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_
Received on Tue Jun 23 1998 - 22:09:49 BST