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   Message 1,054 of 1,275   
   gl4316@yahoo.com to joxendi@bellsouth.net   
   Re: FA: Denver & Rio Grande railroad lan   
   16 Oct 07 19:39:33   
   
   XPost: alt.railroad, misc.transport.rail.americas   
      
   In article , "Jerry"   
    wrote:   
      
   > > Capitalism 101:  An object's value is what a buyer is willing to pay   
   > > to a willing seller.  Nothing has an intrinsic value or worth.   
      
      
   Unless you use the simple formula:   
   current price of scrap metal * weight of scrap metal in object = value of   
   object   
      
      
   > I got several lanterns, one kerosene with the red lens, one metal "Handlan"   
   > lantern I carried in the yards, and an orange and black plastic one with the   
   > Southern Railway logo on it.  Reckon those would make me rich?   
      
      
   Problem is that you can't always trust the price something "sold" for on   
   e-bay.  A very rare record found at one of our local "used music" stores   
   recently "sold" on e-bay for something like $95,000.  The money was never   
   sent to the seller.   
      
   --   
   -Glennl   
   e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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