Once Upon A Time,
Amy Guskin wrote:

>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:44:51 -0400, thus spake Captain Infinity (in a=
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>> Once Upon A Time,
>> Amy Guskin wrote:
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>> You're missing someone from your list.
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>>> We concluded the purchase in December 2006,
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>> And you never contacted me for my 25 bucks.  Quite unlike what I would
>> expect from a true Babylon 5 fan, to shun another fan.
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>>> I think that what makes it an unusual=20
>>> acquisition is the nature of the donors -- a group of fans who wanted=
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>>> treat a piece of the show's history with the respect it deserves.
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>> Except the ones you couldn't be bothered to associate with. <<
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>Oh, you schmuck.  I can't believe I fell for your trolling.  In the=20
>_previous_ attempt I made at buying the mask, earlier that fall, you rep=
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>here on the newsgroup with this:
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>Captain Infinity =A0
>Aug 31 2006, 6:03=A0pm
>Once Upon A Time Amy Guskin wrote:=20
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>Well I'm strapped so $125 is out of the question, sorry. =A0But I'd like=
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>to pitch in anyway, so how's 25 bucks for, say, the left nostril?=20
>Because GAHDAMN that's a big nose.=20
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>Captain Infinity=20
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>And no, I didn't contact you, or anyone else that time (August 2006), be=
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>not enough people offered to chip in so I couldn't bid on it.  It was th=
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>_December 2006_ auction that resulted in a purchase, because we had enou=
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>donors at that time.  And _at that time_, you never responded to my plea=
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>contributions.
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>And besides, how the fuck was I supposed to take you seriously, if in fa=
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>you were?  You were offering money for a _nostril_, and since we weren't=
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>planning on keeping the thing, nor cutting it up, I dismissed your comme=
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>nonsense.

The offer was genuine, the nostril bit was a joke.

In any event, congratulations on placing the mask in a museum.  I can dre=
am
that some day I might visit and see it.

>Usually I enjoy your quips,

Thank you.

>but sometimes you're just a schmuck.

No question about it.


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Captain Infinity
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