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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 7516197, member: 100459&quot;]I haven&#039;t read all of th entries, but what I read makes me wonder about the information about the cost of the car being repaired.&nbsp; When I was a lot younger, married and 3 kids.&nbsp; I had a great job that paid pretty good. (I&#039;m a CPA and worked for the state and I also am very busy during tax season.)&nbsp; My wife was a nurse and she worked overtime.&nbsp; The reason we did it, was to pay off our house and all of our bills.&nbsp; She drove a Buick and I drove a truck.&nbsp; When our home and everything else was paid off, we decided to travel to Europe for a long trip.&nbsp; Grandma and Grandpa took care of the children (12-girl, 10-boy, and 5-girl).&nbsp; We were having a time of our life, something we couldn&#039;t do when we were in college.&nbsp; After about a week, my wife got real sick.&nbsp; We thought it was adjusting to the food.&nbsp; Luckily, we were able to find a doctor in Germany.&nbsp; Test after test, he couldn&#039;t find what was wrong.&nbsp; Finally, he sent us to Oncologist.&nbsp; After a few more tests, we met with the doctor and found out that my wife had pancreatic cancer.&nbsp; He recommended a doctor in Italy.&nbsp; After a few more tests, he confirmed what the first doctor had told us.&nbsp; As you can imagine, we were on the first airplane home.&nbsp; My wife quit her job and I got leave from mine.&nbsp; We spent the whole time playing with our kids and seeing our friends.&nbsp; I sold everything I could without breaking the bank so that we could take our children to Disney World and many other places.&nbsp; I sold my whole collection to a local dealer. (I think that he paid too much, but I had been dealing with him for years.&nbsp; I enjoyed the years of my coin collection, but when it came to something or someone that I really loved, I found that the next three month with my family was more valuable than my coins. I lost my wife, July 2, 1994.&nbsp; The memories are in my heart and&nbsp; my pictures are in a closed now.&nbsp; I could always start my coin collection again, which I have and I have enjoyed every coin I got again.&nbsp; On November 22, 1996, I met a woman I knew before I married my wife.&nbsp; A friend of mine suggested that I call her.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t believe she wasn&#039;t married and have 6 children.&nbsp; He gave me her phone number and after a couple of weeks, I finally called her and asked her for a date.&nbsp; We dated for 10 months and I finally asked her to marry me.&nbsp; I gave her a diamond and she said &quot;Yes!&quot;&nbsp; She had been teaching high school English and living with her mother.&nbsp; I found out later, she put the ring in a draw because she didn&#039;t want her students asking questions.&nbsp; Anyway, we got married.&nbsp; I grew to love her mother, although it took a while.&nbsp; I found out later that her father (who also died of cancer.) had a small coin collection.</p><p>I am sorry for my entry.&nbsp; I think you should sell whatever you can to finance the cost to repair your Porsche.&nbsp; Starting over your coin collection will be enjoyable and you will find that, like marriage, the second time, you will learn how to start your collection again.&nbsp; Best of Luck!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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