One Red Paperclip

[jprstoney]

I'm sure you must have heard about the guy in Canada that has managed to trade up from one red paperclip to a house in the space of a year one red paperclip

Weelll, I've got on red starting cord for a Seagull and I want an X-73....any offers? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Tisme]

I'll swap it for a red paper clip!

 

[jprstoney]

Bu66er.....I didn't see that coming. I'm sure it's not meant to go that way (maybe that's why I've still got a red starting cord and he's got a house!).

 

[Tisme]

The idea is that you take the red paper clip, trade it for a thingy, trade that for a bigger thingy and eventually you end up with a new house or your X-73.

On that basis I thought that I had made a very generous offer! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jprstoney]

Yes, but surely a starting cord is worth more.

The handle's shiny and everything.

Now if you had one of those magnetic paperclip holders, that would be different...

 

[Tisme]

No; the paperclip is worth much more.
That guy in Canada proved that it's worth a new house. Nobody has ever got a new house for the price of a Seagull starter cord.......by all accounts it's rare for them to even start a Seagull. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jprstoney]

Very true. I met an old sailor in Weymouth that reckoned he'd actually seen a Seagull running back in '63.

I didn't believe him for a second

 

[VicS]

[ QUOTE ]
seen a Seagull running back in '63.

[/ QUOTE ] How stupid seagulls fly!

 

[jprstoney]

As kids, ours just used to make a lot of noise and cover us in S**t. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Never flew though. Mostly just hung off the transom.