Feb 19
Here we are, digging into February and with winter’s grasp firm upon us, we continue to focus on keeping warm. We still have about seven weeks left to make the best of the long cold winter and there are many activities available to keep us from hibernating until spring’s promise arrives in March. February 2012 …
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Feb 09
what do you most hope to accomplish in the year 2012? This year I am trying to cut out all soft drinks. I have made a calendar on my refrigerator to put stickers on when I don’t have a soda that day. I have made it to where I can have one soda a week, …
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Jan 30
As this is my last column for the Independent, I’m offering my thoughts on what might be described as “the big picture”. In theory, I should be in an ideal position to tell you what that is, given that I have just returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos. After all, among the attendees …
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Jan 25
A collectible toy is any toy that a person collects. These are not necessarily valuable or antique toys, they just need to be collected to be considered a collectible. Collectible toys are those made specifically to be collected and those that, valuable or not, people have chosen to accumulate. Early ancestors of collectible toys were …
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Jan 25
new york craigslist > for sale / wanted > business/commercial . POLO SHIRTS WITH CUSTOM EMBROIDERY – (BROOKLYN) img new carry out food containers – (bronx . pensacola craigslist > for sale / wanted > barter Craigslist barberchairs . Panasonic (new) digital video camcorder – 0 (Pensacola) pic motors,imca dirt tracker – (milton) infinti q45 …
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Jan 25
Humans are notorious for collecting and hoarding. Many people have collections of some sort – be it collecting coins, cars, dolls, china, art work and a myriad of many many other collectible items. Stamp collecting is no exception. the art of stamp collecting is known as Philately. Collectible postage stamps aren’t necessarily the highest dollar …
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Jan 22
You can find rewards beyond measure with a rare gold coin collection, but how should you begin? it is easy to know that rare coins are a good investment, and that creating a smart collection will provide you with wealth in your retirement. But what do you really need to know about rare gold coins, …
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Jan 09
Font Size: Coin lovers from all over gathered in the Queen City this weekend for a special coin show. The first-annual Queen City Coin Show is being held at the Temple Theatre on Saturday and Sunday. Antique coins and dollar bills of all sorts were on display. One vendor told Newscenter 11 he has been …
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Dec 30
NASSAU — every day is like Christmas day for Melody Howarth, whose doll hospital in Nassau has nursed back to health untold numbers of historic playthings and other decorative objects. There’s always some surprise emergency waiting for triage on her workbench.but during the actual holiday season, she and her husband festoon their 1830s Federal colonial …
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Dec 18
NEW ORLEANS — An exceedingly rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon has been sold for $7.4 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a gold coin. Blanchard and co., the new Orleans-based coin and precious metals company that brokered the deal, told The Associated Press the doubloon was purchased by a Wall Street investment …
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