ended up with a shopping bag full of rejects.. $760 worth!

And while I didn't really look at the "keepers", I did spot three delaminated planchets and a handful of cuds. Plus a really gorgeous aUNC 1997 $1 which sadly has a green patch on the wing just below the "MI".

Maybe I'll do this again next time I get bored.

Goldseeker · March 25, 2013, 03:52:21 PM

Nice to hear from you again Fulvio, it has been ages since you last posted.

Hope your eyes get better and you start going through all those bagged coins you have.

Fulvio · March 25, 2013, 11:49:51 PM

Thanks Goldy.

Sadly, they're not going to get better, only worse. Seems the combination of cataract surgery and diabetes is not good. When you add in the vitreous detachment from old age, that produces tears in the retina. The fix is to spot weld around the tear to stop it ripping any further, but there is a very high probability of additional tears over time, and a better than even chance of blindness should the retina detach completely. This is all happening in the right eye, which is the one set to infinity. The left one is deliberately short-sighted so I can read/compute, and things would get complicated if the right one went out completely. No more driving for starters...

That explains the lack of coin activity. As for not posting here, its a little more complicated. I am *really* not a fan of forums. I use them, and run a couple, but I don't like them, especially the having to specifically log in and wade through stuff. I'm MUCH more inclined towards the G+ model, and have been permanently logged in there since it started, and active in about a dozen communities, spanning photography, computers, railroading, a few games and various clubs I belong to. I even considered joining the Coins Community, but its a little too global for my liking... perhaps if a few aussies showed up we could build an Aussie Coins Community there. If you haven't had a look yet, the Melbourne Photowalkers Community is a good place to start, with 450-odd active members: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105126374019303064464

And finally, the bagged coins... I've been giving these a lot of thought lately. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Half of me says sell everything before you go blind, the other half says make an effort to get back into noodling through thousands of coins a day like I used to. I really don't know which way to go, or what third options may be viable... perhaps I should look at enhanced vision systems... a decent microscope hooked up to a huge screen maybe... I dunno...

ausjack · March 26, 2013, 07:38:07 AM

So very sorry to hear all this Fulvio, this is also something I have to look forward to as there's all that in the DNA and oldtimers so just play while we can mate is about all we can do..but I truly hope they come up with something new as there's gonna be more and more of us need these things..all my best mate and hope you don't get too much pain with it as I know how much fun it is to be in it for long periods..but still here and that's what counts so hang in there mate :friends:

And I agree about the log in all the time but it does seem to keep some of the riff raff out and as I'm a bit slow now I need the help so I don't get ripped..there are some turds around but then also some really nice people that tent to make up for a lot of the bad :good:

trout · March 26, 2013, 09:05:06 AM

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='10659' dateline='1364217591'Thanks Goldy.

Sadly, they're not going to get better, only worse. Seems the combination of cataract surgery and diabetes is not good. When you add in the vitreous detachment from old age, that produces tears in the retina. The fix is to spot weld around the tear to stop it ripping any further, but there is a very high probability of additional tears over time, and a better than even chance of blindness should the retina detach completely. This is all happening in the right eye, which is the one set to infinity. The left one is deliberately short-sighted so I can read/compute, and things would get complicated if the right one went out completely. No more driving for starters...

That explains the lack of coin activity. As for not posting here, its a little more complicated. I am *really* not a fan of forums. I use them, and run a couple, but I don't like them, especially the having to specifically log in and wade through stuff. I'm MUCH more inclined towards the G+ model, and have been permanently logged in there since it started, and active in about a dozen communities, spanning photography, computers, railroading, a few games and various clubs I belong to. I even considered joining the Coins Community, but its a little too global for my liking... perhaps if a few aussies showed up we could build an Aussie Coins Community there. If you haven't had a look yet, the Melbourne Photowalkers Community is a good place to start, with 450-odd active members: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105126374019303064464

And finally, the bagged coins... I've been giving these a lot of thought lately. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Half of me says sell everything before you go blind, the other half says make an effort to get back into noodling through thousands of coins a day like I used to. I really don't know which way to go, or what third options may be viable... perhaps I should look at enhanced vision systems... a decent microscope hooked up to a huge screen maybe... I dunno...

Sorry to hear about your eyesight Folvio.
My Peep's are also going downhill, I use a USB microscope every time I get a new coin.
These things are amazing and you can get them cheap as chips on eBay.
You simply plug them into a USB port,load the driver software and you DO get a full screen image of your coins:yahoo:

Ozcoins · March 26, 2013, 09:21:26 AM

Fulvio,
I am so sorry to hear about your eyesight.
If you enjoy noodling, I reckon do it whIle you can.
Also take advantage of the fact thst you know what is coming, by preparing for it.
Learn the accessibility options on the computer while you can and get things like a camera connected to a tv set up asap so you have plenty of time to learn to get the best from them.
I hope you sight holds out as long as possible

Fulvio · March 26, 2013, 09:56:45 PM

Thanks guys. We're all quite lucky that while age brings these problems, technology also helps deal with them. If this all happened a couple of decades ago, I'd be blind now, but the advances in laser surgery are simply amazing. And I've had feedback from some friends who were in trials of new diabetes drugs which worked wonders, and may be an option for me, especially if I keep turning in readings in the 17's.

I looked at USB microscopes back when a couple of you first started playing with them, but they were expensive and not very good. Clearly its time for another look though, because whether I keep going or sell up, I'm going to need to know what I've got, right?

Anyway, sorry about hijacking the thread.