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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 2689189, member: 82181&quot;]Cool charts.&nbsp; I love charts.</p><p>I am going to do something really stupid in this post.&nbsp; I am going to give advice when none was asked for.</p><p>I was 20 years old in 1981.&nbsp; I was married with a pregnant wife and unemployed.&nbsp; For those who don&#039;t know it was called the Great Recession.</p><p>Me and a guy named John decided to start a business. (NOT</p><p>coin related).&nbsp; We worked 100 plus hour weeks for years.</p><p>In 1984/5 (don&#039;t know for sure), we had retired our start up debt and were making enough to eat.&nbsp; One day&nbsp; John got a flyer for a business seminar with a pretty blond on the front.&nbsp; He had a weakness for blonds so I wasn&#039;t surprised when he pushed to attend.&nbsp; He said it would be good for us to see &quot;The bigger picture.&quot;&nbsp; For three days and two nights Daryl and Janet (Our Seminar Leaders) bombarded us with facts.</p><p>Credit markets were shrinking.&nbsp; Technological advancements were making us obsolete. Institutions were changing their buying practices and dropping small suppliers.&nbsp; New regulations were strangling competition.</p><p>Lot and lot and lots of charts.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The morning after the seminar we drove away and didn&#039;t speak a word for over an hour.&nbsp; I finally stopped at a gas station to use a bathroom.&nbsp; I looked at John and said, &quot;At least Janet was real pretty!&quot;&nbsp; We both started laughing. It is the only time in my life I actually laughed so hard I peed in my pants.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In my entire life it has never been the right time to get married, have a kid, start a business, collect Indian head cents.&nbsp; Do it anyway.&nbsp; It is also never the right time to lose your business partner, bury a child or get a chronic illness.&nbsp; you survive those things too.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; My doctor says I don&#039;t have a 5 year survival rate.&nbsp; I tell you I have a 10 year coin collection plan.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 6 months ago I didn&#039;t even know Coin Chat existed but I have been a non stop coin collector since 1967. (Still wouldn&#039;t know it existed if my dog hadn&#039;t died).&nbsp; There are tens of thousands of collectors who don&#039;t know it&#039;s a terrible market;&nbsp; and don&#039;t care either.&nbsp; It is their hobby not how they butter their bread.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Some of you might need to take a step back.&nbsp; If you have a wife pick a fight with her.&nbsp; Then make up.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have a wife then make one of those stupid bucket lists and do one of the things.&nbsp; Afterwards take John&#039;s favorite advice to heart (John died in 2002).&nbsp; &quot;There is no sense in getting shook up now.&nbsp; You were probably screwed before you ever started.)&nbsp; I miss John.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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