Posts Tagged ‘bargain’
Occam’s Razor reversed: or how to make something simple complicated
Written by washwords on May 13, 2008 – 3:46 pmI am continually trying to clean up / clear out / streamline my beautifully renovated Dupont Circle Coop.
To that end a few MONTHS ago, I posted a note on my apartment message board that I was selling a bunch of furniture.
Someone inquired about an old camping table I was selling. Originally purchased for about $50, I was offering it for $15.
The conversation on said $50-reduced-to-$15, used once, snap-together table went like this:
Washy: I’ll be home after 6, apt. #12345 – I was asking $15 but it’s negotiable. I also have an ikea coffee table!
Tablebuyer: I’ll tell one of my sons to stop by.
How much was the table new?
Washy: Actually, I just looked it up and saw it for $58. I paid a little less than that I think, but do think it was close to $50 – so bargain! glad you inquired. Read more »
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Simplicity II
Written by washwords on April 13, 2008 – 10:08 pmThese quotes and phrases came to me courtesy of the Arlington Library Book Sale book bin. My new favorite spot: the box of “gift books”: quote books, guides, dictionaries, translations. Best of all, they’re all thrown randomly together. From this collection on this trip, I gleaned the following lines, poems all:
“The wind and the cherry blossom can never be good friends.” – Guy A. Zona, Even Withered Trees Give Prosperity to the Mountain and other Proverbs of Japan.
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Tags: bargain, book, books, phrasing, poetry, simplicity, wash, writing
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