Posted by As I take on new hobbies and let old hobbies go, I decided to buy some gold.
I know. Judge me! I’m so greedy.
I ordered online what was labeled as a 99.9% pure “gram” bar and I know what a gram is. I went to school and know measurements.
I expected bigger…
No that’s not a giant coin. That is a nickel.
I think in my head I was holding a giant gold bar which would obviously not be a gram.
But I can’t even hold this with two hands… how do you satisfy your imagination with that.
I mean it’s so small…
-OM
When my mother and grandparents moved from Kentucky to upstate New York, my grandfather had a happy thought for Mom’s 50th birthday. He went into a jewelry store and asked for a gold bar for his daughter’s charm bracelet. The jeweler said, “I don’t have any of those, but I have a deer.” Grandpa was puzzled until he realized the jeweler thought this Kentuckian wanted a gold BEAR.
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If you’re unhappy with it, you can always send it to me. Just sayin’.
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No I can’t let my precious go! LoL
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Ooooh… Oooh Jason… it’s been so long, but I still recognize an invitation to fight when I see one! LOL I’ll be back later, with my counter-attack! (Oh, and listen to Irene… She’s really good with necklaces 😉 )
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Had to up me with the Canadian quarter huh lol.
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If you buy more of those Jason, you can get them made into a necklace for you 😀
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A precious necklace! I love it! 🙌
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😀
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Many years ago I thought investing in precious gems would be a good idea. I was 21 and man did I have a lot to learn. I ordered some gems from some company and was SHOCKED when they came. The diamond was so small I don’t even see how you could tell it was a diamond.
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I had that same feeling!!!
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I’m not entirely sure that size is everything … perhaps in gold it is however. If it was heavy, you could put it into a paperweight with convex glass so that it looks bigger??! Katie (Full of great if annoying suggestions)
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I wouldn’t trust this beauty to the wind though… 🤔😀🤷♂️
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Ha!!
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Gold is very malleable, in chemistry we learned that you can (theoretically) get it down to a single molecule thick. Get a hammer and keep beating it until you get it the size you want.
https://media1.tenor.com/images/d787d33adb362e8a7cfe38aa37194c20/tenor.gif?itemid=9682311
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But why would I want it smaller! You want to hammer my happiness!
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No, it will be bigger (hammering it will flatten the depth but widen the height and width). You can get it bigger than the nickel.
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Bigger he says!!! Oh my! A bigger precious…
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