Ebay

Ebay can be both a wonderful device for the procurement of ones goals, or as an irritating foil to ones advancement. The mail yielded a set of wheel hub roundel stickers for my '80 BMW 320is today. The old ones were chipped and faded, not to mention 26 years old. In addition to those magnificent little stickers, ebay stuck me with a stupid audio book on cassette tape that I did not realize was not the actual soft-cover. I was surprised at how cheap the title was selling for when I bought it. Then came the dawning realization that I am an idiot. It really pays to read all the small print on an auction. Granted, I am only out six buck with shipping, but that six bucks might have been an actual readable book instead of unwanted crap. Sometime tomorrow another auction is coming due. My hip sockets have worked as a fairly accurate barometer for as long as I can recall due to my once having dislocated them. Changes in barometric pressure equal pain. Curiosity has lead me into thinking about finding an actual barometer to compare with my internal findings. Throw into the mix the fact that I do not like new fangled modern equipment when a more elegant old-fashioned device will serve as well. I am bidding on an antique weather glass barometer. I expect to get it for cheap due to the fact that it has been grouped with a hideous ceramic bird figurine. The last time I looked I still had the winning bid at fifty cents.