[78-L] one man's treasure.....

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>> I was  visiting a friend the other evening .. While I was there the other 
>> evening, he showed me his latest acquisition from e-bay:  The "almost 
>> complete record dating guide" for which he paid US$119.00.
> The choking sound you just heard, from 40 miles away, was Steve Barr
> calculating how many beers he could have bought with the difference 
> between the
> book's original selling price and what your friend paid.
>
Simple! Kurt sells new copies for $25...su he paid US$94 too much (about
CDN$100)...! The beer I currently consume costs me just short of CD$11
for 6 16-ounce cans...or $1.35875 per 12-ounce beer. Thus, that CD$100
would have bought me just a tiny bit over 73 12-ounce (355ml) beers...!

Steven C. Barr