[Lowfer] 518 kHz Navtex

Douglas Williams williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 13:33:44 EST 2021


On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:23 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > Gotcha beat. I don't even use "money" anymore, and just barter for goods
> > and services with stone knives, beads, and bear claws. :-)
>
> Sooooooo....  I was buying up some unique items on ebay about twenty
> years ago.  At the time, the typical price was under $10 for new, under
> $5 for used, delivered!  Having cornered the market, the price jumped to
> $30+ used, a ten times increase (now in the hundreds new or used).  I
> jump back surprised, and say, "Damn, people want real money for this
> stuff now!"  My Native American wife, not missing a beat, "What'd they
> want before, beads, and furs...?"
>
> Kurt
>


Bullets, Beans, and Bandages will always have value, my friend. :-)

D. WB4DW


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