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  1. I'd say stamp collecting and pure coin collecting (focused more on the type and condition than the material) are similar head-spaces. When I was a kid I inherited a bag of British Empire stamps and perusing them gave me exposure to art, geography, and some grasp of world events post-WWII.

    Then there were countless almost-worthless world coins in base metal that I would buy out of gum ball machines. An aluminum coin with something like "1000 pesos" written on it is worth a Masters in Economics if you stare at it long enough.

    Back to stamps, an old coin dealer who'd confide the tricks of the trade mentioned that he was slightly annoyed at "Bullion Sharks" (like me) but the real PITA was mailing things to stamp collectors-- they considered themselves some sort of aristocracy, and would crawl all over a stamp with a magnifying glass searching for one fly speck to complain about.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said:

    Mel Gibson can make a movie about you.  

    I have smashed up my right shoulder so many times (including, ironically, being on the "winning" side of a fight scene in a no-budget movie) that I must pass up all roles that involve:

    --sword fights [incl. spears, knives, and similar]

    --stick shifts

    --crucifixions

    I am open for harem scenes or anything else where I can lie on a bed, if he wants to branch out.

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  3. 2 hours ago, bolverk said:

    You're right. That Clarksville newspaper article isn't the full story. 

    Here's the original Xitter post: https://xcancel.com/DripChud/status/1965924660236923329#m

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    First, notice the date. It was posted on September 10, last Wednesday, the day that Kirk was murdered, and I have to assume the screenshot was taken on that date. Unfortunately, I cannot find Darren V Michael's Facebook page where this was supposedly posted. I did find his Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/darrenvmichael/), and that post doesn't show there.

    So now, second, notice the "6d" under Darren V Michael's name.

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    What does that tell you? Well, it tells you that Darren V Michael posted that meme 6 DAYS BEFORE Kirk was murdered, and so therefore, it wasn't in reference to Charlie Kirk.

    Folks, take a moment to scroll through @DripChud's Xitter account (https://xcancel.com/DripChud), and tell me what you see. If you prefer to give traffic clicks to a website that promotes actual fucking Nazis, you can also visit the original https://x.com/dripchud?lang=en.

     

    Things you do when you are going crazy being a Theatre Professor in Arkansas but are too attached to steady paychecks to just quit.

    I totally get it, Darren. Start hitting the gym, and good luck at the Tec de Monterrey in Mexico.

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  4. I think I may have some hidden Cheddar Man ancestry because my ruddy white self tans up from pink to brown in a few weeks.

    In Mexico my students thought I was the same color as them, until I took off my watch and the bright white skin underneath had them diving for cover like vampires from sunlight.

    Now the drugs have me kinda perma-wind-burned on the face. Sorta like drunk-face, with fewer DUIs..

    One day, great x 100 grandfather, I shall be you:

    CheddarMan.jpg

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  5. On 9/13/2025 at 9:53 AM, Mr. Drummond said:

    I have one 50 peso, would love to buy more but the premiums are ridiculous.  For example right now the premium on one 1.2 oz piece is about 280 bucks.   On a random year maple 1oz, SDbullion right now has a premium of 29.99.   The math just doesn’t math.   

    Yep. Back when I jumped in (2012) Mexican gold was bargain basement compared to other types. Silver Libertads weren't that bad either.

  6. I took a hit for the team, and laid down 100 bucks on 90% yesterday. Got $3.45 in silver quarters and a couple of Mercuries. I think spot was about 41.60 so maybe I squeaked in under melt.

    I expect silver to drop immediately, though oddly it has risen.

    On the way out I noticed two old-style Libertads for "only" $4 mark-up. I am kinda glad I didn't see them-- I love the Mexican stuff and can't bear to sell it. Silver quarters are just widgets, like generic Buffaloes.

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  7. 11 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

    Now you're just taunting me. 

    Are you still near Austin? If so, I will send out word that you are to be rescued by an ambulance stocked with 17 types of dice and an EMT who will explain, in detail, how his house rules for Richtofen's War where players break each turn into alternating semi-turns with extra charts truly capture the instantaneous excitement of air combat.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


    There was a war gaming club at UT?!?

    Information I could’ve used 30 years ago. Thanks for nothing!

    Friend of mine had a game shop in Dobie for a bit, later moved up toward Koenig. Blanking on the name but doesn't matter now because he sold it then it closed.

    We used to have painting parties in the Dobie store, knock out a few minis and get jacked up on giant Taco Bell drinks.

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  9. 13 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Pretty sure @RDCanecutter has painted some miniatures of that.  Or he should if he hasn't.

    Closest I came was Royalist Cavalry for an English Civil War campaign we were playing at the UT miniature wargaming club late 90s/early aughts.

    The UT miniature wargaming club was totally non-UT students who wanted to use the big tables inside UT buildings. As a student, I was made President. I demanded to be called Caesar. UT required two more student officers, so my girlfriend was Vice-Prez and a grad-student in the French Department who never touched money became Treasurer.

    We played many games, but that ECW campaign was golden. Battles consisted of people showing up with whatever they had painted. I painted up an officer figure customized as swinging a bottle, named "Lord Bristletwit," I'd drink a double whiskey and launch cavalry charges on pike blocks, 90% it shouldn't work but Bristletwit would always pull up the other 10%.

    I went off to France and left my toys behind for the group, they kept playing Lord Bristltwit the way I had, some people were flinchy when facing that miniature toy horseman, as if he was a Chucky doll.

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  10. 23 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

     

    first job out of college,  I bought a 97 4Runner limited. 4wd, black. damn I wish I would have kept that vehicle. 

    Think I paid $35k, couple of miles on the odometer 

    I left a VW Camper Van on the side of a hill in North Carolina with a blown #3 cylinder because I had a new job 2 states away, was broke, and was in a foolish hurry.

    Life is bad car decisions, regrets, and solo drinking to Pogues albums. But the sun always rises, and you may find yourself behind the wheel of a fine automobile, once again.

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  11. 22 hours ago, randomhorn said:

    Only 11? Too recent of an immigrant; should be deported 

    11th Generation American quite likely means British Subject if you go back that far. Only a small percentage of whom, so I am told, fought for independence. For all we know, this man is bragging about his prisoner-killing, King-George-sucking-up-to, flee-to-Kentucky Tory ways. In fact I am not sure he isn't actually a Hessian. Yes, I said it. Hessi McHessianTits.

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  12. 4 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

    Guess it was so bad outside, even the swine were interrupted from shitting all over everybody and had to bring their fecal calling indoors.. 

    Everybody knew each other. The Hellfire contingent wanted somebody to take a swing. The organizers dressed in yellow vests and herded them to a non-vendor area, and kept a couple of enraged people from mixing it up with them. A cop stood by, notified by the organizers that they were trying to keep it calm. A sign advised people not to interact. It was a well-practiced routine but the ruining of the mood was real.

    I have been at several "gay" Birmingham events and never seen this level of drama. Either Alabama is more mellow or more savage, flip a coin.

    In the meantime I have decided I need to do 7 or 8 medium sized space-Ape paintings. Line em up on the wall and knock em all out like I'm Steve Keene.

     

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  13. Napoleon had a better time in Russia than I did in Chattanooga. No complaints about the organizers or the venue. The wet weather was a beat-down, knocking the projected 5k crowd down to a few hundred, all while air-drying in the occasional non-rain. We did at least get a visit from some off-brand Westboro Baptist Church types.

    I asked one of them how he was doing, and he said "BETTER THAN YOU," so, like ,duh. I just wonder how he knew.

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  14. Got accepted in 3 more Atlanta shows in Sep, Oct, and Nov. Seriously need some painting elves because most of my big paintings are gone. I have started on 3 more big paintings but I probably need to do 12 more and my brain has not accepted that yet.

    Big two-day show in downtown Bham this weekend but I am not in it because I was a disorganized wuss. But all is not lost-- I stuffed a new (to us) 4runner full of art gear and shortly will roll up to Chattanooga for their Odd Market show. Hopefully turning a profit and checking Tennessee off the Imperial Conquest list.

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