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  1. What ever happened to these? Did you ship them? We never recieved ours here.

     

    Hoddevik

     

    I've been meaning to post all day...but you beat me to it.

     

    I finally got to the post office yesterday!

     

    I shipped your coins in that batch.

     

    Once again, sorry for the delay!

     

    Dave

  2. Woo Hoo!

     

    $133.00 for the coin!

     

    I have a really cool coin Norman sent me I'll try to get listed today.

     

    I've also got a couple of Black Nickel Idaho coins Jason sent that will be going up!

     

    Thanks for all the help, I know they appreciate it!

  3. The three finalists are:

     

    Salt Lake City

    Dallas

    Pittsburgh

     

    Good luck to all three. :blink:

    Congrats to the finalists! We are honored to be included. I agree with Joni...wherever it is held will be great. How could it not...with this wonderful community! Good luck to all!

     

    GO STEELERS!

     

    Shouldn't that be "Go Stillers!" ....??? :blink:

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    That wasn't even close to happpening, we were all over the place and the point totals happen to be very, very close so far. :D

     

    This will be interesting to see how it plays out now that we are down to 3.

     

    I was surprised that all 3 places finished so close in the totals. I expected one or two of them to be clear front-runners...but it didn't work out that way.

     

    Good luck to all the potential hosts! One of you will have a lot of people coming to town! :D

     

    Aren't you going to tell us who the 3 are?

     

    Not me!

     

    Maybe Mark will, but I'm not sure. I think he's announcing the winner in 2 days anyway! :laughing:

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    That wasn't even close to happpening, we were all over the place and the point totals happen to be very, very close so far. :D

     

    This will be interesting to see how it plays out now that we are down to 3.

     

    I was surprised that all 3 places finished so close in the totals. I expected one or two of them to be clear front-runners...but it didn't work out that way.

     

    Good luck to all the potential hosts! One of you will have a lot of people coming to town! :laughing:

  6. For those who have never been to the Burgh, it will be hard to understand that we have our own language and style of living here. Whether it be something as simple as hearing people talking about Yinz or learning a Pittsburgh left while driving (nielsenc still has issues with this). Regardless there is a way to see how much you have to learn about our city if you are making a trip here, and hopefully everyone will be encouraged to do so sometime next year. Maybe in October as I hear it's a great time of year to visit (fingers crossed).

     

    How Pittsburgh are you?

     

    Naturally this was rather simple and took me all of 30 seconds to be told I am 100% Pittsburgh. Not to derail Mark's thread, but how Pittsburgh are you? I must go now to watch my Stillers beat up on the brownies from the mistake on the lake. So how Burgh are you?

     

    You are 97% Pittsburgh.

     

    Great job! There's nooooo doubt about it. You're from Da Burgh. You deserve a reward, so go have an Ahrn City or two. And GO STILLERS!

     

    Well, to be honest, the only reason I scored this high was I took that Pittsburghese book you sent me into the "library" and read it last week. :laughing:

  7. I think that anyone who puts out a coin probably has their heart and a bit of their soul in that coin. That's the idea of a personal coin. What makes yours so exceptional that it should come with conditions.

     

    Having never done it myself...I couldn't give you a difinitive answer.

     

    I'm just saying that some will have their reasons, and I would support them on that.

  8. I'd still like the answer as to why some people think their coins are so special they should be treated differently and held in higher regard than anothers coin might be.

     

    My guess is that some folks have inflated egos, the occasional superiority complex.. maybe even narcissistic tendencies, and think pretty highly of themselves to begin with.

     

    IMO, the truly special coins are ones given amongst friends, and regardless of wether or not it's a rare coin, the value is always greater. :laughing:

     

    You are assuming the worst in folks with that generalization.

     

    Maybe they just don't want to see their work become a commodity. Maybe they are sensitive and it would hurt their feelings.

  9. That's not really an answer now, is it? Why should one persons coin be more highly regarded than anothers?

     

    Sure it is.

     

    Why couldn't I put stipulations on one of my coins?

     

    If I worked hard on it, and didn't want to see others profit from it, that would be my right. If I paid for tracking numbers, and took the time to activate them all in my name...then I don't see any problems in putting stipulations on it.

     

    If someone didn't like the stipulations...they could avoid the coin all-together.

  10. Ok Gang!

     

    I've got too many loose screws to deal with right now...so I handed the project over to Coins & Pins.

     

    Believe me, you'll thank me later! (Some folks have been waiting 3 weeks for me to ship my personal coins that they paid for!) :laughing:

     

    Anyway, you can pre-order the coins here: Screw Geocoins!

     

    Sorry for the long delay...if I had tried to do it myself, it wouldn't have happened until next year!

  11. But there is a difference here between trade only coins and a coin that you traded for, but never received the ownership of. Like the Moun10bike coins or the CCC coins. All Moun10bike coins are owned by him. Most of the CCC coins are owned by CCC (and those were gifts).

     

    Again, if you have the coin in your collection, you own it.

     

    No...you have possession of it. Maybe that is 9/10 and all...but the coin page still lists another cacher as the "owner." Can't get around that one.

  12. I would like to see the other MEGA events like the older MWGB as well. Pretty cool to see. Caching in general was meant to take us to different places and show us things we have never seen before. Is nice to see that MEGA events are doing the same by not being held in the same areas twice and such. Spread the wealth and spread the adventures.

     

    For me, having the event in a "new" area is less of a factor than other things are:

     

    1. Is there a team or enough support in the area?

    2. Will the area support the event, and attract enough collectors to make it enticing for the vendors.

    3. Personalities...having experienced the planning for the last event, this may be the biggest issue! There were several times that we clashed in the planning process, and I told Avro and AG to stuff it! :mad: Mark had to calm me down a few times, and in the end, everything worked out pretty well. However, this is a long process, and you really have to work with each other. One of my biggest issues was that I like to do things my way! :huh: This is Avroair's baby now, and he needs to be able to know that the team that is selected are going to be team players...that's just my opinion.

     

    (Jim, even though you are a loose cannon, I've heard LeNore is really nice, so hopefully she can keep you in-check should the event go to PA this year.) :laughing:

  13. Ugh! I just looked up lutefisk...you can keep that please! My mom grew up in Mpls/St. Paul...she remembers her grandmother making lutefisk every year for Christmas.

    I would try the lefse though. :huh:

     

    mmmmm lutefisk

     

    lutefisk.jpg

     

    Sorry, I just can't imagine eating something that has been soaked in lye for a day...even if it has been rinsed out! B)

  14. I watched the DVD you guys sent this morning, looks like you had a lot of fun making it. :P

     

    I second that!

     

    The DVD was a nice touch...but I was a bit confused. In the opening sequence, the car appeared to be driving on the wrong side of the double yellow line. (Of course this wouldn't be apparent to our friends across the pond!

     

    :(

  15. Howa bout Minnnnnesoooooota?

     

    For more information about Minnesota

    http://www.exploreminnesota.com/home.aspx

     

    Looks like the Minneapolis Saint Paul Area may have been overlooked.

     

    I can pack up some lutefisk and lefse and have it shipped out to the committee if that would help. Ya sure, you betcha, ya know.

     

     

    Ugh! I just looked up lutefisk...you can keep that please! My mom grew up in Mpls/St. Paul...she remembers her grandmother making lutefisk every year for Christmas.

     

    I would try the lefse though. ;)

  16. LOL @ Ladebear!

     

    I just received a big box full of stuff with the Pittsburgh groups bid today. They really outdid themselves with not only an informative video and bid proposal, but also all the extras that symbolize Pennsylvania. I'm really impressed!

     

    GF2008.jpg

     

    I got the same package today in the mail!

     

    I like the Yinz magnet...but I looked up the word in the Pittsburghese dictionary, but the closest I could find was Yunz. :D

  17. My personal geocoin, Cav Scout and the Cav Scout Raven have never been for sale and never will be for sale by me. I used to trade but no longer choose that option. Only found in caches or given away by me :rolleyes: .

     

    The Gold OIFGA geocoin was created for combat vets only and will remain that way, however there are a few bad monkeys out there is'nt there :D ...

     

    I saw a Raven and an "Uber Rare Gold OIFGA" on Ebay today...so much for this list.

     

    Gee too bad! What goes around, comes around.

     

    Which does bring up the question: If you don't honor someone elses request to not sell their coin...should you still expect your request to be taken seriously for your own coins to be on the do not sell list?

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