Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Obviously B.D. you are a bit of a scoundrel. but compared to Wm. F. we'll all burn in Liberal Hell. Marc James Small wrote: >At 01:17 PM 4/13/06 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > > >>Now, my confession - That Kaypro was the one time in my journalism career >>that I knowingly took a "freebee," or discount. A notice from PR Newswire >>appeared on a bulletin board at Newsday, a notice from the PR firm Hill and >>Knowlton as I recall, offering a very steep discount to reporters >>interested >>in purchasing Kaypros. And I jumped and a few other people who saw the PC >>handwriting on the wall, jumped at it. I knew it was wrong at the time, >>but... To the best of my recollection I never wrote about the Kaypro, I >>only >>wrote on it, but still - Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! :-( >> >>P.S. I'll bet Bill Buckley got a discount too. :-) >> >> > >I doubt it. Buckley does not take discounts for anything though he once >did obtain a really decent sextant for a Video Course he made on celestial >navigation -- and he then returned it once the course was done, together >with a check for the rental fee. I recognize that Buckley is a bit of an >oddity, but he is wealthy enough to avoid even the appearance of >impropriety. A long-ago acquaintance of mine was his driver for a time and >spoke most highly of his probity. > >Marc > >msmall@aya.yale.edu >Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > >NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >