Lewin, at 10:23 on Jun 11 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

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.

That was a joke, Joyce.  :)

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

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.

Then you should really have been a little more specific.

LE> c) there is a semantic difference between "faulty" and
"destroyed".

Oh sure, but that's not what you said originally...

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

Regards, Bill
@EOT:

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