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| 1.Q |
Tell me
about the first time you can remember being thrilled. |
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| 1.A |
As a child in the 1950s, my first
thrill was probably when my grandmother told me that 100 cents
(pennies) were worth $1 US. I was a "hoarder" then,
not a collector. |
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| 2.Q |
What's been your most frightening
thrill ever? |
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| 2.A |
Coin related, I can't think of any. |
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| 3.Q |
What's the smallest or slightest
thing to have thrilled you? |
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| 3.A |
Finding "obsolete" (older)
coins in pocket change. |
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| 4.Q |
Tell me
why you're not a sensible person. |
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| 4.A |
:-) Probably because every time
I receive change, I look at the coins, not to make sure the
amount is correct, but to see if there is anything interesting
in it. |
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| 5.Q |
What were
you doing the last time you were really bored? |
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| 5.A |
Watching
television (nothing coin related). |
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| 6.Q |
What's
the most uninhibited thing you've ever done? |
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| 6.A |
If everyone tells the truth, I should
be like everyone else. It involves nudity. I went outside (my
backyard) naked. Granted, there was no way anyone could have
seen me, but I'd never done that before. |
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| 7.Q |
What things
have you considered doing for thrill, but were too concerned
about the risks? |
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| 7.A |
Riding
a 200-foot high roller coaster. I normally don't worry about
roller coasters, but this one was higher than any I'd ever seen
and I lost my nerve. |
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| 8.Q |
I
always dreamt about being a paramedic, driving an ambulance
and saving lives; what about you? |
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| 8.A |
I'm a retired
military man (Navy). If there's a fantasy to this, it would
have been leading my men in battle and winning with no loss
of lives on either side. |
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To answer
these next 14 questions, you should think about a particular
time you were thrilled. |
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| 9.Q |
Describe
this thrill in a nutshell, in one sentence. (there's time to
expand later) |
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| 9.A |
Keeping
this coin-related, it would be when I won a coin auction I didn't
think I'd win. |
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| 10.Q |
Where and
when did it take place? |
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| 10.A |
About two
years ago (July, 2001) at my home in NY State (US). |
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| 11.Q |
Tell me
a bit about yourself around this time. |
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| 11.A |
I was a
new grandfather. My first grandchild was born in February and
I was starting a coin collection for him. |
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| 12.Q |
How did
the moment arise? Was it planned? |
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| 12.A |
When he
was born, I decided to start a coin collection for him. I wanted
to get a US Silver Eagle for him and had bid on a number of
them on ebay. Bids always seemed to rise above the maximum I
was willing to pay. I bid on another (seller is one of the best
known high quality coin dealers in the world) and, surprisingly,
I won. Payment was made, coin was received. It was exactly what
I wanted. |
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| 13.Q |
List the
sequence of events leading up to your thrill, and how you felt
at each stage. The smallest detail could be important (this
is your chance to expand). |
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| 13.A |
I looked
for the coin on ebay (there are quite a few available). I
bid on one, I check a day or two later, I get outbid. Disappointed,
I keep searching. I bid on another, check again later, get
outbid, disappointed again. Keep searching. I finally bid
on the one I finally won, but knowing the seller, I doubted
I'd win.
I was watching the auction VERY closely, waiting to get outbid,
but it never happened. When the auction finally closed and
I'd won, I got an envelope and addressed it to the seller.
I wrote a quick e-mail saying payment was on its way. I printed
a copy of it and, then, literally ran out of the house, got
into my truck, went to the Post Office, bought a money order
for the total amount, filled it out at the Post Office, put
it in the envelope with the printed copy of my e-mail, and
posted it.
Within about a week, the coin arrived at my home. I was beaming
that my grandson had his first coin. |
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| 14.Q |
At the
exact moment of thrill, how did your mind and body feel? |
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| 14.A |
As related
to coin collecting, it wasn't physically exciting. The mental
thrill, though, was stimulating. I was quite happy. |
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| 15.Q |
What thoughts
were going through your head? |
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| 15.A |
"I
lost before, I'll probably lose again." (defeatist attitude).
When the auction was getting close to closing, the same feeling
but a glimmer of anticipation. When it closed and I was the
high bidder, "I WON!" (exhilaration). |
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| 16.Q |
What did
you do immediately afterwards? |
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| 16.A |
I gave
a loud (not yelling and jumping up and down) "Yahoo!"
and immediate wrote the seller. |
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| 17.Q |
What were
the most likely things that could have put you off going through
with it? |
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| 17.A |
Getting
outbid. But I would have continued looking and bidding, knowing
that, eventually, I would win at the price I was willing to
pay. |
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| 18.Q |
How
were other people important to your thrill? |
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| 18.A |
If I didn't
have a grandchild, I wouldn't have gone through the experience
at all. No one else really cared. I'm the only coin collector
in my family. |
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| 19.Q |
What do
you imagine other people were thinking throughout your thrilling
episode? |
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| 19.A |
They were
thinking, "There he goes, again." Unless you're a
coin collector, you wouldn't understand that type of thrill. |
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| 20.Q |
Some people
probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill you; explain
it to them. |
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| 20.A |
I can't
make them understand. Most people I know see coins as spending
money only. They don't understand rarity or uniqueness of coins
and why they are sometimes worth more than their face value.
Basically, if you don't collect coins, explanations aren't possible;
if you do, explanations aren't necessary. |
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| 21.Q |
Why were
certain objects or equipment important to your thrill? |
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| 21.A |
Everything
was computer-related. I could see the coin I wanted and was
able to keep track of how the auction was going. Without it,
I would have had to spend a lot of time writing letters, making
phone calls or visiting coin shops and negotiating a fair price.
The computer made it a lot easier. |
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| 22.Q |
If you've
done something like this before, how does the last time compare
to the first time you did it? |
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| 22.A |
The defeatist
attitude has passed, now. In similar situations, I now hold
the "Well, I lost that one, there are others. I'll win
a different one." Much more positive. |
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| 23.Q |
If
you did it again, what things could be added or changed to make
it even better? |
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| 23.A |
Right now,
I would wait, rather than trying to buy. If I had bid on the
same coin now, I could have saved abouyt $10 US. Same coin,
but cheaper. |
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Is there
anything you want to add? |
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Like most
coin collectors, my thrill is in the hunt for specific coins.
However, the bigger thrill is finding something I wasn't looking
for. I collect Jefferson nickels and make a special point of
looking at each one I receive. I don't need any of the "war
nickels" but if I get one in change, that's a bigger thrill.
The real thrill, though, is finding a silver coin in change
when all I really anticipate is regular US clad coins. |
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