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Membership number: 66
Catalogue entry: click here

[ 18. August 2005, 10:15: Message edited by: Auctioneer ]

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Auctioneer

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Lot 4... membership number 66. A highly desirable, low number, with that sexy 6-6 factor. We begin the bidding at $25. Would someone like to start us off? Do I hear $25?
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Anselm
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$25

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carpe diem domini
...seize the day to play dominoes?

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Amazing Grace*

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$30

Charlotte

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Mad Geo

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Look's like Sine's prepared to do whatever it takes for 21.

Ah well.

$35

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Diax's Rake - "Never believe a thing simply because you want it to be true"

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$36

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ENFP...do you see a "T" anywhere??? I don't think so.

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Mad Geo

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$40

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Diax's Rake - "Never believe a thing simply because you want it to be true"

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Papio

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$41 [Razz]

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Infinite Penguins.
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My "LibraryThing" page

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Pânts*

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$45 [Yipee]

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Marvin the Martian

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$50. And why not.

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Nutmeg
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I gotta bid $66 for that. [Big Grin]

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Mad Geo

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Sorry to disrupt such a perfect bid, but....

$70

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Pânts*

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I never did understand exchange rates... $72 is only about the price of a pint, right?

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Mad Geo

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A pint of good scotch maybe....

$75

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Auctioneer

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Aged for over four years, and worth more than a pint of good scotch--mostly because it will last a whole lot longer--this double-digit number is still bidding in the double digits.

Is there any shipmate willing to give $80. All proceeds will go toward supporting the Ship, not for the hosts' next drunken spree.

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John Donne

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$80

[Foreplay should be long and drawn out]

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Mad Geo

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Dratted Auctioneer.

$81

[Biased]

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Auctioneer

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Mad Geo: [Big Grin]

As you know, it's all for a good cause. Bandwidth does not grow on trees!

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Mad Geo

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Yes, Yes.

$82

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John Donne

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$85

[$82 is too cheap for this number... Use some of the money you save by reading books in the shop, madge [Snigger] ]

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Mad Geo

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May a pirahna eat your giblets. [Biased]

A fine vintage,

$86

(the year I graduated from Academy).

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John Donne

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$87
[C'mon m_g, loosen those purse strings, or I will have to steal it off you... high rollers on the last day forbearing (though I hope they don't). Think of all that money saved by downloading music! [Snigger] ]

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Pânts*

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Hmmm... lots of alcohol, or a virtual number... I must be insane. $88

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Mad Geo

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Ah another fine vintage:

$91

Graduated from the Geology School for the Insane.

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The Bede's American Successor

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quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
Ah another fine vintage:

$91

Graduated from the Geology School for the Insane.

Harumph to your Geology School for the Insane!

My first elementary school and junior high school were on Bypass US Rte. 66. My parent's former home was only a mile off of this highway.

(Considering that Bypass Rte. 66 was replaced by I-270 in metro St. Louis, and my other elementary school's back property line is on I-270, I can run a perfect score on this one from Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.)

The University of Missouri-Rolla, from where I earned by bachelor's degree and has a much better Geology department than any other in the USA, was on US Rte. 66.

There is another reason why a proud graduate of UMR has to protect the honor of Route 66.

$100

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Mad Geo

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Route 66? PAH!

An antiquated highway for an antiquated bid.

$101

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Presleyterian
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Mad Geo's scurrilous libel of Route 66 -- I drove the whole way from Lake Shore Drive in Chicago to the beach at Santa Monica in a red Camaro convertible back in '97 -- motivates me to enter the fray and bid $125.
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The Bede's American Successor

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quote:
Originally posted by Presleyterian:
Mad Geo's scurrilous libel of Route 66 -- I drove the whole way from Lake Shore Drive in Chicago to the beach at Santa Monica in a red Camaro convertible back in '97 -- motivates me to enter the fray and bid $125.

And I bicycled along parts of it as a university student.

$125

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Auctioneer

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Bede, your bid needs to be higher than the preceding bid. Presleyterian's $125 stands.

Auctioneer
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Mad Geo

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No, it doesn't.

$126

[Razz]

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The Bede's American Successor

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quote:
Originally posted by Auctioneer:
Bede, your bid needs to be higher than the preceding bid. Presleyterian's $125 stands.

Auctioneer
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Let's make it $130

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This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride of wealth and food in plenty, comfort and ease, and yet she never helped the poor and the wretched.

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Mad Geo

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$130 plus 100 cents.

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Auctioneer

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This double-digit number is still going for an amount well under the amounts for #21, #24, and #37. Perhaps someone dropping out of one of those threads would care to jump in here? Do I hear $135? $140?
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Demas*
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$150

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Hamburger (note beetroot, pineapple, bacon and egg)

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Sine Nomine*

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$175.00
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Sine Nomine*

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Just to be on the safe side...

$200.00

(Hey, it's what I was going to give anyway.)

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Auctioneer

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<hammer falls>

The winning bid on this thread was for $200 by Sine Nomine. You can make your payment on this page...

http://shipoffools.com/Products/auctions/cc_payment.html

Please note your Lot number (4) as you'll need to enter it into the payment form. Thanks for supporting the ship! If you wish to transfer your board identity to this number, please post on the Winners! thread and we'll arrange your move in the next seven days.

And thanks to everyone else who took part in bidding on this thread. If you'd like to give to the Organ Fund anyway, here's the link...

http://shipoffools.com/Organ/options.html

Thanks!

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