While waiting for another San Francisco chip to surface I've started a small collection of slot machine & other gambling tokens that can be attributed to S.F. About two weeks ago I found the token shown below on . I put in a strong bid and sat back to watch the auction.

On the final day of the auction I was a little busy and missed the "outbid" email from . What was I doing? Something infinately more important than collecting. I was playing outside in a mud puddle with my son. We had a wonderful time!

Anyway, after the mud, we came inside to get cleaned up, had lunch, and I put the kid down for a nap. I checked my email and found the "outbid" notice. I went to the auction to look at the token again and consider a higher bid. I was two minutes late! The auction had ended and I was outbid. I thought about this for a while and concluded that playing in the mud with my son is not only more important than my collections, but it's a whole lot more fun!

Then an hour later I received an email from the seller. Yup, a "Second Chance" email. The seller had two of the tokens and was offering me a chance to buy one.

Sometimes I luck out.