NightFire Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Depends.. if they are old enough copper prices are up lately. Had a homeless guy ripping exposed wires off of one of the bridges i work at last week. I've read that some people are collecting nickels because it's the only coin left worth more in metal than the cost of the coin. Not sure though where you could dump $1000s in nickels though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boohyah Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Word is Ron Dayne will play for $3.25. Plus he'll throw in the Ickey Shuffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lughead Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Word is Ron Dayne will play for $3.25. Plus he'll throw in the Ickey Shuffle. I call bunk because he will have to actually get a TD in order to do the Ickey Shuffle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treehugger Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I've read that some people are collecting nickels because it's the only coin left worth more in metal than the cost of the coin. Not sure though where you could dump $1000s in nickels though. There's an investment guy in the US doing this, though I think if you tried to actually harvest the metal you'd a) lose about 15-20% in the smelting and b) potentially go to jail for defacing legal tender (not sure if that's an offense there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 There's an investment guy in the US doing this, though I think if you tried to actually harvest the metal you'd a) lose about 15-20% in the smelting and b) potentially go to jail for defacing legal tender (not sure if that's an offense there). I don't see how it's possible to actually make money. It's a 5 gram coin that is 75% copper, 25% nickel.....but just because it costs the US mint more than 5 cents to mint a nickel, doesn't mean it contains enough precious metal content to be worth more than 5 cents. It just means that with the cost of the metal and production, they can't make a nickel for under 5 cents. They also spend over 1 cent to make a penny, too. And, all of what you said is also true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I don't see how it's possible to actually make money. It's a 5 gram coin that is 75% copper, 25% nickel.....but just because it costs the US mint more than 5 cents to mint a nickel, doesn't mean it contains enough precious metal content to be worth more than 5 cents. It just means that with the cost of the metal and production, they can't make a nickel for under 5 cents. They also spend over 1 cent to make a penny, too. And, all of what you said is also true. Did you stay at a holiday inn express last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Did you stay at a holiday inn express last night? I think so, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 If you happened to be at the Jump On In bounce house in Boonton, N.J. today, you saw quite a spectacle: a 6-4, 266-pound NFL running back flailing about on inflatable castles and slides like a first grader hopped up on Sweet-Tarts. That running back was the 49ers' Brandon Jacobs, who took six-year-old Joseph Armento and his four-year-old brother for an outing they are not soon to forget. Armento, you'll recall, is the New Jersey boy who upon being told the Giants could no longer afford to keep Jacobs, emptied his piggy bank -- $3.36 - and sent it to California in an effort keep his favorite player with the Giants. Jacobs was touched by the gesture and told Armento's mother, Julie, that he would be in New Jersey for a short time this week while he packed up his belongings and moved his family to the Bay Area. He thought his original idea for a meeting place, Chuck E. Cheese, might cause too much of scene. So they settled on a bounce house. Jacobs, 29, brought his five-year-old son, Brayden, and the four kids - Jacobs included - played non-stop for nearly two hours. No one even took a water break. "He told me he really wanted to get out there with the kids," Julie Armento said in a phone interview with The Bee. "He really wanted to enjoy it, and he did. It was amazing." Said Jacobs, also by phone: "It was just us in the whole place and we were just going room to room - just bouncing and flipping all over the place, hitting each other with balls, sweating, our shirts filthy. We were just dirty, stinky boys, you know?" Young Joseph, as you might expect, was blown away. Jacobs also gave him a signed football helmet. It's a Giants helmet, and Jacobs signed it with his former number, No. 27. He wears No. 45 with the 49ers. It reads: To Joe: Thanks for being a fan. God bless, Brandon Jacobs. Julie Armento said she sent the letter in March soon after the 49ers had inked Jacobs to a one-year contract. But she sent it to Candlestick Park in San Francisco whereas Jacobs and the 49ers practice in Santa Clara, 45 miles to the south. Jacobs didn't get the letter until earlier this month. He called the Armentos the next day. "When we first spoke, he said that he was genuinely touched by the letter, that it almost brought him to tears," Julie said. "He said it came at just the right time for him." Said Jacobs: "I'm at a point in my career when people have stopped believing in me and not believing that I can still play. But that's not the case. Joe believes in me, gave me a lot of confidence and a lot of want-to. And I'm ready to go. I can't wait until the season starts." Jacobs had one final gift -- a five-dollar bill. After all, he ended up signing with the 49ers, so it was only fair that the boy get his piggybank money back. "He had some interest in there just for being a good kid," Jacobs said. "He's worth a lot more than that $5 bill I gave him." http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/2012/06/jacobs-repays-six-year-old-giants-fan-with-interest.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is Jacobs San Fran contract guaranteed? If not, he might not make their final cut. Mario has bone on bone in one knee........nice final catch as a Giant though. The Giants have a great track record of discarding players who are on their way out.........how many former Giants are starters in the NFL? Steve Smith? Plaxico?, Shockey?, ............I cannot think of any.................even Grant went down with a knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is Jacobs San Fran contract guaranteed? If not, he might not make their final cut. Mario has bone on bone in one knee........nice final catch as a Giant though. The Giants have a great track record of discarding players who are on their way out.........how many former Giants are starters in the NFL? Steve Smith? Plaxico?, Shockey?, ............I cannot think of any.................even Grant went down with a knee huh? he went down in one game last year, but appeared in everygame last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 huh? he went down in one game last year, but appeared in everygame last season. again picking on a nit and missing the big picture........you're the nit pick Zen Master are we talking about GB's Grant? Thats who I was referring to I cannot think of anyone who ever left the Giants and became a star.....or even thrived.......maybe Sam Huff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 again picking on a nit and missing the big picture........you're the nit pick Zen Master are we talking about GB's Grant? Thats who I was referring to I cannot think of anyone who ever left the Giants and became a star.....or even thrived.......maybe Sam Huff I totally thought you were talking about Deon Grant for some reason, that one's my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I totally thought you were talking about Deon Grant for some reason, that one's my bad. No.........I'm trying to think of anyone who ever left the Giants and thrived elsewhere......if there is anyone its a slim list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 No.........I'm trying to think of anyone who ever left the Giants and thrived elsewhere......if there is anyone its a slim list Ed mccafferey vishante shancoe tyrone wheatley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandolphScott Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Ed mccafferey vishante shancoe tyrone wheatley Outside of those guys, I can't really name others. I could say someone like Kevin Walter who plays opposite Andre Johnson in Houston..but he's more of a bit player than a flat out star. More recently, guy's who had great seasons with the Giants have done shit else where. Steve Smith, Derrick Ward, Kevin Boss, James Butler, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Ed mccafferey vishante shancoe tyrone wheatley Joe Jurevicious...definitely had a much better career elsewhere than with the Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Outside of those guys, I can't really name others. I could say someone like Kevin Walter who plays opposite Andre Johnson in Houston..but he's more of a bit player than a flat out star. More recently, guy's who had great seasons with the Giants have done shit else where. Steve Smith, Derrick Ward, Kevin Boss, James Butler, etc. Yeah, I'd add Gibril Wilson and even Jeremy Shockey to that list, too....though Shockey has been decent elsewhere, he was never a force to be gameplanned for like he was with the Giants. Soon to add Mario Manningham and Brandon Jacobs to that list, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osi724dasack Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Gibril was a MONSTER for the Raiders in 08, but they abused the FUCK out of him playing him down at the LOS on like 80% of plays. Lol. He got his pay though. Maybe Aaron Ross will become a starter for Jax? Shockey made out ok, he won another SB as The starting TE with NO. Will Allen did ok in Miami for a while, still played a little last season. Dhani Jones had an ok Career in Cincy Bunch of scrubs like Ralph Brown and Frank Walker stuck in the league for a while lol. I think Steve Smith will bounce back. But we mainly Do a good job in letting the right guys go. Let's see how Coefield holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Cameron Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence the Blue Puppet Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Joe Jurevicious...definitely had a much better career elsewhere than with the Giants. I was sad to see him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Does Jacobs have a guaranteed contract? If not that retirement may be coming in September. If Harbaugh cuts him there will be no takers His best shot at staying in the NFL was here........he should have taken a big pay cut and a seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Does Jacobs have a guaranteed contract? If not that retirement may be coming in September. If Harbaugh cuts him there will be no takers His best shot at staying in the NFL was here........he should have taken a big pay cut and a seat Does Jacobs have a guaranteed contract? If not that retirement may be coming in September. If Harbaugh cuts him there will be no takers His best shot at staying in the NFL was here........he should have taken a big pay cut and a seat I don't see him making it, they drafted LaMichael James,have Kendall Hunter and Frank Gore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lughead Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Ryan Grant to the Packers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Cameron Wake We did have Osi and Strahan.... And in their defense, it took Wake 7 years to get any good.... And personally, Miami is HIGHLY overpaying him. He makes a ton more than Osi, as far as I know. Wake is 4 years 49 million and while I don't think Osi's contract has been disclosed, he sure as hell isn't making 12 million a year. They are essentially, both one-dimensional pass rushers, but Osi is better if he stays healthy an entire season, IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Ryan Grant to the Packers Yes I noted Grant but his star seems to have faded........I forgot McCaffery and Jereviscious............losing Tollesfon was a huge blow too.....but lets see how he does without the best DL teammates in the NFL Also Grant never played a single down for the Giants in a real game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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