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  1. Neo, mother said “Never put anything in your ear that’s smaller than your elbow with your winter coat on. ” And she said it with a glare on her face. I still buy Q-tips.

  2. Neo,
    its not pride, its free market competition… however the market was a very small minority of very wealthy feudal type lords (think russia today), and a very large lumpen proletariat that had nothing to do other than slave in the fields or try to catch the eye of the lords and ladies in the market.

    if you pay close attention to movies and things, the street hawker who has something special is a common scene… he holds others work in case the lord goes by… then if liked, the lord can pluck the artisan from the crowde and change destiny.

    imagine 200 people, no technology, and lots of time to make fancy looking common items.

    ford motor company paid 7 dollars a week, and that was considered a high wage… watch little house on the prarie… a weeks work was a quarter..

    farther back… well you can look it up, but we wouldnt give a farthing, but they would jump on one.

    merit and talent was the only way that a free market entity could add value to a common thing.

    after all, for those too poor, a small twig carved with a pocketknift would do

    by the way, you can call that the renaissance equivalent to the gold coke spoon. 🙂

  3. We moderns, I have seen, have an earwax implement far superior this gold thing; I have seen it used by
    college professors, shopkeeps, and rednecks. Our modern device also has a dual function: it not only cleans one’s ears but it also starts one’s car.

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