Aside From Coins, Do You Have Any Other Hobbies?

I was just joshin' you since your reply got posted three times.

 

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It seems to happen quite by accident. In the future, if you find that your thread has posted more than once, just click on "Report" at the bottom of your post and ask the mods to combine or delete them. Whichever is most appropriate.

Chris

 

There are some casinos that offer the "Odds Bet" at 100% which effectively reduces the house advantage to about one-tenth of one percent. Of course, you will not see the Odds Bet posted anywhere on the table, so you must as the croupier.

Chris

 

I thought Odds Bets was with zero house edge. I'll ask next time I'm there.
Currently practicing Dice Influencing some. Bought a hundred used casino dice online. Got a rig in the living room, most times I walk by it I'll throw some. Identified,I think, a couple of errors in Sam Grafstein's craps book.

Interesting story:
I walk by a craps table and see a guy with a legal pad recording numbers. I think what a waste of time that is. An hour later, on my way out, I walk by the same table the numbers guy is still there with a several stacks of chips in front of him.

 

I had a similar experience at Circus Circus in Reno in 2005. All weekend while I was playing slots, I saw an oriental man recording the results of every spin on his machine. I don't know what good it did. The RNG continues to cycle even when the machine is not being played.

Anyway, one hour before we were scheduled to leave for the airport, I put a ten-spot in "Wild Taxi", played the max bet and on the third spin hit "Wild, Wild, 2x Wild, Wild, Wild" for $1000. The only payout higher that this would be the $4000 payout for the jackpot. I sure didn't need any paper to figure that when the time comes, it will hit.

Chris

 

It has been quite a while since I played craps. Maybe I wasn't totally accurate.

http://www.crapspit.org/free-odds-bet-craps/

Chris

 

The rules keep changing in the houses' favor.
Congratulations on the Big Win!

 

I've had lots of nice wins on the multi-line video slots, but to have any real chance, you've got to play the max bet and quit & move on to another machine when you hit one of the bigger pay-outs.

Chris

 

My wife found this at one of our beaches in NC:


43mm x 29mm

 

I don't remember what the nickel plated device is.
It's got a clock, two locks. I bought it because I
liked the way it looks.
Tomorrow I'll post a picture of a Farady Therapy
box.

 

That's exactly what a buddy says.

 

I like your attitude when it comes to collecting.

Thanks for the compliment. I really enjoy it. My mother collects, my brother collects RC airplanes & money. Me, I'm just drawn to certain items. A woman I date asked me how I find all the junk in my house, I replied I don't find it it finds me.
I gave her the same response when she asked about the music I collect.

 

Much thanks. It's one of two major passions I have in life.

 

And I dearly love (collect and use) vintage woodworking hand tools -- mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. North Bros. "YANKEE" tools are my especial favorites.

NORTH BROS. "YANKEE"'Radio Tools and Tool Sets:



Radio Tools store counter display stand (front)


Radio Tools store counter display stand (back)


In the days of Radio's infancy - the 1920s and early 1930s - radio manufacture, rebuild and repair was very much the province of wood workers. The chassis for mounting components and the speaker cabinets were mostly made of wood. I used to assist my father, who was a great tinkerer, in repairing and modifying radios belonging to friends and relatives during the late 1930s and 1940s. I also built my own crystal radios.


1924 NORTH BROS. ADVERTISEMENT

.......... and for work on electrical appliances, odd jobs, and general home maintenance.

"YANKEE" Radio Tools were available in two sets: No. 105 packaged in the standard North Bros. pale green cardboard box with a descriptive yellow label and as No. 106, which consisted of the No. 105 Tool Set plus a No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill, in a fitted wooden chest (which in turn was in a standard North Bros. cardboard packing box). Both of these sets were listed by North Bros. in their tool catalogs from the mid 1920s until sometime in the late 1930s.

The "YANKEE" N0. 105 Radio Tool Set consists of a No. 230 Ratchet Tool Holder plus a set of attachments and a special wrench in a standard North Bros.cardboard packing box. Although a bent wire sample was illustrated on the box exterior, it was not included in the tool set.


No. 105 Radio Tool Set with paper wrapped attachments in original factory box




No. 105 Radio Tool Set original factory box top label


The "YANKEE" N0. 106 Radio Tool Set consists of a No. 105 Radio Tool Set plus a No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill fitted in a mahogany stained wooden chest contained within a standard North Bros. cardboard packing box.





The chest is made from straight grain soft wood - the exterior is stained mahogany per the catalog description - the interior is bare wood without any fabric covering.




The individual tool attachments are secured in a spring activated drilled out block in the chest lid and are extracted after elevating the block by pushing down on the left edge of it. The retaining blocks in the chest lid are glued in place. The special wrench is secured in the lid via a spring steel retainer. Each tool attachment is stamped "YANKEE" as is the wrench. The No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill and No. 230 Ratchet Tool Holder are snugly secured in place by wooden blocks which are in turn affixed to the chest floor by brads.

The No. 230 Ratchet Tool Holder was only sold as part of the No. 105 and No. 106 Radio Tool Sets.


Barrel is stamped:
"YANKEE" No. 230
NORTH BROS. MFG. CO.
PHILA. PA. U.S.A.
Pat. 2-97
May 4-06 -- MAY 4-15


The No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill, although diminutive in size (9 1/2" long), is ruggedly made and embodies the renowned North Bros. quality of manufacture. The No. 1431 Hand Drill was offered separately from the No. 106 Radio Tool Set as a stand alone tool in the North Bros. catalogs.


No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill packed in original 1920s era factory box


No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill in original 1920s era factory box


No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill original 1920s era factory box top label


No. 1431 Radio Hand Drill original 1920s era factory box end label


Handle ferrule is stamped:
"YANKEE" No. 1431
NORTH BROS. MFG. CO.
PHILA. PA. U.S.A.


Chuck is stamped:
"YANKEE"
NORTH BROS. MFG. CO.
PHILA. PA. U.S.A. PAT. MAR 15, 12

NOTE

The No. 1431 hand drill was superseded by the No. 1431A sometime in the late 1930s. It appears that this hand drill was never intended to be included with the No. 106 Radio Tool Set (probably discontinued by the time of the No. 1431A hand drill introduction) as its overall length of 9.75" makes it too long for the No. 106 Radio Tool Set chest which has a 9.50" opening.


The No. 1431A chuck ........................................ No. 1431 chuck

The No. 1431A chuck is .25" longer than the No. 1431 chuck
and is stamped in two lines:

"YANKEE"
NORTH BROS. MFG. CO.

Note: I own two No. 1431A Hand Drills who's (long) chucks are stamped simply "YANKEE"

The No. 105 and No. 106 Radio Tool sets were discontinued by Stanley Tools when they acquired North Bros. Mfg. Co. in 1946, but the No. 1431A hand drill was continued as a stand alone tool and was subsequently stamped with the Stanley name.


1925 NORTH BROS. ADVERTISEMENT

 

Thanks for recognizing the vacuum tube.
What's up with ham radio these days?

When we were kids my brother would make crystal radios, ground them to a steam/water radiator then disappear under the covers.

 

The real secret behind my success at stargazing is not my binoculars, or my star chart, or the different telescope lenses....it is a good cigar and two bottles of Beck's beer. I swear this is true, a cigar and a beer always improve my chances of successfully tracking my targets.



And in a way it makes things more relaxing as I'm combining my passion for cigars with my passion for astronomy, and a nice refreshing drink (a tripple win if you ask me).

 

I wrote:

My father supplemented our family income during the Depression years of the 1930s by repairing radios, clocks, shoes and garden tools of family members and neighbors, at our home. I pretended I was his helper -- but I was a young sprout then and I think all I really did was get in his way!

 

I started collecting antique medicine bottles after my dad gave me this one. It was patented on August 31, 1886 by Lewis Fredrick Ganter, my great grandfather and made with Opium and bismuth.

 

A complete "Yankee" No. 106 radio tool set, fitted in its original mahogany stained wooden chest, is a very rare and desirable collectors item now -- somewhat akin to an "eid Mar" denarius -- well, maybe not that rare -- but pretty close.

 

Well over the years I've been lucky enough to be able to collect a few nice Rolex watches and fairly desirable pens (Mont Blanc, Du Pont etc.) but some of my other interests are attached below. No prizes for guessing my favourite sports personality of all time :


Theodore Roosevelt


James A. Garfield

Lord Nelson (signed Nelson and Bronte after he lost his right arm)


Muhammad Ali signed lithograph



Pair (Ali) and single glove signed by Ali and Norton