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Coin Joe
@coinjoe
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Retired military veteran. Collector of coins , HAM operator, Love history. Fighting my demons daily.
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2023-03-16 00:42
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coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-07-29 08:49
Candy Filled Field Trip
Father-in-law and I checking out the displays of antiques in the window of the store. Went on a little field trip today. Visited Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It's been voted the
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coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-07-27 09:14
Ham Shack Update
Old pipe antenna that will be replaced. Making progress on the ham shack. Taking my time. Doing it right. Decided to replace the pipe I was using for a mast with real aluminum mast sections. These are
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coinjoe
Reflections
2026-07-26 08:02
The Weight of It All
I've been watching and reading the news a lot lately. Maybe too much. And it just fell on me like a curtain a little bit ago. The weight of it all. The heaviness. People starving. Not somewhere far away.
coinjoe
Weekend Experiences
2026-07-20 02:33
From Teenager to Adulthood
My tall scrawny ass running cross country in high school. I didn't have a traditional transition from teenager to adulthood. At 17 I walked into a Marine Corps recruiter's office, still hungover and, with
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-07-18 06:17
Ham Shack Update
My Baofeng 5RM Plus Still working on the ham shack situation. Not sure if I'll be setting up in the garage yet. It would be a temporary thing anyway. Still thinking about my old office in the basement.
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-07-16 02:53
Identity Crisis
Few years ago when had to have IVIG infusions. Who am I now? That's a question I've been asking myself for a while. Not out loud. But in the quiet moments. The 4 AM hours when the house is still and there's
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-07-12 09:10
Work In Progress
For some who have been following my posts for a while, you know I'm rebuilding my truck. Over the last few years I've repainted it. New bed liner. New rear bumper. New tires. All a piece at a time as I
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-07-09 08:01
Old Machines
I like keeping old things running. The AC unit is old. Don't know exactly how many years it has on it, but enough that every summer I wonder if this is the year it finally gives up. I mentioned before
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-07-01 05:12
Short Term Memory
Image AI generated. It's getting harder to remember things. Not the old stuff. I can tell you about things that happened 30 years ago like it was yesterday. But what someone just said to me? What I just
coinjoe
Weekend Experiences
2026-06-27 11:01
Weekend Checkin
My cherry tomato plants! Garage is finally showing progress. It has more than a couple goat trails through it now. You can actually get from one end to the other. From one side to the other. There's still
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-06-16 10:23
Lamp Post Fixed
New weather proof socket. One of the sockets on our outdoor lamp posts went bad. We have two that sit on each side of the driveway. Seems moisture made its way into one of them and caused corrosion. Stopped
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-06-14 22:54
Mower Fixed
My push mower. Worked on my push mower this weekend. Last week while mowing it started revving up and down. Surging. That's never good. My first thought was a fuel or spark plug issue. Changed out the
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-06-09 07:22
Flipping the Pyramid
I'm reading a book for one of my courses right now. The Serving Leader by Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert. It's one of those leadership fables. A son reconnects with his dying father and learns about
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-06-08 10:38
Lawn and Garden Updates with Some Coffee
Sitting here sipping on some coffee as I type my words. Trying to recall events of the last week. It's getting harder it seems to recall short term memory. I hate it. But here we are. We're anticipating
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-05-29 09:06
The Painting in the Exam Room
Went to the neurologist appointment yesterday. No big deal. A followup. No changes. Nothing bad and nothing good to report really. Did complain about how my shoulders have been bothering me and got an
coinjoe
Weekend Experiences
2026-05-24 21:11
Memorial Day Weekend Check In
Been nose down in school work lately. Lots of reading. Tons of reading. Lots of researching literature and writing as well. Real time consuming. Being honest, I don't feel like blogging and commenting
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-05-17 07:02
Things That Sit Too Long Go Bad
Had to pull the battery out of my truck the other day. It was dead. Not weak. Double-D Dead. The truck just sits there most of the time. I don't drive anymore because of my health. It gets started every
coinjoe
Silver Bloggers
2026-05-14 20:08
Garage Project
After a couple days of cleanup. Been working on cleaning up the garage the last couple days. It turned into a mess over the winter. Became the collection point for things that didn't belong there. Broken
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-05-11 19:09
Progress
Had an appointment with my VA counselor the other day. The call lasted less than 15 minutes. A few years ago, those calls were longer. A lot longer. I needed them to be. I was in a bad place. Mentally.
coinjoe
Reflections
2026-05-10 15:56
Nobody Knows What They're Doing
Here's a secret nobody tells you when you're young. Nobody knows what they're doing. Not really. We grow up thinking the adults have it figured out. They seem so confident. So sure of themselves. They
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