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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7721604, member: 19463"]I just disinherited Bing. My kids, natural or adopted, KNOW what I am without resorting to 'thinking'.</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection always has specialized in things that no one in their right mind would want. When I was a kid, a local butcher gave my mother flank steak because no one wanted that tough meat. Back then, they didn't just grind it since hamburger was supposed to be fatty. Later, someone started calling it 'London Broil' and we started eating more beans. I collected Septimius Severus because 'correct minded' collectors avoided things that late. I collected fourrees when they sold for a tiny fraction of solid coins. Whatever I collect, you can be sure that it will be despised by fashionable folks. I pity my remaining adoptees. Bing was a good fit but ruined it by thinking. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7721604, member: 19463"]I just disinherited Bing. My kids, natural or adopted, KNOW what I am without resorting to 'thinking'. My collection always has specialized in things that no one in their right mind would want. When I was a kid, a local butcher gave my mother flank steak because no one wanted that tough meat. Back then, they didn't just grind it since hamburger was supposed to be fatty. Later, someone started calling it 'London Broil' and we started eating more beans. I collected Septimius Severus because 'correct minded' collectors avoided things that late. I collected fourrees when they sold for a tiny fraction of solid coins. Whatever I collect, you can be sure that it will be despised by fashionable folks. I pity my remaining adoptees. Bing was a good fit but ruined it by thinking. :grumpy:[/QUOTE]
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