LE>> 2400bps or faster, I can use it for spare parts. Prices I currently
 LE>> pay for these units (regardless of the fault) are :
 PE>> Does this include modems that were so severly zapped by lightning
 PE>> that they turned into matchboxes?
 LE>> Well... not really.
 BG>> That's not what you stated above, Lew.  Expect a visit from the TPC...
 LE>> Ah, I'm covered, Bill.
 BG> That was a joke, Joyce.  :)

I know. #pragma -FLAME

 LE>> a) matchbox  modem
 BG> I read that as a little Diamond logo - is that a sly dig at John?  |-)

Actually, it wasn't. But now you come to mention it.... ;-)

 LE>> b) there is a point at which an object ceases to be a modem and becomes
 LE>> simply a box with "modem" written on the outside.
 BG> Then you should really have been a little more specific.

No, I said "modems", not "boxes with 'MODEM' written on the
outside".

 LE>> c) there is a semantic difference between "faulty"
and "destroyed".
 BG> Oh sure, but that's not what you said originally...

Again, no. I said "faulty". Faultydestroyed. I could
defend this one in Court, you know 8-)

 LE>> Prices I currently pay for these units (regardless of the fault) are:
 BG> Now, what was that you were saying about semantics?  :)

A destroyed item does not have a fault. It has ceased to be what it was originally.

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