Is it really gold?
Lee
I was watching that gold commercial Gordon Liddy does for Roseland Capital.
At the end he shuffled a handful of gold coins from one hand to the other.
They sounded like a handful of plastic to me so I was wondering about it? Was
he shuffling real Gold Coins?
Lee
rarebirdyatverizondotnet
Park Ridge, NJ
mazorj
"Lee" <rarre...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Out of lurking again.
>
> I was watching that gold commercial Gordon Liddy does for Roseland
> Capital.
> At the end he shuffled a handful of gold coins from one hand to the other.
> They sounded like a handful of plastic to me so I was wondering about it?
> Was
> he shuffling real Gold Coins?
If you're dumb enough to invest in an enterprise being touted by a
borderline psychotic convicted felon, then it's fool's gold.
Mr. Jaggers
Gold is gold, and the companies touting it hire barkers they think will
reach the target demographic. That said, I'd sooner buy gold that was being
pimped by G. Gordon than by Pat Boone.
James the Choosy
Peter
> mazorj wrote:
> > "Lee" <rarrebi...@verizon.net> wrote in message
Mmm ... yes, but
http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/en/alloy11.htm
is worth a look. Our esteemed colleagues from China have most
interesting ideas.
Mr. Jaggers
Curses, foiled again. But then, whom does one trust? It seems that the
world is headed in the direction of increasing sham, pretense, and
artificiality. And all of it is sanitized and whitewashed by the glitter
and sparkle of a bold webpage.
James the Fakir
Bruce Remick
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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Next you'll be telling us you prefer Tutti Frutti by Little Richard over the
emotional cover by Mr. Boone (who probably has more gold to offer today than
Mr. Penniman). Personally, I wouldn't buy anything that was being pimped by
either Liddy or Boone.
Mr. Jaggers
Me either. But in an either A or B choice...
And tell me, did Mr. Boone bowdlerize his cover of Tutti by any chance?
James the Censor
Bruce Remick
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
I dunno. Likely, but I could never stomach it all the way through. I still
have all my original 1950's LR 45's to savor. I was going to say they don't
make songs like that anymore, but on second thought.........
Lee
(in article <hj2ui...@enews2.newsguy.com>):
thanks for your replies??? The gold just sounded too light weight to be
real.
Watching those commercials back in the olden days on channel 9 NY turned me
away from buying anything touted by anyone on tv.
Peter Irwin
>>
>> http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/en/alloy11.htm
>>
>> is worth a look. Our esteemed colleagues from China have most
>> interesting ideas.
>
> Curses, foiled again. But then, whom does one trust? It seems that the
> world is headed in the direction of increasing sham, pretense, and
> artificiality. And all of it is sanitized and whitewashed by the glitter
> and sparkle of a bold webpage.
There has always been sham, pretense and artificiality. One hundred
years ago, people made fake gold coins by wrapping platinum in gold.
Only the rise in the price of platinum put a stop to it. I had
until recently regarded doing the trick with tungsten as being beyond
the capabilities of counterfeiters.
What is unusual is that the forgery business is more or less legal
and open in China and that none of the world's economic powers
are interested in giving the Chinese government any incentive to stop
it.
Peter
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Petronius
"Peter Irwin" <pir...@ktb.net> wrote in message news:hj4u9h$cm8$1...@dns.ktb.net...
> What is unusual is that the forgery business is more or less legal
> and open in China and that none of the world's economic powers
> are interested in giving the Chinese government any incentive to stop
I say nuke 'em!
Bruce Remick
"Petronius" <P...@ron.ius> wrote in message
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Sorry. As life threatening as the counterfeit threat is, we always use
diplomacy with countries who can nuke us back. Military action is reserved
only for those countries where the results would be pretty much a slam dunk
in our favor. And then we even seem to blow that.
Michael Benveniste
wrote:
>I was watching that gold commercial Gordon Liddy does for Roseland Capital.
>At the end he shuffled a handful of gold coins from one hand to the other.
>They sounded like a handful of plastic to me so I was wondering about it? Was
>he shuffling real Gold Coins?
I haven't seen the commercial, and I doubt if I could tell by looking
even if I did. But I don't see any reason why they'd use plastic, so
my guess is what you are hearing is the result of either bad sound
effects or bad sound mixing.
Come to think of it, the gold coins currently offered for sale at
Roseland are .9999 fine gold, so they are comparatively soft. I don't
have the least idea what two of them clinking together _would_ sound
like. And since I only own one gold "coin" of that purity, I'm not
about to experiment.
http://wemightneedthat.biz/Images/HighReliefObverse.jpg
--
Mike Benveniste -- m...@murkyether.com (Clarification Required)
Don't succumb to the false authority of a tool or model. There
is no substitute for thinking.
Lee
(in article <8gscl5ha54jq93rg1...@4ax.com>):
> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:43 -0500, Lee <rarre...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I was watching that gold commercial Gordon Liddy does for Roseland Capital.
>> At the end he shuffled a handful of gold coins from one hand to the other.
>> They sounded like a handful of plastic to me so I was wondering about it?
>> Was
>> he shuffling real Gold Coins?
>
> I haven't seen the commercial, and I doubt if I could tell by looking
> even if I did. But I don't see any reason why they'd use plastic, so
> my guess is what you are hearing is the result of either bad sound
> effects or bad sound mixing.
>
> Come to think of it, the gold coins currently offered for sale at
> Roseland are .9999 fine gold, so they are comparatively soft. I don't
> have the least idea what two of them clinking together _would_ sound
> like. And since I only own one gold "coin" of that purity, I'm not
> about to experiment.
>
> http://wemightneedthat.biz/Images/HighReliefObverse.jpg
>
>
Thanks. This helps.
Peter
Note that the link I supplied is only one of several Chinese offering
to prepare tricky counterfeit coins with Tungsten. Interestingly,
there is some evidence that they are not so inclined to tangle with
Canada as with the US.
Peter Irwin
>
> Note that the link I supplied is only one of several Chinese offering
> to prepare tricky counterfeit coins with Tungsten. Interestingly,
> there is some evidence that they are not so inclined to tangle with
> Canada as with the US.
If there is one nice thing I can say about Harper as PM, it is that
he says what he means and he means what he says. This seems a rare
trait in a politician, and if he hangs in long enough this may give
him some advantages in diplomacy for a man who seems so undiplomatic.
Peter.
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