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Re: Rolex watch for sale - flaming hot!

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From: Anthony Rich
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 19:49
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In article <1990Jan16.144158.29649@ddsw1.MCS.COM> douglas@ddsw1.MCS.COM
(Douglas Mason) posted a for-sale ad to comp.sys.mac:

> For sale:  Rolex Watch, GMT-Master with Jubilee bracelet. [...etc...]

Edgar Knapp flamed:

> I don't believe it. Has comp.sys.mac become a flea market to advertise
> all kinds of bull****? Stop this nonsense or else...

Ameet Bhansali double-flamed:

>Are you out of your mind?!!  Please use your common sense before you
>post such articles!!

Meanwhile, over in misc.wanted, Douglas says he wants to get a Macintosh
computer; he has a Rolex watch to trade for one, if anyone wants to...

This confirms my suspicion that "net vets" eat their young.  Alive!  ;^)

(One of my wife's favorite sayings (usually repeated for my benefit) is:
"There is a reason for everything.  You may not understand the reason."

     Tony
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From: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu (Anthony Rich)
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Subject: Re: Rolex watch for sale - flaming hot!
Summary: Watch where you aim that flame thrower...(pun intended)
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