Aye, it's that time of year. We've done this in previous years and it produced some real gems. They don't have to be entirely serious, they don't even have to be about coins really. I'd recommend avoiding overt political predictions for two reasons, first nobody truly cares about your edgy virtue signalling and secondly the mods, French or otherwise, won't like it. I'll try if you will.
1. Silver will reach $50 per ounce. I've predicted this every year but this time.... It's going in the right direction and with production costs at what, $25 per oz. it seems there's plenty of legs in the current rally. I hope so, I've got LOTS of junk silver. I mean LOTS. Had to sell a bunch a couple of years ago for reasons many of you will understand but a lot still remains.
2. Prince Andrew will return to work but nobody will notice until 2025.
3. Ben Stokes will continue to break the hearts of the non English Cricketing world (yeah Neil, I'm looking at you and no, he's not a Kiwi) and King William (see below) will promote him to Duke of York in 2025.
4. Jeffrey Epstein will be found alive, well and shacked up with a ladyboy hooker in Bangkok. The Clintons will kill him again.
5. The sublime and most majestic Queen will shuffle off her mortal coil with the final words, "Please keep my beloved dimwit off the throne, tata for now. " Charles will be found shacked up with a ladyboy hooker and Jeffrey Epstein in Bangkok. The throne will pass to William and the Clintons will kill Charles.
6. Manchester United will end up with a completely empty trophy cabinet and my hometown Bury FC will survive. Geordies will cheer, Londoners will cheer, Scousers will cheer and steal the empty cabinet.
7. The South Will Rise Again. It's been rising ever since I got here 20 years ago and my knees ain't getting any younger.
9. The Yellowstone super volcano will erupt and destroy Seattle. Nobody will notice until 2025. A state of emergency will then be declared and Starbucks shares will implode following a lack of loud, latte sipping hipsters.
10. A manned mission to Mars will discover sentient life. Unfortunately there's a Walmart.
11. Terrorists will finally catch on to attacking Walmarts all across the country. Packed with not very bright people too fat to run or dodge, limited exits, and a store designed to keep people from leaving. Nobody will notice until 2025 when an eagle eyed welfare office clerk notices five years of unclaimed food stamps.
12. Someone will finally notice that there's no number eight. This is the 8th Secret of Largo and on the advice of The Vatican it is not to be revealed until 2025.
If you made it this far congratulations. If you made it this far without being offended, I love you. Your turn.
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Quote: "pnightingale"3. Ben Stokes will continue to break the hearts of the non English Cricketing world (yeah Neil, I'm looking at you and no, he's not a Kiwi) and King William (see below) will promote him to Duke of York in 2025.
Sorry Phil, Born in Christchurch and played 2 games for Canterbury when England banned him from playing after his bar incident. We’re claiming him. You have to give us that much after the pain English teams have been heaping on New Zealand teams in world cups this year. At least we’re getting a little revenge in the REAL form of cricket at the moment ?
Quote: "pnightingale"3. Ben Stokes will continue to break the hearts of the non English Cricketing world (yeah Neil, I'm looking at you and no, he's not a Kiwi) and King William (see below) will promote him to Duke of York in 2025.
Sorry Phil, Born in Christchurch and played 2 games for Canterbury when England banned him from playing after his bar incident. We’re claiming him. You have to give us that much after the pain English teams have been heaping on New Zealand teams in world cups this year. At least we’re getting a little revenge in the REAL form of cricket at the moment ?
Impressive innings my friend. Hope you can find time to catch some of it live. It's looking like a good series.
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
Make Numismatics Great Again!
Niue and Canada will exhaust the world’s silver resource and will start buying up every coin on EBay so they can continue producing coins depicting Pokemon, Mickey Mouse and Dragonball Z.
Britain will finally leave the EU and will instead sign up to become part of Rome. Boris Johnston claiming “well it worked 2,000 years ago, it’s worth another shot”
The world finally realises that reality TV isn’t real and stop watching it. TV producers are forced to actually produce some programmes that require some thought.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will come out of retirement and will win the NASCAR cup championship.
Greenland will become our 51st state, Trump will sell California to the French, thus back to 50 states and no need to change the flag.
Opening day for deer season will be declared a new national holiday
All the good people of this country that threatened to move out once Trump became president will finally do so and will get asylum in France.
Tax on beer will be done away with, and a new higher tax will be levied on the Prius buying public
Laws will be passed that drivers caught doing the speed limit or less in the passing lane for more than 1 mile will be jailed for no less than 30 days.
Quote: "neilithicman"The world finally realises that reality TV isn’t real and stop watching it. TV producers are forced to actually produce some programmes that require some thought.
So I just steal them!
Also:
1) We will be fully cash less (since most Americans always write "we" in the forum, I do that too!)
2) People will be cured from D. Trump's "fake news" sickness, look back, and laugh at the whole circus.
3) Scotland will get tired of UK's bs and vote for independence.
4) Due to the fiasco in Syria ISIS will make a short lived comeback. Putin will save the day to just to look good in the eyes of the west.
5) All list will be required to have at least five points.
Quote: "pnightingale"Aye, it's that time of year. We've done this in previous years and it produced some real gems. They don't have to be entirely serious, they don't even have to be about coins really. I'd recommend avoiding overt political predictions for two reasons, first nobody truly cares about your edgy virtue signalling and secondly the mods, French or otherwise, won't like it. I'll try if you will.
1. Silver will reach $50 per ounce. I've predicted this every year but this time.... It's going in the right direction and with production costs at what, $25 per oz. it seems there's plenty of legs in the current rally. I hope so, I've got LOTS of junk silver. I mean LOTS. Had to sell a bunch a couple of years ago for reasons many of you will understand but a lot still remains.
2. Prince Andrew will return to work but nobody will notice until 2025.
3. Ben Stokes will continue to break the hearts of the non English Cricketing world (yeah Neil, I'm looking at you and no, he's not a Kiwi) and King William (see below) will promote him to Duke of York in 2025.
4. Jeffrey Epstein will be found alive, well and shacked up with a ladyboy hooker in Bangkok. The Clintons will kill him again.
5. The sublime and most majestic Queen will shuffle off her mortal coil with the final words, "Please keep my beloved dimwit off the throne, tata for now. " Charles will be found shacked up with a ladyboy hooker and Jeffrey Epstein in Bangkok. The throne will pass to William and the Clintons will kill Charles.
6. Manchester United will end up with a completely empty trophy cabinet and my hometown Bury FC will survive. Geordies will cheer, Londoners will cheer, Scousers will cheer and steal the empty cabinet.
7. The South Will Rise Again. It's been rising ever since I got here 20 years ago and my knees ain't getting any younger.
9. The Yellowstone super volcano will erupt and destroy Seattle. Nobody will notice until 2025. A state of emergency will then be declared and Starbucks shares will implode following a lack of loud, latte sipping hipsters.
10. A manned mission to Mars will discover sentient life. Unfortunately there's a Walmart.
11. Terrorists will finally catch on to attacking Walmarts all across the country. Packed with not very bright people too fat to run or dodge, limited exits, and a store designed to keep people from leaving. Nobody will notice until 2025 when an eagle eyed welfare office clerk notices five years of unclaimed food stamps.
12. Someone will finally notice that there's no number eight. This is the 8th Secret of Largo and on the advice of The Vatican it is not to be revealed until 2025.
If you made it this far congratulations. If you made it this far without being offended, I love you. Your turn.
13. Trump won't be removed from office & to settle the fighting going on in the house & senate Trump will deport all the Democrats to Mexico & make them pay for the wall.
Donald Trump survives a major stroke that paralyzes the left side of his body, and he withdraws from public life.
The UK leaves the EU, eventually. When it does, Labour wins a landslide electoral victory and applies for EU membership once more. Scotland will reach again for independence, and Ireland's Troubles will return. By 2050, England and Scotland will part ways, and Ireland will unify out of practical necessity.
Learning from the EU, supernational integration spreads to Africa, Latin America, and the British Commonwealth.
The UN reaches a compromise on the South China Sea. China gets to keep the islands, but must sell the naming rights to the Walt Disney Corporation, and each island must host a McDonalds.
In the USA, Congress allows the states to strike their own coinage, so long as it remains interchangeable and meets exacting federal standards.
The Olympics are hosted by Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Jakarta, and Lagos. Alaska hosts the Winter Olympics.
Elizabeth II outlives her son Charles. Prince William eventually takes the throne as King Charles The Third, to the confusion of many.
Poland and Hungary adopt the euro.
As the EU framework strengthens, the balkanization of western Europe accelerates, especially in Spain and Belgium.
The United States never abolishes the penny. It will just fade away.
Nation states carve up the Internet, blocking foreign IPs as a rule.
China's moon landing distracts the world from its ongoing recession and large scale unrest.
Polio is eradicated.
FIFA gives in to public pressure and allows players to compete with cybernetic enhancements.
The Vatican elects Pope Moses The First from Africa.
Neuroscientists discover how to reverse brain damage.
Pollution in India reaches record highs, and infant mortality surges accordingly.
The Unites States holds a second Constitutional Convention.
Google is admitted to the UN as a member state.
Fusion becomes a practical reality. The world turns its back on petroleum, and OPEC goes bankrupt.
Rising ocean levels force Niue and Vanuatu to issue the first floating coins.
The world wakes up to the truth that climate change had nothing to do with vehicle emissions and plastic straws, and everything to do with overpopulation and deforestation. As the human species heads towards its first population crash, Thomas Malthus points and laughs.
As always aday late and dollar sort. My coin collection will still be a mess. I still have some were 3000 coins to catalog.
Wisconsin will flood this spring again but the water will be higher. There will be no were for the snow to melt as the lakes are high still. Next year deer hunter will be in waiters and life jackets. The 2 million acres of corn still standing in the field will be picked this spring.
And the post office will lose 10 to 20 letters. Again.
By 2050 we will have time machines & flying cars & robots will be doing all of our work for us. & we will no longer be using banknotes/coins we will only be using bitcoin & other electronic currencies & many former mint/federal reserve/treasury employees will be on the streets looking for work.
Quote: "jacemcdonald"By 2050 we will have [...] flying cars
I don't know if it's just me, but what is this with future = flying cars? We have airplanes, isn't that basically the same? What would be the benefits with flying cars? How high are the supposed to fly? How do you even park a flying car? Will the car fall to the ground if I turn off the engine? I have so many questions.
Just imagine walking on the street and a car flies just above your head. No thank you.
Quote: "jacemcdonald"By 2050 we will have [...] flying cars
I don't know if it's just me, but what is this with future = flying cars? We have airplanes, isn't that basically the same? What would be the benefits with flying cars? How high are the supposed to fly? How do you even park a flying car? Will the car fall to the ground if I turn off the engine? I have so many questions.
Just imagine walking on the street and a car flies just above your head. No thank you.
Quote: "pnightingale"Aye, it's that time of year. We've done this in previous years and it produced some real gems. They don't have to be entirely serious, they don't even have to be about coins really. I'd recommend avoiding overt political predictions for two reasons, first nobody truly cares about your edgy virtue signalling and secondly the mods, French or otherwise, won't like it. I'll try if you will.
1. Silver will reach $50 per ounce. I've predicted this every year but this time.... It's going in the right direction and with production costs at what, $25 per oz. it seems there's plenty of legs in the current rally. I hope so, I've got LOTS of junk silver. I mean LOTS. Had to sell a bunch a couple of years ago for reasons many of you will understand but a lot still remains.
2. Prince Andrew will return to work but nobody will notice until 2025.
3. Ben Stokes will continue to break the hearts of the non English Cricketing world (yeah Neil, I'm looking at you and no, he's not a Kiwi) and King William (see below) will promote him to Duke of York in 2025.
4. Jeffrey Epstein will be found alive, well and shacked up with a ladyboy hooker in Bangkok. The Clintons will kill him again.
5. The sublime and most majestic Queen will shuffle off her mortal coil with the final words, "Please keep my beloved dimwit off the throne, tata for now. " Charles will be found shacked up with a ladyboy hooker and Jeffrey Epstein in Bangkok. The throne will pass to William and the Clintons will kill Charles.
6. Manchester United will end up with a completely empty trophy cabinet and my hometown Bury FC will survive. Geordies will cheer, Londoners will cheer, Scousers will cheer and steal the empty cabinet.
7. The South Will Rise Again. It's been rising ever since I got here 20 years ago and my knees ain't getting any younger.
9. The Yellowstone super volcano will erupt and destroy Seattle. Nobody will notice until 2025. A state of emergency will then be declared and Starbucks shares will implode following a lack of loud, latte sipping hipsters.
10. A manned mission to Mars will discover sentient life. Unfortunately there's a Walmart.
11. Terrorists will finally catch on to attacking Walmarts all across the country. Packed with not very bright people too fat to run or dodge, limited exits, and a store designed to keep people from leaving. Nobody will notice until 2025 when an eagle eyed welfare office clerk notices five years of unclaimed food stamps.
12. Someone will finally notice that there's no number eight. This is the 8th Secret of Largo and on the advice of The Vatican it is not to be revealed until 2025.
If you made it this far congratulations. If you made it this far without being offended, I love you. Your turn.
You certainly have a fertile imagination that is very funny.
No one predicted Coronavirus and its shattering impact on the world more in politics and economy rather than actual deaths (Under 1 million so far, when at least 80 million people die each year). However many have died and got sick unnecessarily and the quick spreading Novel Flu virus has captured almost every place on earth and wreaked carnage through China, Asia, Europe, America and now is doing its worst mostly in India and Latin America.
2020 so far to August 31.
But Silver did climb to nearly $30 US an ounce and is around the mid to high $20s now, much more than the start of the year when it was $13 - $17 an ounce
Oil prices crashed briefly in the early Coronavirus period
Trump continues to hold on, despite a widening gulf between right and left wing ideologies.
People forgot about Greta Thunberg and the Environment in general as Covid 19 took over everything.
Racial equality and racism against Black people, several high profile shootings of unarmed Black men by racist white cops in the USA has led to widespread protests and many officials and leaders starting to turn the tide on pervasive racism.
Protest has been the mantra of 2020, whether against Police Brutality and Racism, the Environment, corrupt political leaders like Lukashenko and Trump or Covid 19, its effects and lockdowns.
It has been a bad year for democracies with Putin, Jong Un, Trump and other dictators holding firm, Hong Kong succumbing to full Chinese communism and Lukashenko getting away with cheating.
On the positives, Numista has moved forward with new features like Photos of your coins, Premium accounts and new graphics showing the era your coins come from.
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Quote: "Moneytane"No one predicted Coronavirus and its shattering impact on the world more in politics and economy rather than actual deaths (Under 1 million so far, when at least 80 million people die each year). However many have died and got sick unnecessarily and the quick spreading Novel Flu virus has captured almost every place on earth and wreaked carnage through China, Asia, Europe, America and now is doing its worst mostly in India and Latin America.
2020 so far to August 31.
But Silver did climb to nearly $30 US an ounce and is around the mid to high $20s now, much more than the start of the year when it was $13 - $17 an ounce
Oil prices crashed briefly in the early Coronavirus period
Trump continues to hold on, despite a widening gulf between right and left wing ideologies.
People forgot about Greta Thunberg and the Environment in general as Covid 19 took over everything.
Racial equality and racism against Black people, several high profile shootings of unarmed Black men by racist white cops in the USA has led to widespread protests and many officials and leaders starting to turn the tide on pervasive racism.
Protest has been the mantra of 2020, whether against Police Brutality and Racism, the Environment, corrupt political leaders like Lukashenko and Trump or Covid 19, its effects and lockdowns.
It has been a bad year for democracies with Putin, Jong Un, Trump and other dictators holding firm, Hong Kong succumbing to full Chinese communism and Lukashenko getting away with cheating.
On the positives, Numista has moved forward with new features like Photos of your coins, Premium accounts and new graphics showing the era your coins come from.
