You have been a good sport about letting us all join in the thought experiment. None of my half baked ideas rise to the level of advice. I'm just thinking out loud and sincerely hope you get a few motivated buyers trying to outbid each other. It sounds like this is a difficult time for you and hope you know that none of my humor is meant to be at your expense. And thanks for clearing up my question about innocence. Aside from my natural ribald tendencies with language I perform school shows where missing any innuendo implications means you have lost them for the next 10 minutes. I always have my Bevis and Butthead meter on high alert.
Would you care to share some stories with us about your personal time with Maharishi? --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > So much advice, and now getting contradictory! This will definitely be a > process. And, of course, as I was writing that reply I thought of the > possible connotations, but just let it go at that. I never have thrust my > feet in them. It didn't seem congruous with taking good care of them. Also, > they're a bit small. And, of course, if the buyer wished to remain > anonymous, I would totally honor that. > > If I do sell them, and can, I will let you all know for how much. But if the > buyer wants total blackout, I will have to honor that. > > m > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 12:05 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, I did, n, and replied to you. Thank you, I do tend to agree with > > > you, though, I must say, though probably shouldn't publicly, that I may > > > be softening a bit on that. Perhaps you'll inspire me to harden up > > > again... > > > > Of course this got my attention, but I am going to skip my usual prurient > > interest to discuss the cash. > > > > The market for this item is highly restricted for a few reasons. The group > > think mentality of the higher ups with their "rules" someone mentioned > > about this sort of thing puts a downward pressure on the top guys buying > > this item and being frowned upon by their uppity peers. You don't know what > > affect this is going to have on your universe of possible buyers and I > > believe puts Nabby's enthusiastic appraisal in the unrealistic zone. My > > guess is that you are not going to retire on this item and will be more > > likely to find that the end price is in the low 5 figures if it gets there > > at all. > > > > Vaj's idea about Shri Ravi Shankar seems like the best idea yet with the > > combination of deep dhoti pockets and the supporting belief necessary. Plus > > he would basically be spending other people's donation money for this > > luxury item so that might allow for a higher price. And he is outside the > > shame zone of the believers with their old biddy gossip circles and their > > lives premised on living within the boundaries of "It would be good if..." > > > > Oh damn I really can't stand it anymore, I have to ask. Were you writing > > that last line with complete innocence or were you giving us a bit of a > > wink and a nudge? I mean a nudge is as good as a wink for a blind horse if > > you catch my drift. Can there really be such innocence in this world? > > Perhaps the sandals really have had an affect on you through the years. I'm > > quite sure they would instantly incinerate if I thrust myself into them... > > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:29 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Very few people knew about this till now, almost none of the Rajas. > > > > > Yet again, I'm hoping that some of you here who may be in contact > > > > > with appropriate people might forward my original email to them. > > > > > Perhaps that won't work so well for this group... And I know there > > > > > certainly aren't a ton of sandals out there. If I am right, there is > > > > > the pair that I have from the time M left India or, at the most, one > > > > > other pair from the 50s to the 70s that and then the two pair that I > > > > > ordered for him that his family may have. And, perhaps, he only ended > > > > > up using one of those two pair consistently. The sandals are well > > > > > made and, I'm sure, last many years. > > > > > > > > Did you see my post ? Don't sell them for under 1 mill$, 5 is better. > > > > There are people out there with so much money 5 mill is peanuts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
