[78-L] Bach/Casals^

[David Lennick]

Last week I had to empty my rented shipping container where I had a few thousand records, so I called my usual "two Russians and a truck" to have them box and move them. There were hundreds that were in rough shape and in mildewed covers (parts of collections I'd taken as they were being tossed) and I was heaving 'em into the dumpster. A young guy helping with the packing wanted to take a few and try and flog them on oBoy. "Knock yourself out", said I. He seemed to have the impression that these were worth money..never mind that a major collector was using them as frisbees..

 

(Don't worry, Steve, you'll still have a chance at this stuff.)

 

dl
 
> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:51:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bach/Casals^
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> >> Robert Bratcher wrote:
> >> anybody have the URL for that auction? I'd like to see the high
> >> bid for myself. (& no I'm not going to bid on it)
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> I looked for it but it seems to be gone. I didn't notice when the 
> >> bidding was ending on the item but it looks like someone is the proud new 
> >> owner of a $200 set of Bach Cello Suites - and it's only two of them.
> >> However there's still time to purchase the $2,000,000 Messiah!
> >>
> The problem is rather simple! There exist out there a(fortunately) limited
> number of idi...er, folks...who have read news items about CEO's receiving
> 7- and 8- figured "bonuses" which were hardly "earned"...?! As a result,
> given the inherent dominance hierarchly built into Homo Sapiens, these
> idi...er, folks MUST receive sums larger than the last one they read of...?!
> 
> Meanwhile, I would very much like to know exactly how the recipient
> of $2,000,000.00 SPENDS that sum...?! In my own case, I would simply
> purchase all the 78's I saw being sold; however, consider that the sum
> in question would buy THREE million-dollar mansions (not that much
> of an improvement on a *3* million dollar joint?!)?!
> 
> 2 million also buys about 500,000 beers (more or less)...or about
> 1370 a day...?!
> 
> Make sure and reserve funds for your liver transplant...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 
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