> > > I guess that's true for things that appreciate or
> > > which, as we've discussed, wear or patina are
> > > considered character-making.
> > Some things of course go up.  The trick is knowing which is what.
> 
> That's your job, isn't it.
> 
True, sort of.  It's rare that someone predicts the future and buys 
the right gizmo that appreciates like crazy.  Most of us buy 
something pretty close to "collectors' plates" that are best used for 
skeet.

> > Sometimes you hit a lick, and sometimes you get licked.  It's the 
> > nature of the beast.
> 
> So knowhow shows its worth once again.

Experience counts, as does good close-in vision.  The buyer who 
doesn't need a loupe has an edge.  


> > > Filed in the to-do file; I imagine that I'll be
> > > in KC and possibly Memphis before I see Clean
> > > Dave again; I ought to e-mail him.
> > I haven't heard from him in ages. 
> 
> It's probably been a year. We're not in that close touch
> any more, worse luck.
>
He and Lynnie sort of vanished on me.
 
> > > spicy gravy from smoked turkey dripping. I was about
> > > the only person who had much of it.
> > Sounds pretty good to me!  It might even make plain white rice 
taste 
> > like food.
> 
> Nobody admitted to the making of it. I used it on 
> leftover stuffing, which was in itself mediocre but
> got livened up a bit by the gravy, which was about
> the heat level of a restaurant "vindaloo."

That'll wake up some leftovers!
 
> > > Hum, that's a thought.
> > If the payout is good enough, you can usually find someone 
willing to 
> > wear nose plugs.
> 
> You'd be surprised by the lines in the sand that
> people draw.

Not much people do surprises me much any more.