In the moment, but too much

How many times can I stammer the word “in” in asking a question?

I tried to find out yesterday morning when I was interviewing U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy for Coin Chat Radio at http://coinchatradio.fwpublications.com/.

Our topic was the possibility of creating a Strategic Coin Reserve to meet any unexpected surges in coin demand from the Federal Reserve System or to have coins available in case the usual supply chain is disrupted.

One of the questions I wanted to ask I unfortunately began by trying to say, “In your tenure,” but I got stuck on “in” repeatedly. My mind kind of went blank so I stopped. I apologized for the problem and then recovered myself to ask the question, which was basically that in Moy’s tenure as Mint director he has seen dropping coin demand even before the recession kicked in.

I asked whether the dramatic drop in coin demand we are experiencing is more than just a recessionary demand reduction?

Find out his response by checking out http://coinchatradio.fwpublications.com/ today after 11 a.m. Central Daylight Time.

I told the Mint director that I got all tongue tied once before when the topic was an auction featuring significant Costa Rican rarities. I got so wrapped up in the specific lots that I lost the general thread of the conversation.

I have an interest in Costa Rican numismatic items and I guess I am still that wide-eyed kid who first subscribed to Numismatic News 40 years ago after picking up a copy at the coin show in Forest City, Iowa.

Once I read the letters to the editor, I was hooked. I sent five of my hard-earned paper-route dollars to Iola, Wis., and the rest, as they say, is is is is ... history.

(The server was down all morning, so apologies to all for the delay in accessing my blog.)