I again forgot the physical paper, but it's #45 on bangordailynews.com under the Bargain Hunter's Basement section for July 7.
Preconceived notions: I hope this person had a startup magazine for the area and because his magazine failed long ago, maybe 40 years ago, he now has to sell what was already an old paper cutter.
I called Scott. This is the first ad to come with a name, which made me feel much more comfortable. Like we really were on a first-name basis. Then Scott picked up. I think he was the first person to be nice to me, knowing I was not going to buy his product.
Scott, you see, hasn't and will never use this paper cutter. He is not an antique dealer and never meant to inherit the cutter.
"I was helping someone clean out his trailer and I got it as part of payment. I don't even know anything other than that," Scott told me at 4:40 p.m. in a thick, Maine accent. "Eastman No. 15 is written on the side."
He said it's pretty heavy duty -- the type of machine he saw in the mill he used to work at years ago. He said the one at the mill cut reams of paper, and this one looks just like it.
"It's a heavy duty paper cutter. It may need to be sharpened."
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