Re: [CR] Small French rear JOS light at $1000 on ebay...."hobby"or"obsession"?

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From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, "CR RENDEZVOUS" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Small French rear JOS light at $1000 on ebay...."hobby"or"obsession"?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:47:03 -0700
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Marlene Dietrich, in some old western. Can't remember the name of the flik. It was the name of the song she sung in the bar to prevent a shootout or
brawl, I think.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Schmidt
To: CR RENDEZVOUS
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CR] Small French rear JOS light at $1000 on


ebay...."hobby"or"obsession"?


> Wot me worry???
>
> (whose this marlene chick? was i drunk and made a fool of myself?
> again? gotta learn to sip instead of quaff!)
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2007, at 6:14 PM, ternst wrote:
>
>> Who cares?
>> It's a competition.
>> Coming down to the last 100 dollars in the world bidding bicycle finals.
>> May the best man win.
>> Sit Back, Have a Piece of Fruit.
>> Remember Marlene?
>> Now sip your champagne, relax, and enjoy the last lunge across the line.
>> Ted Ernst
>> Palos Verdes Estates
>> CA USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Schmidt"
>> <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>> To: "CR RENDEZVOUS" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CR] Small French rear JOS light at $1000 on
>> ebay...."hobby" or"obsession"?
>>
>>
>>> No Matt, it's beyond disease catagory... these guys are into the
>>> freebasing. Just say no!
>>>
>>> Chuck Schmidt
>>> South Pasadena, CA
>>>
>>> On Apr 1, 2007, at 4:07 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that might even surpass qualification as "obsession". We are
>>>> into "disease" catagory here, ladies and gentlemen.
>>>> Matthew Bowne
>>>> Brooklyn, New York
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> From: Peter Jourdain <pjourdain@yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>>>> Subject: [CR] Small French rear JOS light at $1000 on
>>>>> ebay...."hobby" or "obsession"?
>>>>> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 16:03:29 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, All---
>>>>>
>>>>> I normally don't call out auctions, but this one's so
>>>>> way out and beyond most of our reach that I just had
>>>>> to flag it....A small JOS tail light----$1000 with 12
>>>>> hours to go....Yep, a used French tail light for the
>>>>> price of a complete British bike from the '50s, and a
>>>>> fine one at that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless you're Donald Trump, I think this is where the
>>>>> dividing line between "hobby" and "obsession" has
>>>>> definitely been crossed. I pray I don't ever fall prey
>>>>> to such inclinations....
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>>>> ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%
>>>>> 3AIT&viewitem=&item=150106167533&rd=1&rd=1
>>>>>
>>>>> If the link doesn't work, it's auction # 150106167533
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Jourdain
>>>>> Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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