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[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Tom Jennings wrote:

> This is like the Nassau solder wierdness on ePay. search for
> "nassau solder".  Apparently it was a captive manu of solder
> (yes, the Sn/Pb stuff) owned by Western Electric (one can
> imagine they used enough of the stuff to own a factory). It still
> doesn't explain the outrageous prices people pay for the stuff.

Weird.  Why not e-mail some of the buyers and ask them to take the quiz
below?

> The choices are:
>
> a. People are incredibly stupid, and believe anything they are told.
> b. There is Something We Don't Know.
> c. Both.
> d. Neither.
> e. WTF, Over?
> f. Did someone say lunch?

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