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Subject: Re: [OM] Expensive coffee spill
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 15:52:36 +0100
And these watches seem to be a pretty good investment.  Using them seems not to 
reduce their value, although boxes and papers are important to their resale 
value, of course.

Chris

> On 27 May 2020, at 15:44, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     Well, there is a difference between what I do with bicycles and what 
> others do.  Mostly I buy bicycles one part at a time and rebuild them to OEM 
> condition.  A few years ago I came across a 1969 Motobécane Mirage that had a 
> number of original parts replaced with 21st century Shimano junk.  I rebuilt 
> it to what it had been when new.  It became the bicycle I had hoped for as a 
> high school graduation present that never happened.  I don't care what others 
> think, I'm just glad I filled that gap.
> 
>> 
>> But is there ANY difference between what you do with bicycles and what
>> "they" do with expensive watches? As a percentage of a person's
>> wealth, there probably isn't much difference. Who am I to criticize?
>> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
>     - Hunter S. Thompson
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