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nckt
Penny Collector Member
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 Posted - 05/06/2008 : 23:19:47
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when ever i get a lot of pennies i cant stop sorting, and i had a bunch of home work tonight, and i haven't started any of it, because i sorted $200 face of pennies, instead.
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
1850 Posts |
 Posted - 05/06/2008 : 23:25:36
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Hmm...I have a physics final tomorrow and here I am reading all the active topics on this forum instead. Can anybody come up with a connection between pennies and quantum mechanics so I have an excuse?  |
Nate
The Copper Cave
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Steiner
Penny Collector Member
Canada
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 23:29:31
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| mmm i have finals coming up too. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 23:36:23
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8 boxes is a lot nckt.. especially to sort by hand. I know penny sorting is fun, but you have balance it with the less fun things that you are obligated to do.. like homework and studying. The best way is to set goals on the stuff that you have to do and then reward yourself by sorting a box.
Glad I don't have that problem.. I have so many pennies to sort I could never get them done and still do all the other things I have to do.
The solution.. get a Ryedale. Then you will go though all your pennies so fast you will have nothing left to sort and will have to attend to your studies.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 23:42:09
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Originally posted by Steiner
here is your excuse.
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Perfect!
I thought studying Relativity last semester was bizarre. Quantum mechanics just seems so...well...this picture sums it up nicely.
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Nate
The Copper Cave
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Posted - 05/07/2008 : 07:35:57
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| I had to take my pennies to be sorted out of my office, I brought them home. I kept sorting instead of doing actual work. Its a sickness I tell you, a sickness. |
Another long day in the copper mines |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 07:49:48
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| It is addicting. I think as you get closer to your goal it does subside. |
COPPER - the "poormans" precious metal!!!
SELLING - $100.00 face copper shipped to you for $189.00 machine rolled or bagged - PM me if your interested. |
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Posted - 05/07/2008 : 08:19:50
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| sorting is so addicting i dont know if i want a ryedale |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 05/07/2008 : 09:18:10
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Brings back memories - I still have bad dreams about finals.
You have to get away from it occasionally.
Do something else - sort halves or dimes. |
Beer is my currency. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 19:41:44
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Originally posted by Rare Penny
sorting is so addicting i dont know if i want a ryedale
Trust me, you want a Ryedale....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 21:40:45
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| i did it again today i sorted all day, but i have a little more time for studying today |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 22:00:08
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Originally posted by nckt
i did it again today i sorted all day, but i have a little more time for studying today
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 22:04:05
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| i cant stop sorting i have about a 40% copper average today, with average of 2 wheats a roll. this is amazing oh well about the test tomorrow |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 23:01:38
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| You youngsters put down the d--- pennies and hit the books. You have all summer to sort. First things first. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 05/07/2008 : 23:12:33
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| Haha, well I'm done with finals but I don't have any pennies to sort. So far I've just been pulling the copper out of my (and a few family members') pocket change, but that doesn't add up to much. Now that I'm done with classes I'll hopefully have some time to grab a few boxes. Come fall maybe they'll pay for my books... |
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The Copper Cave
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Posted - 05/08/2008 : 02:29:46
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My problem is I tend to want to oversort - I have an array of coin rolls on my desk, one for each year 1959-1982 and one for pre-59. When one fills up, I pour it into a flat roll and label the year.
I also can't resist looking for error coins along the way, but that slows me down quite a bit -- I only get through about 20 rolls a night.
Does anyone else spend time looking for errors?
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 05/10/2008 : 00:27:57
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^^^^ that is some serious sorting right there.
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Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2008 : 10:19:24
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| Ah yes, I still have nightmares about school! Usually it involves taking a test that I didn't study for! |
Are you throwing that out? |
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mingusdew
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 05/15/2008 : 02:00:21
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Amazing how many people on here have nightmares about exams after having finished school. It's been exactly 3 years since I graduated and I still get them every so often (though not as frequently as I used to). Mine generally involve me missing the scheduled exam time somehow and being screwed out of passing the class as a result.
The realization that you've graduated and all is OK after waking up is rather relaxing. I find it to be a soothing way to start my long and mundane work day. In that regard, they aren't so bad as far as nightmares go. |
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Fortune favors the informed. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 05/16/2008 : 08:39:13
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for kwen25:
Errors are killing my manual sorting time, but I do it now because when I get my Ryedale I won't be able to. So far I've found two 1983 cents with slight C doubling, two 1972 double dies (weak, but true, more like a poor mans double die), 1 1969-S with date doubling, a few off centers, 1 gold plated(??!??), probably a few more I cannot think of. Oldest penny 1910. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2008 : 11:02:10
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| When you get the Ryedale it does not mean you stop looking for errors.. you just decide whether to look in the copper pile or the zinc pile for them. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2008 : 14:15:03
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| True, but I will go through the coppers to pull the wheats, If I have to go through the zincs also for the 82,83, 84 and 95, I'm back where I started. I have every wheat penny I've gotten in the last 35 years. I don't think I could give up pulling wheats. The notion of selling them makes me slightly nauseous..... |
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Know Common Cents
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 05/18/2008 : 12:31:25
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| Just don't accidentally lick your fingers after a heavy duty session of hand sorting. |
Here in Wisconsin, we have some of the highest property and gasoline taxes in the US. We're squeezed so much, I have to make my daughter wear penny boxes for shoes. At least she has an endless supply. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 12:38:49
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Originally posted by Know Common Cents
Just don't accidentally lick your fingers after a heavy duty session of hand sorting.
I've done it after sorting a bunch of wheats. Talk about gag-a-maggot....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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kieblera5
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
859 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2008 : 22:50:46
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
quote:
Originally posted by Know Common Cents
Just don't accidentally lick your fingers after a heavy duty session of hand sorting.
I've done it after sorting a bunch of wheats. Talk about gag-a-maggot....
Deal
That's great. Gag-a-maggot. I know exactly what you mean. |
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