About Me

Welcome to my website... The main purpose of this website is to document depression scrip.  The last documentation put together on depression scrip was a great book written in 1984 by Ralph A. Mitchell and Neil Shafer.  In my opinion, it's the "bible" on depression scrip.  But, it lacks a few things.  There aren't as many pics as I would like to see. Plus, the pictures aren't as detailed as they could be.  I understand the problems with publishing something like that.  It would be 12" thick if there was as much detail as I would like to see. Still, it's the best book ever written.  My hat is off to Neil Shafer and Ralph Mitchell for the unbelievable amount of research it took to write that book.  Because of that book, I have a huge head start in collecting what I'm learning, is a forgotten piece of history. As for me, well, I've collected just about everything you could ever imagine.  Coins, stamps, world paper money, national notes, post cards, baseball cards, football cards, records, beanie babies, trains, old books, bottles, etc...  Yes, I'm a collecting nut. I'm not sure what else to tell you...  For now, here's Cocoa - the best cat that ever lived. She's was 21 years old when she passed away in October 2003. She had been with me longer than any other pet. My Mom came home one day and told us over dinner how she saw this cute kitten at the mall that had a sign on it.  It was going to be turned over to the humane society because noone wanted it.  She said I should go buy it.  It didn't take much to convince me.  I went right after dinner to rescue her from that pet store and so the story began...  Noone wanted the little scrawny kitten that was quite ugly.  She had a pug nose but with alot of vet visits she grew into a very beautiful cat. She's tolerated a lot from my family.  She's put up with over a dozen moves from Montana to Kansas to Michigan.  She's even had to do without me while I was in the military.  In later years, she had some major health problems with her kidney and liver and that's finally what did her in. She was a pest at times, but she was more than just a cat, she was family and she's missed every day.  She lived well past her prime and in later years did nothing but spend time with me.  I always looked forward to coming home every evening.  I think she looked forward to seeing me just as much as I did her. Rest in peace Cocoa.

Page last updated: 06.26.2005