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This morning, my Dad found one of my marbles in his office.

We came up with the idea of creating an experiment to see how far we could get people to trade up items, starting with the marble — an almost worthless object.

Part of the experiment is figuring out how to involve people we don’t know.

Another problem may be figuring out how to value trades, since my Dad says I may have to pay taxes.

Also, we may have to travel long distances to pick up items, and the traders might not show up.

The rules we thought up are:

• must trade for something of equal or higher value;
• can’t trade for money;
• can’t trade an item for another item that is exactly the same;
• can’t trade for anything inappropriate, illegal, or unsafe;
• can’t trade more than once with same person, family, or business;
• trades must be in-person;
• if the trader is a stranger, Dad (or Mom) has to be there;
• have fun!

Of course, the rules may change or be added to at any time. It’s all going to be a great, fun learning experience.

I would really like to get a stack of gold bars, but my Dad doesn’t think that’s going to happen!

Stay tuned for notes on my progress!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 5:58 pm and is filed under Glass Marble.