My father used to own small amounts of gold: bullion bars, bullion coins and some scrap gold in the form of broken necklaces, rings and earrings. He sold the gold one day, after he had spent months analysing gold price per gram information available on some websites. I was travelling abroad during that time, but I thought that he would rather save the money rather than spend it straight away. But I was wrong. I returned to the country a couple of weeks later and visited my father two days after that. When I saw his house, I was really impressed. He had redecorated the hall and the living room and was making some major repairs in the kitchen. The garden looked like a little allotment. He had planted some evergreens and bought a wide swing and some garden furniture. The house had been covered with some decorative stones from the outside. I told him that it all looked wonderful and asked him why he was doing this. Then he told me that he had a new girlfriend. She was going to move in a couple of weeks. I was really surprised because he had not been meeting anyone for ages. Now I know why he spent weeks searching for gold price per gram information and then devoted so much time and energy in redecorating the house.