Random Thought Thread

^ true, I just can’t imagine someone actually paying what people are listing. Not that I’m upset, more power to anyone that has more money than they know what to do with.

Unfortunately I don’t.

Can’t wait to sell one of my Fat Bastards for 1 MILLION dollars!
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I'm not an active seller or trader. I've reached out over the years to folks looking for particular knives by particular custom makers and asked them to make me an offer on a knife...(if it was one I was willing to let go). I keep the ones I like, their market value not being the deciding factor.

I know I can sell many knives for more than I paid, but frankly, the mere selling to realize a profit is not motivation enough. (That would be different if our financial situation were different, or if I simply couldn't justify another purchase unless raising cash that way.)

I try to keep it simple. I don't buy what I can't afford, (or what is not fairly priced)...and I don't sell unless it's something I don't mind moving along to another enthusiast.
 
Blues said:
I try to keep it simple. I don't buy what I can't afford, (or what is not fairly priced)...and I don't sell unless it's something I don't mind moving along to another enthusiast.
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Same, and that advice generally applies to buying anything in life.

I want a Stihl professional 25” bar MS362 saw and they’re $1100 so that’s pretty much my cutoff for anything sharp.

If it costs more than that it better be able to perform better than that saw😎
 
I'll leave this here:

The phrase was also used by Yale professor Robert J. Shiller, who was reportedly Greenspan's source for the phrase.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_exuberance#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a> Shiller used it as the title of his book, Irrational Exuberance, first published in 2000, where Shiller states:

Irrational exuberance is the psychological basis of a speculative bubble. I define a speculative bubble as a situation in which news of price increases spurs investor enthusiasm, which spreads by psychological contagion from person to person, in the process amplifying stories that might justify the price increases, and bringing in a larger and larger class of investors who, despite doubts about the real value of an investment, are drawn to it partly by envy of others' successes and partly through a gamblers' excitement.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_exuberance#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_exuberance#cite_note-Shiller2-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a>
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Woodpecker (Northern Flicker) babies about to leave the nest.

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