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Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris 2 replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
Every morning when I wake up and gaze at the ceiling, there is a fluffy little bird with its beak open singing its little heart out. It's actually just an accidental pattern in the dried Artex, but having seen it once I can not 'unsee' it. -
What's Your Job in Real Life?
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Yes, we probably throw the term 'autistic' around too loosely. Mild Aspergers is probably nearer the mark. -
Silliness of the "Un-researched Purchase" Variety
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
Ah. In that case, I'd say rather less than that. It would all boil down to how much someone is prepared to pay for (not rare) nice examples of a LIMA halfcrown and shilling, and then how much they'd throw in extra for a (not rare) nice 1787 6d and 1887 double florin. There's not much else there to float anyone's boat. -
Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris 2 replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
I did see one of your lion heads very clearly - however I also accept that it was 99% likely to just be a coincidence of pattern that caused the face recognition part of the brain to kick in. -
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Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
Rather more than that! It's the proof... -
What's Your Job in Real Life?
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
May I dip a tentative toe into the controversial autism waters? I think - and this is only a theory based on autistic characteristics - that 'completists', i.e. collectors of date runs and every known variety, are possibly more 'on the spectrum' than type collectors? Of course, the other connection between coins and IT is that if you get bored, you can always switch off, then switch back on again in the future. -
Music to sort coins to
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Thanks @Madness - Joe's 'Steppin' Out' is one of my favourite 80s singles. -
What's Your Job in Real Life?
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
A bit scary, the number of ex computer pros on here! -
Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris 2 replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
Don't confuse France with Trump Tower -
What's Your Job in Real Life?
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Interesting - I designed a small Excel application for a friend's company's users which we called Sapiens! No connection with yours of course. EASYTRIEVE was essentially a stripped down version of COBOL. Its main advantage was the utter simplicity of File Definitions for input / output operations, but the syntax was also very easy too. There were no complex functions like you had with PL/1 but its use was in any case basic commercial stuff. -
Silliness of the "Un-researched Purchase" Variety
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
And bear in mind that Spink prices are the toppermost of the poppermost - what you'd expect an insurance company to pay out, or a top dealer to charge for a very nice example. You'd only pay OVER Spink for the very rarest coins, that haven't appeared on the market for years. Having said that, this is better than EF and very pretty. -
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Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
Agree with above comments - it's a nice example and a high grade but £300 is way too much IMO. As I've said several times before THESE AREN'T RARE! And are usually found in no worse than VF, often better. -
Music to sort coins to
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I love that Vaughan-Williams reinterpretation of Tallis (and the Tallis original). Warren Mitchell said he wanted that on his deathbed - I hope he got his wish. There's a girl in the Sixteen who is the spitting image of someone who used to be in Coronation Street! Here's them doing Palestrina: While we are doing Steven Wilson, this is something I've always liked: (spookily, a seagull 'sang' as the track ended .. outside my window. ) -
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Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
COBOL and PL/1 me, plus a little known thing called EASYTRIEVE. What about you? (One time I could also tell you about JES3, TSO, and stuff like that! All forgotten now.) -
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Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
λυω λυεις λυει λυειμος λυειτε λυειν (I'm not guaranteeing that - it was a long long time ago!) -
Silliness of the "Un-researched Purchase" Variety
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
Better than a bell end. -
Silliness of the "Un-researched Purchase" Variety
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
Thanks. To be fair to Chris he did look into this for me, and found that if the 'Legend' (or any other status) was changed for me it would change for everyone. I didn't want to be a 'Legend' when far more deserving members like VickySilver, Tom Goodheart, Dave Groom, 49 Threepence, Coinery etc aren't talkative mouthy people like me, and that's the only reason I'd be a Legend!! (It shouldn't be based on number of posts...) -
"Clash error"? There'll be a white riot down Hammersmith Palais if that sells, for sure.
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Silliness of the "Un-researched Purchase" Variety
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Beginners area
An expensive mistake to learn from. We will always give you advice on coins for sale, as you're doing with 1787 silver. -
I think @bagerap was referring to the average kind of internet claptrap where people air their prejudices freely left right and centre. It's harder to do that in 'real life' where you have to look people in the eye, and you can hear their tone of voice and see their body language. No opinion is fully and completely informed, but a link to a reasonable website (and I will leap to the defence of Wikipedia here) to back up stated facts, never goes amiss.
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What's Your Job in Real Life?
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
My longest career was in computing .. but we're talking IBM mainframes here, not the kind of device everyone carries around now. -
I couldn't say (apart from agreeing with the grade). When I was dealing, these could be picked up for £50 or even less. Probably much more now, but I personally wouldn't pay £100 even for an EF example. But that's a personal judgement.