a want, a reminder, and the obvious

Some Italian has an original German Enigma encryption machine up on eBay which I've a case of the wants over. What I don't have is anywhere near enough cash to bid, and given that ebay is now hiding users' IDs, it's now virtually impossible to tell who's shill bidding and who isn't. (The latter fact means I may never spend more than $20 or $30 on an item on ebay ever again.)

I immediately thought of antlers2 when I read this article

and today's fortune was a rather obvious observation:

"Today is the last day of your life so far."