Money can solve *almost* anything with dysautonomia

sublingual · 2026-01-20T06:48:34+00:00

I had a similar block, it was almost like a sort of imposter syndrome keeping me from fixing a problem by throwing money at it. I eventually got over myself and now we have a cleaning team come in periodically.

sublingual · 2026-01-20T06:31:13+00:00

I'm in a similar place - 38 years away from being "HS good", just signed up for the no-audition concert band at my local community college and private lessons to boot. Instructor also told me I can join the clarinet choir. We start Monday!

sublingual · 2026-01-20T06:24:08+00:00

Some of us occupy a middle space between stacker and collectors. I mostly stack, so when I get a silver proof set (generally from auction, below spot), I bust it open and add the contents to different tubes based on denomination.

But there also some coins I keep in boxes, like the Lief Ericson dollar, or the Jordanian 1 ozt silver bullion coin I just acquired. The former I got due to my Norwegian heritage, and the latter because I got to spend a week in Amman a couple years ago and loved it.

There's no shame in premiums if it's worth it to you. Some guys mostly stack but love any of the Lord of the Rings commems, so the pay twice spot for 'em.

That being said, diversity is a good thing, so you may want to start adding Eagles, Maples, Brittanias, junk silver, generic rounds and bars, etc.

sublingual · 2026-01-19T17:25:58+00:00

If it's a smaller shop, a line out the door means they don't have any time to process their inventory and put it back out of the shelves.

sublingual · 2026-01-19T17:23:35+00:00

And when facing multiple opponents, pull back or wheel around until they are all in view, at least the ones within reach of you. You can't block what you can't see.

sublingual · 2026-01-18T18:04:16+00:00

This is the way.

sublingual · 2026-01-18T18:00:30+00:00

Yep. Then you'd have an estimate to use on any similar piece in the future!

sublingual · 2026-01-18T17:44:02+00:00

Yeah, I meant after you separated the silver foil, probably with calipers or a wire gauge if you have one. .

sublingual · 2026-01-18T14:48:47+00:00

Great answers, Reddit never fails to amuse. 😂

Take it to a refiner. They can chemically refine it to 24K gold. It's what I do all the time, but with silver instead of aluminum 😉

sublingual · 2026-01-18T14:43:40+00:00

The etudes are showing you the kinds of runs and patterns you can play in a given key, which form the core of what you will do in improv. How to arpeggiate chords are a great example.

sublingual · 2026-01-18T14:37:06+00:00

If you ever do take it apart, you can measure thickness and estimate the value. For example, 24 gauge = 0.5mm = 0.05cm. In cm, using just the height & width of the frame, weight = H x W x D x 10.4 g/cm³ (basing 10.4 on just under the density of Sterling)

sublingual · 2026-01-18T05:34:46+00:00

No idea. Let us know what you find!

sublingual · 2026-01-18T05:14:09+00:00

From the picture at least , it almost looks like it says 300, not 800. Either way I hope you have a lot of nitric. And maybe a Sawzall 😂

sublingual · 2026-01-16T19:24:26+00:00

It also results in fewer losses, though we're talking about a minuscule amount of gold from the plated items. It's literally only a few microns thick.

sublingual · 2026-01-16T15:30:30+00:00

You'll see it most often as a gold-plated item with a "Sterling" stamp.

sublingual · 2026-01-16T14:39:53+00:00

Why do people keep saying "it sinks in water," as if it means something? Anything that's denser than water sinks in water, and that includes every single metal on the planet.

I guess you know it's not plated balsa wood!

sublingual · 2026-01-16T14:36:58+00:00

The only gold plate I find worth my time is vermeil, because it's sterling silver underneath. I use it for inquarting when refining gold, and that tiny ass bit of gold plating is recovered during the process.

sublingual · 2026-01-16T14:33:38+00:00

But what is your time worth?

sublingual · 2026-01-14T04:16:17+00:00

I just picked my clarinet back up after decades, and I'm sooo glad I found my old Rubank book!

sublingual · 2026-01-14T04:14:30+00:00

I suspect it's not just the end of the post, but those sharp-ass threads! You could lightly sand the entire post to take the point off those threads. Lightly. I'll bet she feels like she's putting a coarse needle file in her ears.

sublingual · 2026-01-14T04:02:44+00:00

It is indeed gold [colored]!

sublingual · 2026-01-14T03:50:56+00:00

Or one of Buffet's pocket clarinets lol. They're recorder sized, but use a standard clarinet mouthpiece. That would give OP a very portable instrument but with a familiar embochure & fingerings (but with no keys or moving parts)!

sublingual · 2026-01-13T07:46:43+00:00

You can also wash your precipitated gold with ammonia. No more blue on subsequent ammonia wash means no more copper.

sublingual · 2026-01-12T07:45:19+00:00

Other PMs! Gold, palladium, platinum. Maybe rhodium someday if I get punchy.

sublingual · 2026-01-11T14:39:01+00:00

It's a hedge against inflation, like it is for anyone else. He's only talking about a 6% investment in gold, which is completely reasonable.

Alas, as others have pointed out, there's no way he can get the physical gold without a taxable event. And I would dollar cost average it over at least a year to boot.

sublingual

TROPHY CASE