Cracked a fruity? I had to google that.
A friends little kids used to say that when they passed gas! On Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:50:12 AM UTC-5, johnk wrote: > > Well you said/he said "My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the > price!'. > " > BUT I suspect that you mean he might have said Cheap at Twice the Price > when > he meant a bargain. Dear at Half the Price is said too for when it ISN'T a > bargain.. > I can remember when I was doing tech work at a radio station and the > Blurb-writer and Production team made an advert for a client where they > did > say "Cheap at half the price" and were trying to be making the point how > cheap the product/service was. They actually needed to say the other > version > to make their point. I got sworn at and told to stick to my own job. It > went > to air. The sponsor cracked a fruity! > There is a similar pair of sayings on another topic but it escapes my > memory > right now. > > Maybe I should be selling my Systron Donner clock. > > John K > Australia. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Andrews" <judg...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > To: <neoni...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Four NL-8091 on ebay > > > > Heh. I swear the 'Make an offer' button wasn't there when I first saw > > this. But then there were only four up for sale then too. > > > > Even at half price, these are too rich for my blood - bearing in mind > > this is the price for a single tube! > > > > My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the price!'. Well, not in this > > case (for me, if you have the disposable income for these, or can see > > an investment opportunity, go for it). > > > >> On Jun 8, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Alic <al...@gmx.net <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> Don't hesitate to make an offer, since the option is available ;-) > >> I think the price is meant to be "up to". > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > >> Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/wvyPsST2Hjo/unsubscribe. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >> neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send an email to neoni...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > >> To view this discussion on the web, visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7c78684f-334d-430c-b808-403315acce00%40googlegroups.com. > > > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "neonixie-l" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send an email to neoni...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6280018595993504223%40unknownmsgid. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ff0d7405-f51d-4e5f-aa1a-335a1311a207%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
