[Milsurplus] Beg to differ re: rare/scarce

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

e,

Sorry, but I disagree with your first two points.  Any dictionary that 
equates "scarce" and "rare" is either an unabridged comic book or was written by 
someone for whom English is at best a third language.

Secondly, the majority of the inhabitants of North America aren't still using 
300 baud dial-up.  The cost of high-speed internet access amounts to the cost 
of a few Big Macs a month.

I won't get into the ebay argument.  My fog-foam system is on the blink for 
lack of enough ox blood to feed it.

In a message dated 12/7/2008 5:38:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
ejones at hiwaay.net writes: 
> Let's not unnecessarily confuse the definition of words that an 
> unabridged dictionary says have the same meaning ... yes, rare and 
> scarce ARE the same thing.  That's why I added "Limited Availability".
> 
> Plus, I'm one of the host of normals out here who do NOT have access to 
> ebay; it's currently irrelevant to me.  This list and Hamfests are the 
> ONLY source I have for "green radios".  (and black, and grey, and ...)  
> That said, I allow that collecting fanatics will pay what to me is 
> exorbitant sums for high-speed internet access, and buy off the web 
> with abandon ...
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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