Of course if the truth be known its not only dog shares that one should rid yourself of - its pretty well anything that turns out to be intrinsically worth less than you paid for it. But lessons are there to be learnt and the wisdom accquired should never be dispised. These days I do my best to apply the following wisdom to matters like this - wisdom which I accquired at an unfortunately high cost. I was living in Dublin at the time when I bought what I thought was a bargain at a country house sale - all the surrounding information told me that I was going to make a lot of money on its resale. The auctioneers were Dublin's best, the owner and provenance seemingly impeccable and the catalogue expensive. I had done my research and into the history of the item. ( As it happens I collect the item purchased and so I was (or so I thought ) combining information with knowledge to acchieve what held out to be a good financial result for me. Sadlyit turned out to be a complete dog. "What shall I do? " I wailed to the one expert who had conclusively revealed the shortcomings of my purchae to me. "Sell it, cut your losses and move on. It is what it is and in 5 years time it will still be worth what its worth now". I took the advice - and never forgot it. Needless to say this principle can be applied to most -if not all situations involving purchase and sale o in life.
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