On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
> The whole computer bidding idea is to save nerves.
Maybe it's because as a kid I went to too many weekend firehouse-auctions
with my dad (rural Pennsylvania), but there's nothing like being amped up
on 6 cups of coffee and hot dog phosphates and raising your paddle, all
shaky from caffeine, while trying to translate genuine American auctioneer
gibberish...
Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 13:14:42 GMT
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