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Old 11-27-2020, 02:08 PM   #91
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For some reason I was reminded of a scene from "A Garden of Cucumbers" assessing the potential sales value of the St. Dismas Thriftshop: "About 5 thousand for the building and about 20 years for the contents". That quote is probably not totally correct since I read the book more decades ago then I care to think about.
I'd not heard of the book before. Reading about it, it's a bummer there doesn't appear to be an ebook version of it.

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The computer was worth maybe $400, the contents of the hard drives were mostly very hard core porn images and videos.
That likely describes very many personal computers. It's likely for the best the widow didn't go through it herself.
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