ViLbcirc • • • I rom Vashon Inland LDGC The W M * A good (toy to you, Rev It sure w«? • pleasure to spend some time emonq the Oregomer» especially with old friends I think gatherings like The Country Fair, with their im plicit emphasis on the endurance of the extended family (and attendant values) are my cultural equivalent of a religious retreat It did me good I recall making« brief mention of my latest pre-occupation, and thought to take th u opportunity to expand, expound and expose myself a bit There may be something here for every taste It all started with the replacement weather seal for a Honda hatchback, a little piece of hi-tech molded rubber that sat me back around $ 1 7 When I got home it was too dork to install the seal, so (for some strange reason) I weighed it before I went to bed 5 1 Z2 ounces about IS O a pound* (Maybe it actually goes back to apples and bananas The »<$ C o w it apples always cost more, even though they come from someplace about a three hour drive from here or just b io w .d j ¡n f l y 5 I« * « 5 o * it+ .> ie s u p river, in your case So, maybe years of festering about apples and benenas finally produced the sperk that Itt up the brain cell that prodded me to deposit that seal on the scale ) W ell, B illy, it's just a hoot' I get all these catalogs out and figure out how much ever ything costs per pound, now And it is 3 rd SdPM M M ^ surprising what the real luxuries and real 'bargains’ are Like book matches I 0< an ounce, or ebout 85 fires for a nickel A new Manne Band harmonica, $ 2 3 a pop, works out to $ 18 0 /lb Another German product, a new Mercedes Berv, w ill run you around $ I 3 - $ I 4/1 b, including shipping The real eye openers so fa r, though, are my new eyeglass frames These fine fashion statements, fine hinges and fine metal earhangers, and even finer plastic (plus, mine have pieces of monoflllament flshline that hold the lenses up) retailed at $1 19 95 without lenses (that's another $ 4 0 ) , and weighed in at half an ounce That puts them up there around 4 grand, by the pound I mean FINE hinges1 Most of these fancy little dudes are imported, too from France, Italy, Japan, etc How many other imported fashion statements ere covered by Health Insurance? But now, for the really boggling pert, is whet is Qhegpl Like Arcadia ht CdAdda Geese art 4o 1 * }Vrtii»i 42 12 31 ' 5 — 2 31 3.71 » —» 2 04 2 » 3 04 12 34 — 7 04 2 3t 3 » 12 44 — 2 14 2 44 2 I t 12 <3 — 2 12 2 43 2 12 12 45 — M l 2 »5 t i t 10 2 4 to 21 ’ 0 24 ’O 2 t 10 34 to 41 11 1 1 I1 «4 10 h i I I i t I t 44 tO M I I 24 11 M to At 11 i f t t i t 10 M I I » 11 14 tO M I I M 11 M II» 113412» Public ShuRl« «, *a> ION 'Coastal Landscape Specialist' 8 6 1 -1 4 6 8 « U *e 1 c e n s e 1 M 7 • I k r t o e and * e w e d 4 04 4 43 4 01 2 24 3 32 3 31 3 34 3 31 J. 44 3 «3 3 4t 4 J4 4 34 4 > « 1 3 « It 4 » d. 23 4 3t < 34 4 31 4 44 4 43 4 41 I I I t I 1 s 1 J4 03 01 » 04 it 13 H 1 » to c 1 33 1 0 3 1 31 t o t «• • » 1 31 t 40 1 42 — 1 41 — sarta *u