Ninjas did not attract attetion, Jill. It was the coloured Shintaro that got eBay fingers tapping. Even with two big creases. Settled for $34. Not as much as VFL footy cards from the 60s which really 'kick'! Trouble is all this stuff is so small. No one seems to want much in the way of big or even intermediary stuff. Including me. How did it accumulate?
Bill
On 12/08/2015, at 5:46 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Shintaro takes me way back. I remember ninja bubble gum cards.
>
> But, yeah, all the stuff.
>
> Thanks,
> Jill
>
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> Sent:Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:46:34 +1000
> Subject:Mad Stuff
>
> Stuff sneaks up on you, squats, settles, millstones.
> Shifting stuff, trudgesome, fraught with unpredictability.
>
> Madness cassette, worth £35 to some Pom I've never met.
> INXS tape in a flip-top box wings its way to Belgium.
>
> Shintaro in purple tunic, brandishing sword left-handedly,
> on creased cardboard card starts an eBay bidding frenzy.
>
> But do you reckon anybody'll take this comfy chair?
> 27 views on Gumtree but no takers. Nor for the old fridge
>
> - still chills to the bone but who will travel, who heft?
> Washing machine, top-loader, clarifies but will not entice.
>
> Nor can a solid queen bed attract prone potentiality.
> Anti-capitalism thrives. Stuff, once it hits house, moulders.
>
> Only knick-knacks move. Hang on: a phone call -
> Someone wants my analog TV - good for video games.
>
> What's a fair price for televisual retrocity. How's free
> sound? Sounds good, he says. Finally, some vacancies
>
> opening up, carpet spaces clearing. A Chinese takes
> a juicer and microwave for $100 and eyes off a water tank!
>
> Stuff comes in as light as a breeze, assumes its place.
> Asked politely to leave, it sulks, limpets, looms.
>
> Stuff this stuff. Feel the stuffing knocked out of me.
> At least redgum whittles down to comforting coals.
>
> bw
>
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