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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3289783, member: 57463"]Well, working in IT, my wife and I both belong to several computer user groups. (I am just a technical writer. She has the CISSP.) My other hobby now is astronomy; and I am in the local club, also. I mention that because in all cases, coins and computers and astronomy, you are really a character on the set of <i>Silicon Valley</i> or <i>Big Bang Theory.</i> And you are not a character in <i>Friends</i> or <i>Happy Days</i>. Numismatics is a hobby for people who like being alone, looking at coins through a magnifying class. That's their idea of a friendship: My Favorite Coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to meet people who are easy to get along with, join Toastmasters or the Kiwanis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 1990s, I learned to fly and did that at probably a dozen airports with 20 instructors as I was also writing for regional aviation magazines. I never met a pilot I did not like. My theory on that is that aviation is consequential and unequivocal. There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots. It is better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. I believe that if you misgraded a coin, it would kill you and everyone in your home at the moment, coin collectors would be nice people, too. (And grading problems would make news headlines.). But that's not us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3289783, member: 57463"]Well, working in IT, my wife and I both belong to several computer user groups. (I am just a technical writer. She has the CISSP.) My other hobby now is astronomy; and I am in the local club, also. I mention that because in all cases, coins and computers and astronomy, you are really a character on the set of [I]Silicon Valley[/I] or [I]Big Bang Theory.[/I] And you are not a character in [I]Friends[/I] or [I]Happy Days[/I]. Numismatics is a hobby for people who like being alone, looking at coins through a magnifying class. That's their idea of a friendship: My Favorite Coin... If you want to meet people who are easy to get along with, join Toastmasters or the Kiwanis. Back in the 1990s, I learned to fly and did that at probably a dozen airports with 20 instructors as I was also writing for regional aviation magazines. I never met a pilot I did not like. My theory on that is that aviation is consequential and unequivocal. There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots. It is better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. I believe that if you misgraded a coin, it would kill you and everyone in your home at the moment, coin collectors would be nice people, too. (And grading problems would make news headlines.). But that's not us.[/QUOTE]
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