The Beginning

This is the beginning of my Blog. I'm still a bit unsure of how these things work. I will say that the main object of this blog is this: to trade the silver peice of a BIC lighter for a castle. you see i recently read the 'one red paperclip' guy's story and decided that i've just GOT to one up him. He got a house. i'm going to get a castle.

Luckily, however, the name of the blog is the big trade. which is sort of a double entendre, so i can kind of talk about anything i want. so that's pretty cool. also i've got to say thanks to Kyle MacDonald (the one red paperclip guy) for inspiring this. i know its "been done before" or whatever. but why the hell not do it? it's not costing me anything. And it's fun. In fact. I think it'll be more difficult for me as i wont have the whole shock factor thing. . .

Anyways. I traded the Piece of a BIC lighter for a Fork. Then I traded the Fork for a Fly Fusion Pen. I was pretty excited about the speedy reply and the HUGE jump. I mean SHIT! those pens retail for like $80. But the money doesn't really mean anything. it's all about relative value. we'll see if it's worth enough to someone else for me to move ahead in the game.

If anyone would like to trade. please contact me via e-mail at crazytrckmonkey333@yahoo.com if you have anything at all that you're willing to trade, regardless of monetary value please let me know. anything at all. Thanks
-Thom James Winkler