> > > That too is not so germane. As Ted Williams pointed 
> > > out with a different spin on the ball, the successful 
> > > baseball player gets a hit only once out of three but
> > > still gets paid.
> > If you're dealing in antiques you need to do a little better, 
most 
> > days.  
> 
> As you noted, you win some, you lose some. One tries
> to stay above .500. Dickens said something about that;
> I forget the exact citation.
> 
It sounds like something a baseball manager would say. 

> > > So buyers get squicky about loupes?
> > Sellers can.  It can give the game away, and slows you down. 
> 
> An, yes, sellers. I think that's what I meant.

I'd figured, but some buyers don't want to deal with them.
 
> > Lynn hasn't been on FB since April as best I can tell. 
> 
> I haven't been on FB for quite a while, and when
> Dale told me to check my page, I found my account had 
> been locked for disuse. It seemed too much trouble 
> to go through the rigmarole of getting it back.

Just got a Christmas card from Dave, so they're still alive at least.
 

> > If you're a single woman with kids to feed, you'll do darned near 
> > anything especially if it pays well and is legal. I've seen that 
> > movie a few times.
> 
> Even minus the legal part. I've seen that too.

It makes the news sometimes, what someone's gotten up to.

>       Title: German Stollen

One guess what I just made this weekend.  No rum in mine, and citron 
instead of the mixed fruit, and they don't have nearly enough raisins 
in the mix.  Or enough butter.  
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