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Wilbur Hubbard[_2_] Wilbur Hubbard[_2_] is offline
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Default Fid question for the salts here.


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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If I buy a good fid for $10, but haven't used it after 3 years, and
the same fid now costs $8, is mine still worth $10?
Think before you answer.
Might be a trick question.
Leave the straw in the hayloft.

--Vic


It's only worth ten bucks provided you've gotten ten bucks worth of use out
of it. Since you never used it, it ain't worth squat (unless and until you
use it enough to get ten bucks worth of use out of it).

What you may be able to sell it has no bearing on present worth. Worth isn't
a function of selling price, rather worth is a function of usefulness.

Wilbur Hubbard