Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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Sounds a little like around here. My wife got an old engagement ring from one dead grandmother and the same thing went down. Fast forward to about two years ago and my son is getting married. I showed him two rings I had to fight for that were my other grandmothers, that is a story for when I am not on the phone. It had one large diamond and two smaller ones on the edge with a couple more itty bitty ones in there two.
The thing that shocked me is his wife had to have it sized up quite a bit, and she is about 100lbs, think college distance runner. I don't remember my grandma having that small of fingers but WOW it was tiny, only pic I have
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My wife's is really flat and thin so it looks humongous. I said it was "princess cut", but that is a square (I just learned from googling). The issue is I don't know WTF I'm talking about. It is more of a cross between a pear shape and a trillion, but not so round, because so few facets.
The one below is a modern 6 carat which is about the same size if you look at it from the top. There is very little depth to it though. Not that it isn't a "big diamond", but it looks more than twice the size of what a modern one of the same weight looks like. It has flats on the sides where the one below is rounded, and has probably 1/4 as many facets. They just did it all by hand back then and didn't have the tech to cut them so many times. My guess is that so many facets give it more "fire".
But really, fuck diamonds. Spend as little on them as you can, because there are so many of them they're worth very little. They only have value because they occur in so few places, and in those places cartels control the supply. They are artificially expensive unlike rubies, emeralds, or sapphires which are actually rare.
The one below is a modern 6 carat which is about the same size if you look at it from the top. There is very little depth to it though. Not that it isn't a "big diamond", but it looks more than twice the size of what a modern one of the same weight looks like. It has flats on the sides where the one below is rounded, and has probably 1/4 as many facets. They just did it all by hand back then and didn't have the tech to cut them so many times. My guess is that so many facets give it more "fire".
But really, fuck diamonds. Spend as little on them as you can, because there are so many of them they're worth very little. They only have value because they occur in so few places, and in those places cartels control the supply. They are artificially expensive unlike rubies, emeralds, or sapphires which are actually rare.
Yea, well, except that today the labs can grow them in sizes and quality that once would literally have ransomed royalty.
If you have a safety deposit box..get rid of it. The laws changed a while ago, they aren’t for your eyes only anymore.
My finance guys at chase said they are more trouble then they are worth.
100k in cash for rainy day..don’t count on it if it’s not “taxed” money. Getting access at times is a pain.
You die and wife has the key, and her name is on the firm, they have go in with her and take inventory etc.
The more loops he said he has to jump through the less useful it is for anything other than passports and your old wedding invitation.
My mom still has a box I think. I am on all the accounts. I don't think there's anything "valuable" there, just papers.
I agree that it's not "safe", there is noting "safe" about an American bank period, in the USA based on all the totalitarian laws we have here.
I agree that it's not "safe", there is noting "safe" about an American bank period, in the USA based on all the totalitarian laws we have here.
The only "safe" thing is physical gold, and then it's only "safe" when guarded by men with guns. Pretty basic shit that has been true since the dawn of history.
Decades ago I gave a run to a lady with her birth stone and side diamonds.
I got it from a family friend who is a jeweler and 500 miles away.
I knew it would be too big and she could get it resized.
Well she took it to a place to get it resized and appraised.
They resized it and said the diamonds were fake.
Long story short, they overheated the ring and burned the small side diamonds.
Fake - nope
Burned - yes.
Besides the obvious..once your spine “grows” crooked it stays that way unless there’s surgery.
Scoliosis ends approx 24 months after girls first period..that’s when the usually stop growing. Boys can grow until approx 21 on some cases.
Beating it with a hammer lol..will do nothing but break a vertebrae and make things worse
Lucky bastard!
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Marion man says he was trampled by large, drunk women skipping through Ocala bar
A Marion County man who was watching a concert at a pirate-themed bar in downtown Ocala claims he sustained serious injuries after he was allegedly trampled by two "intoxicated women" who were skipping "arm-in-arm" through the venue and "whose combined weight exceeded several hundred pounds."
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Marion man says he was trampled by large, drunk women skipping through Ocala bar
A Marion County man who was watching a concert at a pirate-themed bar in downtown Ocala claims he sustained serious injuries after he was allegedly trampled by two "intoxicated women" who were skipping "arm-in-arm" through the venue and "whose combined weight exceeded several hundred pounds."
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So very true, and with the nature of this forum I would be more then a few of us have sonic cleaners. This is all they will do.
That said, the "tongs" that hold the diamonds in place can wear and you can loose the stone. If this looks like a repair you are going to need, do some research and find a good place to take it to. Generally it is an inexpensive repair.
One last thing, if you think diamonds have great value, try to sell one. They are not that special but the product of 100 years of Debeers marketing.....as well as a monopoly. They own the worlds supply, have a great many politicians in their back pockets like most wealthy companies do. This is why the push to stop "conflict" diamonds. It is not what they tell you, but flooding the market would bring that house of cards down and down hard.
And you are going to hear some names talked about on this forum quite a bit, Rothschild for one.
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