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Dee Dee wrote:

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> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > > But maybe Mario feels that it's too close to
> > > being free for THEM. Those re-runs IMO are priceless, Maybe
> > > that's what they want, too much for too little.

> >
> > I'm not sure what is "free" for FN. They pay Mario to be on Iron
> > Chef. They've paid for repeated showing of Molto Mario.


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> Maybe my sentence would be more comprehensible if there were hyphens.
>
> " ... too-close-to-being-free for THEM." (Too few
> bucks/next-to-nothing in his mind.)
>
> Also if fn have paid for repeated showing(s) of Molto Mario as you
> say, perhaps now that the contract is up, he thinks he (his re-runs)
> is/are worth more than they were previously.


Well, they'd be worth more if someone else were willing to pay for
them. I don't know if he has a market or not.




Brian

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