"No money is actually exchanged".
While attending my first extended silent retreat as a student, few if any words were actually exchanged between Janet and myself.
In the second half, the curator declares the Museum open for donations, and each guest explains what they wish to "donate" to the museum (again, as the museum is fictional, nothing is actually exchanged).
This is true whether we're actually exchanging goods or services for money, or whether we're simply trying to make a fair trade.
He then explained, using terms that might have lost a few viewers, that what happened was actually "an exchange of bonds for equity," before saying, "Just be truthful, that's all we're asking".
It looked like a scene from a bad crime movie, but the late-night gas station exchange was actually just part of Providence College's behind-the-scenes preparation for the N.C.A.A. tournament.
A few steps away, Ryan Greeley, 28, a former model who works in retail in Long Beach, Calif., stepped out of the pool and pulled what appeared to be a large piece of cheesecloth (it was actually vintage, from Buffalo Exchange) close to his chest.
To make matters even more interesting (and bizarre) AppleInsider reports that someone was actually shopping this email exchange around before it appeared on BGR.
In short: we got nowhere, and I started to wonder if our exchange was actually a microcosm for my job.
While we may not know the full content of whatever agreement was actually struck, if this exchange is at its center, the taxpayers got a bad deal.
