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Archive of entries posted on May 2009

Waterboarding My Cat – Torture For a Purpose

“Waterboarding” may be too strong a word for “force-hydrating” my cat.  Is it torture to force a cat to drink and eat?  If this were my cat’s blog, the answer would be “yes”.  But it’s not her blog. That’s a totally separate website. To the beginning….  My original cat, my main squeeze, my only lapcat, the queen [...]

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What is eBay Doing Now?

Who exactly is eBay appealing to now?  I’m not so sure that they’ve figured out what sellers want nor do they seem to care. The latest “big announcement” is that eBay will, as of June 16th, 2009, be allowing the first five auction insertion fees to be waived and the Final Value Fees on those auctions [...]

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I Have Fun at Auctions Even When I'm Alone

Went to my favorite kind of auction last night.  What makes it my favorite kind of auction you ask? It’s rural. It’s far enough away from home without being annoyingly far.  In other words, within an hour’s drive. The Amish park their horses and carriage under a shade tree.  This always fascinates me.  I try not [...]

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Picture This … Easel-y Displayed

Recently I bought a lot of inventory from a gift shop that had closed.   These neat easel picture holders were part of my loot.  They’re in great condition and if I didn’t have cats that liked to bat things off of my fireplace mantels they would have never made it to eBay! This is a more ornate [...]

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