Gawd dammnit!

[Sol]

Ebay Item 120023001579

How stupid a price is that ... I thought I was being completely stupid at £210, bid last 20 secs to ensure the current bid of 160 would ensure the PSU V3 was mine regardless! .. but jeesh! i PUT 210 figuring noone would bid higher than 180, and it would be mine at 185 or so. Instead It quickly exceeded my max and sold for 215 ... how stupid is that. I was offered a new on at 230 with one year warranty - why would anyone want a second hand unit one year old for 215 quid?

[bennyboy]

Why do folks lose there life savings in Las Vegas.

[Sol]

bennyboy said:

Why do folks lose there life savings in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas has become, just as Bugsy Siegel dreamed, the American Monte Carlo—without any of the inevitable upper-class baggage of the Riviera casinos. At Monte Carlo there is still the plush mustiness of the nineteenth century noble lions.... There are still Wrong Forks, Deficient Accents, Poor Tailoring, Gauche Displays, Nouveau Richness, Cultural Aridity—concepts unknown in Las Vegas.

For the grand debut of Monte Carlo as a resort in 1879 the architect Charles Garnier designed an opera house for the Place du Casino; and Sarah Bernhardt read a symbolic poem.

For the debut of Las Vegas as a resort in 1946 Bugsy Siegel hired Abbot and Costello, and there, in a way, you have it all.