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I would fear getting into that salvage business may have the same disastrous result for me , as it did for “Wayne Karp.” In my auction career we held several auctions for a nuclear power plant in Arizona, selling surplus material. If they needed one pipe they ordered like 5 so we were selling new assets. These auctions were attended by salvage dealers from all across the US and a few foreign countries. One day while I was auctioning, prices were going sky high, one buyer stopped me and said; “I just want to announce to my assembled friends and competitors that we are no longer in the scrap metal business, we are surely dealers in Precious Metals.”

As you and I can attest, travel is the greatest education one can obtain. Provided, that is, the traveler does so with eyes and mind wide open observing not only the surroundings but that of the fellow travelers and locals alike. We just returned from a delightful Christmas trip, the town of Mount Dora Florida and the 1883 vintage Lakeside Inn. If the cars were removed and replaced with horse and buggy the hotel and town would be in its element. Truly a trip back in time. The town developed in the 1800s , it’s the very type of town you talk about people fondly remembering, and that developers try to emulate. We parked the car and didn’t touch it for 4 days as everything was in walking distance.

Traveling there we had to go through the newest section of the gosh awful Villages, Eastport it’s called with its downtown coming along nicely surrounded by what appears to be thousands of acres of homes. Homes so close together a man can fart and a man 4 houses away will hear and complement him on it. Have you ever traveled to the Villages and witnessed this place first hand? Unbelievable.

Thanks for replying to me. Right now my nighttime Kindle reading is A History Of The Future and awaiting me on my front porch was Home From Nowhere which I started my daytime reading on today. I can tell this is going to be a very enjoyable read.

I’ve written one book, a book about my near death experience and a 10,000 mile motorcycle ride seeking answers, I’d like to share that book with you, if you would be so gracious as to accept a copy. If so, email me at Jim@jimowenauthor.com with an address and I’ll send it to you. I’m not a professional writer but many have enjoyed my story.

Again, I’m blessed to have found you, and your awesome writings. 2025 is going to be a very exciting year, chaos will be there but the achieved outcome will be worth it.

If I can find it, I’ll send you a picture of an all glass triangle house I tried to auction in the Ozark mountains, you know surrounded by beautiful log cabins, drew a million lookers online but not a single bidder.

Jim Owen