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Post by paulshiroma on Jul 24, 2012 8:41:00 GMT -5
Randy, do you still have all the cars? Sounds like you've sold them? I've occasionally had the opportunity to see some custom cars at the local fairs - they're always impressive. Yours look great as well. That 350 - did you ever put it on a dyno? Curious to know what the torque/horsepower was like.
Tony, that's a neat idea about the wood spheres. Any pics?
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 24, 2012 9:18:32 GMT -5
*L* Horses of course, among tons of other hobbies.....Mel  |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jul 24, 2012 10:46:00 GMT -5
Horses!!! I lurv horses! How many do you have Mel? There are a couple of horse owners on the board I think. I'm not, but I'm a wannabe. ;-)
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 24, 2012 16:52:18 GMT -5
bluesky, The working stock ranch I live on ( cattle , mouflon and blackbuck) is a weird sort of setup and is owned by an association of shareholders where we all all own homes and acreage and voting ranch shares. The ranch has an open range policy so we can ride anywhere on several hundred acres of commons or on private holdings that total about 3000 acres. Fifty miles of horse trails and fourteen horses in the association owned herd plus lots of folks prefer to keep their own mounts. I'm too lazy to keep my own horses anymore so ride the ranch stock or horses belonging to friends or one of our wranglers who is a horse trainer and initially trains some of our mounts. ( We have to pass a skills certification test first to satisfy our insurance company) Pretty cool to get to ride whenever I want but not have to do chores other than catching, grooming, saddling etc. We have wranglers to do all the feeding etc. All we have to do is let the wranglers know we're riding so the horse we prefer to ride is kept in the corrals in the morning. Kinda like living on a permanent dude ranch vacation where all you do is play cowboy, which I find very enjoyable. The horse in the pic is Hopper, one of my favorites that I pretty much have to myself as he's kind of tricky to ride.. We always buy a few mounts that are kind of challenging, to keep the horseback riding interesting, and young Hopper, well lets just say he's real interesting *L*...Mel
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jul 24, 2012 16:58:02 GMT -5
OMG that is SOOOOO coollll! No wonder you moved! That would be totally worth it. Spent a week on a working ranch last fall and aside from having a very sore tushy for awhile, it was incredibly fun! I loved working the cattle. (Rode as a kid, but not for 25 years . . . amazing how fast it came back. Except the aforementioned tushy did not enjoy it at all.)
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 24, 2012 17:42:29 GMT -5
Paul- the only customs I currently have are the flamed truck and a Jesse James chopper.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 24, 2012 17:44:47 GMT -5
bluesky, *L* I hear that! We have a riding advisory group here and I'm the member in charge of trail management so I lead or participate in a lot of the big organized rides. Maybe it's just my age, as most my riding was when I was younger, but , after some of the longer rides ( about four hours or so), especially if we spend a lot of time trotting, I'd swear my end was dead ( or dieing at least) *L*......Mel
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jul 25, 2012 0:17:56 GMT -5
Yeah, one would think they would invent more cushiony saddles! Although I guess you just get used to it . . . it's a biatch trying to post in a western saddle, but you can bet I did it at that ranch!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2012 19:37:17 GMT -5
Bluesky: *L* My wife actually rides a Bighorn saddle that has some kind of gel stuff in the seat that she says is pretty comfortable. We're really hilly here and Hopper ain't named Hopper for nothing, so I ride an Aussie drovers rig that has bucking rolls but zero padding. Great rig for steep climbs and descents though. After the last long canyons ride I went on, I'm thinking that padded saddle the wifey has sounds pretty nice so I may head down to cowboy town ( Bandera ) and look for one in my size *L*. I'm getting to be a bit old for that sore tailbone every time I go out for a long ride....Mel
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jul 25, 2012 19:57:10 GMT -5
That gel stuff is overrated. My injuries were incurred despite the simultaneous deployment of both a gel seat cover AND bicycling shorts. I should have just sat on a dang pillow!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2012 20:27:24 GMT -5
*S* Well, heck, maybe cowboy callouses is the only way to solve the problem. Now I wonder how much you have to ride to get them cause I ride a lot but no luck yet *L*.....Mel
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jul 25, 2012 20:32:06 GMT -5
Oh man, that's depressing if you have to ride that much to get them.
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Post by rockingthenorth on Jul 26, 2012 1:08:14 GMT -5
tony- you have done some great turnings. I turn too but haven't done anything since x-mas. hoping to get at it again sometime soon. my husband turns too. that king wood is awesome we dont have nice stuff like that around here.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 27, 2012 13:32:09 GMT -5
A small part of another one of my collections.  |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 27, 2012 13:37:48 GMT -5
Wow, the condition of those coins is amazing!! I collect Morgans, MS65 and up (because they're so easy to get), I don't have anything like those  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 27, 2012 13:40:52 GMT -5
I inherited the gold coins from an uncle. Got a pile of silver, but not cataloged yet. Also a quart jar almost full of wheeties.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 27, 2012 20:26:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I got a pile of silver mostly from overseas. Street vendors sold them as souvenirs usually cheap. I bought my first uncirculated Morgan for $7.50 when I was 10 years old.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 27, 2012 20:31:02 GMT -5
I just signed up with a coin grading service. Gonna send the gold coins in to be graded and encapsulated. May send the silver dollars later.
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Post by helens on Jul 28, 2012 13:58:20 GMT -5
Don, how does a coin grading service work?? And isn't it scary to send off gold coins to be graded??
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 28, 2012 14:18:19 GMT -5
In the case of the company I'm going to deal with, (ANACS), they're the oldest coin grading business in the U.S. They are fully bonded and have a top rated reputation.
Each coin is examined by 3 different coin experts. Then an average of their findings is awarded to each coin. Each coin is then encapsulated along with a small card which identifies the coin and its grade. Each coin is certified, and come back with the graders certification papers. Going and coming back everything is insured at its estimated value, and sent by certified mail.
Spent some time online last night looking up my coins. Found one like the one in the center of my pic that had a grade of MS 64, and had a value in excess of $4,600.00. That coin had scratches on the back. Mine is of equal condition, but without the scratches. I'm only guessing at this point that the one coin will have a collector value around $5,000.00. It's a $2.50 piece from 1837, and has an O mint mark. From what I've been able to find out, after the government bought up and melted as many gold coins as they could find, It was estimated that only about 200 of this coin still existed.
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