It’s also a way to see about any competition out there. Dude may have some good ideas about set ups. Paste wants to check out any suspected competitors.
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
That plus the more expensive boots are better for your feet. I made the mistake of buying the cheep $30 shoes for years, but realized eventually that it was cheaper in the long run to buy more expensive shoes.
And in the mean time, Paste is making lots of money on cheap boards that aren’t worth the materials they’re made of.
Nice to see that Paste has stopped bleeding.
It’s also a way to see about any competition out there. Dude may have some good ideas about set ups. Paste wants to check out any suspected competitors.
“Board, sweet board.”
Ya get what ya pay for.
Form Ye Pfft of All Knowledge:
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
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James 2:24
One cheap board after another, and Paste gets a Hat full of Air
That plus the more expensive boots are better for your feet. I made the mistake of buying the cheep $30 shoes for years, but realized eventually that it was cheaper in the long run to buy more expensive shoes.
And in the mean time, Paste is making lots of money on cheap boards that aren’t worth the materials they’re made of.