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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1158974, member: 13650&quot;]<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; I had to lol when I read this description.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t thought about it that in-depth, but every one of those adjectives probably applies to everybody here. At least a little.&nbsp; Which I don&#039;t think there is anything wrong with.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; If you really want to know.....&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p><b>&nbsp; Acquisitiveness/intellectual curiosity: Check.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s the way I am.&nbsp; I&#039;m interested in many things.&nbsp; Sometimes I feel like a kid that never stops learning.&nbsp; &nbsp; I feel that most people stop using their minds and it&#039;s a waste.&nbsp; They just want to go to work, come home, watch sitcoms and go to sleep for the rest of their lives.&nbsp; There are some people who have absolutely no interests in life and are content with that.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a shame but you can&#039;t change how people are.&nbsp; I view it as their loss and I can&#039;t worry about it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some only fixate on one area of interest which is better than none but still a loss IMO.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; Desire to possess and organize tangible objects: Check.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a kid, I collected hundreds of matchbox cars and organized them on shelves.&nbsp; I liked building stuff out of Legos and setting stuff up.&nbsp;&nbsp; It kept me occupied.&nbsp; Now I&#039;ve moved on to other things.&nbsp;&nbsp; The US dollar is in peril and decline.&nbsp; There is no light at the end of the tunnel for it.&nbsp; No reward for storing it.&nbsp; Not even a neutral reason. You&#039;re actually penalized.&nbsp; So, I don&#039;t get excited over a $100 bill or having one stashed away somewhere.&nbsp; I only think about what it can be exchanged for before it buys less.&nbsp; Yeah, we keep money in the bank but I get no satisfaction from it.&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s just a necessary evil to get through life.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; Perhaps a feeble attempt at immortality:&nbsp; Check.&nbsp; Yeah,&nbsp; I like to think that at least some of my descendants will hang on to the collection and think of great great grandpa.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve got some of my grandpa&#039;s stuff.&nbsp; Not much stands the test of time anymore.&nbsp; Not much retains value or can be easily moved and stored.&nbsp;&nbsp; What Chinese products from the store today will come close to fulfilling this role?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;A certain amount of showing off: Ok.&nbsp; Check.&nbsp; I think everybody here likes showing off something cool they have.&nbsp; I can&#039;t possibly afford everything I&#039;ve seen on these boards but the whole group here showing stuff together has given me the chance to appreciate many coins I may have never seen.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to join in now and then.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; I&#039;d like to add that I also really enjoy owning a piece of the past and the art aspect of it.&nbsp; Which is what old coins and currency is.&nbsp; They&#039;re from a simpler time that almost everybody has forgotten.&nbsp;&nbsp; People tend to have extremely short term memories with no interest in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp; No appreciation for where we&#039;ve been and how far we&#039;ve come.&nbsp; Or, where we&#039;re going!!</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some *educated* people today think they know it all.&nbsp; They think the US dollar we use today has &quot;just always been. &quot; They have no, and I mean ZERO, perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp; No reference of time.&nbsp; &nbsp; I do and I enjoy that.&nbsp; I enjoy knowing things that are extremely unique that most other people have no clue about.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also like learning from other people.&nbsp; If somebody has a unique hobby that they are highly knowledgeable about, I would gladly listen to them about it and try to learn something from it.&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; It&#039;s good to know a little about everything and a lot about a few things IMO.&nbsp; It helps your people skills.&nbsp; As I said, there&#039;s some people who have no interests and many who are unhappy that only live for money.&nbsp; I know some millionaires that have no kids, no hobbies (because you wouldn&#039;t want to spend a nickel!!) that only live to grow that money pile!&nbsp;&nbsp; Well guess what? They&#039;ve got the personality of a stone!&nbsp; &nbsp; They&#039;re dull, they&#039;re boring, closed minded individuals.&nbsp; They&#039;ve wasted their entire lives unhappily living for more money so some other undeserving relative can blow their fortune on whatever.&nbsp; Or they can fully fund their stay at the nursing home and eventually let the state confiscate it all when they&#039;re gone.&nbsp; They missed out.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s too bad, but they have the right to do so and I have the right to not worry about them.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp; Does Warren Buffet get as many (if only fleeting) moments of enjoyment out of life as I do?&nbsp; I&#039;m gonna go out on a limb and say, probably not.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; My collection is a nostalgic piece of the puzzle for me, with mini, yet unending goals to achieve.&nbsp;&nbsp; It can be a liquid asset and one of few things that gives you a true pride of ownership without regret.&nbsp; With a side benefit of maybe being able to be passed on.&nbsp; &nbsp; It may seem like a nerdy hobby for hermits, but I bet there&#039;s a lot of deep thinkers on this forum that would be very interesting to talk with.&nbsp; &nbsp; To me anyway.&nbsp; Knowledge is valuable.&nbsp; &nbsp; If somebody asks me about something, I want to be able to give an answer.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to have to say, &quot;I don&#039;t know&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; Everybody can do that.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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