If you have problems getting the sections of your fishing rod to fit together, spin the male end along the side of your nose, and they'll slip right together - a fisherman's trick.
At Sat, 06 Mar 1999 20:56:37 -0800, you wrote:
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>> Iron makes much better weapons, yet is worth much less.
>> Nose oil is an excellent lubricant, and its world production could be measured in Bbls, yet it does not command a million % markup over raw petroleum. Many things enter into value; rarity (platinum is much rarer, but runs about the same per ounce - thus rarity must be measured vs. demand), history, utility, necessity (where substitutes just won't do), mythology, psychology (the rich golden sun color - see beer), advertizing, etc.
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>True, true, true. I aggree with all that (well, I don't how effective a
>lube nose oil would be, but it seems reasonable that it would have a lot
>of uses).
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>-KMO
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Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher