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RE: Pile-o-Parts

To: "'Bob Lang'" <LANG@isis.mit.edu>, WEmery7451@aol.com
Subject: RE: Pile-o-Parts
From: "Coffey, Jack" <CoffeyJack@bfusa.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 10:57:55 -0500
BOB - I PREFER TO CALL THIS OUTLOOK 'POSITIVE PESSIMISM' - AS A PESSIMIST
EXPECTS THE WORST  THEY CAN ONLY BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.  AN OPTIMIST, ON
THE OTHER HAND, EXPECTS THE BEST AND IS INVARIABLY DISAPPOINTED!!
JACK COFFEY 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Lang [mailto:LANG@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:26 AM
To: WEmery7451@aol.com
Cc: susan@bearcom.com; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Pile-o-Parts


On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 WEmery7451@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/5/00 12:57:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> susan@bearcom.com writes:
> 
> << I might be interested in going in on some of the Spit stuff
>  (particularly if he has an aluminum flywheel...) -- especially the
>  bonnet, if I can afford it.  I sent him a message asking if he'd sell it
>  separately, even though he said he wouldn't.  All he can do is say no
>  and heap shame on my name, right? ;)
>   >>
> 
> This is a more logical approach.  When I see a large stash of parts 
> advertised for a fixed price, and the owner will not split it up, I get 
> suspicious.  Often, it is an invitation to buy a lot of semi-worthless
items 
> that would normally not sell. A detailed list of the items will be
helpful.

Hmmm...

I never thought I'd find someone more cynical than I.

Welcome to the club!

;-)
rml
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