Can anyone explain this?

[Can anyone explain this?]

....anyway he said it was his fault as he's been run over before......

[Can anyone explain this?]

It is rather apt when discussing the Birmingham area to remember one of Jasper Carrot's better routines....

[Can anyone explain this?]

16 hours ago, Old Money said:

A study found that a speed of less than 11 mph 100% of cars stop for a pedestrian crossing., at 15mph only 28% stop for a pedestrian crossing.

Which would explain both road signs

I will never forget the sad face of the old man as he slid across my bonnet.....

[Can anyone explain this?]

Roadworks, M40 merging onto M42, South East of Birmingham.

Speed limit 50mph.

Speed limit for the workmen, 11 mph.

Not 10, or 15, but 11.  All the way along.

Why the strange figure?

Is it to stop drivers mistaking it as their speed limit, where a number divisible by 10 is the norm?

[Royal Mint quality control (or the lack of)]

Four words that I put together 30 years ago and has been my main mantra:

 

Hope    doesn't    change    reality.

 

What does anyone expect from the RM?

What?

[I cannot imagine what this will fetch -but it will be a lot]

On 4/30/2023 at 6:36 AM, blakeyboy said:

Pull up to the bumper baby...

 

 

...in your long black limousine.....ever looked into the lyrics?

BBC missed it...

[Medals, medallions and badges..]

...the amount of diamonds destroyed by hitting them with a hammer,  whilst 'proving' they weren't diamonds....the only thing that I think is amazing about diamonds is that they conduct heat five times as well as copper....

[I cannot imagine what this will fetch -but it will be a lot]

Pull up to the bumper baby...

 

 

[Stuff to Make Us Laugh]

[I cannot imagine what this will fetch -but it will be a lot]

Yes, very sad, and of course it took dear Kenny Everett too.

I had a 38 year old studio engineer in the workshop this week who had never heard of Kenny Everett.....how quickly people are forgotten.

[More Pennies]

1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

A couple just back from NGC both really nice in hand , sellers pictures who i bought them off.

1891 MS65 RED  1894 MS65 RB.

 

 

You mean "really nice in plastic"....

[Coin prices continue to rise]

Whoops

[Poinciana Seedpods Scarborough Queensland]

WOW!!!

[Coin prices continue to rise]

I think the two 1874's with that 'wide ribbons with small gap' obverse are _way_ rarer than is assumed.

Just look at how often any examples turn up anywhere, in worn condition.

Very unusual to see one.

Mike is so right- one in this condition turning up, regardless of perceptions of rarity,

would drive a  purchase that would be argued as 'rash' in our house, but I would defend the decision!

 

An UNC 1864 or 1869 or 1871 would not be half as tempting......

[TOY COINS]

Tin suffers from 'tin pest'- below about 13˚C the white tin allotrope really wants to be the grey powdery form.

There are videos of this spontaneously happening in a freezer. 

[Ebay's Worst Offerings]

I saw their listings when in just the right mood....:-)

[1920 Half Crown, Superb]

2 minutes ago, Zo Arms said:

Nothing wrong with those photos.

Yes there is - I don't own the coin in them.

That's what's wrong.

[Coin prices continue to rise]

21 hours ago, Rob said:

If you went to a restaurant and got refused entry, you wouldn't go back a second time. So why use Facebook if it is policed by a robot you can't discuss problems with?  The internet is littered with 'Scunthorpe' problems and analogues thereof. 

  ....now you're being niggardly....

[Coin prices continue to rise]

You can find stupid price hikes in 1970's Fords. 

I have to deal with mad prices everyday - doing vintage studio gear is sometimes very odd,

The prices people are paying for anything from microphones to complete consoles are through the roof,

in many instances making coin price rises look unremarkable. I think this time the prices will fall back slightly

once people stop acing like headless chickens. It's already happening in the classic car market with some models,

with the Austin Healey 3000, for example, dropping back from mad heights as people realised the price was just too much.....

[Coin prices continue to rise]

2 hours ago, Martinminerva said:

Please not! I prefer to rely on RI (real intelligence) and my human nuance - if I like the look of a coin and want to buy it, I will buy it. If not, I won't.  I do not need to be "told" what grade a British coin is by a (frequently) American TPG, and even less so by some future computer algorithm.

Or was this post created by ChatGPT? 😏

'Post of the Month' , mate.

 

 

[More Pennies]

And both sides for identification?

[More Pennies]

Here is my 1861 -   8 over what looks like a much smaller 8.....

 

 

[Stuff to Make Us Laugh]

Agreed on Larson comments at beginning of this thread in 2018 - every bathroom should have a Larson book somewhere in it.

Worth looking at afresh. Still wonderful.

 

Here is a pic my mate in Nashville sent me:

 

[More Pennies]

19 hours ago, secret santa said:

You can lead a horse to water.....................

.....but a pencil must be lead.

 

Stan Laurel

[Has Ebay changed its closing process ?]

1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said:

The problem with a maximum bid is when you later find out it went for one bid higher - being the underbidder in those circumstances can be frustrating.

Sniping with 7 seconds to go is - as Richard says - genuinely exciting! What bores me is searching minutely through 00's of listings in the hope of finding that elusive bargain.

Hmm..why would I worry if outbid?

Someone wants to pay more than me?

I let them have it.

Paying more than you wanted, often with a buyers premium, for something that everyone has seen, is how you lose when you think you are winning.

Real fun comes from finding something really cheap as a surprise in the bottom of a box etc., and you also then have a story!