Three months later, there was another Oobi up for auction online. I made a note of the auction's ending time and taped it to my monitor. 1:48 p.m. -- I wasn't going to miss this.
I looked up at the note at 1:50 p.m. -- I missed it.
I wanted to see what the selling price turned out to be, and when I checked the page I saw that the buyer was none other than my friend, Ultima Thule.
Not long after that, she e-mailed to ask my zip code.
A few days later ...
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