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From Lie-Nielsen planes.
On the whole, the Lie-Nielsen tools sold [on Ebay] for an average of 16 percent less than the full retail price. If you averaged out all the transactions, the average Lie-Nielsen tool sold for $38 less than the retail price.
So there you have it. My collection of Lie-Nielsens is doing better than my 401(k).
“Free Credit Report”
Maybe not. See Don’t Get Got (Like I Got Got)
The new dollar bill
From Modern Art Obsession via Monastic Musings.
Heavy Metal
Finally! A 100-kg Canadian gold coin. A coin that weighs considerably more than I do. Via jeff_duntemann.
Protected: Brother-in-law rant
Holy Saturday
Actually, it seemed quite unholy for a while Continue reading
The Rich are Different – They are Sluttier
Reports Gruntled Center, in response to More money, better sex. Depends on how you look at it, as Edith Bogue notes.
The Monster
Looked at our big credit card bill. It is grim. Not an immediate disaster: We can easily meet the minimum payment and then some. What bothers me is the trend. The balance is growing. What I want to do is stay ahead of the new charges and interest, so as to make some forward progress each month. I don’t see how to do this now.
Busy Morning at the Post Office
Over the weekend I sold four books via Amazon.com, as part of an effort I have been working on for a couple years now. So this morning I packaged them and took them to the downtown Minneapolis Post Office for mailing. I also mailed back a manuscript that a friend had written, and the 20 hard copies of colgaffneyis monthly newsletter.