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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2708411, member: 24314&quot;]So that&#039;s what it&#039;s called! Wow, interesting.&nbsp; I never knew teaching was so complicated.&nbsp; I guess that&#039;s what those Jesuit teachers must have been doing and we never knew.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] answered my PM to him wondering why he had a snarky, childish, tone to several of my posts and referred to me as Rev. Jim.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dear Paddy,</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your quick response.&nbsp; Hope this helps you to chill and get on with your life:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Paddy writes: &quot;You want to know insider why I take issue with you?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Here&#039;s&nbsp; a few good reasons...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">You come in here spouting&nbsp; how much you know about the hobby....telling and posting&nbsp; how much an educator you are in this hobby.&quot;&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">First of all, I have never claimed to be an <b>educator</b> unless you believe as I do that any member who answers posts correctly is an educator (I&#039;ve <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> been wrong on a few occasions so that lets me out <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; <i><b>What I have claimed</b></i> is that I have been in more grading and authentication seminars in the past forty plus years than I can remember.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">I joined CT and several other forums about a year ago when an acquaintance told me about them.&nbsp; He is a moderator on the NGC Forum and has been posting since it began. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">I never knew how much fun and how educational these forums were.&nbsp; There&#039;s that word again <b>EDUCATIONAL.&nbsp; </b> I&#039;ve learned a bunch for being as you imply - such a &quot;know-it-all.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">&quot;In fact I my self as other members see it as some sort of power trip. Trying to belittle others into believing your disinformation.&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Now that&#039;s a very strong charge. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t think you are a mind reader who can judge another member&#039;s motives.&nbsp; I&#039;m happy in my shoes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and don&#039;t need to impress anyone.&nbsp; As I once wrote... I hate people <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, don&#039;t care what they think about me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, and don&#039;t suffer fools spouting misinformation about anything <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />- including numismatics. While everyone is entitled to an opinion, much of numismatics is black and white so some opinions are ignorant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">If I have belittled you in the past, I apologize.&nbsp; I truly have learned to hold back both barrels since being banned.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">As to your accusation about spouting misinformation... <b>please let everyone who reads your accusations here know what it was!&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>AFAIK, on the occasions I have been wrong about an opinion, I have owned - up to it and thanked the poster for correcting my error!<b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">&quot;Posting images small so most can&#039;t truly see what&#039;s going on.&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span><span style="color: #ff0000">Paddy, you claim to be a variety collector.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet you know all about &quot;fly-speck&quot; numismatics. I should think that you of all people should be able to see small things.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a big camera and I am ignorant when it comes to photography as [USER=43130]@C-B-D[/USER] has pointed out.&nbsp; [USER=1892]@SuperDave[/USER] could probably teach me a thing or a dozen but he has me on ignore due to the fact that I disagreed with several of his posts in an very direct and uncharitable way.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I hope I&#039;ve learned to be more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">&quot;Feeding them disinformation&nbsp; on how it&#039;s&nbsp; your last specimen&nbsp; you needed. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">You insult&nbsp; the members&nbsp; intelligence , if you&#039;re&nbsp; such the educator then explain&nbsp; why the methods&nbsp; you use to teach are so demeaning to others?&nbsp; I&#039;ve&nbsp; never&nbsp; had a teacher, professor , or anyone&nbsp; try and teach me using your methods .</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Yes we are human and subject&nbsp; to&nbsp; making mistakes&nbsp; and errors.....but we aren&#039;t&nbsp; stupid ! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">Trying to take advantage&nbsp; or make someone&nbsp; look the fool isn&#039;t&nbsp; teaching .....it&#039;s&nbsp; sick!&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">See Doug&#039;s post.&nbsp; And yes, I have lied about posting questions when I already knew the answer to what I was asking or trying to show.&nbsp; <b>Now that you have blown my cover</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;m going to ask you and any member reading this to decide what you would prefer:</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">I learn that I have a fake coin.&nbsp; What do you prefer?</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">1. Post an image, say the coin is a counterfeit/altered, then tell why I think so...<b>or </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">2.&nbsp; Post an image, make up a story like I&#039;m thinking of buying this coin or that it belongs to my grandmother, ask for members to offer advice, then reveal the coin is fake and give reasons?</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>That&#039;s the way I like to do it</b>.&nbsp; Note in my OP, I only mentioned the spot to draw attention away from the added mint mark and bad buffing job to help hide the alteration. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It worked. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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