Path: ...!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.nk.ca!.POSTED.doctor.nl2k.ab.ca!not-for-mail From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: Silent Auction Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:31:58 -0000 (UTC) Organization: NetKnow News Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:31:58 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: gallifrey.nk.ca; posting-host="doctor.nl2k.ab.ca:204.209.81.1"; logging-data="91184"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@gallifrey.nk.ca" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) Bytes: 5762 Lines: 104 In article , % wrote: >On 2022-07-15 7:11 a.m., The Doctor wrote: >> In article , >> % wrote: >>> On 2022-07-15 6:53 a.m., The Doctor wrote: >>>> In article , >>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 2:22:52 PM UTC-7, netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> In article <8cc2f177-15f4-4d93...@googlegroups.com>, >>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 6:42:58 AM UTC-7, netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>> In article <6737e7ed-2c1c-477c...@googlegroups.com>, >>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 8:59:52 PM UTC-7, >netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>> In article <951a7c94-7b96-4bb5...@googlegroups.com>, >>>>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 2:56:48 PM UTC-7, >>>>> netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> In article <847e8164-c149-4b39...@googlegroups.com>, >>>>>>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 6:55:12 AM UTC-7, >>>>>>> netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article , >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel65 wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote on 13/7/22 7:59 pm: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 12:06:14 AM UTC-7, >>>>> Daniel65 wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote on 13/07/2022 4:57 am: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11:43:37 AM UTC-7, % wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-12 10:09 a.m., tsbru...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:07:01 AM UTC-7, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> netk...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article , >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tsbr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where you forget what you paid for stuff! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What are you seeing Tim? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jan 6 hearing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can't go to a silent auction >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is evidence that silent auctions exist. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://bidbeacon.com/what-is-a-silent-auction-and-how-do-they-work/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm! Not the way I've known them to work ... but, I >>>>>>> guess, that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system would work as well! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The way I've known them to work is people would wander >>>>> around a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> room, checking out the items for sale and, if they were >>>>>>> interested >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in an item, they'd write their Name and Contact >>>>> details and the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> price they were willing to pay for an item on a piece of >>>>>>> paper and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then place the paper in a sealed box adjacent to the item. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then, at the end of the bid period, the organisers would >>>>>>> open the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boxes, examine the bids for each object in turn to >>>>> determine who >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> placed the highest bid for each item! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What happens if there are long lines for an item? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> People eventually get to place their bids .... may have to wait >>>>>>>>> a while >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a very popular item, but so what?? If it's worth it, people >>>>>>>>>>> will wait. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Long queues for you. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> What items do I want? >>>>>>>>>>>> You tell us. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> What items might I expect to find at a Silent auction? >>>>>>>>>> Anything your heart desires. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> World Peace! >>>>>>>> You really are naive, Tim! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You said "Anything your heart desires"! >>>>>> You think you can purchase World Peace at a silent auction, Tim Bruening? >>>>> >>>>> You said "Anything"! Now deliver! >>>> >>>> You really are dense, Tim! >>>> >>> i just got my new anything from the auction and it's great >> >> :-) And then there is Tim who must have benn beaten up >> everything he attended high school. >> >tim just doesn't have enough coins on his tone arm so he skips Tim is that dumb. -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nk.ca Ici doctor@nk.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b Money means possibility, but does not guarantee good or bad. -unknown Beware https://mindspring.com