Yesterday my R/W electrician asked me who B. Disraeli and Thomas Carlyle were.

[DemoTex]

He said he found bundles of letters from each (among others) in an antique secretary he had inherited.

"Bring them over", sez I. "I might give you $10-20 a bundle for old letters."

"OK," he sez. Then he went on a rant about the Libby trial. I just smiled.


Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

[Loki]

1. Um, ummm, um

You're a very bad boy DemoTex. :evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

2. Proving the point

that the RWs have absolutely no sense of history.:rofl:

[zanne]

3. Now now....

Be a good Doo-bee and tell him about the value of the letters. (In other words, don't be a "Don't-bee)

[GreenZoneLT]

4. I think he's messing with you.

Assuming you didn't make this whole story up, and I'll stipulate that, I doubt anyone who can decipher Disraeli's signature is going to check their value by just asking some client about them. R/W electricians know about the Internets, too. Especially ones who keep up with the Libby trial.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Oh, yes, freepers always pull the wool over our eyes

We're so gullible. Especially where Victorian era historical figures are involved.

[DemoTex]

7. Sparky doesn't own a computer.

He gets his news from AM talk radio (Ru$h, etc). Actually, if he has the real-McCoy, I'll get them appraised and do fair by him.

[malaise]

5. How lucky you are

I hated Carlyle. How he hated Emancipation in the then British West Indies. Called us lazy pumpkin eaters.

[jedicord]

8. At least he knew who Libby was.

My air head RW co-worker (the one of "but I thought we banned the Dixie Chicks!" fame) had no clue who he was or what was going on.

One of these days I'm going to have to tell her that I don't want to hear her opinions until she pays more attention and becomes informed.