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<p>[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 3555939, member: 92092"]I never thought it would happen to me, but it did. Actually, before I retired from doing airport security there were warning signs. When I took the time to look down, I would find coins dropped by passengers, and my coin sense would tingle, wondering what type and year the coin was. Of course if I picked it up I'd just have to turn it in, so I didn't, because it would be hard to let it go.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the feeling passed, and I brushed it off easily, knowing there was one day of my work week when my supervisor and I would have time enough to go through coins we had brought from home. It helped as we classified and checked the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The itch didn't pass, though, like I thought it had. And I was faced with signs of the fever once again recently, and I don't know what to do about it. My wife and I went to see the movie "Alladin," and as he entered the cave to retrieve the magic lamp, there were coins all over the place, and <i>I wanted to know what they were!!</i> Ridiculous, right? It just got to me, and when Aladdin was throwing coins to the crowd as he entered the city, I wanted to be in that crowd picking up coins! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banhappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I know, maybe I need help, but what can I do? It might help if others here know what I'm talking about, or have felt the pull of coins wherever you find them. Please, let me know I'm not alone in having Coin Fever![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 3555939, member: 92092"]I never thought it would happen to me, but it did. Actually, before I retired from doing airport security there were warning signs. When I took the time to look down, I would find coins dropped by passengers, and my coin sense would tingle, wondering what type and year the coin was. Of course if I picked it up I'd just have to turn it in, so I didn't, because it would be hard to let it go. But the feeling passed, and I brushed it off easily, knowing there was one day of my work week when my supervisor and I would have time enough to go through coins we had brought from home. It helped as we classified and checked the coins. The itch didn't pass, though, like I thought it had. And I was faced with signs of the fever once again recently, and I don't know what to do about it. My wife and I went to see the movie "Alladin," and as he entered the cave to retrieve the magic lamp, there were coins all over the place, and [I]I wanted to know what they were!![/I] Ridiculous, right? It just got to me, and when Aladdin was throwing coins to the crowd as he entered the city, I wanted to be in that crowd picking up coins! :banhappy: Yeah, I know, maybe I need help, but what can I do? It might help if others here know what I'm talking about, or have felt the pull of coins wherever you find them. Please, let me know I'm not alone in having Coin Fever![/QUOTE]
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