tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post8474712999008443714..comments2023-12-13T11:23:27.848-05:00Comments on Ponderings over the pond: Talking about relicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-38911745393361161452007-11-15T07:36:00.000-05:002007-11-15T07:36:00.000-05:00"I had no idea we still had the Halda. Where do yo..."I had no idea we still had the Halda. Where do you take it to be recycled for its parts?"<BR/><BR/>Eh, we don't! We took it to the city dump's recycling station for it to eventually be melted down and be reborn as a good, new, world-altering contraption. :)O.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00813493027866797701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-55035215866425487732007-11-15T07:08:00.000-05:002007-11-15T07:08:00.000-05:00I had no idea we still had the Halda. Where do yo...I had no idea we still had the Halda. Where do you take it to be recycled for its parts? I have a sewing machine that needs to be recycled. <BR/><BR/>Yep, market economy. It is like a historical museum piece (George Washington slept here, etc.), which inflates the value only because people care about the person, not the object per se. If this had been som unhappy, unfamous, unpublished LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135583903768049008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-6068778993352853282007-11-15T05:13:00.000-05:002007-11-15T05:13:00.000-05:00It is interesting how these artifacts collect so m...It is interesting how these artifacts collect so much money. It's not like the ability to write Hemingway-esque literature comes with the typewriter. But I guess this is market economy at its extreme, with the availability being one item and a possibly much larger demand.<BR/><BR/>We parted ways with the old Halda earlier this year. After being stored in a outhouse for a few decades or so, its O.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00813493027866797701noreply@blogger.com