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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    I'm impressed that as I research all this, seeing your names come up repeatedly across all these years. You guys have been at this a very long time, and putting up with all the noobs that come and go, asking the same uninformed questions over and over again. The wonderful thing about boards like this and LH and AA is that much of the knowledge is being captured for posterity. I actually feel a loss for Evan (Zilch), despite having never met him. This is a great community.
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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    I look at it this way- a modern reproduction may be a better piece of furniture, but the funky old antique has way more value on the market...
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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    And when the antique is rare and anything but funky, you got to pay to play......... What are super rare field coil 415s going for these days?

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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    Quote Originally Posted by GM View Post
    What are super rare field coil 415s going for these days?

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    Let me put it this way....a second mortgage on your house....
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    Hmm, with my property value in the toilet, I might not have a sufficient equity to borrow enough even though it's paid for.

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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    Quote Originally Posted by GM View Post
    And when the antique is rare and anything but funky,
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    No, no funky is a GOOD thing, as in "major funk factor". Bear in mind I was an active participant in the 70's, or so I have been told...
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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
    No, no funky is a GOOD thing, as in "major funk factor". Bear in mind I was an active participant in the 70's, or so I have been told...
    Me too, though until fairly recently could remember pretty much all of it, even the parts covered with a purple haze , but the kids I'm around today have a somewhat less flattering definition same as the leading edge baby boomers did with some of our [grand] parent's lingo such as 'terrific', so to keep from always having to explain myself any more than I already have to do with my techno babble, I've pretty much abandoned the lingo of my youth except when 'bench racing' old cars or similar where the youth still seem to embrace/enhance it.

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    Re: I'm sorry, did you say $25 hundred?!

    we used to say chrome dont make it go fast, and all show and no go. today's kids call it bling and they love it...Lord help us
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