23 Jun
1998
23 Jun
'98
3:09 p.m.
John Higginbotham wrote:
One way to look at it:
(If you don't mind analogies)
You have a cherry 1964 Corvette Stingray. Now you have two parties
interested in the car: A collector, who can't really afford to pay much for
it, but who would take care of the car and try to keep it in perfect
condition as long as he had it, and the other guy: Some snot-nosed teenager
(no offense to the teens out there!) who has a rich daddy, money to burn,
and is addicted to speed. This guy will go through 5 sets of tires in the
first month, leave the car out in the rain, get dents and dings all over
it, and generally drive it like a maniac. But this second guy is offering
10 times what the poor collector is offering. What do you do? What DO you
do? Sell the car, go out and find 4 or 5 stingrays in shoddy condition, and
start fixing them up, maybe give the poor collector a deal on one, keep one
for yourself, and keep an eye out for more rich kids to sell the other two
cars to. Everyone's happy. :)
Problem, body dents are the _hardest_ and _most expensive_ part of
restoring old Corvettes. The engines are easy. Tires are cheap. I
gave up that hobby early on. (Fiberglass is a bitch to patch).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_