Re: (TFT) TFT: Diamonds

[Perry Holley <knightsky@juno.com>]

On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:08:00 +0100 ed <edhogg@equus.demon.co.uk> writes:
>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.
>

Ditto for my soon-to-be bride (two weeks!).  I got her a rather nice
looking sapphire (and no, it did not cost two months salary).


                                                 

				                                                                Perry
"Standing behind the girl won't do you any good, she'll only stop 3
points."

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