Arabbit.246
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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!npois!rabbit!ark
Fri Feb 19 11:50:24 1982
Re: This is not a chain letter
I obviously got the arithmetic wrong. This actually happened
when there were still $25 bonds and they cost $18.75,
and I did the revisions wrong. The correct analogy is
this: I sell you the letter for $50, then you buy two
$50 bonds for $25 each and sell two copies of the letter
for $50 each. Now you really ARE even.
Incidentally, the person to whom this happened is not
an invention -- this is a real individual with whom I
really did work at one time.
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