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Not quiet ebay but facebook does chuck up the odd bargain. Less so now but 2 to 3 years back they did appear fairly often. This was one of my best buys off there via an auction.

One of my better purchases on ebay, open auction, 5 bids, got it for £23. Actual ebay picture and one I took of the coin when it arrived.

You know what Old Copper? I'm giving up and following the advice of Mark Twain. “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” Hope the laundry doesn't lose your white sheets in the wash.

What I've "got" is that the only 'good' statistics or articles are those which bolster your own position. Everything else can be dismissed. Well, I'm sorry, but your position in relation to blacks is dreadful. I've had enough of it, I don't have the energy to fight or argue as I'm tired all the time now. You can look in the mirror if you need to carry on this 'discussion'.

Welby is gullible enough to believe in the immaculate conception (by accepting that Jesus is the son of God) so why does his naive credulity not extend to the more plausible notion of Jesus being born white? Surely, to an intelligent mind, a genetic malfunction is more plausible than believing that Mary was impregnated by an intangible entity. Of course, Jesus, being a Nazarene, is more likely to have had a dark skin, that is obvious, but then one would think that Welby would do better not to pander to the lowest common denominator but address the more important question of how did he get here in the first place. To quote Mr. Hitchens “What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence”

I see that Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, is now questioning whether Jesus, the son of God, should no longer be viewed as White. From the figures above, one can only conclude that if there was a God, he is both White and vindictive. And hypocritical, in begetting a son of colour, if Justin were right. Surely we should be told the truth? Like many species, humans are territorial and aggressively defend their Tribe and their patch. There is no God. But Covid 19 is made in his image.

Correlation is not causation. Blacks are 5 times more likely to be CONVICTED than whites for the same offense. This is particularly true for drug related charges, even more so in states where there are private "for profit" prisons. Under the three strikes and you're out legislation there are thousands of black men and women serving life for possesion of a drug that is now legal in eleven states. The following was published by the NAACP CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACT SHEET Incarceration Trends in America Between 1980 and 2015, the number of people incarcerated in America increased from roughly 500,000 to over 2.2 million. Today, the United States makes up about 5% of the world’s population and has 21% of the world’s prisoners. 1 in every 37 adults in the United States, or 2.7% of the adult population, is under some form of correctional supervision. CJ_StopFriskRacial Disparities in Incarceration In 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34%, of the total 6.8 million correctional population. African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites. The imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women. Nationwide, African American children represent 32% of children who are arrested, 42% of children who are detained, and 52% of children whose cases are judicially waived to criminal court. Though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32% of the US population, they comprised 56% of all incarcerated people in 2015. If African Americans and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%. Drug Sentencing Disparities In the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 17 million whites and 4 million African Americans reported having used an illicit drug within the last month. African Americans and whites use drugs at similar rates, but the imprisonment rate of African Americans for drug charges is almost 6 times that of whites. African Americans represent 12.5% of illicit drug users, but 29% of those arrested for drug offenses and 33% of those incarcerated in state facilities for drug offenses. Effects of Incarceration A criminal record can reduce the likelihood of a callback or job offer by nearly 50 percent. The negative impact of a criminal record is twice as large for African American applicants. Infectious diseases are highly concentrated in corrections facilities: 15% of jail inmates and 22% of prisoners – compared to 5% of the general population – reported ever having tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS, or other STDs. In 2012 alone, the United States spent nearly $81 billion on corrections. Spending on prisons and jails has increased at triple the rate of spending on Pre‐K‐12 public education in the last thirty years.

I think most of us who often look on ebay have found coins cheap , not being attributed or the seller maybe not knowing what they had. One seller though who does deserve a Hat Off is Mr.Jerrams ,always described properly with good pictures ,quick postage and will accept returns. I probably get the quickest delivery as he just crosses the road and gives them my daughter straight away 😃 This is one i bought of him a few years ago ,which at the time i didnt realise was as scarce as it turned out to be and was described by him as " BP1896Ad Wide date GEF and Rare " . Below is the link for his current listings. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/topcarp2/m.html?_trksid=p3692

Let me have a bash with a random coin picture. Working OK for me (from choose files)

Not a proof , not a nice coin especially for £100.. return the coin and get your money back

Someone once posted this in a forum, it's worth posting here too! Me. "Hello" Random Bloke (RB) "Good morning sir how are you today?" Me "Itchy" RB ".....Ok.....do you know your Windows computer has been sending out random messages for the last two weeks?" Me "Really?" RB "Yes sir, do you have a few minutes and I'll help you fix it?" Me "Thats rather splendid of you" RB "Will you turn your computer on, I'll give you a few minutes" Me "Its on" RB "Its on now?" Me "Yes it starts instantly" RB "Can you see your desktop with all the icons?" ME " I don't have any icons on my desktop, they make me feel itchy" RB ".....OK.....On the bottom left of your keyboard there a ctrl key, can you see it?" Me "Yes" RB "Can you tell me what key is to the right of it?" Me " alt" RB "And to the right of that?" Me "cmd" RB "No, no , no, sir at the bottom left of the keyboard is a ctrl key, what is to the right of it?" Me "alt" RB "And beside it?" Me "fn and alt" RB "You should be able to see a key with the Windows symbol on it" Me "Nope" RB "Its next to the ctrl Key" Me "Nope" RB "There's no Windows key?" Me "Nope, its a Mac and they don't have a Windows key" RB "Its a Mac?" Me "Yep" RB ".....Ok.....can you go onto Google for me?" Me "Nope" RB "You just need to go onto the internet with Safari and go to Google" Me "Can't" RB "Can I ask why?" Me "Yes" RB ".........You can't go on Google?" Me "Nope" RB "Why not?" Me "I'm not connected to the internet, it makes me feel itchy"

Or the other favourite now imprinted indelibly in my memory "calls may be recorded for training or monitoring purposes" "may" be. Either they are or they aren't, Why not just say calls are recorded. Then it should be manifestly obvious that if needs be, your call be subsequently listened to unless they've messed up the recording. Just give straight. easily comprehensible logical facts, and no ambiguous BS.

The replies usually start either "We value your custom..." or "We take customer service very seriously..." before going onto explain why they no longer value your custom or provide any customer service!