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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1459731, member: 13650&quot;]Wow, I&#039;m glad to hear I&#039;m not the only one that gets in trouble!!&nbsp; &nbsp; I always hope that the envelope arrives on a day the wife has to work and that she has to be in early that day before the mail gets here.&nbsp; Then I don&#039;t have to explain anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; It just disappears.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; When I do have to explain, I have several excuses I use, depending on the situation.&nbsp; This is my top 10.&nbsp; All have been used multiple times.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; I got this for &quot;$X&quot; but it&#039;s worth &quot;$X&quot;!!&nbsp; Isn&#039;t that insane!?&nbsp; (Deflect the anger into excitement)</p><p>&nbsp; 2.&nbsp; Oooh, yeah, it&#039;s just a (insert coin).&nbsp;&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t very much.&nbsp; (Regardless of price.)</p><p>&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gotten a coin in two months!&nbsp; Give me a break!&nbsp; (The guilt trip.)</p><p>&nbsp; 4.&nbsp; It&#039;s a one of a kind toned (insert coin.)&nbsp; Either buy it now or I&#039;ll never find another one!</p><p>&nbsp; 5.&nbsp; Nooo, this one is for the baby.&nbsp; It will be valuable when she gets older. </p><p>&nbsp; 6.&nbsp; This is the LAST coin I will buy this year, I promise!&nbsp; (Usually employed in last quarter of said year)</p><p>&nbsp; 7.&nbsp; You can&#039;t say anything!&nbsp; I sold &quot;X&quot; to get this.&nbsp;&nbsp; Essentially it was a trade.&nbsp; We lost no money.</p><p>&nbsp; 8.&nbsp; I won the money!&nbsp; It was mine to blow.&nbsp; Basically, this is the prize!&nbsp; (Occasional fantasy winnings)</p><p>&nbsp; 9.&nbsp; Somebody needed the money and I felt sorry for them.&nbsp; (The charitable angle)</p><p>&nbsp;10. Hmmm.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know/don&#039;t remember what it is.&nbsp; I&#039;ll open it later.&nbsp; (When it&#039;s really expensive!)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The worst instance was when I started my US type set.&nbsp;&nbsp; I tend to buy higher value coins, one at a time, that show up every once in a while.&nbsp;&nbsp; For this, I took everything I had, put it in the album, and then ordered up a bunch of the more common stuff all at the same time to get it out of the way.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, just about everything showed up on the same day.&nbsp; The mail box was packed with so many bubble mailers, the lid wouldn&#039;t go down.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was delighted but it looked really bad.&nbsp; lol</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; To my wife, every coin is just a &quot;dirty old coin&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Regardless of value.&nbsp; Which is probably why I keep excellent documentation![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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