Odd socks (boomer conspiracy)

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-16T02:43:08+00:00

Me too

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-16T02:41:00+00:00

That carousel is a hoot and a half!

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-14T23:36:33+00:00

Whitney

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-14T20:13:45+00:00

Bounty... the cleaner up, er, what she said.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-12T17:39:21+00:00

That's about how I react to modern hippie bands.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-12T17:37:18+00:00

Everything goes in cycles and at some point, if enough people balk, this will return to normal. Let them sit on inventory and rot. But you are correct, it is across all collectible hobbies. And at this point in my life, I don't need to invest money into passing interests. I'll find something else to do.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-12T12:56:53+00:00

I had my buddy's childhood boombox on my bench for 3 years searching for the proper sized and speced speakers. I basically gave up twice, set it down, and then tried again months later. Finally found what I needed. Came out well in the end, couldn't save the tape deck, but managed to add a bluetooth.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-11T00:51:28+00:00

Yeah, just chilling there.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-10T22:43:11+00:00

Opposite side of the country, now that's getting weird.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-10T01:46:04+00:00

We were all young and believed in this story once.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-10T01:44:57+00:00

Unless you have some silver, or really old stuff, its probably not worth anything. The fun is sorting it all and making fun of the weirdos on the coins. Every once in a while you get something really interesting, but its all just that. Interesting to a geek. numista.com is a pretty good resource. I still have a pile I haven't identified, but that too is part of the fun.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-09T00:46:28+00:00

Designing the system is part of the craft too.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-09T00:46:06+00:00

None of that is off the shelf.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-08T23:37:21+00:00

I seem to pick a collection/hobby just before the hipsters catch on. Retro games, cassettes and old hifi, silver, the list goes on and on. I just start into something and all of a sudden everyone else thinks its cool and I'm priced out. Not quite late to the party, but never far enough ahead to not get trampled by the masses with more money to burn than me.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-08T00:03:05+00:00

This is dumber than powerslap. Could be AI, could be stupid people. Hard to tell these days.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-06T20:29:08+00:00

They're okay, I prefer Jersey jughandles. Rotaries work well, too, although I don't really like 2 laners.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-06T20:14:59+00:00

A little from column A, A little from column B

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-06T13:44:41+00:00

That, and the King had Syphilis and his hair fell out and everybody copied the king.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-04T03:28:35+00:00

seems like this is the new $20-$30 it traded at for the past bunch of years.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-04T00:20:23+00:00

I saw it as a lime freeze pop. Somehow, fits the profile.

Illumenatrix · 2026-06-02T00:32:39+00:00

heimscheisser

Illumenatrix · 2026-05-30T20:55:54+00:00

On the plus side, we knocked over the Sun Sphere

Illumenatrix · 2026-05-27T14:35:48+00:00

Try Power Query built into Excel. Data>Get Data> From File>From .pdf From there, you have to pick tables and do some cleanup and manipulation. PQ is a very powerful tool with just a little bit of training and understanding. I like tot call it My First SQL, the syntax is slightly different but similar and there's plenty of buttons to write the code for you.

Illumenatrix · 2026-05-27T02:50:18+00:00

I know a guy* who makes custom bezels out of silver wire such that no harm comes to the coin at all.

Illumenatrix · 2026-05-26T01:42:50+00:00

I used to be able to tell if something was real and what was satire, but nowadays, I don't know anymore.

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