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  • It is also about how many people are interested. There are a lot of collectors items worth a lot of money because there are more people collecting than interested, there are also a lot that are not worth much because every collector that wants one has one already. Often there is a curve because when collectors get interested they pay money, which causes people who have one gathering dust in the attic to get it out and sell it and soon the market is saturated.

    You have no idea what collectors will care about in 20-50 years. As such investing in something because collectors will care about it and make it worth money is not a good idea. However there are a lot of neat things out there so if you like it go ahead and collect it - if you are the only one interested in 50 years well you have yours, if everyone wants it maybe you can pay for a nice nursing home from the sale. Either way if you have something you need to either enjoy it or use it.








  • I’m very careful about what I buy. Only high quality stuff that I research first. Just because it is a good deal doesn’t mean I need to buy it - if I’m not 100% sure I need to use it I won’t buy it. I find it hard to get rid of stuff so I’m attacking the problem from the other end: quit buying more stuff. If I do buy it I get the best so it will last a long time (I’m not getting rid of it!)

    Every once in a while I will look at something and decide I really don’t need it. However this is rare. When something breaks I either fix it or get rid of it, but again rare. (I have a to fix pile that I slowly am working on…)



  • Competition is good, but railroads are a natural monopoly - there are very few points in the world that can justify more than one set of tracks between them. Airplanes can share an airport because if someone else blocks a runway everyone else can take a different one and thus there can be competition. However if train operator B blocks a track (possibly by running a slow train) everyone else can’t get through.

    I’m all for competition, but you have to own your own tracks.


  • Big airports in the US often need you to arrive that far beforehand. The security line itself is often half an hour, then there is the other lines to check your baggage (if any) - these are generally quick, but still a line. From the door to your gate can often take most of an hour, but not all of the time is in security.

    Though I live in a tiny city, the security line is rarely long and there are only a few gates so I can get to my gate in less than half an hour most of the time. However I still arrive an hour in advance because at peak times the line will get long.