Posted on 04/18/2013 6:05:16 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
[And you still would have OPPOSED a recount.]
LOL! There were some precincts this past election where Obama got like 107% of the vote. Imagine if it was a Republican that got 107% of the vote. Outrage. A Democrat? Not a peep.
Then there's the Franken/Gregorie method of "finding" enough votes to go over the top, and then demanding the recounts stop immediately.
A little harsh? Yes, it was in bad taste listing that guy’s name, oh wait he didn’t do that. He mentioned that he found a silver coin in the change he received while couponing.
So, if we can get PJ to tell us the place he got the silver from and what the guy looked like, then maybe, we could then get enraged at M1903A1 for calling the change guy a low information fool.
At the moment the change guy is anonymous, see it’s hard to work up any outrage over this and besides, who cares? I sure don’t. If a guy gave me a hundred dollar bill as change on a ten, I would give it back to him but I never look or count the change, it goes into my pocket and then in my coin jar.
Your analogy is lame as the guy that gave him the quarter; it probably wasn’t his first day at counting out change, yes? When I counted out the day’s receipts at a job over thirty years ago, I looked at every coin to see its type. As well as taking a quick look at the change the customer was giving me when I was on the register. One guy game me a stamp with an upside down airplane on it for its face value. At least I was able to use it as postage.
Not quite the same comparison. Coin collecting is a well known hobby, and if somebody’s got coins set aside in individual holders, or even in a cardboard box in a drawer, as opposed to a change jar...hmm, maybe the person did this for a reason and perhaps they’re worth a look?
I stand by my statement (though maybe “fools” was a bit much) because I’ve seen it happen. Once in a while you’ll see a bunch of vintage coins or dollar bills come into local circulation; I’ve no doubt that, most of the time, somebody inherited or otherwise acquired a coin/bill collection, has no idea what it is and isn’t motivated to investigate (even by going online or to a coin shop), and just spends it like it’s normal money.
I think people reflexively figure that if nothing stands out (i.e. no gold or foreign money), it’s not worth much...when those 1920s silver quarters might actually be worth a few bucks each.
Check with the police if you really want to know its origin. Most likely a burgled home will document a stolen coin collection, burgled by 14 yr olds.
Silver coins,to a 14 yr old (13, 14, 15), are just another vehicle to wealth and fame.
Come on now, you're no newbie. You know why they all haven't, don't, and won't move to those socialist utopias. They'd all have to WORK! -- and they know it.
They might be bat-guano crazy Moonbats, but they ain't stupid. Well ... actually they are stupid, but you get the point. 
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