[GreenKeys] Historical TTY Prints

[tony j. podrasky]

Hey Keith;

Yeah - you gotta watch out for the scammers.

Now - if you want something REALLY unique, I have the printout from
when the Christopher Columbus landed at Plymouth Rock in 1492.
You DO KNOW, that back then they used white fanfold paper,
tractor feed, and they didn't have quill pens - they actually
used a little pin and made the characters out of little dots
of ink - about 5 dots wide and 8 dots high, right?

I'm about to list it on eBay for $1,000.oo. If you want to make me
an offer, I'll consider it so I don't have to pay for the listing.

If that's a go, let me know and I'll give you the address of my
friend in Nigeria. He's a prince, you know - so you can trust him.

Just wire me your bank account number, PIN, full legal spelling
of your name, and address and he'll take care of everything.

regards,
tony

Keith Densmore wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'm sure everyone who browses  Ebay in search of TTY goodies have seen the 
> so called wire service copies of historical events that came over the wire, 
> Kennedy assassination, end of WWII, etc. Some of these 'documents' are 
> listed for hundreds or more dollars.
> 
> My question is this. Wouldn't these things be almost childs play to fake? 
> Just run a copy on some old roll paper and a time suitable machine and 
> presto, an instant historical document. Gee, load the copy into the computer 
> and you can print out dozens, no work.
> 
> I'm sure there would be a way for an expert to  verify when the printing 
> occurred, ie recently or years ago, but I'd bet it would be very expensive. 
> And  from the few ads I've looked at no seller is verifying their 
> originality.
> 
> My cynical nature says these things are 90 percent fakes. Am I right or 
> wrong?
> 
> Keith, ve3ts 
> 

-- 
Tony J. Podrasky | I have yet to see any problem, however
                  | complicated, which when looked at in the right
                  | way, did not become still more complicated.
                  |                                 -Poul Anderson