Re: Intrinsic Value

[bill mitchell <ecwfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:10 AM 6/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
>How about this test for "intrinsic value?"  You will be committed to an
>extended period in the desert in which you will be expected to survive.
>You will prepare a list of things to take with you for that period so
>that you may survive.  You may select only the most basic things not
>attached to your body by Nature.  What would you select?  These things
>are the things that have "intrinsic value."  Nothing else will qualify.
>
>Hyman

i will take:

my bicycles ** (and a road maker to ensure sealed roads)
my girlfriend (assuming we are in it together)
my pc with internet connection
my vegetable garden
my CD player
a piano
my credit card and money stocks *

kind regards
bill
* so that when i return i will be able to buy some things
** not sure that these qualify as they are connected to me by nature!!
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