On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:42:20AM -0400, Bill Fairchild ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
> In a message dated 7/8/2005 8:35:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> I found  this eBay'er selling some vintage IBM mainframe gear,  documentation,
> manuals, etc..
> 
> _http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZredwooddr_ 
> (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZredwooddr) 
> 
> 
> 
> Dang!  I'm rich!  (almost) The ebay dude is selling 10 vintage  unused IBM 
> punched cards for $7.95.  I've got 27 of them in my desk  drawer.  I was 
> keeping 
> them to write reminder notes to myself on the back  side of the cards.  Now I 
> can sell them to suckers over the Inet.  Too  bad I didn't keep that last 
> whole box I bought once.  I coulda  retired.
>  
> Bill Fairchild

Hmmm.  [Taking a quick look out in my garage...]  Could I get
$8*((12*2000))/10=$19,200 for the 12 boxes I still have?  For that
much money I'd find something else to use for shopping lists.


/Leonard

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