OT health care

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Larry L wrote:
Had a MRI on my knee this morning and have two quick comments

(1) Damn technology is moving fast, since my last MRI ( shoulder)
about two
years ago, these machines are vastly more pleasant ( I'm
claustrophobic ),
quieter and faster ....


You only think it's moving fast. I bought one right before I left
Kansas and in a few years it's beleived that many invasive
diagnostic
procedures like angiography and cardiac catherizations are going to
be
done on those machines. They ain't cheap with a 1.5 Short Bore
magnet
and basic software package going for around 1.4 million.

As to money for healthcare, it's being used to buy advertising in
the
presidential election.

And fly rods.......and books.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.


You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

jeff

Wayne Knight wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.



You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

They're all signed Jeff.

Yes package is back on the bookcase next to his four brothers,

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:eBzhd.4833$GN4.1893@okepread02...
is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

They're all signed Jeff.

Yes package is back on the bookcase next to his four brothers,

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.


You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

I just today finished reading "Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and
Other Book Tales", by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too much
money.

Wolfgang
who haunts the bargain bins.

Wolfgang wrote:

A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too
much
money.

I don't understand book collectors, I know a couple who have bought
books with no intention of reading them, they but them in covers and
let them sit. While not all books are a good read, they were meant to
be read. Not only read, but excepting books on quantum physics,
celeberty biographies, modern politics, and economics, they were meant
to be enjoyed.

who haunts the bargain bins.

I do too. Just so happen that one of my bargain bin finds became the
thing you transported to Jeffie for me.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too
much
money.

I don't understand book collectors, I know a couple who have bought
books with no intention of reading them, they but them in covers and
let them sit. While not all books are a good read, they were meant
to
be read. Not only read, but excepting books on quantum physics,
celeberty biographies, modern politics, and economics, they were
meant
to be enjoyed.

Never been much of a collector myself, but I guess I can understand
the urge in others. In the case of books there is also a practical
rationale......financial investment. You have to pick the right ones,
of course, but any that become desirable to other collectors
appreciate in value pretty reliably. They are a better investment
than most.

who haunts the bargain bins.

I do too. Just so happen that one of my bargain bin finds became the
thing you transported to Jeffie for me.

Oh, that old thing?

Wolfgang
who should find such a bargain.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too
much
money.

I don't understand book collectors, I know a couple who have bought
books with no intention of reading them, they but them in covers and
let them sit. While not all books are a good read, they were meant to
be read. Not only read, but excepting books on quantum physics,
celeberty biographies, modern politics, and economics, they were meant
to be enjoyed.

who haunts the bargain bins.

I do too. Just so happen that one of my bargain bin finds became the
thing you transported to Jeffie for me.


I thought about becoming a book collector once. Not of rare and unusual
ones, but of ones signed by the author. I imagined having this great old
bookshelf full of autographed books. I used to get some well-known folks on
river trips, so if I knew someone was coming along, I'd take the time to get
one of their books and have them sign it. I'd also peruse bookstores for
signed editions and buy them.

When I left the US a decade ago, I left a bunch of stuff in storage. On a
visit about 5 years ago, I took a box of things to the Salvation Army, and
absentmindedly took a bunch of books to a reseller. Got about $1 each for
them. It wasn't until about a month later that I felt like I'd been kicked
in the gut when I remembered some of the things in that box.....like an
early edition of "Carrie" signed by Stephen King, a copy of "The 10th
Victim" signed by Robert Sheckley and a picture book signed by Bahe
Whitethorne, all with inscriptions to me.

It reminded me of the time I sold an old college textbook back to the campus
bookstore, and a year later remembered that I had hidden a $100 bill inside
it for 'safekeeping'. Some lucky freshman was WAY psyched when they reached
Chapter 4....

--riverman

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too
much
money.

I don't understand book collectors, I know a couple who have bought
books with no intention of reading them, they but them in covers and
let them sit. While not all books are a good read, they were meant
to
be read. Not only read, but excepting books on quantum physics,
celeberty biographies, modern politics, and economics, they were
meant
to be enjoyed.

Never been much of a collector myself, but I guess I can understand
the urge in others. In the case of books there is also a practical
rationale......financial investment. You have to pick the right ones,
of course, but any that become desirable to other collectors
appreciate in value pretty reliably. They are a better investment
than most.

who haunts the bargain bins.

I do too. Just so happen that one of my bargain bin finds became the
thing you transported to Jeffie for me.

Oh, that old thing?

Wolfgang
who should find such a bargain.