On 19 May 99 at 23:14, Mike Ford wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net> wrote:
> >> > People don't
> >> > value things they get for free.
> >>
> >> Hi
> >> I have a lot of old data books that I guard with
> >
> >I know the feeling. I don't go as far as firearms (I'm in the UK, after
>
> I meant "normal" people. All that is required to learn this lesson is to
> give something away free for long enough. People will take your box of
> oranges because they want a box and toss the oranges.
>
Unfortunately, I have to agree in general. It seems to be an adjunct of the
"disposable" society and the monetary fetish that infects us in the "first
world" . I think future generations will look back in horror at our
wastefullness of dwindling resources. Being a "child of the depression" I hate
to discard anything, as evidenced by my overcrowded quarters and my delite when
someone displays an interest in and takes some redundant treasure I've hung
onto.
ciao larry
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Received on Thu May 20 1999 - 08:46:41 BST