08-03-2011, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Originally Posted by Earl
Yes, I guess there will always be some strange drivers behind some behaviors. And some of it hard to explain or understand.
A great deal of it though I believe comes down to why anyone pays what some might consider outlandish prices for something be it $125,000 for a mint 60's muscle car (or considerably more); a couple million for an 1804 silver dollar or 1913 Liberty nickel, or rare comic books as mentioned by someone in an earlier post. Some of us would not pay those amounts; some would. It's what one places value on, for whatever reason.
Many would probably not spend everything they have for a stranger to undergo a certain medical procedure. However, make that someone a son, daughter, mother, father then 'what is important' changes drastically and what one is willing to pay changes accordingly. Maybe not a completely fair analogy, but close.
Earl
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Earl,
If I were a millionaire, I would buy one of every model rocket kit ever made by the top 5 manufactures.
Then I would build a small museum to house them all.
I would open it to the public and charge a small admissions fee.
If I hit Powerball, that is EXACTLY what I plan to do. I would base it in the Southwest so that people could visit it all year round. Might even buy enough land around it so that NARAM's could be held at the museum.
Do what you want to do, and sorry for being so 'critical' of that U.S.S. America purchase. If I had known it was you, I would have kept my mouth shut... maybe 
J
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