As George Carlin used to say: "Child safely is going overboard. They kid who eats marbles shouldn't get to reproduce!" A bit extreme, but along the same lines.
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Fraser [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:20 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another eBay phono fraud 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, <[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
