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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
10/16/2022 5:47 pm
out bid !!!



Many of you probably know I play on E bay picking up all sorts of items from clothes, to coins, to antiques for the house, HOWEVER,... I am caught up in a bid war which I am loosing on an important historical item that belongs in a museum... or MY House! I won't say in here but it is silver.....


There are times where I wish I could silence that inner voice... that craving.... that irrepressible desire........



Do you ever find yourself torn apart by want vs need ? or am I just being an idiot?


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/16/2022 6:02 pm

8 PM on a Sunday night and I am heading up to the kitchen to bake a cake. A delicious dinner but no dessert to go with........


TwilightSpirit 56F
1243 posts
10/16/2022 7:48 pm

I think that is a common battle for many of us. I collect art. I love it, I enjoy looking at pieces.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
10/16/2022 8:01 pm

do have an irrepressible desire and craving for only one thing and that is a certain kind of man.....I remember the day, more than 20 years ago, when I spotted such a man and had to talk myself down.....That day when I had to let go of that desire, because acting on it would bring me nothing but embarrassment...acting like a pathetic cougar.....flirting with/salivating over a young hunk........I had to talk myself down several times before my pussy got the message............Other than gorgeous young hunks, there is nothing else I crave so much I have to talk myself down........


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/16/2022 8:02 pm

    Quoting TwilightSpirit:
    I think that is a common battle for many of us. I collect art. I love it, I enjoy looking at pieces.
This piece embodies an era and has a hold on me since I first seen it..... It is part of a recently posted blog.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/16/2022 8:06 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    do have an irrepressible desire and craving for only one thing and that is a certain kind of man.....I remember the day, more than 20 years ago, when I spotted such a man and had to talk myself down.....That day when I had to let go of that desire, because acting on it would bring me nothing but embarrassment...acting like a pathetic cougar.....flirting with/salivating over a young hunk........I had to talk myself down several times before my pussy got the message............Other than gorgeous young hunks, there is nothing else I crave so much I have to talk myself down........
That sort of craving didn't cross my mind at posting... but you are correct!. The greed can go beyond the boundaries of objects into humans.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/16/2022 9:12 pm

    Quoting CRAZYHORSE230:
    DARTER, I CAN CONCURR. OVER MANY YEARS I LEAREND NOT TO CHASE ANDY THING IN AN AUCTION. YES SAME FOR ME. EVEN TODAY I WAS VIEWING A ON LINE AUCTION OF GOLD NOTES, MORGAN DOLLARS. THE MORGANS WERE OF THE VERY RARE YEARS.

    THE GOD NOTE WERE ALSO RARE. WHILE I COULD HAVE ENTER A BID ON AFEW. I NO LONGER HAVE TIO EXCESS CAPITAL TO SPEND AS IONCE DID.

    THANKS COMPLETLEY TO JOE BIDEN ADN HIS FAILED AND JOKE OF ECONOMICS.

    I HAVE DECENT COLLECTION OF MORGANS. THE "CC' ONES I GO FOR.

    ADVICE :. IF U STRUGGLING TO GO FORTH WITH THE BID. THEN STOP. I OFFER THIS ADVICE SINCE I HAVE BE COME OBSESSD OVER AND OBJECT, BIDDING MORE THAN I SHOULD.

    SO I LOVE TO LOOK. BUT I CAN MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER MY ACTIONS. OF COURSE THIS IS JUS T ME. IHAVE NO CLUE YOUR FINICIAL STATUS
I am doing just that........ The final bids will be on Friday...... I WILL BE THERE to enter my final offer... IF I get it I'll post pictures in here and tie it to a previously posted blog...


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
10/17/2022 6:25 am

Darter, I posted a couple comments on this blog yesterday, but they have vanished. What is happening with this site?

I have only needs at this point in my life. Wants get totally left behind due to financial constraints. I do keep some of my most precious wants in memory.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/17/2022 8:09 am

    Quoting Archer62:
    WITH MY MEASLY INCOME, NEED COMES WAY BEFORE WANTS. EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD. AHTHE JOYS OF RETIREMENT!
I am afraid that extreme is where many on a fix4ed income fall since the Current political persuasion has taken over.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
10/17/2022 8:13 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Darter, I posted a couple comments on this blog yesterday, but they have vanished. What is happening with this site?

    I have only needs at this point in my life. Wants get totally left behind due to financial constraints. I do keep some of my most precious wants in memory.
Where were they posted Roger? I'd never erase a comment even when they are from "TDS"s ....... I understand your "needs" has been exacerbated lately ... I just hope Canadian Charity can be maintained in this time of trial and error.