She may not know who is on the $100, but I guarantee that if you put a C-note on the refrigerator door with Franklin's name spelled with magnets holding it in place, the magnets will still be there. Chris
Are you all aware of how unique and pretty almost all rocks are? If you assemble a whole stack of rocks side by side, they can hold a hill back from erosion, and no two are alike. Ever hear the phrase, "solid as a rock"? I now feel a bit like your bag of rocks right now, for writing this, but in all seriousness, I hope this is just to tease your wife a bit, and that you wouldn't really put her down this way. If so, then you just might be the one dumb as a sack of rocks! Lucy (If labeled a rock, please designate Petoskey Stone for me!)
I'm certainly pleased to learn that no one is picking on pet rocks. I've several of those. Actually, the more people I meet, the more I appreciate my pet rocks. Also have a pet bullet left over from my days of being a Vietnam war criminal. It's a 30mm giant, liberated from the Air Force. Knew they wouldn't miss just one. Anyway, spend hours talking to it. Never thought of it as being dumb; not like a rock.
Aloha Gary, Good to see you're still active. If memory serves me correctly, I still owe an answer to a PM that was sent many many moons ago. Had started drafting an answer when poof, the message vaporized. Have lost track since then. Sorry 'bout that. To answer your question directly [even though it's asked in jest] ... no, I haven't fired it yet. Like me, it's a dud!!! Also in jest, thanks for asking.
silly trick question Did you ask her who is buried in Grant's tomb No I do not know the full legal name but I would have guessed Ulysses S. Grant or something like that. It was actually intended to be a silly trick question. Nobody is "buried" in grant's tomb. It is a "tomb". Grant and his wife are entombed there and they are not six feet under. That's why it's Grant's Tomb, not Grant's Grave. Also, the war of 1812 had a few famous battles & campaigns. I believe that they all occured after 1812.
Well, the Battle of Detroit was in 1812 (US lost), but most of the famous events of the war (Ft. McHenry, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Lake Champlain, burning of Washington D.C., Battle of New Orleans) occurred after 1812. The Battle of New Orleans, in fact, occurred in January 1815 after the war was officially over.
I'll give you that one I hadn't considered the Tomb part. President and Mrs Hiram Ulysses Grant. He always went by Ulysses and when he applied to West Point he listed his name as Ulysses Grant. The administrator assumed that Ulysses was his first name and that his middle name was that of his mothers maiden name Simpson (a common practice at the time) and registered him as Ulysses S Grant. Grant never corrected the error because it was better at West Point (Think hazing) to have the initials USG than HUG.
As a " Numismatist" , opportunities to share your knowledge must be answered with the same efforts as you would have another fellow collector share their knowledge with yourself.