Re: (TFT) TFT: Diamonds

[ed <edhogg@equus.demon.co.uk>]

On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:47:10 -0500, "Dave Seagraves"
<dseagraves@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>   Good point.  I wonder if Steve thought of using Cleansing in that way.
>   (By the way, in real life /diamonds/ are hideously overvalued compared to
>their rarity and how much it takes to pull them out of the ground.  In
>reality the colored gemstones -- rubys, emeralds, etc. -- are much more rare
>than diamonds are.  The DeBeers cartel controls the majority of the world's
>diamond supply, and they keep prices high while fooling people with "A
>diamond is forever" commercials.  Instead of a diamond I bought my wife an
>opal wedding ring, and we also have matching titanium wedding bands.  Now
>titanium -- /that's/ forever!)

I got my wife a Victorian setting ring with Opals and Garnets, It looks
good.

Diamonds aren't really her thing.

ed
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