Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, lucky for him - He would have only needed to deal with apx. two-million, four-hundred-thousand nickels! :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > Marc James > Small > Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:35 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] dealer turnoffs > > > At 02:24 PM 11/12/1999 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote: > >The Hawkins story may or may not be an Urban Legend, because > it sounds > >strangely like the story that had Grace Slick of the > Jefferson Airplane > >snubbed at an RR dealership in the Bay Area - so she is > alleged to have > >returned with PENNIES to buy the car for cash...either way, > it's a wonderful > >image.... > > In the US, cents are not "legal tender", so the dealer could > have refused > to accept them and could have insisted on, at the least, > 5-cent pieces. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > >