The dreaded "diet"

Didn't go to college but same when I was starting out my business and those 2/$4 frozen pizzas and the beer was wheat ever I could get a 30 pack of for $10 and get change

 

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Hmmm, beer and bacon.

 

jw i'm sending you some Bacon spam...MMMMMMMMMMMM good,this will take care of your Bacon hankern'...

 

I like spam too. And bacon flavored makes it even better. Yum!

 

I've taken a few business trips to Memphis in recent months using my fuel efficient Toyota Corolla. With a mileage reimbursement rate of $.55 per mile I clear about $200 per trip after paying for the gas. I've been able to justify spending some of this money on coins since it's outside of my normal budget...

 

Now picture if you will 3,900 sq ft of doilies and pink frilly things. Friends come over for a visit and ask your wife where her husband is. "Why, he's in the man cave", she exclaims pointing to a small closet in her sewing room...... They step over the electrical wires strewn about the floor all of which are threaded under the closet door, allowing your photo studio to be lit. She knocks, hoping you haven't become asphyxiated by the lack of oxygen in this confined space. The door slowly opens and your friends gasp as the foul odor of "caged man" is released from it's unventilated space. She quietly asks "honey, you ok in there?" peeking her head inside. No response, but they hear a scurrying sound as you try to hide your prized metal discs from "they who do not understand". You stagger to the door and feel the strange sensation as sunlight and fresh air touch your pale unshaven face.....

 

=> hey, don't forget the cigs!! ... man, I was so addicted to smoking back then, that I can remember having to cut-back on noodles just so I could score a pack of study-smokes!!

Trav => thanks for the fantastic visual of the coin-cave!!

 

Hey Travlntiques, you sound like a writer or someone who should consider it anyway. That paragraph sounds much too familiar. Just throw in something about bacon and it would be very eerie.

 

...and you holler with all your might, "SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!"

 

Why naturally the overwhelming stench of caged man does include a slight bacon-y fragrance! Lol. Thank you right kindly! I'm just an antique dealer, but with as many eBay item descriptions as I've typed out, perhaps writer is part of the occupation

 

Lol, I love it! Hearing "SANCTUARY", always reminds me of The Hunchback of Notre Dame....... a character that fits this story perfectly!

 

Coin collectors are all some variation of Quasimodo.

 

Boy that is the truth. I know here we are amongst equals and friends, but we really are the geeks in the corner in many ways. I am ok with it, but its easy to forget when we have other geeks to talk about our precious coins with.

 

Ah, come on Bing don't ruin one of life's true pleasures with some skunky beer. Now bacon and Crown Royal...that's a combo for the ages.

Bruce

 

Scotch. Bacon and single malt scotch. I'm sure the above must be a typo

 

I like beer...

 

To be honest, anything with bacon is fine by me, but I am slightly partial to single-malt Scotch.

 

Now you guys are just piling on.

Bruce

 

My Thai wife a short while ago wanted a bigger diamond on her finger. After checking what it would cost me/us, we reached a good agreement....she could buy Thai gold she wants when we are in Thailand in April and stick with the diamond she has. Some new Thai gold will be cheaper than the diamond by far!!!

 

Does that mean you can use the savings to buy coins?