well, this is more of a Darwinian question than anything else, i'd say!

On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Loran T. Hughes wrote:

> On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:28 AM, <wilenz...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> What a jerk.  Who would believe a story like that!
>>
>
> Sadly, more people than you might think. My wife knows a lady that
> bought several of the new Oregon state quarters for a buck each from
> an unknown individual on a street corner - simply because he told her
> that the banks were going to hoard them. Now, she didn't know this
> guy from Adam and didn't stop to wonder how he got a good supply of
> the new quarters if they weren't in circulation. She just
> automatically pulled out her purse and forked over $5 for $1.25 in
> quarters.
>
> Loran
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