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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4865560, member: 24314&quot;]Lehigh96, posted: &quot;So you are saying as a professional numismatist who worked as a grader at several TPGs that you enjoy giving the &quot;<b><span style="color: #b30000">chatroom rubes</span></b>&quot; impossible tests for your own amusement under the guise that they get to learn something and you get your &quot;gotcha&quot; moment.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><b>Your term NOT mine</b>.&nbsp; </span><i><span style="color: #0000b3">You need to read what I wrote. I don&#039;t refer to anyone posting here as a &quot;rube.&quot;&nbsp; IMO, it is a huge slight for you to use that term for beginning to intermediate collectors!&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m not sure what you mean by high power, but if it has anything to do with magnification, I was always told that grading is done with 5X magnification.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">You are welcome to do as you are told and use any power of magnification you wish.&nbsp; It is a personal thing as NOTHING is etched into stone.&nbsp; Most of my images are taken between 7X and 20X.&nbsp; As you should know, the different powers of magnification are suitable for different tasks.&nbsp; If you wish to be stuck at 5X, you may miss out on a whole &quot;new&quot; experience. </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;And what does my expertise have to do with anything.&nbsp; My expertise is primarily focused on Jefferson Nickels, in regards to most everything else, I think my knowledge is pretty average.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">I guess you and I don&#039;t consider yourself to be one of those &quot;rubes&quot; as you call others with less experience posting here.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you understand that &quot;lots of twists&quot; in combination with &quot;I don&#039;t expect many here to get the correct answers on any quiz&quot; is a cocktail for a gotcha moment?</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">Only in your mind or in the mind of a spoon suckling snowflake.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>They may not have given you an answer, but I bet they gave you a complete question.&nbsp; Why not take the feedback that you are being given and use it to &quot;learn&quot; and make your quizzes fair by providing enough information for someone to solve them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">There is no way one of your &quot;rubes&quot; here (who never looked at the edge of a coin in their life) could possibly answer that <b>DIFFICULT</b> (words have meanings) quiz.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet it opened up a whole new way to look at their coins - mission accomplished.</span></i>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I run many GTG threads, and if they take no effort and time, why are you unable to post a photograph of an entire coin?</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">1. Wrong camera lens.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">2. Camera attached to the microscope.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Are you taking photographs of coins submitted to ICG where posting full photos on an internet chat room would violate some company policy?&nbsp; If that is the reason, then just say so.&nbsp; If that isn&#039;t the reason, stop playing games and start posting full coin photos.&nbsp; You just said it takes &quot;no effort/time&quot;.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">I&#039;ll post what I please, the way that I please, whenever I want to post until I am no longer welcome here.&nbsp; In other words, I post at my pleasure and to be honest, it is becoming much less fun dealing with a few of you.&nbsp; So take it or leave it; play or don&#039;t play.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Of course few posters realized the edge was damaged, <span style="color: #b30000">in order to know what the edge is supposed to look like, we need to see the entire coin.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">Shame on you!&nbsp; This is possibly the third most stupid thing I&#039;ve ever read on CT.&nbsp; Here&#039;s another:&nbsp; In order to know what the coin is supposed to look like, we need to see the entire edge. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m not going to think about it.&nbsp; If you have something to say, then say it.&nbsp; You have had your &quot;gotcha&quot; moment for the day.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">Actually, I started a new discussion.&nbsp; I&#039;ll &quot;pull&quot; the answer out of someone for you there. </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Furthermore, why do you wait so long to reveal the answer.&nbsp; Doug seemed to think that maybe you were waiting for the correct answer, but you put that theory to bed when you plainly stated that you don&#039;t expect many to get the answer to your quizzes.&nbsp; So what is the reason, just enjoy being the </p><p>puppeteer?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <i><span style="color: #0000b3">My, aren&#039;t we angry.&nbsp; &quot;Puppeteer?&quot;&nbsp; I only have access to some things at work.&nbsp; I wanted the quiz to run over the weekend to give me something to do at home.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">I&#039;ll tell you what.&nbsp; I&#039;m a spiteful <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> grouch so I&#039;m going to take your advice.&nbsp; You&#039;ll love my next <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> quiz.&nbsp; It won&#039;t be difficult or tricky.&nbsp; Eventually, I&#039;ll bet the &quot;rubes&quot; as you call them will ask me to do things my way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and not yours.&nbsp; </span></i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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