On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:30:24 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
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).

Even fid fondling might get me to ten bucks pretty quick.
How much were those ball bearings worth to Queeg?
(I got no use for a fid now, except to fondle, toss and flip)

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

Yep. And sometimes that's simply a personal notion.
You can make an old boat your castle, but it's just an old boat to
others. You hit a bullseye.