Darwin Award Thread

[AzScorpion]

But if you want a Darwin.....?‍

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[TJC]

But if you want a Darwin.....?‍

What an idiot! I've seen videos of a fellow offering people on a California beach a choice of a Snickers candy bar or a gold coin. They all took the Snickers bar!

Here's another, 1 ounce gold coin or $10 bill

 

[KNI]

What an idiot! I've seen videos of a fellow offering people on a California beach a choice of a Snickers candy bar or a gold coin. They all took the Snickers bar!

Here's another, 1 ounce gold coin or $10 bill

Too big hassle to find a store which takes gold coins. Sure you may get 350$ but you can't use it anywhere you normally go.

 

[Doc]

Pawn shops here will “Weigh and Pay” ?

“As of today, March 12, 2025, the price of gold per ounce is roughly $2,900.00 “

 

[TJC]

Too big hassle to find a store which takes gold coins. Sure you may get 350$ but you can't use it anywhere you normally go.

That $350 will almost get you a single 1/10 oz American Eagle gold coin. A 1oz gold American Eagle coin will cost you just north of $3100. 25 years ago you could have bought one for ~$300. 15 years ago ~$1000. Price has risen dramatically in the last 10 years...

So much for inflation.

Lots of dealers and pawn shops (if you are in a real hurry) will purchase precious metals gold / gold coins.

I know jewelers who remove their shop (where they size rings, polish and make jewelry) carpet regularly and have the gold dust collected.

There's gold in them there rugs!

 

[KNI]

That $350 will almost get you a single 1/10 oz American Eagle gold coin. A 1oz gold American Eagle coin will cost you just north of $3100. 25 years ago you could have bought one for ~$300. 15 years ago ~$1000. Price has risen dramatically in the last 10 years...

So much for inflation.

Lots of dealers and pawn shops (if you are in a real hurry) will purchase precious metals gold / gold coins.

I know jewelers who remove their shop (where they size rings, polish and make jewelry) carpet regularly and have the gold dust collected.

There's gold in them there rugs!

Hmm.. that's a steep price for a rust proof.

Looks like it's over double of palladium and nearing rhodium, and those have actual use even.

 

[Fordup]

That $350 will almost get you a single 1/10 oz American Eagle gold coin. A 1oz gold American Eagle coin will cost you just north of $3100. 25 years ago you could have bought one for ~$300. 15 years ago ~$1000. Price has risen dramatically in the last 10 years...

So much for inflation.

Lots of dealers and pawn shops (if you are in a real hurry) will purchase precious metals gold / gold coins.

I know jewelers who remove their shop (where they size rings, polish and make jewelry) carpet regularly and have the gold dust collected.

There's gold in them there rugs!

My neighbor went to estate yard sales one summer and picked through the boxes of old jewelry looking for gold. People thought it was old costume jewelry and sold things for almost nothing but many old heavy gold chains and diamond rings were mixed in. By the end of the summer he had made enough money to buy a new Kubota 40 hp 4wd tractor, loader, and backhoe. Only spent one hour every Saturday morning at all local sales.
When I got my first real job in the early 70s think I paid $40 for an ounce coin to celebrate the first big paycheck. Wonder if the grandkids will sell it at a yard sale for 25 cents someday.

 

[TJC]

My parents were not wealthy, and lived modest lives. Neither completed high school. They were the kids of share croppers in the low country of South Carolina.

When my mother passed a few years ago I was the executor of the estate... an acre of land and an old double wide trailer in rural SC.

I found her jewelry box and began looking through the contents. My siblings saw costume jewelry, but I spotted much more. took the entire collection to a jeweler friend and then a second well know jewelry shop to validate the first estimate.

She had well over $150K in jewelry in that box, collected over 50 years. In many cases she had the purchase paperwork to go with the pieces. Most were in the $2K - $5K range. Those pieces all went to siblings and their children / grand children.

That jewelry would have sold for more than the real estate they owned.
Just goes to show what people collect over time.

 

[Chris M]

I collect wrinkles.
And creaky joints.

 

[TJC]

Pinky the Cat is up for adoption. He's a friendly loving cat!

 

[Motorpsychology]

 

[AzScorpion]

I was torn between posting this here or in the Redneck thread.

 

[Figarou]

What an idiot! I've seen videos of a fellow offering people on a California beach a choice of a Snickers candy bar or a gold coin. They all took the Snickers bar!

Here's another, 1 ounce gold coin or $10 bill

Here's the thing about the gold coin. Sure, it's worth a lot of money. But who's willing to pay for it? Take it to Pawn Stars and they'll offer a lot less. They'll have an evaluator make sure it's real and say what it's really worth. You may end up changing your mind and hope you can stumble across someone who'll give you what you want for it.

 

[dtech]

Let's talk about stupidity - attempting to drive black bear pass with a KIA. Like many challenging roads over mtn passes in CO they can often be very busy, but attempting the drive in a KIA is stupidity off the charts. Reportedly a rental, driver from S Carolina. N. Carolina hunting story, told to me by a game warden, checking campsites, he was welcomed into a campsite with hunters from N. Carolina who proudly showed their "elk" hanging from a tree - except it was a moose they shot. Always be careful hunting elk in CO.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/black-b...tLPj7mKGd6Hzkodafc_aem_mZYP3DJlt4mOFjZNBqXrjw

 

[TJC]

Let's talk about stupidity - attempting to drive black bear pass with a KIA. Like many challenging roads over mtn passes in CO they can often be very busy, but attempting the drive in a KIA is stupidity off the charts. Reportedly a rental, driver from S Carolina. N. Carolina hunting story, told to me by a game warden, checking campsites, he was welcomed into a campsite with hunters from N. Carolina who proudly showed their "elk" hanging from a tree - except it was a moose they shot. Always be careful hunting elk in CO.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/black-b...tLPj7mKGd6Hzkodafc_aem_mZYP3DJlt4mOFjZNBqXrjw

Ignorance, Arrogance, and Stupidity have no bounds... and when combined ... well the above happens!

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